Celebrity Escape to the Country: Christopher Biggins


7:00 pm - 7:30 pm, Friday, January 2 on BBC One London (1)

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Christopher Biggins
Season 1, Episode 4

Comedy actor, panto dame and former King of the Jungle Christopher Biggins and his partner Neil escape London for a new home in the rural Home Counties. The trio take a trip to Highclere Castle, aka Downton Abbey, where Biggins wonders how to go about getting a part in one of the most popular shows of all time. Presented by Nicki Chapman


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Cast & Crew

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Nicki Chapman (Presenter)
Christopher Biggins (Contributor)
Titus Ogilvy (Series producer)
Emma Smith (Executive producer)
John Comerford (Executive producer)

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Nicki Chapman (Presenter)
Born: January 14, 1967 in Canterbury
Best Known For: Being a judge on Pop Idol and presenting daytime lifestyle programmes.
Early-life: Born in Canterbury on January 14, 1967, Nicki spent her childhood in Herne Bay. At 21, she became a Promotions' Assistant at MCA Records and later worked at RCA as Head of Promotions.
Career: From 1995 until the end of 2000, Chapman was a joint partner in the Brilliant! PR Company, which represented the Spice Girls, Take That, Phil Collins, Billie Piper, David Bowie and Amy Winehouse. In January 2001, she joined Simon Fuller's management company 19 Entertainment as Creative Director. She began her TV career as a judge on Popstars, Pop Idol and Popstars: The Rivals. Pop Idol was the top rated TV show in the UK in 2001 and 2003. In recent years, Chapman has fronted a number of lifestyle programmes such as Holidays at Home, RHS Chelsea Flower Show, City Hospital, Wanted Down Under, and Escape to the Country. She has also deputised for various presenters on Radio 2.
Quote: "I'm driven but not ambitious. I've been in the right place at the right time and I've grabbed my opportunities when they've presented themselves."
Trivia: Chapman has travelled to Uganda and Ghana for Sport Relief. She has a passion for Elizabethan history and novels.
Christopher Biggins (Contributor)
Best Known For: His outlandish personality.
Early-life: Christopher Kenneth Biggins was born in Oldham, Lancashire, on December 16, 1948, but grew up in Salisbury, Wiltshire. He took elocution lessons as a child and dreamed of becoming a vicar, a chef or an actor. He decided to concentrate on acting after playing the lead role in a local amateur dramatics production. The reviews were so good, he was offered a position with a repertory theatre company - and hasn't looked back since.
Career: Biggins made his TV debut in a 1971 episode of sitcom Doctor at Large, and has been making audiences laugh ever since. There have been forays into drama with the likes of I, Claudius, The Duchess of Duke Street, Poldark and Upstairs, Downstairs, but his gregarious nature has been put to good use in a variety of comedies. Among his most famous projects are Porridge, Rentaghost, Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, Cluedo and Psychoville. He was also a co-host on Cilla Black's Surprise Surprise. Biggins won the 2007 series of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! His most recent big-screen credit is the critically panned Britflick Run For Your Wife, and he continues to appear on stage in both plays and panto.
Quote: "I'm perfectly happy being me, thank you, and I happen to know that I am afforded enormous respect from everybody I know."
Trivia: Biggins and his partner, Neil Sinclair, formed a civil partnership in 2006.
Taylor Richardson (Director)
Titus Ogilvy (Series producer)
Emma Smith (Executive producer)
John Comerford (Executive producer)

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