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Encyclopedia > Club Cupid
Club Cupid

Format Dating
Run time 60 minutes
Starring Des Clarke,
Michelle Watt
(hosts)
Channel stv
Air dates 26 October 2006

Club Cupid, which is filmed in Dundee is a brand new stv dating show for Scottish singles. Every week, stv will be giving one man and woman the chance to speed date five potential suitors in a bid to find true love, a soulmate, or new friends. Club Cupid, is presented by Des Clarke and Michelle Watt. Prof. ... The correct title of this article is . ... October 26 is the 299th day of the year (300th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 66 days remaining. ... 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The correct title of this article is . ... Prof. ...


Throughout each episode, the Love Doctor, Dr Gareth Smith provides advice and guidance to the participants, as well as analyse their behaviour and strategies with presenters Des and Michelle.


The first series has now ended. The second series begins in 2007.

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Presenters

Des Clarke

Scottish comedian and TV presenter Des Clarke is one of the country’s most exciting rising stars. Des has previously presented the now ended children's show SMTV Live (ITV), as well as Invention SOS for Discovery and Sky One’s Whatever. He has also hosted The Beat 106 Breakfast Show, and in 2004 he was awarded "Presenter of the Year" in the prestigious British Radio Awards, gaining recognition throughout the industry. Prof. ... 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. ... ITV (Independent Television) is the name popularly given to the original network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority (ITA) to provide competition to the BBC. In England, Wales and southern Scotland, the network has been rebranded to ITV1 by ITV plc, the owners of... Discovery Channel is a property of Discovery Communications primarily packaged as a network entertainment brand distributed in virtually every pay-television market in the world. ... Sky One is one of British Sky Broadcastings entertainment channels in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. ...


A successful comedian, Des has performed at comedy festivals across the world, including his own sell-out show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, appearances in New York and at the Dublin Comedy Festival.


Michelle Watt

Scottish televsion presenter Michelle Watt has established herself as a brilliant and experienced live presenter. In the past, Michelle has presented Junior Eurovision for ITV2 and This Morning Puzzle Book for ITV Play, as well as co-presenting and interviewing a range of celebrity guests for BBC Radio Scotland. Watt has also presented on price-drop tv and bid tv. ITV2 is a free-to-air entertainment television channel in the United Kingdom owned by ITV plc. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... BBC Radio Scotland is the BBCs national radio network for Scotland, broadcasting since 1976 on 92-95 FM and 810 medium wave. ... price-drop tv (which dropped the dot from its name on 21 January 2005) is a shopping channel owned by sit-up Ltd and is focused on falling prices, using a form of uniform-price Dutch auction. ... bid tv (known as until 21 January 2005) is a digital television channel based in the UK that runs daily live auctions. ...


The daughter of former boxing world champion Jim Watt, Michelle has a great interest in sport and has previously worked as a sports manager, managing Stephen Hendry and Dennis Taylor, among others. Jim Watt (born July 18, 1948) is a former boxer from Glasgow. ...


Dr Gareth Smith aka "The Love Doctor"

Consultant Psychiatrist Dr Gareth Smith has featured frequently in the media as an expert psychiatrist, and has become one of the country’s most trusted experts. In the past, Gareth has appeared on Big Brother, Celebrity Big Brother, This Morning, Trisha and Britain’s Worst Celebrity Driver, plus many others. Educated at The Nicholson Institute in Stornoway, Gareth is qualified with an MB ChB and is a member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. He currently works as a Consultant in Adult General Psychiatry.


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