| Tim Vincent | |
| Born | November 4, 1972 Overton, Wrexham, Wales |
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| Occupation | Actor, TV presenter |
Tim Vincent (born 4 November 1972), is a Welsh actor and television presenter who is most famous for being a presenter on the popular children's programme Blue Peter between 1993 and 1997. Events 1333 - Flood of the Arno River, causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Overton-on-Dee (Owrtyn is a small rural village from the market town of Wrexham in north-east Wales. Wrexham (Wrecsam is a town and principal area in Wales. It is the largest town in North Wales and lies to the east of the region Events 1333 - Flood of the Arno River, causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Blue Peter is a BBC Television programme for children It is shown on CBBC, both in its BBC One programming block and on the His career has since broadened as a presenter and has presented several Miss World contests and is now based in the United States where he has presented some mainstream shows such as Access Hollywood and Phenomenon (TV series). The Miss World pageant is the oldest surviving major international Beauty pageant created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951 Access Hollywood is a weekday Television entertainment news program covering events and celebrities in the entertainment industry Phenomenon is a competition show judged by illusionists Uri Geller and Criss Angel ( Mindfreak) and hosted by Tim Vincent
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Biography
Vincent was born in Overton, Wrexham, Wales. Overton-on-Dee (Owrtyn is a small rural village from the market town of Wrexham in north-east Wales. Wrexham (Wrecsam is a town and principal area in Wales. It is the largest town in North Wales and lies to the east of the region He first took to acting at Theatr Clwyd, in nearby Mold. Clwyd Theatr Cymru (klʊɨd θɛːatr ˈkɨːmˌrɨ̞ known until 1998 as Theatr Clwyd, is a regional arts centre located 1 mile (2 km from Mold Flintshire Mold (Yr Wyddgrug is a Town in Flintshire, North Wales, on the River Alyn. He has lived and worked in the United States for the past few years. In early 2008, Vincent is appearing in the television "talent" show 'Dancing On Ice' on the UK television channel ITV.
Career
Acting
His first television role was playing alcoholic teenager Billy-Bob "Meg" Ryan, in the ITV drama series Children's Ward. Alcoholism is a term with multiple and sometimes conflicting definitions Children's Ward (retitled The Ward from 1995 to 1998 was a British children's Television drama series produced by Granada Television Vincent also took to the stage in pantomime for several years, always playing the role of 'Dandini' in Cinderella, at Southport, Torquay, Widnes and York, amongst others. Pantomime (informally panto) (not to be confused with a Mime artist, referring to a theatrical performer of mime is a performance genre traditionally found Cinderella ( French: Cendrillon, Slovak: Popoluška, German: Aschenputtel, Spanish: Cenicienta Southport is a seaside town on the Irish Sea coast situated within the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, in England, UK. Torquay (tɔrˈkiː is a town in the Unitary authority of Torbay and ceremonial county of Devon, England. Widnes is an industrial town within the borough of Halton, in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England with an urban area population of 57663 in York ( is an historic Walled city sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England.
Presenting
Vincent is most famous for being a presenter on the popular children's programme Blue Peter, which he joined on 16 December 1993. Blue Peter is a BBC Television programme for children It is shown on CBBC, both in its BBC One programming block and on the Events 755 - An Lushan revolts against Chancellor Yang Guozhong at Fanyang, initiating the An Shi Rebellion Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) During his time on the show, he completed the New York Marathon, travelled to South Africa, and shot at pygmies in Papua New Guinea. The New York City Marathon ( ING New York City Marathon for Sponsorship reasons is a major annual marathon (42 The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa Disappointed at his lack of marksmanship skills, he left Blue Peter on 24 January 1997, having already featured in two series of the drama Dangerfield and began presenting The Clothes Show. Events 41 - Gaius Caesar (Caligula, known for his eccentricity and cruel Despotism, is Assassinated by his disgruntled Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar The Clothes Show is a British Television show about fashion that can currently be seen on UKTV Style.
