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| Born | November 23, 1970 Blackpool, Lancashire, England |
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| Occupation | Presenter |
| Spouse | Norman Cook (Fatboy Slim) |
| Children | 1 |
Zoë Louise Ball (born November 23, 1970 in Blackpool, Lancashire) is an English television and radio personality, most famous for becoming the first female host of the BBC Radio 1 breakfast show and less recently for her presenting of 90's kids show Live and Kicking. Events 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Blackpool (/ˈblækˌpul is a seaside town in Lancashire, England. Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A presenter, or host (sometimes hostess, in feminine form is a Person or Organization responsible for running an event Fatboy Slim, also known as Norman Cook, (born Quentin Leo Cook on 31 July 1963 is a British DJ and Big beat musician Events 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Blackpool (/ˈblækˌpul is a seaside town in Lancashire, England. Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland
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Biography
TV career
The daughter of children's TV presenter Johnny Ball, Zoë Ball was educated at a convent school in Buckinghamshire. Johnny Ball (born May 23, 1938) is a British Television personality a great populariser of mathematics and the father of former Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. Her first TV appearance was as a child in the studio audience of Saturday morning children's show Saturday Superstore, on which her father was appearing as a guest. Saturday Superstore was a Children's television series, broadcast on BBC1 from 1982 until 1987.
She began her television career as a runner at Granada Television and researcher on BSkyB. Granada Television is the United Kingdom ITV contractor for North West England. British Sky Broadcasting ( BSkyB — Sky Television and BSB) is a company that operates Sky Digital, a subscription television service in the She worked as a researcher for quiz shows for two years. Her presenting jobs have included hosting The Big Breakfast and The Priory on Channel 4, BBC One's Saturday morning children's programme Live & Kicking and pre-school programme Playdays. This article is about the British television show For the Canadian television show of the same name see The Big Breakfast (Canada. Channel 4 is a public-service Television and Radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom centred around a television channel of the same name which began Live & Kicking was a BBC Saturday morning children's variety programme running from 1993 to 2001 Playdays (known as Playbus until 25 December 1989) is a Children's television programme from the United Kingdom
Ball co-hosted the 2002 BRIT Awards with Frank Skinner, following which motherhood meant that she took less TV work. The BRIT Awards, often simply called The BRITs, are the British Phonographic Industry 's annual pop music awards Frank Skinner, (born Christopher Graham Collins on 28 January 1957 in Oldbury, West Midlands, England is an English writer and award-winning
In 2005 after co-hosting the BBC reality show Strictly Dance Fever, Ball became a contestant on its sister show Strictly Come Dancing, partnering with Ian Waite. Strictly Dance Fever was a British Television programme, broadcast on BBC One on Saturday evenings Strictly Come Dancing is a British Television show, featuring celebrities with professional dance partners competing in Ballroom and Latin Ian Waite is a professional Latin-American Dancer. History Ian started dancing at the age of 10 Ball and Waite ranked 3rd place.
Performance
| Week # | Dance | Judges' score | ||||
| Craig Revel Horwood | Arlene Phillips | Len Goodman | Bruno Tonioli | Total | ||
| 1 | Waltz | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 35 |
| 2 | Rumba | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 32 |
| 3 | Jive | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 29 |
| 4 | Foxtrot | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 36 |
| 5 | Samba | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 35 |
| 6 | Quickstep | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 36 |
| 7 | Tango | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 38 |
| 8 | Cha-Cha-Cha American Smooth |
8 9 |
7 9 |
8 9 |
9 9 |
32 36 |
| 9 | Viennese Waltz Paso Doble |
9 8 |
9 8 |
9 8 |
9 9 |
36 33 |
| 10 | Tango Samba |
9 9 |
10 9 |
9 10 |
10 10 |
38 38 |
| Christmas Special 2005 | Foxtrot | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 38 |
| Christmas Special 2006 | Rumba | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 38 |
At the end of 2006, Ball co-hosted ITV1's Extinct, with Sir Trevor McDonald. Craig Revel Horwood (born 1965 is an Australian dancer, choreographer, and Theatre director in the United Kingdom. Arlene Phillips OBE (born 1944) is a British Choreographer and former professional dancer who has worked in many fields of dance Len Gordon Goodman, (born 24 April 1944 is a British professional Dance Judge and teacher and former dancer Bruno Tonioli (born November 25 1955) is an Italian -born British Dancer and professional Choreographer. The waltz is a ballroom and folk Dance in time, performed primarily in Closed position. Rumba is a dance organically related to the Rumba genre of Afro-Cuban music. Jive is a Dance style in 4/4 time that originated among African-Americans in the early 1940s FoxTrot is an American Comic strip written and illustrated by Bill Amend. Samba is a lively rhythmical dance of Brazilian origin in 2/4 time danced under the Samba Music. Quickstep is an International Style Ballroom dance that follows a 2/4 or 4/4 time beat similar to a fast Foxtrot. Tango is a Musical genre and its associated dance forms that originated in Buenos Aires, Argentina and Montevideo, Uruguay and The Cha-cha-cha (in Spanish Cha-cha-chá) is a Latin American Dance of Cuban origin Ballroom dance refers collectively to a set of Partner dances which originated in Germany and are now enjoyed both socially and competitively around the Viennese Waltz (Wiener Walzer is the genre of a Ballroom dance. Paso Doble or pasodoble is a lively style of Dance to the duple meter march -like Pasodoble music Tango is a Musical genre and its associated dance forms that originated in Buenos Aires, Argentina and Montevideo, Uruguay and Samba is a lively rhythmical dance of Brazilian origin in 2/4 time danced under the Samba Music. FoxTrot is an American Comic strip written and illustrated by Bill Amend. Rumba is a dance organically related to the Rumba genre of Afro-Cuban music. This article deals with the ITV1 brand name as it is broadcast at present Extinct is a British Television series that aired on ITV1 in 2006 Sir Trevor McDonald OBE (born George McDonald on 16 August 1939 is a Trinidadian -born British Journalist and Television presenter
In January 2007, she presented the second series of ITV1's Soapstar Superstar, taking over from Fern Britton and Ben Shephard, who hosted the first series. January 2007 is the first month of that year It began on a Monday and 31 days later ended on a Wednesday. This article deals with the ITV1 brand name as it is broadcast at present Soapstar Superstar is a reality singing competition produced by Granada Television which first aired on British television station ITV in 2006 Fern Britton (born 17 July 1957 in Ealing) is an English television presenter, currently known as the main co-presenter on the Ben Shephard (born 11 December 1974 in Epping is an English Television presenter.
