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David on TV 2001 and before | TV Appearances 2002 | TV Appearances 2004 | TV Appearances 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Receiving
The National Television Award was the highlight of 2002
for David Dickinson and following that accolade and the soar away success
of Prime Time Bargain Hunt, David was asked to appear
on many and varied TV and Radio shows. In January 2003 David was further
honored by being made the subject of This Is Your Life. |
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Michael Aspel actually caught up with David straight after one of the Bargain Hunt celebrity shows which netted over 8 million viewers.The surprisingly touching story of David's early life and meteoric rise to fame made for a most entertaining edition of This Is Your Life (02.02.03). David's family and friends were in attendance and many celebrities added their tributes to The Duke. For more about this show click here. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hot on the heels of
the Bargain Hunt Christmas Special which landed a prime
spot at 3.20pm on Christmas day 2002 David appeared on the Patrick Keilty Almost Live show (BBC1) 24 January 2003, where Patrick showed that Radio Times poster! In the same week David made an early morning appearance on RI:SE on Channel 4 with Sue and Mel. |
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BBC3 launched in February and David was one of the first celebrities to appear when |
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he guested on This Is Dom Joly. David wasn't shaken or stirred by Dom Joly's style and he countered all My Joly's jibs and clearly had the live and loud studio audience on his side. He was seen happily tapping a tambourine to the music of Ian Brown of the Stone Roses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
David appeared on the
CBBC Saturday Show in March. He appeared throughout the
live three hour show and proved he was game for anything. Fellow guests
Mel C and the Mis-Teeq girls didn't even try to keep their hands off him.
On Tuesday 18 March , David was the guest of the Johnny Vaughan
Tonight show on BBC3. April 19 2003 saw David appear on the top talk show 'Parkinson', David let his emotions show as he talked |
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openly and honestly about his worst moment spent in jail, his abiding love for his wife Lorne and his emotional first meeting with the half brother who for so many years he never knew he had. David relates the amazing story of his life from working class beginnings to successful business man and star of the small screen in his autobiography 'What A Bobby Dazzler'. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
David
met up with Terry Wogan on Friday 13 June when he guested on the Channel 5 chat
show Terry and Gaby and sat in for Terry when he presented
Points of View for BBC1 in September. Monday 22 September was
the day David appeared as guest on the cult comedy show The Kumars at
No 42. David and his fellow guest Patrick Stewart swapped catchphrases
with David saying 'Make it so' and Patrick lending his Shakespearian stature
to'Cheap as Chips' and 'Bobby Dazzler'. |
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It
features shows filmed in Ireland, Scotland and New York and culminated in
four consecutive nights of celebrity live shows for the BBC's 'Children in Need'
charity effort. David will attended National Television Awards 2003 as Bargain Hunt (last years winner) was nominated for an award for the second year running. |
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David Dickinson joined a gathering of stars to sing in the New Year on BBC 1 with a rendition of 'Auld Lang Syne', commissioned by the BBC in the style of their highly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Controversial Contestants |
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acclaimed 'Perfect Day' montage. The celebrity version of the tradditional song was shown a few minutes after midnight on BBC 1, Januray 2004. Later in January David Dickinson was the Star of a show which was a huge favourite with viewers - have you guessed what it is yet? See TV Appearances 2004 for the answer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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