Newsreader Mark Austin appeared on The Alan Titchmarsh Show to talk about Newsroom’s Got Talent, a big live show featuring newsreaders as you’ve never seen them before. Raising money for Beating Bowel Cancer, Newsroom’s Got Talent is a celebrity fun-filled talent night featuring some of the best known newsreaders in the country such as Katie Derham, John Snow, Mark Austin, Kate Garraway and Krishnan Guru Murphy.
Newsroom’s Got Talent takes place at the Indigo O2 on 2 November 2011.
John Paul Davies appeared on The Alan Titchmarsh Show to give viewers some fascinating facts on Guy Fawkes, one of the conspirators in the faled Gunpowder Plot of 1605. John Paul Davies has written a biography of Guido Fawkes called Pity For The Guy, which argues that Fawkes is possibly one of Britain’s most misunderstood villains.
Ronan Parke has had a dramatic rise to prominence since his appearance on Britain’s Got Talent last year, on which he finished runner-up to the eventual winner Jai McDowell. He appeared on The Alan Titchmarsh Show today to chat with Alan about his success and the release of his new album. Self-titled ‘Ronan Parke’, it’s produced by the Stephen Lipson who has also produced work by Will Young and Jordin Sparks. Tracks include one composed by Gary Barlow, ‘Stronger Than I Am’ and covers of Coldplay, Kelly Clarkson and Eva Cassidy. Ronan Parke has a truly unique voice and his new album is destined to be a hit.
Henry Winkler appeared on The Alan Titchmarsh Show to discuss his recent honorary OBE award for his work on dyslexia in the UK. Winkler, who is most famous for his portrayal of Arthur ‘The Fonz’ Fonzarelli in 1970′s hit TV show ‘Happy Days’, received the prestigious honour at the British Embassy in Washington earlier this year. A man of many talents, Henry Winkler has also written a series of fictional children’s books about Hank Zipzer, an unlikely hero, whose adventures and struggles with dyslexia are based on Winkler’s own childhood.
You can buy Hank Zipzer books from Amazon for around £3-4 each, or as a box set of books – there are 12 in the series.
Seasick Steve made an appearance on The Alan Titchmarsh Show today to promote his new album, You Can’t Teach An Old Dog New Tricks. Seasick Steve had an interesting chat with Alan about his life and his music career.
Nicole Scherzinger of Pussycat Dolls fame and ‘dating Lewis Hamilton’ fame appeared on The Alan Titchmarsh Show on ITV to sing her brand new solo single, Poison. Poison is an upbeat catchy pop song and it should launch Nicole Scherxinger’s solo career into the stratosphere. Nicole didn’t have time to hang around for a chat with gardener-turned-presenter Alan after the performance.
The Harmonies appeared on The Alan Titchmarsh Show to perform their version of the classic hymn Jerusalem. The Harmonies are 5 members of the WI, the famous Women’s Institute, chosen from over 200,000 in the Search for the Stars of the WI 2010 competition. The album includes brand new songs, and a whole host of lovely versions of all-time greats like You’ve Got A Friend and the aforementioned Jerusalem. The album is called Voices of the WI.
Westlife appeared on The Alan Titchmarsh Show for a chat and to perform a song from their upcoming new album. Released on 22nd November, Gravity is the new album by the mega-successful Irish boy band. Believe it or not, Gravity is Westlife’s 11th album. Interestingly, the title of the album was suggested to the band by a fan via Twitter. Only the Beatles and Elvis have outsold Westlife in the UK. Westlife recently appeared on The X Factor on the same show as JLS another huge boy band, Take That.
Sophie Ellis-Bextor appeared on The Alan Titchmarsh Show to perform her collaboration single with the Freemasons, Heartbreak Give Me The Answer. Watch the video here:
Alan Titchmarsh cooked up a roast dinner on yesterday’s show, then asked the expert which type of red wine would go best with a traditional sunday roast. First choice was the Poggiotondo Chianti 2007 from Waitrose, lovely ripe plum fruit with clean acidity to deal with the fatty content of the lamb roast.
For roast pork, the wine expert went for the ringbolt cabernet sauvignon 2007 available from Tesco Wine. This Australian red wine is £8.49 per bottle, containing flavours of clove, herb and mulberry to draw out the flavour of the roast pork. The clove and the apple sauce make a great combination.
For roast beef, a red wine from New Zealand was chosen – the Sacred Hill Syrah 2008 from Sainsburys. This was a little tougher than the other 2 and perfect for roast beef with hints of white pepper.