In March 2007, she hosted ITV talent search Grease Is the Word. March 2007 is the third month of the year It began on a Thursday, and ended 31 days later on a Saturday. Independent Television (generally known as ITV) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters set up under the Independent Grease Is the Word is the UK version of NBCs Grease You're the One that I Want!.
Radio career
Although known primarily for her TV work, it was in radio where Ball became a major British celebrity after she was recruited to co-host the BBC Radio 1 breakfast show in October 1997 with Kevin Greening. Kevin Greening (30 December 1962 &ndash 29 December 2007 was a British radio presenter who co-hosted the BBC Radio 1 breakfast show with Zoe Ball from 1997 to 1998 She eventually graduated to become the sole host - the first female DJ to do so. At this time, her hard-drinking, hard-partying antics contributed to the identification of the so-called "ladette culture" of the late 1990s. Lad culture (also Laddish culture and Laddism) is a Subculture commonly associated with Britpop music of the 1990s She later notoriously re-created the naked pose on a backturned chair made famous by Christine Keeler when doing an interview and spread with SKY magazine. Christine Keeler (born February 22, 1942) is an English former model and Showgirl. Sky Magazine (or 'Sky Mag' is the magazine distributed to subscribers of the UK BSkyB satellite service Sky Digital.
Ball left BBC Radio 1 in March 2000 to raise a family. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Her final breakfast show was on the 30 March 2000, and she was succeeded by Sara Cox. Sara Cox (born 13 December 1974) affectionately known as "Coxy" is an English TV Presenter and Radio DJ
Though regarded as professional, Ball twice received a BBC warning for swearing on the radio - first when she used the word "bastard" while being interviewed by Chris Evans during his stint on the BBC Radio 1 breakfast show (she was publicising her appointment to The Big Breakfast at the time); then, as host of the BBC Radio 1 breakfast show, for using the expression "f****** brilliant" to describe a night out she had. Chris Evans (born Christopher Evans, 1 April 1966 Warrington, England) is an English radio / Television presenter and
She returned to radio in mid 2002 when she joined London's Rock Station XFM, where she presented the Weekday Drivetime show until December 2003 & then in January 2004 took over a Friday evening music show for the station. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Xfm is a brand of Commercial radio stations focused on Alternative music, primarily indie, and owned by GCap Media in the United Kingdom She also stood in for Ricky Gervais whilst he filmed the second series of The Office. Ricky Dene Gervais (dʒɜːˈveɪz born 25 June 1961 is an English Actor, Comedian, Writer, director, Producer and former This article is about the original version of The Office For the US version see The Office (US TV series, and for a comparison of the various versions from around the She eventually left XFM at the end of 2004. Xfm is a brand of Commercial radio stations focused on Alternative music, primarily indie, and owned by GCap Media in the United Kingdom
She has recently made brief appearances on radio presenting documentaries for BBC Radio 2, and also sat in for Dermot O'Leary for 3 weeks in February 2006. Seán Dermot Fintan O'Leary Jr (born 24 May, 1973 in Colchester, England) better known as Dermot O'Leary, is an British
In September 2007, she celebrated 40 years of Radio 1 by hosting a show with Sara Cox. September 2007 is the ninth month of that year It began on a Saturday
Personal life
While at BBC Radio 1, Ball began a relationship with DJ and musician Norman Cook (a. Fatboy Slim, also known as Norman Cook, (born Quentin Leo Cook on 31 July 1963 is a British DJ and Big beat musician k. a. Fatboy Slim). The couple married in August 1999. August 1999 was a month with thirty-one days The following events also occurred during the month
The couple have one son, Woody (born December 2000), and live in Hove. Hove is a town on the south coast of England, immediately to the west of its larger neighbour Brighton, with whom it forms the Unitary authority Brighton
The marriage later survived a trial separation in early 2003, during which Ball had an affair with DJ Dan Peppe. Dan Peppe is a British DJ and producer also known for affair with Fatboy Slim 's wife Zoë Ball in 2003 [1]
References
External links
- Zoë Ball at the Internet Movie Database
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