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Season 5, Episode 10
Romesh Ranganathan asks general knowledge questions against the clock as celebrity contestants try to avoid being voted off the team. Battling it out for the charity of their choice are Johnny Vegas, Fay Ripley, Chesney Hawkes, Sarah Greene, Minah Shannon, Emmanuel Sonubi, Ruth Davidson and Jamie MacDonald
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Romesh Ranganathan
(Host)
Jamie MacDonald
(Contestant)
Ruth Davidson
(Contestant)
Emmanuel Sonubi
(Contestant)
Minah Shannon
(Contestant)
Sarah Greene
(Contestant)
Johnny Vegas
(Contestant)
Fay Ripley
(Contestant)
Chesney Hawkes
(Contestant)
Olivia Clark
(Producer)
Janine O'Connor
(Director)
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Did You Know..
Romesh Ranganathan
(Host)
Born:
January 30, 1978
in
Crawley
Best Known For:
Being a comedian.
Early-life:
Born Jonathan Romesh Ranganathan in Crawley on January 30, 1978. He is of Sri Lankan Tamil descent. He started performing stand-up while he was working as a mathematics teacher at schools in Crawley and Banstead. He became a professional comedian in 2012.
Career:
Ranganathan's breakthrough came in 2013 when he was nominated for Best Newcomer at the 2013 Edinburgh Comedy Awards. Since then, he has appeared on a number of comedy panel shows, including Mock the Week, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and Have I Got News for You. He has also performed stand-up on Live at the Apollo and presented the BBC Three series Asian Provocateur and co-presented the ITV series It's Not Rocket Science.
Quote:
"I think I'm a mango. Just very sweet and lovely."
Trivia:
Ranganathan is a vegan and supports Arsenal FC.
Jamie MacDonald
(Contestant)
Ruth Davidson
(Contestant)
Emmanuel Sonubi
(Contestant)
Minah Shannon
(Contestant)
Sarah Greene
(Contestant)
Johnny Vegas
(Contestant)
Born:
September 11, 1971
in
St Helens, Lancashire
Best Known For:
His hoarse voice.
Early-life:
Born Michael Joseph Pennington in St Helens, Lancashire, on September 11, 1971, he's the youngest of four children. As a child, he wanted to be a priest, and joined a seminary at the age of 11, but left after four terms. He then attended an all-boys grammar school before studying art and ceramics at Middlesex University. Following his graduation, he worked in a bar and went through periods of being unemployed before trying comedy, performing as the character of failed potter and disillusioned entertainer Johnny Vegas.
Career:
Vegas's big break came in 1997 when he was nominated for the prestigious Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Festival. He made his TV debut in the one-off Johnny Vegas TV Show the following year. In 2001, he landed a role in the Paul Whitehouse sitcom Happiness, which won him the Best Newcomer trophies at the Royal Television Society and British Comedy Awards, although it was arguably his appearance in a series of cult adverts with a sock monkey for ITV Digital that made him a household name. Since then, he's been a regular panellist on Shooting Stars, acted in series Tipping the Velvet, Bleak House, Dead Man Weds, Ideal, Massive, Benidorm, Still Open All Hours and presented his own show, 18 Stone of Idiot. He was also in Johnny Depp film The Libertine and The Harry Hill Movie.
Quote:
"This is a good job that gives us a good life, you can't expect to turn that off when it suits you."
Trivia:
Vegas released an autobiography, Becoming Johnny Vegas, in 2013.
Fay Ripley
(Contestant)
Born:
June 28, 1966
in
London
Best Known For:
Playing Jenny Gifford in Cold Feet and those Tesco ads.
Early-life:
Born on June 28, 1966, in Wimbledon. Her parents separated when she was two years old. Abandoning her childhood ambition to become a nurse, she decided to go into acting. She took an A-level in drama and during her time at college, performed her own small shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. It took three attempts before she was accepted into the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. To support herself, she was a door-to-door saleswoman, worked as a receptionist and spent five years as a children's entertainer.
Career:
Ripley's first acting role after graduating drama school was playing Osatko in the chorus of Around the World in 80 Days at the Liverpool Playhouse during the 1990-91 pantomime season. Following minor roles in film and TV, her big break came in 1996 when she landed a role in Cold Feet; she later became the only cast member to be nominated for a BAFTA award. Ripley left the drama during series four, but made a guest appearance in the final episode. After Cold Feet, she appeared in Bedtime, Reggie Perrin, Monday Monday and a long-running series of Tesco adverts with Mark Addy.
Quote:
"Cold Feet completely changed my career - well, I didn't really have one before."
Trivia:
She was the voice of Meg in the animated children's series Meg and Mog, and she has released two cookbooks.
Chesney Hawkes
(Contestant)
Born:
September 22, 1971
in
Windsor, Berkshire
Best Known For:
The single The One and Only.
Early-life:
Chesney Lee Hawkes was born on September 22, 1971, in Windsor, Berkshire. His father is Len 'Chip' Hawkes, former guitarist with The Tremeloes, his mother is ex-actress and TV hostess Carol Dilworth. His brother Jodie is the drummer in Hawkes's band, while sister Keely is a singer with group Transister. He left school with two GCSEs, but always knew he wanted to be a professional musician. His father became his manager in 1988.
Career:
In early 1991, Hawkes landed the lead role in the movie Buddy's Song, alongside Roger Daltrey and Michael Elphick. A track from the movie, The One and Only, which Hawkes performed, spent five weeks at number one, became the 20th best-selling single of the decade, and turned its singer into a major teen star. Unfortunately, his follow-up releases weren't as popular. Since then he's lived in Los Angeles and written songs for such artists as A1, Caprice and Tricky, and had a small role in movie Prince Valiant.
Quote:
"I used to be afraid of flying when I was a kid. Even up to when I was 19 or 20. I had to overcome it when I had to travel round the world as a pop star."
Trivia:
Hawkes supports West Ham United.
Olivia Clark
(Producer)
Janine O'Connor
(Director)
