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08/06/1989
Season 1989, Episode 1
Nicky Campbell hosts the edition first shown on June 8, featuring performances by the Beautiful South, Guns N' Roses and Jason Donovan
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Music/Ballet/Dance
Pop
Cast & Crew
Nicky Campbell
(Presenter)
The Beautiful South
(Performer)
Guns N' Roses
(Performer)
Jason Donovan
(Performer)
Paul Ciani
(Producer)
More Information
Did You Know..
Nicky Campbell
(Presenter)
Born:
April 10, 1961
in
Edinburgh
Best Known For:
Presenting consumer shows.
Early-life:
Nicholas Andrew Argyle Campbell was born on April 10, 1961, and given up for adoption by his mother, Stella Lackey-Newton. He was brought up in Edinburgh by Frank and Elizabeth Campbell and started looking for Stella after his adoptive dad died. Mother and son were reunited in 1996, and after becoming a dad himself, he decided to find out more about his birth father. He studied at Aberdeen University where he and his friends, including the actor Iain Glen, were the driving force behind the drama society.
Career:
Campbell cut his broadcasting teeth on Aberdeen's Northsound, joining Radio 1 in 1987 with a late-night Saturday programme. He launched the station's new drive-time slot in 1994, and took over the afternoon show in 1995. He has also branched out into TV, fronting the regional debate programme Central Weekend, which gained notoriety for its raucous arguments, and hosting game show The Wheel of Fortune between 1988 and 1994. Campbell joined Radio Five Live in 1997, and in 2004 he launched daytime chat show Now You're Talking. He hosted Watchdog for eight years until 2009, and now co-hosts Long Lost Family with Davina McCall, and consumer show Your Money Their Tricks.
Quote:
'Too many DJs have shallow personalities.'
Trivia:
He is a patron of the British Association for Adoption and Fostering.
The Beautiful South
(Performer)
Guns N' Roses
(Performer)
Jason Donovan
(Performer)
Born:
June 01, 1968
in
Melbourne, Australia
Best Known For:
Playing Scott Robinson in Neighbours.
Early-life:
Jason Sean Donovan was born in Melbourne, Australia, on June 1, 1968, to actor Terence Donovan and newsreader Sue McIntosh. They split when Jason was a child; he was raised by his father, and as a result spent much of his childhood on TV sets. Jason made his TV debut at the age of 11 in the drama Skyways, which led to parts in shows such as Home and Golden Pennies. His half-sister, Stephanie McIntosh, played Sky Mangel in Neighbours from 2003 to 2007.
Career:
Donovan got his big break when he replaced actor Darius Perkins as Scott Robinson in Neighbours in 1986. His three-year stint in the soap gained him international stardom and helped launch a music career. He starred on stage in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and The Rocky Horror Show, but his star waned during the 1990s. He took part in the 2006 series of I'm A Celebrity… Get Me out of Here! It gave his profile a huge boost and landed him a role on ITV's soap Echo Beach. More recently, he has continued to appear in stage productions, traced his family roots on Who Do You Think You Are? and in 2011 took part in the ninth series of Strictly Come Dancing.
Quote:
'I'm older, weathered. But the lines have made me a more interesting person.'
Trivia:
He's written an autobiography and returned to the stage in various musical productions.
Paul Ciani
(Producer)
