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  Michael Aspel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Aspel was born in Wales and secured his first journalistic job working for the Cardiff morning daily, the Western Mail, in the late 1950s.
From there he went to the BBC as a newsreader, becoming one of the country's most familiar faces during the 1960s and 1970s, as a regular presenter of the evening news.
His career took a severe knock after his Aspel chat show was seen to offer too much to Planet Hollywood and Matthew Freud's PR company to secure an interview with Arnold Schwarzenegger.
bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/m/mi/michael_aspel.html   (199 words)

  
 The kick inside - interviews
Michael Aspel introduces Victoria Wood, a British Comedienne who, as one of her characters, wears a raincoat and a beret (it is relevant later!).
Michael Aspel: It is time for some more company you see, and taking over the warm seat from the Wood bottie is a singer whose first record in 1978 astonished listeners with it's originality, and her own extraordinary style made her an instant favourite with T.V. impersonators.
Michael Aspel: We're going to have a break now, err, Kate will be singing for her warm glass of white wine later, but in a few moments we will have Lenny Henry.
www.btinternet.com /~thekickinside/inter5.htm   (1628 words)

  
 Twistedmindz - Strange, surreal comedy website with sketch videos, flash games, animations, mp3s and other funny stuff.
Michael, meanwhile, is in stitches on the floor, as if it's the first time he's ever thought of making a joke like that out of his catchphrase.
Now most people know Michael from his TV presenting job, but today, we are going to catch a glimpse of what it's really like to be Michael Aspel, on a day-to-day basis.
I resist the temptation to say, "Michael Aspel, this is your wife" but immediately wish I hadn't as she turns to him and says, "Michael…this is your dinner".
www.twistedmindz.co.uk /daywithaspel.php   (598 words)

  
 Peter Pan Awards - judges: Michael Morpurgo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Michael Morpurgo is an award-winning writer of books for children.
In 1999 Michael Morpurgo was awarded an MBE with his wife Clare for their charitable work with Farms for City Children, the charity they founded 30 years ago.
Michael Morpurgo said of his appointment as Children's Laureate, "Quentin and Anne had the right idea.
www.gosh.org /peterpanawards/judges_michael_morpurgo.htm   (254 words)

  
 Antiques Roadshow UK: Aspel Interview
Michael, who was awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1993 for services to broadcasting, found himself warmly welcomed by the existing team on the ROADSHOW, watched by around 11 million antiques aficionados each week.
Michael, a former TV Times and Variety Club Television Personality of the Year, is fascinated by the remarkable human interest stories which emerge, and which he's keen to share.
Michael believes it's a wise move for budding collectors to start early—"as long as they don't become obsessive about it and go beyond their means," he warns.
www.pbs.org /wgbh/antiquesuk/aboutseries/aspel_intvw.html   (1573 words)

  
 BBC - Press Office - Michael Aspel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Michael Aspel's career began as a radio actor with the BBC in Cardiff in 1954.
Michael entered into an exclusive contract with London Weekend Television to present several programmes including The 6 O'clock Show, Child's Play, and his talk show Aspel And Company, and he has presented several specials in The Trouble With… series.
Michael was awarded the OBE in 1993 for services to broadcasting and was recently voted into the Royal Television Society Hall of Fame for outstanding services to television.
www.bbc.co.uk /pressoffice/biographies/biogs/tvfactual/michaelaspel.shtml   (221 words)

  
 Michael Aspel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Aspel was born in Battersea, where he attended Emanuel School and secured his first journalistic job working for the Cardiff morning daily, the Western Mail, in the late 1950s.
Aspel was also a regular host of Miss World.
However, he took on the mantle of Eamonn Andrews as presenter of This Is Your Life, and continued to present the programme on the BBC until it was axed in 2003.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Michael_Aspel   (449 words)

  
 screenonline: Aspel, Michael (1933-) Biography
A nationally known personality, firstly as a television newsreader (BBC Wales's first) and, subsequently, as a presenter of numerous television and radio programmes, Michael Aspel was heralded as the 'golden boy' of British television during the 1970s and 1980s.
His career began as a radio actor with the BBC in Wales in 1954 but he came to notice when he was hired as a guest announcer and newsreader for the BBC (Cardiff) in 1957.
It was Aspel, whose deflating wit and boyish charm kept the pomposity within limits, who had the unenviable task of extracting two minutes of articulate charm out of the nervous contestants; on the demeaning level of: "I understand you are interested in antiques.
www.screenonline.org.uk /people/id/1140478   (608 words)

