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12:25 am - 01:00 am, Wednesday, April 15 on BBC One London (1)

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About this Broadcast

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Season 5, Episode 1

Bradley Walsh hosts the comedy quiz show in which a panel of six celebrities fill in the missing blanks and help win some brilliant prizes for some very lucky contestants. This week, he is joined by Richard Ayoade, Alex Jones, Stephen Bailey, Nadia Jae, Gyles Brandreth and Roisin Conaty


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Game Show/Quiz/Contest Show/Game Show

Cast & Crew

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Bradley Walsh (Presenter)
Richard Ayoade (Panellist)
Alex Jones (Panellist)
Nadia Jae (Panellist)
Roisin Conaty (Panellist)
Gyles Brandreth (Panellist)
Stephen Bailey (Panellist)
Clodagh O'Donoghue (Executive producer)
Charlie Irwin (Executive producer)
Christopher Barbour (Executive producer)
Aoife Bower (Series producer)

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Bradley Walsh (Presenter)
Born: June 04, 1960 in Watford
Best Known For: Coronation Street and Law & Order: UK
Early-life: Bradley John Walsh was born in Watford on June 4, 1960. He wanted to be a footballer and was playing for a county league team when he was offered a contract with Brentford FC. Sadly, his sporting career was brought to an abrupt end when he broke both his ankles. He then considered joining the police, but was told he was too short, so he followed his father into engineering. He eventually decided to try stand-up comedy, and made his first steps towards turning professional when he became an entertainer at a holiday camp near Morecambe.
Career: Walsh's big TV break came in 1993, when he appeared on the Royal Variety Show. It led to a stint presenting the National Lottery, and he also hosted the game shows Wheel of Fortune and Win, Lose or Draw. After fearing his brand of light entertainment was becoming dated he moved into acting, taking parts in the TV version of Lock, Stock, the soap Night and Day and movie Mike Bassett: England Manager before Coronation Street's bosses created the role of Danny Baldwin for him in 2004. He stayed in Weatherfield for two years before leaving to pursue other projects. He's since appeared in Torn, The Old Curiosity Shop, The Sarah Jane Adventures, Law and Order: UK and SunTrap. He moved back into presenting in 2009 with ITV quiz show The Chase, and is a team captain on Play to the Whistle.
Quote: 'Professionally I saw the end of light entertainment galloping towards me. Oddly enough, it's coming back now thanks to all the reality shows.'
Trivia: Walsh is a supporter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
Richard Ayoade (Panellist)
Best Known For: The IT Crowd.
Early-life: Born Richard Ellef Ayoade on June 12, 1977, in London. His mother is Norwegian, his father Nigerian, and Richard is their only child. The family left the capital when he was young and settled in Ipswich. He was interested in film from an early age, and wrote plays and sketches while still at school before landing a place at Cambridge to study law, where he met David Mitchell and joined the famous Footlights group. On leaving university he spent two years writing for TV sketch shows and attempting to become a stand-up comedian.
Career: Ayoade's breakthrough came when he and Matthew Holness created fictional horror author Garth Merenghi; a stage show featuring the character won the Perrier Award, which was followed by the Channel 4 series Garth Merenghi's Darkplace. Ayoade went on to appear in The Mighty Boosh, Nathan Barley, Bunny and the Bull, and The IT Crowd. He made his big-screen directorial debut with the acclaimed Submarine (which he also wrote, adapting it from the novel by Joe Dunthorne), and has since directed The Double as well as numerous music videos for acts such as the Arctic Monkeys, Super Furry Animals, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Kasabian. He's was a team captain on Channel 4 panel show Was It Something I Said? and took over as host of Gadget Man from Stephen Fry.
Quote: "I find performing very difficult. It's difficult to be a good actor. I get very nervous, even though it sounds disingenuous, because you could legitimately go, 'Well, why do it?'"
Trivia: Here's Ayoade's tips for aspiring directors: "Try not to get depressed. You need to be healthy so don't get a cold. Get comfortable shoes because you don't sit down for two months."
Alex Jones (Panellist)
Born: March 18, 1977 in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire
Best Known For: The One Show.
Early-life: Born Charlotte Alexandra Jones in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, on March 18, 1977. After training as a ballet dancer as a child, Alex went on to study theatre, film and TV at the University of Aberystwyth.
Career: After graduating, Jones worked as a TV researcher before stepping in front of a camera. She went on to present a number of programmes on S4C, including Can i Gymru, Salon, and Tocyn. Her big break came in 2010 when she became the co-host of The One Show. Since then, she has co-presented Let's Dance for Comic Relief, and in 2011, she partnered with professional dancer James Jordan on Strictly Come Dancing - they were eliminated a week before the final. In August 2014, she began presenting BBC One celebrity gymnastics contest Tumble. Jones began presenting daytime BBC One series Close Calls: On Camera in 2015 and she started co-hosting BBC series Shop Well for Less? in 2016.
Quote: 'I grew up on S4C and it doesn't matter whether there are 100 people watching or listening or five million, every single person in that audience is really important.'
Trivia: Alex is fluent in English and Welsh.
Nadia Jae (Panellist)
Roisin Conaty (Panellist)
Born: March 26, 1979 in London
Best Known For: Being a comedian and starring in Man Down.
Early-life: Roisin was born in London on March 26, 1979. In 2010, she won the Best Newcomer Award at the Edinburgh Festival. In the same year, she appeared on Russell Howard's Good News on BBC Three and performed alongside other female comedians for charity on Victoria Wood's Angina Monologues on Sky One.
Career: Conaty stars in the BBC's hidden camera series Impractical Jokers and she has appeared as a guest on a number of panel shows, including Have I Got News for You, 8 Out of 10 Cats and Never Mind the Buzzcocks. In 2013, she began playing Jo in Channel 4 sitcom Man Down.
Quote: 'I'm a terrible dresser. I wouldn't know what's in or what season I'm in. It's a real effort for me not to look mad.'
Trivia: Conaty also performs as one half of female double act The Cakes with Caroline Ginty.
Gyles Brandreth (Panellist)
Stephen Bailey (Panellist)
Clodagh O'Donoghue (Executive producer)
Charlie Irwin (Executive producer)
Christopher Barbour (Executive producer)
Aoife Bower (Series producer)
Barbara Wiltshire (Director)