Davina Lucy Pascale McCall^[1] (born 16 October 1967) is an English television presenter and actress who works on British television. She is best known for presenting the UK edition of Big Brother (2000-). is the 289th day of the year (290th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... A television presenter is a British term for a person who is known for introducing or hosting television programmes. ... // This article is about the genre of TV shows. ... Quiz show redirects here. ... Matthew Robertson is married to popular television presenter Davina McCall. ... is the 289th day of the year (290th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... A television presenter is a British term for a person who is known for introducing or hosting television programmes. ... For other uses, see Actor (disambiguation). ... Big Brother is a reality television series broadcast in the United Kingdom and Ireland on Channel 4 and E4. ...

Background

Although she was born in London, at the age of three McCall went to live with her grandparents in their Surrey home after her parents' marriage dissolved. Her French mother Florence – whom McCall has described as something of a "wild child" – returned to Paris, and McCall would see her only on holidays. She continued to see her father Andrew, a graphic designer, at weekends before moving in with him and his new wife Gaby when she was 13. This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... This article is about the English county. ... Graphic design is the applied art of arranging image and text to communicate a message. ...

McCall attended the Godolphin and Latymer Girls School, a famous independent school in Hammersmith, London, whose alumni include celebrity students Nigella Lawson, Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Kate Beckinsale. During her teens Davina developed the eating disorder anorexia, which she has attributed to her fractured childhood and a desperate need for attention. At the age of 15, while studying for her nine O levels and later two A levels, McCall sang professionally with a band; however when she was 19 she decided to go solo. During this time she dated old family friend Eric Clapton, who also produced her demo music disc and helped her to try to crack the pop music world.^[2][3] Dissatisfied with her near misses in the record industry, she gave up singing and took a job at Models One on the men's desk as a booker. She also appeared in a Kylie Minogue pop video, Word Is Out, in a striped sweater and beret, in a nod to her French ancestry. Later, she ran a restaurant for two years and worked as a singing waitress in Paris. However, after a failed Moulin Rouge cabaret audition, she returned to London where she quickly became a fixture on the club scene, which eventually led to her becoming a nightclub hostess. It was at this time (during her early 20s) that McCall became addicted to drugs, heavily using cocaine, ecstasy and heroin.^[4] This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... An independent school is a school which is not dependent upon national or local government for financing its operation and is instead operated by tuition charges, gifts, and perhaps the investment yield of an endowment. ... Hammersmith is an urban centre in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in West London, England, approximately 5 miles (8km) west of Charing Cross on the north bank of the River Thames. ... Nigella Lucy Lawson (born January 6, 1960) is an English journalist, cookery writer and television presenter. ... Sophie Michelle Ellis-Bextor (born 10 April 1979) is a multi-platinum selling English pop singer and songwriter. ... Kathryn Bailey Kate Beckinsale (born July 26, 1973) is an English actress, known for her roles in the films Pearl Harbor (2001), Van Helsing (2004), and Underworld (2003). ... For other uses, see Anorexia. ... The General Certificate of Education or GCE is a secondary-level academic qualification, which is used in Britain as well as in some former British colonies. ... The A-level, short for Advanced Level, is a General Certificate of Education qualification in the United Kingdom, usually taken by students during the optional final two years of secondary school (Years 12 & 13, commonly called the Sixth Form), or at a separate sixth form college or further education college... Eric Patrick Clapton CBE (born 30 March 1945), nicknamed Slowhand, is a Grammy Award winning English rock guitarist, singer, songwriter and composer. ... Kylie Ann Minogue (pronounced [1]) (born May 28, 1968) is an Australian, Grammy award-winning pop singer, songwriter and actress. ... A music video (also video clip, promo) is a short film meant to present a visual representation of a popular music song. ... Word Is Out is a pop music song written by British duo Stock and Waterman for Kylie Minogues fourth album Lets Get to It (1991). ... Basque style beret Black beret with military emblem A beret (pronounced pronounced in French or [ˈbɛreɪ] in English[1], except in the USA, where it is usually pronounced [bəˈreɪ][2]) is a soft round cap, usually of wool felt, with a flat crown, which is worn by both... Kinship and descent is one of the major concepts of cultural anthropology. ... The Eiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... For other uses, see Moulin Rouge (disambiguation). ... Cocaine is a crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant. ... MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxy-N-methylamphetamine), most commonly known today by the street name ecstasy, (often abbreviated to E, X, or XTC) is a semisynthetic empathogen-entactogen of the phenethylamine family. ... For other uses, see Heroin (disambiguation). ...

Presenting

After difficult times, Eric Clapton helped Davina turn things around. In 1992 she landed a job presenting her own show on MTV. Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about the original U.S. music television channel. ...