  
 Antiques Roadshow UK: Host
Michael Aspel, host of ANTIQUES ROADSHOW UK, began his career as a radio actor with the BBC in Cardiff, Wales, in 1954.
Michael went on to become a nationally known personality in Great Britain on both television and radio.
In 1993 Michael was awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his services to broadcasting, and has been voted TV Times and Variety Club Television Personality of the Year.
www.pbs.org /wgbh/antiquesuk/aboutseries/host.html   (197 words)

  
 Celebrity Big Brother 4 UK News - Rula Lenska Reveals That She Appeared On This Is Your Life
Chatting to Michael and George in the kitchen this morning, Rula revealed that she was once a target for 'This Is Your Life' and featured on the show some years ago.
On the long-running show, originally presented by Eamonn Andrews and later by David Nixon and Michael Aspel, unsuspecting celebrities were surprised by the host, who was instantly recognisable by virtue of carrying a big red book.
Michael then claimed that he was supposed to be on the show, but had sussed it out, so it didn't go ahead.
www.bigbrotheronline.co.uk /celebritybigbrother4/latest/wk2/30.htm   (365 words)

  
 BBC - BBC THREE - Sex, Lies And Michael Aspel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Past girlfriends including Angie Best and Valerie Singleton talk about the magnetic sexual effect he had on women even from his early days as a newsreader, and reveal their own liaisons with the man they knew.
Michael himself talks candidly about his international career and the women he has loved and left.
He tells of how he has come to terms with his past and wants to come to terms with the people he has kept secret from the press for many years, including some surprising past girlfriends and secret children whose identities have previously not been revealed.
www.bbc.co.uk /bbcthree/tv/sexliesandmichaelaspel.shtml   (213 words)

  
 Michael Aspel Photos - Michael Aspel News - Michael Aspel Information
Michael Aspel and Daz Sampson are today's guests.
Michael Aspel, Louise, Terry Hall, The Seahorses, Sleeper.
Tell the world what you think of Michael Aspel, write a review for this person.
www.tv.com /michael-aspel/person/105331/summary.html   (154 words)

  
 Michael Aspel BBC presenter at Victoria Baths Manchester | Photo by Aidan O'Rourke Manchester photographer writer ...
Michael Aspel is one of the UK's longest running and most famous tv and radio personalities.
Despite the passing years and many changes in broadcasting, Michael Aspel looks the same as ever, and is a reassuring link with the founding years of tv and radio in the UK.
I met and photographed Michael Aspel during the Antiques Roadshow's visit to the Victoria Baths on 26 September 2004.
www.aidan.co.uk /photo2136.htm   (614 words)

  
 UKTV: Personalities: Profile: Michael Aspel
Michael also received some not so good news around the end of 2003: that he had Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.
Michael underwent a course of chemotherapy for it and has been told his condition is not life-threatening.
It was, of course, a spoof and a very funny one at that, which claimed that there was a different man behind the respectable on-screen persona, hiding a dark past of womanising and an almost Godfather-like control over the media.
www.uktv.co.uk /?uktv=standarditem.index&aID=530414   (555 words)

  
 Michael Aspel - DeathList Forum
What a shame that Michael Aspel came out yesterday to announce he's fighting non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Michael Aspel has taken a swipe at his Deathlist critics:
Update: Michael was on "This Morning" (oh the joy) on Tuesday this week.
www.deathlist.net /forums/index.php?showtopic=56   (679 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Entertainment | TV and Radio | TV star Michael Aspel has cancer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Television presenter Michael Aspel has revealed he is suffering from cancer.
The following month, the BBC announced it was axing the show, which was one of the longest-running on British television, after 48 years.
Aspel still presents the Antiques Roadshow on BBC1, which regularly attracts nine million viewers.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3366437.stm   (269 words)

