Propa Happy: The new illustrated children’s activity book to power your positivity from TV’s Ant and Dec – supporting the NSPCC

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We thought it would be a shame to waste this period of reflection and set about writing a book to mark the anniversary. It has, until now involved a lot of tea (green for me, builders for Ant), chocolate biscuits and laughter. Created in consultation with child psychology experts and with guidance from the NSPCC, the book includes mental health advice and activities so that children can nurture their emotional well-being everyday. Please know, this rating gives me no pleasure. I'm an Ant and Dec fan through and through, and I believe that they are peerless in their field. That field is not writing an enlightening book regarding their 30 Years in TV. On 28 January 2020, the duo were awarded the Guinness World Record for "the most National Television Awards won consecutively for Best Presenter" which was at 18 as of 22 January 2019. [42] The record has since been broken 4 times by Ant and Dec themselves after they won the same award 4 years consecutively as of 5 September 2023, bringing the new record to 22. and 2004 Ant and Dec flew to Australia to host the second season of the hugely popular 'I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here!'

BBC Press Office – Byker Grove to close its doors after seventeen years. BBC. Retrieved 5 May 2012. Dec said: “Childhood Day next year is going to be even better and we’re thrilled that through the launch of Propa Happy we can encourage children and grown-ups across the UK to come together to fundraise on June the 10th and do their bit for children.”National TV Awards 2006: Full winners list – TV News". Digital Spy. 31 October 2006 . Retrieved 12 March 2012.

It would have been too much for our tiny minds to comprehend, but here we are still together and still having more fun than anyone really should be having at work. Jefferies, Mark; Nicola Methven (19 October 2007). "Saturday Night FAKEAWAY". Daily Mirror. [ permanent dead link] DEC: And as another Chinese proverb says, 'If you've been in a double act with your best mate for 30 years, why not write a book about all your most memorable moments in three decades of show-business?' Melissa Fairley, Publishing Director at Farshore said: “Ant & Dec are national treasures who have spent their career making families laugh and smile.

Ant and Dec remember their one dud ahead of game show launch". Extra.ie. 9 January 2022 . Retrieved 22 October 2023. Ant & Dec are NSPCC Ambassadors for Childhood, and are releasing the book ahead of the charity’s Childhood Day on 10th June 2022. Ant said: “Every child deserves a happy childhood – and the NSPCC rely on fundraising to ensure they can continue to be here for children and families. In 2020, they celebrated 30 years of working together, releasing a book titled Once Upon A Tyne. It featured stories from their time as a duo and from behind the scenes of their shows. [40] OBEs [ edit ]

In 1997, the duo switched to Channel 4, presenting an early-evening children's show entitled Ant & Dec Unzipped. [18] This show also won a BAFTA but was dropped after just one series. [19] ITV signed the duo in August 1998, [20] and within weeks they were assigned to present ITV1's Saturday morning programmes SMTV Live and CD:UK, alongside Cat Deeley. The duo presented the shows with Deeley for three years, becoming the most popular ITV Saturday morning show. The programme's success was the mix of games such as Eat My Goal, Wonkey Donkey and Challenge Ant, sketches such as "Dec Says" and the "Secret of My Success", and the chemistry between Ant, Dec, and Deeley. Two SMTV VHS cassettes, compiling highlights from both shows, were released in 2000 and 2001. Ant & Dec also starred in the children's TV series Engie Benjy during their time on SMTV. [21] [22]

Hosted by Ant & Dec, The Prince's Trust Awards will be broadcast for the very first time on ITV". itv.com/presscentre . Retrieved 12 May 2022. Ant & Dec's first primetime presenting job came in the form of BBC Saturday-night game show Friends Like These, which was first broadcast in 1999. The duo presented two series of the programme between 1999 and 2001. [23] In 2001, the duo's contract with ITV was renewed for a further three years, following their appearances on SMTV Live and CD:UK, and they received their first primetime presenting job on the station, presenting new Saturday night reality series Pop Idol. Pop Idol was broadcast for only two series before being replaced in 2004 by The X Factor, to which former Smash Hits editor Kate Thornton was assigned presenting duties. selected an individual already known to the production team to be placed on the shortlist of potential winners and who went on to win the competition.

Byker Grove producer: I told Ant and Dec to 'stay together' ". BBC Online. 27 January 2017 . Retrieved 2 July 2020. Known as the PEOPLE’S PAPER, Euro Weekly News is the leading English language newspaper in Spain. And it’s FREE! Harrison, Ellie (12 November 2019). "Ant and Dec discover they are cousins in DNA Journey documentary". The Independent . Retrieved 22 October 2023. Ant and Dec: Suzuki ends advertising campaign after drink-drive charge". BBC News. 23 March 2018 . Retrieved 25 March 2018. After leaving television, the duo turned their hand to pop music. Their first single was a song they performed as part of the group Grove Matrix, [12] performed as part of the storyline in TV show Byker Grove, titled "Tonight I'm Free". The single had some success, and the duo recorded two albums under their character names of PJ & Duncan. Their most famous hit during this period was the BRIT Award nominated " Let's Get Ready To Rhumble", for which the video and moves were choreographed by Mark Short, who had previously worked with Tina Turner and Peter Andre. For their third album, the duo reinvented themselves under their real names of Ant & Dec. The album featured their signature single, "Shout".From their modest beginnings in 'Byker Grove' through through to their 'unique' time as pop stars and an award-laden TV career, those three decades have flown by in the blink of an eye. They've also featured an incredible cast of supporting characters, including their first scriptwriter - (an unknown comedian called David Walliams), Saturday night fun and games with countless Hollywood A-listers and celebrities they torture - sorry, work with - every year in the jungle. Told through the lens of every TV show they've made, as well as everything they've learnt along the way, this is the riotously funny journey of two ordinary lads from Newcastle who went on to achieve extraordinary things. Although restrictions have eased and life is gradually returning to a new kind of normal, we know things are very tough for many children. Following allegations of fraud in 2007, an investigation by auditors Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu discovered that two shows, Ant & Dec's Gameshow Marathon and Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, had defrauded viewers participating in phone-ins. The programmes were subject to a further investigation by Ofcom which found that between January 2003 and October 2006 Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway had: [44] [45]