A lesser known fact was that she was the Female Voice Dubber on the first series of Channel 4's Eurotrash in 1993. In 1995 she went on to host the ITV game show God's Gift and she later went on to present the game show Streetmate (Channel 4) in 1998. Since 2000 Davina has also presented Big Brother (see below for more information), she has also presented the BRIT Awards in 2000, as well as the BBC charity show Comic Relief on several occasions. She presented the ITV show Don't Try This At Home in 2001, Popstars: The Rivals (ITV1) in 2002, The Vault (ITV1), Oblivious (ITV1), the reality TV show Reborn in the USA in 2003, as well as an entertainment show on the subject of love and dating called Love on a Saturday Night (ITV1) in 2004. In 2004 she also presented the BAFTA television awards. This article is about the British television station. ... Eurotrash is a Rapido TV production in English. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... For other uses, see ITV (disambiguation). ... Quiz show redirects here. ... This page meets Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... Big Brother is a reality television series broadcast in the United Kingdom and Ireland on Channel 4 and E4. ... The Brit Awards are the annual United Kingdom pop music awards founded by the British Phonographic Industry. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... For the origin of the term, see comic relief. ... Dont Try This At Home was a reality show produced by LWT (In association with Golden Square Pictures) for ITV between 1998 and 2001. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... The Vault was a British game show on ITV, running from 2002 until 2004. ... Reborn in the USA, was a 2003 ITV reality TV show, in which ten former British pop acts were transported to the USA, where they were not known, in the hope of reviltalising their music career. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Love on A Saturday Night was a game show that aired on ITV1 between 2004 and 2005. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... BAFTA Award The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organisation that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, childrens film and television, and interactive media. ...

McCall has also tried her hand at acting appearing in Sam's Game in 2001, a Friends-style TV sitcom (also starring Irish comedian Ed Byrne), which was slammed by the critics and lasted only one series. She has also appeared in the Leigh Francis comedy sketch shows Bo Selecta and A Bear's Tail. McCall also provided the voice of an android version of herself in a lethal version of Big Brother in the Doctor Who episode "Bad Wolf" in 2005. For friendship, see friendship. ... A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... Ed Byrne Ed Byrne (born April 10, 1972 in Swords, Dublin) is a stand up comedian from Ireland and is probably best known as being the voice of the Carphone Warehouse adverts. ... Leigh Francis (born May 30, 1974 in Morley, Leeds) is an English comedian. ... Bo Selecta! (title taken from Craig Davids song, Re-Wind) is a British TV comedy sketch show and the brainchild of writer/performer, Leigh Francis. ... A Bears Tail was a comedy spinoff television series written by Leigh Francis, centered around The Bear from Bo Selecta!. The show often broke the fourth wall, with the script-writer living in cupboard under the stairs. ... This article is about the television series. ... Bad Wolf is an episode in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast on June 11, 2005. ...

Although popular with many, McCall's presenting style is not without its critics and she was voted 95th worst Briton in Channel 4's poll of the 100 Worst Britons in 2003. This article is about the British television station. ... 100 Worst Britons We Love to Hate is one in a series of 100 Greatest. ...

She has featured as a guest on numerous chat shows, in 2005, McCall appeared on the BBC Two motoring show Top Gear, participating in the shows "Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car" segment. She rounded the track in 1:57.1, which earned a 67th place on the score board. For the BBC radio station, see BBC Radio 2. ... Top Gear is a BAFTA[1], Multi-NTA and Emmy Award-winning BBC television series about motor vehicles, mainly cars. ... Damon Hill appearing as the Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car is a recurring segment on the BBC Two motoring programme Top Gear. ...

During 2005, McCall presented the BBC series He's Having A Baby, which received poor ratings. In December 2005 it was announced that she would be hosting her own BBC One prime-time chat show called Davina in early 2006. Early reviews were scathing of the show, and viewing figures flirted around the 3 million mark (at one point, dropping as low as 2 million), compared to over 6 million watching The Bill on ITV1 at the same time. In April 2006, BBC One axed the show due to the ratings not reaching expectations. For the BBC radio station, see BBC Radio 1. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article is about the British TV series. ... ITV1 is the name, in England, Wales and the Scottish borders, for a terrestrial, free-to-air television channel, broadcast in the United Kingdom by the ITV network. ... April 2006 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Marcos Pontes, Brazils first astronaut, reaches the International Space Station. ... For the BBC radio station, see BBC Radio 1. ...

