Alex Westthorp Oct 3, 2016
It's 40 years since Multi-Coloured Swap Shop made its television debut and kick-started the Saturday morning kids' TV slot...
Imagine the excitement - it's just before 9.30am on Saturday 2nd October 1976. It's almost like Christmas has come early, such is the anticipation. The nation's kids, who hitherto got their kicks at the Saturday morning pictures, settle in front of their television screens and press the button marked 'BBC1'. Those who read their parents' Radio Times know a new show is about to start with Radio 1 Breakfast Show DJ Noel Edmonds at the helm. 28 year old Noel is cool and down with the kids. Tom Baker and Elisabeth Sladen - the Doctor and Sarah Jane from Doctor Who - are to be the first star guests, and you can actually speak to them live by telephone! The TV set warms up and the familiar blue and yellow BBC...
It's 40 years since Multi-Coloured Swap Shop made its television debut and kick-started the Saturday morning kids' TV slot...
Imagine the excitement - it's just before 9.30am on Saturday 2nd October 1976. It's almost like Christmas has come early, such is the anticipation. The nation's kids, who hitherto got their kicks at the Saturday morning pictures, settle in front of their television screens and press the button marked 'BBC1'. Those who read their parents' Radio Times know a new show is about to start with Radio 1 Breakfast Show DJ Noel Edmonds at the helm. 28 year old Noel is cool and down with the kids. Tom Baker and Elisabeth Sladen - the Doctor and Sarah Jane from Doctor Who - are to be the first star guests, and you can actually speak to them live by telephone! The TV set warms up and the familiar blue and yellow BBC...
- 9/28/2016
- Den of Geek
Comedian Frankie Boyle's gloves-off style leaves many people disgusted – but is he simply being honest about what many of us think?
Title: Frankie Boyle - Live
Date: 2008
The setup: Frankie Boyle takes comedy about as low as it can go. His baiting of taboos is not the problem – jokes about rape, cancer, paedophilia and so forth are now as commonplace as the ones about Irishmen and mothers-in-law used to be. The problem, rather, is that Boyle gets personal.
This show, his first live DVD, includes jokes about Lewis Hamilton's brother having cerebral palsy, the children's television presenter Mark Speight killing himself, and the schoolgirl Shannon Matthews being kidnapped and imprisoned. "The ugly ones always turn up alive," is his remark on that. You may be appalled, or you might laugh. Both emotions are visible in the crowd, and you can some people's faces wrestling with them too. What's...
Title: Frankie Boyle - Live
Date: 2008
The setup: Frankie Boyle takes comedy about as low as it can go. His baiting of taboos is not the problem – jokes about rape, cancer, paedophilia and so forth are now as commonplace as the ones about Irishmen and mothers-in-law used to be. The problem, rather, is that Boyle gets personal.
This show, his first live DVD, includes jokes about Lewis Hamilton's brother having cerebral palsy, the children's television presenter Mark Speight killing himself, and the schoolgirl Shannon Matthews being kidnapped and imprisoned. "The ugly ones always turn up alive," is his remark on that. You may be appalled, or you might laugh. Both emotions are visible in the crowd, and you can some people's faces wrestling with them too. What's...
- 8/23/2012
- by Leo Benedictus
- The Guardian - Film News
The father of late TV presenter Mark Speight has launched a foundation to promote children's artistic abilities. The SMart host committed suicide in April following the loss of girlfriend Natasha Collins to a drugs overdose. His body was found at Paddington Station in London. His dad Oliver has set up the Speight Of The Art Foundation to enable children to "express themselves in a positive way through art". (more)...
- 11/13/2008
- by By Sarah Rollo
- Digital Spy
Mark Speight told his father that he had "lost everything" before taking his own life earlier this year. The BBC TV host, best known for presenting children's art show SMart, committed suicide in April following the loss of his girlfriend Natasha Collins. His body was found at Paddington Station in London. Collins was found dead by Speight in January after she had taken an overdose of cocaine and sleeping pills. Speaking about how Speight reacted to the loss, his father Oliver told The Mirror: "Mark was in an abyss. Nothing (more)...