  
 Help the Aged - Then & Now - Case Study
Michael Aspel was seven years old when he was evacuated.
Michael used to write to his mother and she came to visit him a few times.
Michael is a tv personality famous for presenting the Antiques Roadshow and This Is Your Life.
schools.helptheaged.org.uk /_schools/ThenNow/CaseStudy   (396 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The War Game: Video: Michael Aspel,Peter Graham (III),Kathy Staff   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Starring: Michael Aspel, Peter Graham Director: Peter Watkins Rating
Subtlety isn't Watkins's suit (perhaps the BBC objected to the film's blunt antiestablishment politics as much as anything), but by breaking taboos such as showing graphic carnage and plausibly depicting the brutal postnuclear martial law, The War Game is a monumental predecessor to The Day After and Testament.
Michael Aspel as Commentator, Peter Graham as Commentator, Kathy Staff as Interviewee, Peter Watkins as Documentist, Michael Aspel as Commentator, Peter Graham as Commentator, Kathy Staff as Interviewee, Peter Watkins as Documentist...
www.amazon.com /War-Game-Michael-Aspel/dp/B000007SYV   (1445 words)

  
 TimeWarp - The Lab - Stage Show details - Michael Aspel - Narrator
He succeeded Eamonn Andrews as presenter of This Is Your Life in 1988 and the programme was consistently high in the ratings.
Michael has received many awards over the years including the O.B.E. in 1993 for services to broadcasting and in 1996 was voted into the the Royal Television Society Hall of Fame for outstanding services to television.
In 2002 Michael was elected Honorary Fellow of Cardiff University.
www.timewarp.org.uk /lab/michaelaspel.htm   (320 words)

  
 Ed Aspel: ZoomInfo Business People Information
Ed Aspel's summary was automatically generated using 3 references found on the Internet.
Ed is currently group marketing director for the Pelican Group, which includes Bella Pasta, Café Rouge, the Dome bar and café and a number of innovative new concepts like Dragon Inns and Abbaye.
August J Walter Thompson boss Stephen Carter is the latest name to come and go in the ITV chief hunt.
www.zoominfo.com /people/aspel_ed_3668477.aspx   (491 words)

  
 Ananova - Vinnie Jones turned to jelly by Michael Aspel
Vinnie Jones got the shock of his life when Michael Aspel gatecrashed the launch of the footballer-turned-movie-star's new video to say: "Vinnie Jones, This Is Your Life".
Jones was at the Atlantic in London's Piccadilly Circus to launch Vinnie's Revenge, a collection of footballing horror tackles, but unbeknown to him, Aspel was waiting in the wings.
The former Wimbledon, Chelsea, Leeds, Sheffield United and Wales midfield hardman was fined £20,000 by the Football Association in 1992 for his commentary in a video glorifying football violence and dirty tricks.
www.ananova.com /entertainment/story/sm_125569.html   (192 words)

  
 Gaffaweb - Kate Bush - MOMENTS - A Red Shoes Collection - 1.3. - The "Aspel" Performance
It is anticipated that she will present a track from the new album, due in September, but probably not the first single.
During the group interview sections of the programme I felt that Kate was a bit overwhelmed by being surrounded by Leeny Henry and Victoria Wood who can both talk the hind legs of a donkey.
Aspel tried to get her back into the conversation but without much success.
gaffa.org /moments/1_3.html   (2449 words)

  
 iVillage UK - Baby Name Finder - Meanings
Michael, a 2-syllable boy's name of Hebrew origin, means: Who is like God?.
Michael's ethnic backgrounds include Irish, Swedish, Hebrew, English/Welsh, German and Greek.
Entertainers with this name include George Michael (Musicians), Michael Aspel (Television), Michael Barrymore (Television), Michael Caine (Movies), Michael Douglas (Movies), Michael J Fox (Movies), Michael J Fox (Television), Michael Jackson (Musicians), Michael Jordan (Sports), Michael Palin (Television), Michael Parkinson (Television) and Michael Schumacher (Sports).
www.ivillage.co.uk /pregnancyandbaby/babynames/meanings/0,,8127,00.html   (127 words)

