Tonight there’s another double dose of Little Crackers on Sky1/HD. Elsewhere, Jack Bauer relives the entire last day of his TV life on Sky2, and the work of Ronnie Corbett is celebrated on BBC2. Little Crackers Sky1/HD: 9pm For children of the 1970s there was one person who they assumed knew everything, and it wasn't their mum, dad, or headmaster – it was Norris McWhirter from Record Breakers.
- 12/22/2010
- Sky TV
The world of children's telly can be a cruel and unforgiving one. You can be the big cheese, the next Phillip Schofield/Andi Peters and the saviour of Cbbc one minute and six months later you can be Chris Jarvis and on the panto circuit scrapheap. 50/50, It'll Never Work and occasional Record Breakers hostess Sally Gray was for a brief period at the end of the '90s quite a big deal. A cool all-rounder, Gray's stern Scottish demeanor was able to keep 100 unruly scamps in check and simultaneously entertain dads tuning in to watch her (more)...
- 8/6/2010
- by By Alex Fletcher
- Digital Spy
All-round entertainer and legend are terms that are bandied around willy-nilly these days. However, in the case of Cheryl Baker, they seem wholly fitting. Her career as a popstar - two-time Eurovision entrant (one win, the other 11th place), Bucks Fizz success and solo venture - would be the envy of many young pups starting up in showbiz today. But Baker couldn't be pinned down solely to music. She enjoyed an incredibly fruitful TV career, helping make hits out of Record Breakers and The Saturday Picture Show. Baker's biggest and best TV hit was the innovative cookery and music series Eggs 'n' Baker (Do you see what they've done there?!). Filling in the pre-Going Live! (more)...
- 3/12/2010
- by By Alex Fletcher
- Digital Spy
In the early '90s, Kriss Akabusi was a shining beacon among the grimy showbiz celeb circuit. The Olympic 400m hurdler found fame after helping the UK take Gold at the 1991 Tokyo World Championships, going on to become a TV presenter (Record Breakers, The Big Breakfast) and regular on panel shows Through the Keyhole and You Bet!. Akabusi's manic enthusiasm for life, lunatic-esque "Alwigght!" catchphrase and gargantuan laugh endeared him to the nation. At the height of his fame he was even caught up in an infamous showbiz rumour about his voracious sexual appetite, (more)...
- 11/6/2009
- by By Alex Fletcher
- Digital Spy
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