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Season 1, Episode 1
An eclectic mix of five celebrities go out for dinner together. When they arrive at the restaurant, they must place their bank card in the centre of the table. As the food is served and the drinks flow, they play a series of fun and revealing games, and if they win a game, they can retrieve their card. The person whose card remains at the end of the evening must pick up the bill for the whole group. Taking part in the first edition are Rylan Clark-Neal, Ed Gamble, Carol Vorderman, Ellie Taylor and Anton Du Beke
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Cast & Crew
Rylan
(Contestant)
Ed Gamble
(Contestant)
Carol Vorderman
(Contestant)
Ellie Taylor
(Contestant)
Anton Du Beke
(Contestant)
Breid McLoone
(Series producer)
Paul McGettigan
(Executive producer)
Zoe Tait
(Executive producer)
Matt Walton
(Executive producer)
More Information
Did You Know..
Rylan
(Contestant)
Ed Gamble
(Contestant)
Carol Vorderman
(Contestant)
Born:
December 24, 1960
in
Bedford
Best Known For:
Doing the sums on Countdown.
Early-life:
Carol Jean Vorderman was born in Bedford on December 24, 1960, to a Welsh mother and a Dutch father who split up when she was a baby; her mother then took her children (Carol has a brother) back to her hometown of Prestatyn, where they grew up. Carol knew little about her father's early life until she appeared on Who Do You Think You Are? where she learned he had been in the Dutch Resistance during the Second World War - he died while the programme was being made. She studied engineering at Cambridge. It was her mum who put her name forward for Countdown after spotting an advert looking for women with a flair for maths.
Career:
Vorderman got the Countdown job, the first show broadcast on Channel 4 in 1982. She was initially one of four female presenters, but the other women were gradually phased out, leaving her as Richard Whiteley's co-host. Vorderman was soon in demand as a presenter on other TV shows, appearing on the likes of Tomorrow's World, How 2, Stars and Their Lives and Better Homes, but throughout continued to appear on Countdown. She announced she was leaving the show in 2008, after bosses reportedly asked her to take a 90 per cent pay cut. She has also been involved in a task force to improve numeracy skills in schools, and until July 2014 co-host of ITV's Loose Women.
Quote:
'All my life, I have been used to dusting myself down and just getting on with it.'
Trivia:
Vorderman has hosted the Pride of Britain Awards on ITV since 1999.
Ellie Taylor
(Contestant)
Born:
November 28, 1983
in
Basildon, Essex
Best Known For:
Presenting Song Marry Avoid?.
Early-life:
Born on November 28, 1983 in Basildon, Essex. Ellie studied English Literature at the University of York.
Career:
Taylor's TV appearances include episodes of 8 Out of 10 Cats, Greatest Tweets 2011, Big Brother's Bit on the Side and Show Me the Funny. She began presenting BBC Three's Snog Marry Avoid? in 2012, taking over from Jenny Frost. Following this, she was a team leader on comedy panel show Fake Reaction and she appeared in an episode of Family Tree. In 2014, she appeared on I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! Now! and she has since appeared on Mock the Week, Live at the Apollo and The Nightly Show. Taylor also acted in such series as Brotherhood and The Lodge. Aside from her TV appearances, Taylor has also been building her live stand up career. She performed her debut stand up show, Elliementery, in 2014.
Quote:
'Lots of people do stand up shows with no narrative but I love a beginning, a middle and an end.'
Trivia:
She won Company Magazine's Lady HaHa title in 2011.
Anton Du Beke
(Contestant)
Breid McLoone
(Series producer)
Paul McGettigan
(Executive producer)
Zoe Tait
(Executive producer)
Matt Walton
(Executive producer)
