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Encyclopedia > Alison Hammond

Alison Hammond (born 5 February 1975) is a British television presenter. She first became famous after appearing on the third series of Big Brother in 2002. She was the second to be evicted when she left on day 15. Probably the most memorable moment for many people of Alison in the house was jumping on a picnic table and breaking it, then going to the diary room to tell Big Brother what she'd done. February 5 is the 36th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... A television presenter is a British term for a person who introduces or hosts television programmes. ... Big Brother UK series 3 in 2002 was the third season of Big Brother in the UK, a reality show shown on Channel 4 in which a number of contestants live in an isolated house trying to avoid being evicted by the public with the aim of winning a large... Big Brother is a reality television series broadcast in the United Kingdom on Channel 4, and S4C in Wales and E4, in which a number of contestants live in isolation from the outside world in a custom built house trying to avoid being evicted by the public with the aim... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... The picnic tables at Marling School, Stroud, Gloucestershire. ...


Since leaving the house, Alison has appeared on many television programmes. These include losing the most amount of weight on Celebrity Fit Club and losing a challenge on Celebrities Under Pressure. She has also appeared on Celebrity Stars in Their Eyes, performing as Nina Simone, Celebrity Ready Steady Cook, as a panellist on ITV's Loose Women, as a presenter on the short-lived ITV Play channel and in 2004 she played herself in Christmas Lights opposite Robson Green. It has been suggested that Celebrity Fit Club (British) be merged into this article or section. ... Celebrities Under Pressure is a Saturday night entertainment show which airs in the UK on ITV1. ... Stars in Their Eyes is a British television talent show in which contestants impersonate showbiz stars. ... Eunice Kathleen Waymon, better known as Nina Simone (February 21, 1933–April 21, 2003), was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, and civil rights activist. ... Ready Steady Cook is a BBC daytime TV cooking programme first aired in 1994. ... It has been suggested that Channel 3 (UK) be merged into this article or section. ... Loose Women is an ITV daytime programme which started in 1999, in which a panel of four women talk about topical issues and interview celebrity guests. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Section of a string of Christmas lights Christmas lights (also sometimes called fairy lights, twinkle lights or holiday lights in the United States) are strands of electric lights used to decorate homes, public/commercial buildings and Christmas trees during the Christmas season, mostly in the West. ... Robson Green with Francesca Annis as pictured on the DVD release of Reckless Robson Green (born December 18, 1964) is a British actor who first came to prominence in the BBC series Casualty, but made his name as Fusilier Dave Tucker of the Kings Fusiliers in Soldier Soldier. ...


Since 2002, Hammond has been a part of the presenting team of ITV's popular daytime programme This Morning, on which her memorable interviews with many A List Celebrities have become notorious. For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... It has been suggested that Channel 3 (UK) be merged into this article or section. ... This Morning has been the name of several noted programs on television and radio: This Morning (television program), British breakfast television show, This Morning (radio program), Canadian radio show on CBC Radio One from 1997 to 2002. ... For the 1998 movie, see Celebrity (1998 movie). ...


Alison was born and raised in Birmingham. She was a child actress before becoming a Holiday Rep for Airtours in Tunisia, mostly, but also in other resorts before her TV debut. She now commutes to London for her television assignments. Birmingham (pron. ... MyTravel Airlines is the name given to the former Airtours International charter airline together with Premiair and Fly LTI airlines. ... See TV (disambiguation) for other uses and Television (band) for the rock band European networks National In much of Europe television broadcasting has historically been state dominated, rather than commercially organised, although commercial stations have grown in number recently. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...


On 5 February 2005, Alison gave birth to her first child, a boy called Aiden. Prior to this, she had a scan live on television, where it was revealed that the baby was a boy. February 5 is the 36th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


External links

  • Alison Hammond at itv.com - This Morning
  • Alison Hammond at itv.com - Loose Women
  • IMDb profile

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Alison Hammond - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (277 words)
Alison Hammond (born 5 February 1975) is a British TV personality.
Probably the most memorable moment for many people of Alison in the house was jumping on a picnic table and breaking it, then going to the diary room to tell Big Brother what she'd done.
On 5 February 2005, Alison gave birth to her first child, a boy called Aiden.
BBC - Birmingham Features - Alison Hammond (781 words)
Alison was born on 5th February 1975, and went to the Cardinal Wiseman School in Kingstanding.
Alison was evicted from the Big Brother house on Friday 7th June 2002.
She's had a wide-eyed Britney Spears taking in Alison's groovy new dance moves, and has had the squeaky clean Donny Osmond follow her lead and stuffed his face with cream cakes with Alison on telly.
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