- 8/11/2008
- by By Daniel Kilkelly
- Digital Spy
Friends and family gathered to celebrate the life of Mark Speight at a memorial service in London yesterday. Rolf Harris and Speight's SMart co-host Kirsten O’Brien were among well-wishers who turned out to pay tribute to the late children's TV presenter at the Parish Church of Saint Paul in Covent Garden. His father Oliver, who described Speight as a "shining beacon", launched a foundation for artistic youngsters (more)...
- 8/7/2008
- by By Beth Hilton
- Digital Spy
Children's TV presenter nm1217981 autoMark Speight[/link] left a suicide note at his flat, an inquest has heard.
The 42-year-old was found hanged at Paddington station on Sunday, three months after the death of fiancée nm0172565 autoNatasha Collins[/link].
The coroner’s court was told that he left a suicide letter in the property in St John’s Wood, North-West London. Another note was discovered on his body.
The SMart . . .
The 42-year-old was found hanged at Paddington station on Sunday, three months after the death of fiancée nm0172565 autoNatasha Collins[/link].
The coroner’s court was told that he left a suicide letter in the property in St John’s Wood, North-West London. Another note was discovered on his body.
The SMart . . .
- 4/16/2008
- by Beth_Hilton_imdb_@digitalspy.co.uk (Beth Hilton)
- Digital Spy
Mark Speight was born in Trowbridge, Wiltshire in 1965 to parents Oliver, a property developer, and art teacher Jacqueline.
He grew up in Wolverhampton and went to school at Tettenhall College and Regis Comprehensive. Though he struggled academically, leaving school at the age of 16, he showed a keen passion for art and went on to obtain a degree in Commercial and Graphic Art.
His television breakthrough came in 1994 when he heard about auditions for a new BBC kids' art show called SMart while working in TV production. After landing the presenting job, he served as a host on the show from its launch until he quit earlier this year following the death of his fianc...
He grew up in Wolverhampton and went to school at Tettenhall College and Regis Comprehensive. Though he struggled academically, leaving school at the age of 16, he showed a keen passion for art and went on to obtain a degree in Commercial and Graphic Art.
His television breakthrough came in 1994 when he heard about auditions for a new BBC kids' art show called SMart while working in TV production. After landing the presenting job, he served as a host on the show from its launch until he quit earlier this year following the death of his fianc...
- 4/14/2008
- by Simon_Reynolds_imdb_@digitalspy.co.uk (Simon Reynolds)
- Digital Spy
A man believed to be the missing TV presenter Mark Speight has been found dead at Paddington station in London.
The body of the 42-year-old was discovered in a remote area of the station at 10am this morning. His death is being treated as "unexplained" but police confirmed that he had not been hit by a train.
Speight - a presenter of numerous kids TV shows, including the Bbc's SMart - disappeared last week, three months after the death of fianc...
The body of the 42-year-old was discovered in a remote area of the station at 10am this morning. His death is being treated as "unexplained" but police confirmed that he had not been hit by a train.
Speight - a presenter of numerous kids TV shows, including the Bbc's SMart - disappeared last week, three months after the death of fianc...
- 4/13/2008
- by Neil_Wilkes_imdb_@digitalspy.co.uk (Neil Wilkes)
- Digital Spy
Latest: An inquest into the death of the fiancee of Bbc children's presenter nm1217981 autoMark Speight[/link] has found her death"non-suspicious".
Actress nm0172565 autoNatasha Collins[/link], 32, was found dead in the bath of the north London home they shared last week.
A post-mortem examination failed to reveal the exact cause of death but a hearing at Westminster Coroner's Court in London concluded Collins was not murdered.
Speight was originally arrested on suspicion of murder and supplying cocaine and was released on bail.
But the findings, which are subject to further investigation, appear to show the incident was a tragic accident and could eventually clear the star of causing his lover's death.
A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police insisted there is still more work to be done.
Detective Inspector Simon Whittaker says, "Clearly the cause of death is unascertained and subject to further investigation."...
