Comic Relief Does Fame Academy 2007
The students
Angellica Bell
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During her six years on the channel, Angellica became one of C´óÏó´«Ã½'s most popular faces. Twice-nominated for a prestigious Children's Bafta
award, Angellica's presenting credits include The Saturday Show and the award-winning consumer programme Short Change. Angellica has now made a successful
transition into adult television; she recently co-hosted Holiday Hit Squad with
Nick Knowles and can be seen co-presenting The Great British Village Show later
this year. Away from the small screen, Angellica leads an active lifestyle that
has seen her complete the London Marathon and the Three Peaks Challenge. Her
talent for playing the cello and piano have led to her co-presenting ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3's
youth-based music show Making Tracks.
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Colin Murray
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Colin joined ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 1 in 1999 and four years later was teamed up with Edith
Bowman to host the Colin And Edith Show. After three successful years, Colin
has now moved on to present a new weeknight show. Aside from his love of music,
Colin's other passions are Liverpool FC and the NFL/Chicago Bears. He is
presenter of the comedic sports panel game Fighting Talk on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Five
Live and also enjoyed a co-presenting stint on five's late-night coverage of
American Football.
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Fred MacAulay
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Fred has been presenting the very funny and eventful MacAulay And Co (previously Fred
MacAulay Show) on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Scotland for almost 10 years. He started out in the
world of stand-up comedy at the age of 31, and quickly became the first-ever
Scottish compère at the Comedy Store in London. Fred soon became a major force
on the UK comedy circuit and made successful appearances on some of the
country's top entertainment television programmes, including Have I Got News For
You, They Think It's All Over and, as team captain, Bring Me The Head Of
Light Entertainment.
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Linda Robson
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This year Linda celebrates her 39th year in show business. She was a founder
member of the renowned Anna Scher theatre school. After minor success in
various TV roles, Linda became a household name as co-star of the successful
long-running ´óÏó´«Ã½ One comedy series Birds Of A Feather with childhood friend
Pauline Quirke. Linda has since appeared in a wide range of TV projects,
including Jobs For The Girls, The Bill and Renovation Street. Linda also enjoys
her stage work. In 2005 she made her West End debut in the critically acclaimed
play Telstar. More recently, Linda has co-presented the early-morning radio
show on ´óÏó´«Ã½ London 94.9FM.
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Mel Giedroyc
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Mel is perhaps best known as one half of Mel & Sue, alongside best friend Sue
Perkins. The former writers for French & Saunders have presented various
programmes for Channel 4, including Light Lunch and Late Lunch. Mel has since
guest-starred in a number of successful comedy shows, including The Vicar Of
Dibley and Gimme, Gimme, Gimme. In 2003, she competed in Channel 4's The Games.
After her starring role in the ´óÏó´«Ã½ One comedy Blessed, last year she co-presented Richard Hammond's 5 O'Clock Show for ITV1. Mel has written two
successful books: From Here To Maternity, based on her first pregnancy, followed
by Going Ga-Ga.
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Miranda Hart
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Over the last four years, Miranda has gained a reputation as one of the UK's
most popular up-and-coming comedy/ character actresses. After winning huge
success with her one-woman shows at the Edinburgh Festival, Miranda went on to
earn a British Comedy Award nomination for her role in ´óÏó´«Ã½ Two's Hyperdrive and
has just finished filming the second series. She is currently starring
alongside Russell Brand and Morwenna Banks in The Abbey on ITV1 and has
recently popped up in numerous ´óÏó´«Ã½ comedies, including Jack Dee's Lead Balloon,
Rush Hour and Nighty Night.
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Ray Stubbs
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Merseyside-born Ray has carved out a successful career in sports broadcasting
after beginning his career as a professional footballer with Tranmere Rovers
FC. He made the transition into broadcasting following an administrative role
with the club, followed by three years as a reporter/presenter with ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio
Merseyside. In 1986, Ray joined ´óÏó´«Ã½ Manchester as an assistant producer,
working on its sports output, including A Question Of Sport. He joined ´óÏó´«Ã½ Two's
investigative series On The Line as producer, reporter and presenter and, in
1990, began working as a reporter on ´óÏó´«Ã½ flagship sports programmes Match Of
The Day and Grandstand. More recently, Ray was part of the Match Of The Day
presenting team for the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s World Cup 2006 coverage.