Vincent presented Blue Peter together with John Leslie, Anthea Turner, Diane-Louise Jordan, Stuart Miles, Katy Hill and Romana D'Annunzio. John Leslie (born John Leslie Stott on 22 February 1965) is a Scottish former Television presenter, best known as a presenter Anthea Millicent Turner (born 25 May 1960 in Stoke-on-Trent) is an English television 'personality' Diane-Louise Jordan (born 27 February 1960) is a British Television presenter. Stuart Miles (born 20 February 1970) is a British Comedian and Television presenter best known for presenting the popular children's Katy Hill (born 15 April 1971) is a English Television presenter most famous for presenting BBC children's magazine show Romana D'Annunzio (born 14 January 1972 in Duddingston, Edinburgh) is a Scottish television presenter who presented the children's
Since leaving Blue Peter and Dangerfield, Vincent has presented Short Change and later presented Fully Booked. Short Change was a consumer affairs programme for children broadcast on BBC One and later also the CBBC Channel Fully Booked was Children's television magazine show produced by BBC Scotland and broadcast from 1995 to 1999. From 2000 - 2001, he played vet Adam Forrester, in the soap opera Emmerdale, and appeared in the film Sorted (alongside Tim Curry and Jason Donovan). Emmerdale, known as Emmerdale Farm until 1989 is a British Soap opera that has aired on ITV since 1972 Timothy James Curry (born 19 April 1946 is an English Actor, Singer, Voice actor, and Composer, as well as having a career as a Jason Sean Donovan (born 1 June 1968, Malvern, Melbourne) is an Australian Actor and Singer. He starred on the first series of the reality television series, I'm Famous and Frightened! as well as the popular Sky One series There's Something About Miriam. I'm Famous and Frightened was a Living TV reality TV show in which 8 celebrities stayed for three nights in a "haunted" castle There's Something About Miriam is a Reality television show filmed in 2003 and originally aired in the United Kingdom on Sky1 in February
In 2005, he presented a party political broadcast on behalf of the Conservative Party. [1]
He is currently a reporter (as of 2007) on Access Hollywood. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Access Hollywood is a weekday Television entertainment news program covering events and celebrities in the entertainment industry In 2006, he hosted the pilots for GSN's revival of the game show Chain Reaction but he will not be hosting the series itself. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. A television pilot is a test episode of an intended Television series. Chain Reaction is an American Game show created by Bob Stewart, in which players compete to form chains composed of two-word phrases
He presented the Miss World contest in 2005, 2006 and Miss USA in 2007. The Miss World pageant is the oldest surviving major international Beauty pageant created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951 Miss World 2005, the 55th Miss World pageant took place on December 10, 2005 at the Crown of Beauty Theater in Sanya, China. Miss World 2006, the 56th Miss World pageant took place in Warsaw, Poland on Saturday September 30th The Miss USA Beauty contest has been held annually since 1952 to select the United States entrant in the Miss Universe pageant Miss USA 2007, the 56th Miss USA pageant, was held in Hollywood California, on March 23, 2007, after two weeks of events and preliminary Then filled in for Meredith Vieira, for a week of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, June 25 - 29, 2007. Meredith Louise Vieira (born December 30, 1953) is an American Journalist, Television personality, and Game show host In the United States, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (also known simply as Millionaire) is a Television Game show which Shortly after Tim has also recently presented the National Lottery Draws on the BBC. The National Lottery is the largest Lottery in the United Kingdom.
He is also currently the host of the NBC series Phenomenon, which premiered October 24, 2007. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Phenomenon is a competition show judged by illusionists Uri Geller and Criss Angel ( Mindfreak) and hosted by Tim Vincent [2]
He was saved from eviction from the third series of the UK celebrity ice skating contest Dancing on Ice on the vote-off on 20 January 2008, but was eliminated on 10 February 2008. Dancing on Ice is a British Television show, in which celebrities and their professional partners dance on ice in front of a panel of judges
Vincent is currently working on a collaboration to cover the 1979 hip-hop sensation 'Rappers Delight' by the 'Sugarhill Gang'.
References
- ^ Jo Carlton | Talent4 Media | Tim Vincent
- ^ "Tim Vincent To Host NBC's Mystifying 'Phenomenon'", Access Hollywood, October 8, 2007. Access Hollywood is a weekday Television entertainment news program covering events and celebrities in the entertainment industry
External links
| Preceded by John Leslie |
Blue Peter Presenter No. John Leslie (born John Leslie Stott on 22 February 1965) is a Scottish former Television presenter, best known as a presenter Blue Peter is a BBC Television programme for children It is shown on CBBC, both in its BBC One programming block and on the 21 1993-97 |
Succeeded by Richard Bacon |
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| NAME | Vincent, Tim |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Actor, TV presenter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4 November 1972 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Overton, Wrexham, Wales |
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