Anthony "Ant" McPartlin (born November 18, 1975) is one half of the acting and television presenting duo 'Ant & Dec' alongside Declan Donnelly. November 18 is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England_(bordered). ... This article is about a city in the United Kingdom. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... November 18 is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Anthony McPartlin (born 18 November 1975) and Declan Donnelly (born 25 September 1975), from Newcastle upon Tyne, England are popular presenters of light entertainment television programmes in the United Kingdom, as the duo Ant & Dec. ... Declan Joseph Oliver Dec Donnelly (born September 25, 1975) is one half of the acting and television presenting duo Ant & Dec alongside Ant McPartlin. ...

Career

Main article: Ant & Dec

His first appearance on television was on the children's workshop programme Why Don't You [1] but he rose to prominence playing PJ in the Children's BBC series Byker Grove. It was here that he first met Declan Donnelly, who was cast in the part of Duncan, and real life mirrored the programme as the two became best friends both on set and off. The two left the series in 1993 but not before, in the guise of "PJ & Duncan AKA" they had a number of hit records, starting with "Tonight I'm Free", a song that they had performed on the show.[2] Anthony McPartlin (born 18 November 1975) and Declan Donnelly (born 25 September 1975), from Newcastle upon Tyne, England are popular presenters of light entertainment television programmes in the United Kingdom, as the duo Ant & Dec. ... Why Dont You? or Why Dont You Just Switch Off Your Television Set and Go and Do Something Less Boring Instead? or WDYJSOYTSAGADSLBI was a BBC childrens television series broadcast in 42 series between 20 August 1973 and 21 April 1995. ... Childrens BBC and its contraction, CBBC, is the brand for the BBCs childrens television output aimed at children over six, across BBC One, BBC Two and the CBBC Channel. ... Byker Grove is a British childrens television series shown originally on BBC One and now on the CBBC Channel, and was created by Adele Rose. ... This is a comprehensive listing of official releases by British pop duo PJ & Duncan, now known under their real names of Ant & Dec. ...

Since that time the pair have appeared together in such programmes as SMTV Live, I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here, Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway and Poker Face. They have also returned to acting, starring in a 2002 Tribute to The Likely Lads and the 2006 film Alien Autopsy. He and Dec also presented the major-hit TV series "Pop Idol" SMTV Live (an abbreviation of Saturday Morning Television Live also written SM:TV Live and in early promotional material SMTV://live) was a British Saturday morning childrens television programme, first broadcast on ITV1 on 29 August 1998 and last broadcast on 27 December 2003. ... Im a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! is a reality television show in which minor celebrities live in jungle conditions with few creature comforts. ... Ant & Decs Saturday Night Takeaway is a television programme shown in the UK on Saturday evenings on ITV1 (and repeated on ITV2). ... This page is a candidate to be moved to Wiktionary. ... The Likely Lads was a hit British sitcom created and written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. ... The term alien autopsy is used within the UFOlogical community to refer to the supposed examination of an extraterrestrial cadaver by government authorities. ... This article is about the British television series. ...

Ant is the taller of the two (5'8), and usually stands on the left of the screen.

Private life

After leaving Byker Grove the pair fell on lean times but eventually made their way to London and fame, sharing a flat and giving interviews in which they exposed the image that they had built up appearing in children's programmes. Byker Grove is a British childrens television series shown originally on BBC One and now on the CBBC Channel, and was created by Adele Rose. ...

On July 22, 2006 Ant married his long term girlfriend, make up artist Lisa Armstrong, at St. Nicholas Church in Taplow, Buckinghamshire. Dec was, unsurprisingly, his best man. The couple had met at the time of PJ & Duncan when Lisa was also in a band, called Deuce. In the week leading up to the wedding Dec said he thought he was more nervous than the groom because he had to give a speech. In a move away from most celebrity weddings the couple decided not to sell pictures of their wedding to celebrity magazines, preferring instead to keep things private. He's funny :) July 22 is the 203rd day (204th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 162 days remaining. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Taplow is a village near Maidenhead, in England. ... Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is one of the home counties in South East England. ... Deuce were a British pop quartet who scored a string of hit singles in the mid-1990s, before splitting up in August 1996. ...

External links

• Ant McPartlin at the Internet Movie Database