Actress nm0172565 autoNatasha Collins[/link], 32, was found dead in the bath of the north London home they shared last week.
A post-mortem examination failed to reveal the exact cause of death but a hearing at Westminster Coroner's Court in London concluded Collins was not murdered.
Speight was originally arrested on suspicion of murder and supplying cocaine and was released on bail.
But the findings, which are subject to further investigation, appear to show the incident was a tragic accident and could eventually clear the star of causing his lover's death.
A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police insisted there is still more work to be done.
Detective Inspector Simon Whittaker says, "Clearly the cause of death is unascertained and subject to further investigation."...
- 1/8/2008
- WENN
Latest: A Bbc children's presenter arrested on suspicion of murdering his girlfriend is "absolutely distraught" over her death.
nm1217981 autoMark Speight[/link] was arrested in connection with the demise of his partner nm0172565 autoNatasha Collins[/link], who was found dead in the bath of the north London home they shared on Thursday.
But he has denied any involvement in her death, according to a statement released on his behalf.
The statement reads, "Mark has been questioned by the police on account of the fact that the body of his fiancee was found in the flat they shared.
"At the moment no one knows what happened. Mark found her body in the bathroom and immediately called an ambulance and the police.
"Mark was the only other person present in the flat and has therefore been questioned by police as a matter of course."
Speight has been bailed until the first week of February on suspicion of murder and supplying cocaine.
The cause of Collins' death has not yet been revealed. However, a Metropolitan Police spokesman says it is being treated as "unexplained".
nm1217981 autoMark Speight[/link] was arrested in connection with the demise of his partner nm0172565 autoNatasha Collins[/link], who was found dead in the bath of the north London home they shared on Thursday.
But he has denied any involvement in her death, according to a statement released on his behalf.
The statement reads, "Mark has been questioned by the police on account of the fact that the body of his fiancee was found in the flat they shared.
"At the moment no one knows what happened. Mark found her body in the bathroom and immediately called an ambulance and the police.
"Mark was the only other person present in the flat and has therefore been questioned by police as a matter of course."
Speight has been bailed until the first week of February on suspicion of murder and supplying cocaine.
The cause of Collins' death has not yet been revealed. However, a Metropolitan Police spokesman says it is being treated as "unexplained".
- 1/4/2008
- WENN
A Bbc kids' TV presenter has been arrested on suspicon of murder following the death of his girlfriend, a fellow children's TV star.
nm1217981 autoMark Speight[/link] was arrested in connection with the death of his partner nm0172565 autoNatasha Collins[/link], who was found dead in the bath of the north London home they shared on Thursday.
A Metropolitan Police spokesperson says, "Police were called at 13.20pm on January 3 to reports of a sudden death of a woman at a residential address in St John's Wood. The woman, aged in her 30s, was pronounced dead at the scene. A post-mortem will be held in due course, details to be confirmed.
"A man in his 40s was arrested at the scene. He has been bailed to return to a central London police station on a date in February."
He was released on bail in the early hours of Friday morning. The cause of Collins' death has not yet been revealed.
nm0294144 autoMark French[/link], Collins' agent, says, "They always went everywhere together- they were just a really fun couple who were fantastic together. This is a very tragic loss for us all."...
nm1217981 autoMark Speight[/link] was arrested in connection with the death of his partner nm0172565 autoNatasha Collins[/link], who was found dead in the bath of the north London home they shared on Thursday.
A Metropolitan Police spokesperson says, "Police were called at 13.20pm on January 3 to reports of a sudden death of a woman at a residential address in St John's Wood. The woman, aged in her 30s, was pronounced dead at the scene. A post-mortem will be held in due course, details to be confirmed.
"A man in his 40s was arrested at the scene. He has been bailed to return to a central London police station on a date in February."
He was released on bail in the early hours of Friday morning. The cause of Collins' death has not yet been revealed.
nm0294144 autoMark French[/link], Collins' agent, says, "They always went everywhere together- they were just a really fun couple who were fantastic together. This is a very tragic loss for us all."...
- 1/4/2008
- WENN
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