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Rowland Rivron
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Rowland is a writer, comedy actor and musician. He first
found fame in the mid-Eighties through his appearances on the Jonathan Ross chat
show The Last Resort and with his band, Raw Sex, on ´óÏó´«Ã½ One's
French & Saunders. Various TV projects followed, including The Groovy
Fellers with Jools Holland. In recent years, Rowland has become a regular
face on the ´óÏó´«Ã½, presenting for Holiday and Summer Holiday as well as being a team
captain on A Question Of TV. In 2005 he appeared in the ´óÏó´«Ã½ One sitcom Blessed
and last year took part in five's celebrity series Trust Me – I'm A Holiday
Rep.
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Shaun Williamson
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Shaun, a former Pontin's Bluecoat, had various minor television roles before
landing the part of Barry in ´óÏó´«Ã½ One's long-running soap, EastEnders. He
remained with the series for nine years in tandem with his versatile and
regular performances on the cabaret circuit. Shaun's stage roles include
Saturday Night Fever and as Narrator in The Rocky Horror Show. In 2005 he
landed a role in the hit ´óÏó´«Ã½ Two comedy series Extras opposite Ricky
Gervais and Stephen Merchant. Shaun returned to this role in the second series
of the award-winning show.
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Tara Palmer-Tomkinson
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Tara is one of the UK's best-known personalities and television
presenters. In 2005 she received such accolades as Woman of the Year 2005 from
New Woman magazine. She has appeared and hosted numerous entertainment
TV shows but is best known for co-hosting four consecutive series of
ITV2's I'm A Celebrity… coverage, live from the Australian Outback. She is a regular contributor to various newspapers and
magazines, including The Observer, GQ and Tatler, and had a regular column in the
popular showbiz title Closer. Tara is an accomplished horse-rider, skier and
concert pianist as well as a tireless campaigner for charities such as The
Lavender Trust at Breast Cancer Care and the Chemical Dependency Centre. She is
director of new events company Three's A Crowd and has written her first book,
which will be published in September.
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Tim Vine
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Tim, brother of broadcast journalist Jeremy, made his mark on the stand-up
circuit in 1995 when he won the Perrier Best Newcomer Award at the Edinburgh
Festival. Several successful shows followed and, in 1997, Tim became the first
man to appear on the then Channel Five as co-presenter of the quiz show,
Whittle. Tim joined the team of writers and performers on ITV1's The Sketch
Show. In 2004 he broke the Guinness World Record for the most jokes told in
an hour, with 499 of his signature one-liners and puns. Tim has a love of music
and plays the piano and guitar. He has recently finished a successful UK tour
of his show, Current Puns, and recently starred in the ´óÏó´«Ã½ One sitcom Not Going
Out.
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Tricia Penrose
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Although best known for her role as Gina Ward in ITV1's long-running
drama Heartbeat, Tricia's other big passion is music. She featured in Channel
4's ground-breaking soap Brookside and parts in ITV drama Boon and soap operas Emmerdale and Coronation Street followed. In 2004, Tricia's love of singing
led to a show-stopping performance on the channel's Abbamania 2. In November
2006, Tricia also launched her own jewellery collection and donated several
pieces from it to the Gem Appeal Charity to help raise money for children with
genetic and metabolic disorders.
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Zoë Salmon
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Zoë was revealed as the 30th Blue Peter presenter in October 2004. The
following year she went on to present the results of the Northern Ireland
region in Making Your Mind Up, the UK's national pre-selection for the
Eurovision Song Contest 2005. Before she pursued her television ambitions, Zoë was crowned Miss Northern Ireland (beating Big Brother contestant
Orlaith McAllister) in 1999. Last year, she ran the London Marathon in aid of the
charity Childline. Having long held a dream of appearing in a West
End musical or on Broadway, Zoë sang as part of a Christmas special when she
made her Blue Peter debut back in 2004.
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