  
 National Doodle Day 2006: Doodle by Michael Aspel (television and radio presenter, host of 'Ask Aspel', 'This is Your ...
National Doodle Day 2006: Doodle by Michael Aspel (television and radio presenter, host of 'Ask Aspel', 'This is Your Life' and 'Antiques Roadshow')
Michael Aspel; television and radio presenter, host of 'Ask Aspel', 'This is Your Life' and 'Antiques Roadshow'.
National Doodle Day is wholly owned by The Neurofibromatosis Association, a registered charity in England (No 1078790), and Epilepsy Action, a working name of British Epilepsy Association, a registered charity in England (No 234343).
www.epilepsy.org.uk /nationaldoodleday/2006/hall/gallery.cfm?doodle=307   (113 words)

  
 Gaffaweb Dictionary - A
Appearing on this children's television program hosted by Michael Aspel on 5 September 1978, Kate performed the song Kashka From Baghdad.
A U.S.-only CD EP which included both the album version of the song The Sensual World and an instrumental version, as well as the songs Be Kind To My Mistakes, I'm Still Waiting, and Ken, which had not otherwise been released in America.
Kate appeared on this British chat show hosted by Michael Aspel on 30 May 1993.
gaffa.org /diction/a.html   (1216 words)

  
 The War Game (1968): Michael Aspel, Peter Graham, Kathy Staff - PopMatters Film Review
Global warming has been pasteurized for action movie fodder in The Day After Tomorrow, and even the significantly more sober An Inconvenient Truth is limited in scope by its inability to reach beyond an audience of white, liberal art-house theatergoers.
Michael Moore is the closest thing we’ve got to Peter Watkins in this day and age, but his smug, unavoidably partisan and repulsively acerbic films do almost as much damage as they seek to ameliorate—or did I miss it when Fahrenheit 9/11 successfully swayed the 2004 election for the Democrats?
Errol Morris may be the best living documentary filmmaker, and at his best he can muster a bit of Watkins’ urgency, but his audience is such a small fraction of Moore’s that it seems perverse.
www.popmatters.com /pm/film/reviews/6126/the-war-game-1968   (1801 words)

  
 MegaStar - Aspel and Pammy do it
Get this: Uber-boobed Baywatch babe Pammy Anderson has had a secret affair with perma-tanned This Is Your Life presenter, Michael Aspel.
Pammy spills the beans about her sensational animal-with-two-backs routine with small screen star Aspel in a BBC documentary Sex, Lies & Michael Aspel.
In the hour-long show, 70-year-old Aspel talks candidly about his life as an international playboy and then we lost the will to live.
www.megastar.co.uk /ents/news/2003/11/14/sMEG01MTA2ODgxMzc2MTE.html   (202 words)

  
 Pam's 'fling' with Antique Aspel - www.smh.com.au
Baywatch's Pamela Anderson is to make an extraordinary claim in the bizarre BBC spoof "documentary" - she once had an affair with Michael Aspel, host of UK TV's Antiques Roadshow.
Viewers may know him as the mild-mannered host of This Is Your Life and The Antiques Roadshow, but the documentary unmasks him as the biggest womaniser in British TV history.
And Danniella Westbrook is not the only star to learn that he is her secret dad.
www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/11/13/1068674289668.html   (222 words)

  
 The influence of overseas music media
I was eager to find a London radio station that could engross me in the same way, and there was Capital Radio —; 194 metres medium wave and 95.8 stereo VHF.
I was totally into Michael Aspel when he was the morning DJ on Capital — sort of a George Moore only more famous.
Aspel ended up having his own TV chat show, hosted the UK version of This is Your Life, and has had an illustrious career to this date.
www.debbiekruger.com /broadcaster/osmusicmedia.html   (1996 words)

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