Top of the Pops: Christmas Show 1997


4:50 pm - 6:05 pm, Thursday, December 25 on U&Eden (57)

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Christmas Show 1997
Season 1997, Episode 1

Christmas 1997 edition, counting down the best Top 30 singles of the year. With Eternal, Hanson, Chumbawamba, Gala, Brightman and Bocelli, Natalie Imbruglia, Sash, Shola Ama, Ultra Nate, All Saints, Texas, Aqua, Spice Girls and Elton John. Jayne Middlemiss, Zoe Ball, and Jo Whiley present


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Music/Ballet/Dance Pop

Cast & Crew

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Jayne Middlemiss (Presenter)
Zoe Ball (Presenter)
Jo Whiley (Presenter)
Phil Chilvers (Director)
Chris Cowey (Producer)

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Jayne Middlemiss (Presenter)
Born: February 03, 1971 in Northumberland
Best Known For: Presenting various youth-themed shows.
Early-life: Middlemiss hails from a working-class background in Bedlington, Northumberland, where her father was an electrician in the coal pit and her mother worked in a factory. She often won childhood beauty contests and dreamed of being a singer, but her first job was selling televisions in an electrical store in Morpeth. Moved to London and into the world of glamour modelling while also working as an extra on TV.
Career: Her big break came with presenting jobs on Channel 4's The White Room and BBC's O-Zone, followed by Top Of The Pops. WShe was axed from the latter, along with Gail Porter, when producers revamped the presenting line-up. Hosted She's Gotta Have It and co-presented LA Pool Party with Lisa Snowdon. Appeared on Test the Nation, and scored an IQ rating of 100. The effervescent Geordie has been globetrotting with Holiday on a Shoestring and Holiday - You Call the Shots. In 2005 she appeared on ITV's Celebrity Love Island and became emotionally involved with footballer Lee Sharpe. She won Celebrity MasterChef in 2009.
Quote: "I'd like to be the female Chris Evans - but not ginger."
Trivia: In 2005, she released a fitness DVD, Jayne Middlemiss - Love Yoga.
Zoe Ball (Presenter)
Born: November 23, 1970 in Blackpool
Best Known For: Presenting the Radio 1 Breakfast Show, and It Takes Two.
Early-life: Zoe Louise Ball was born in Blackpool on November 23, 1970, the daughter of TV presenter Johnny Ball. She began her TV career as a runner at Granada Television. She was also a researcher for BSkyB quiz shows. She became a regular host for The Ozone, which was the music program for CBBC. The show was even voted Best Music Show by Smash Hits and brought her to widespread attention.
Career: She co-presented Saturday morning children's magazine Live & Kicking alongside Jamie Theakston from 1996 to 1999. She landed a co-hosting gig on the Radio 1 Breakfast Show in October 1997 with Kevin Greening. She eventually became the sole host, making her the first female DJ to do so. She also continued her onscreen partnership with Jamie Theakston for four series of The Priory on Channel 4. After a string of presenting roles and various radio jobs, she was a contestant in series three of Strictly Come Dancing. Since then, she has presented Soapstar Superstar, talent search Grease is the Word, Strictly Come Dancing's sister show It Takes Two, and The Voice's companion show, The Voice: Louder on Two. She also announced that Peter Capaldi would be taking over from Matt Smith in Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor.
Quote: "After becoming a mum, I'm much more of a morning person these days... I promise!"
Trivia: Wed DJ Norman Cook, aka Fatboy Slim, in 1999. They have a son, Woody, and daughter, Nelly.
Jo Whiley (Presenter)
Phil Chilvers (Director)
Chris Cowey (Producer)

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