It was revealed in March 2006 that ITV1 had signed up McCall to host the BAFTA television awards for the second time in May. In April 2006 Davina was confirmed as the main presenter on Sport Relief on BBC One in July of that year, alongside friend Chris Evans. March 2006 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Fijian Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase announces that the 2006 Fiji general elections will be held in the second week of May 2006 from the 6th to the 13th. ... ITV1 is the name, in England, Wales and the Scottish borders, for a terrestrial, free-to-air television channel, broadcast in the United Kingdom by the ITV network. ... BAFTA Award The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organisation that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, childrens film and television, and interactive media. ... Sport Relief is a biennial charity event from Comic Relief, in association with BBC Sport, which brings together the worlds of sport and entertainment to raise money to fight poverty in the UK and Africa. ... For the BBC radio station, see BBC Radio 1. ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

She has since appeared as a host for Red Nose Day 2007 and, in conjunction, appeared in the video for Girls Aloud and Sugababes' cover of "Walk This Way", walking down a catwalk. She resumed presenting Big Brother on May 30, 2007. Red Nose Day 2007, was a fundraising event organised by Comic Relief, broadcast live on BBC One and BBC Two from the evening of March 16, 2007 to early the following morning. ... Girls Aloud are a British girl group created by ITV1 talent show Popstars: The Rivals in 2002. ... Sugababes are a BRIT Award-winning British pop group trio from London. ... Walk This Way is a song by American hard rock group Aerosmith. ... Big Brother 2007 is the upcoming eighth series of the United Kingdom reality television series Big Brother. ... is the 150th day of the year (151st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...

McCall has starred in a documentary, Let's Talk Sex, about sex education, and how sex education is taught in Britain (one of the countries of Europe with the highest teenage pregnancy levels), compared with The Netherlands (which has one of the lowest teenage pregnancy rates in Europe). She also has published a book under the same title. An early 20th century post card documents the problem of unwanted pregnancy. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... Motto: Je Maintiendrai (Dutch: Ik zal handhaven, English: I Shall Uphold) Anthem: Wilhelmus van Nassouwe Capital Amsterdam1 Largest city Amsterdam Official language(s) Dutch2 Government Parliamentary democracy Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Beatrix  - Prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende Independence Eighty Years War   - Declared July 26, 1581   - Recognised January 30, 1648 (by Spain...

In 2006, BBC Radio 1 DJ, and friend to McCall, Chris Moyles parodied The Feeling's song Love It When You Call to create a song entirely about her. The song, simply titled "The Davina McCall song" is one of the most popular parodies downloaded from website ChrisMoyles.net.^[5] BBC Radio 1 (commonly referred to as just Radio 1) is a British national radio station operated by the BBC, specialising in popular music and speech and is aimed primarily at the 14-29[1] age group. ... Christopher Moyles (born February 22, 1974[2]) is an English broadcaster. ... The Feeling are a five-piece BRIT award-nominated English band from Sussex and London. ... Alternative covers 7 single cover Love It When You Call was the fourth single from The Feeling taken from their debut album Twelve Stops and Home. ...

On 5 July 2007 McCall was a panellist on the BBC's Question Time. It was a special 'Schools' edition, partly produced by students. is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... Question Time is a topical debate television programme in the United Kingdom, based on Any Questions?. It is currently shown on BBC One at 22:35 on Thursdays, and typically features politicians from the three major political parties and other public figures who answer questions put to them by the...

In December 2007, McCall presented a special Christmas edition of The Friday Night Project with Alan Carr and Justin Lee-Collins. The Friday Night Project is a British comedy-variety show by Princess Productions that first aired in the United Kingdom on Channel 4 in February 2005. ... Alan Carr (born 14 June 1976) is a British stand-up comedian and TV presenter, renowned for his camp demeanour and saucy innuendo-based jokes. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ...

Big Brother

Despite holding many high profile jobs McCall is best known for hosting all series of Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother, except Celebrity Hijack and Teen Big Brother. It has been confirmed that Davina will return for the ninth series to air in 2008.^[6]. Whilst presenting Big Brother she has become known for her catchphrases such as "Big Brother House, this is Davina. You are live on Channel 4. Please do not swear." Big Brother is a reality television series broadcast in the United Kingdom and Ireland on Channel 4 and E4. ... Celebrity Big Brother is a British TV reality show shown on Channel Four in which a number of celebrity contestants live in an isolated house trying to avoid being evicted by the public with the aim of winning a large cash prize being donated to the winners nominated charity... This article is about the British television station. ...

During presenting Big Brother series 6, McCall caused controversy when she wore a bikini whilst interviewing contestant Sam Heuston. Shortly after this, McCall attracted some complaints for her hostile interviewing of housemate Makosi Musambasi on the final night, which was much criticised in the British press.^[7] Big Brother 6 in 2005 was the sixth series of Big Brother in the UK, a reality television show on Channel 4, in which a number of contestants live an isolated existence in a purpose-built house who try to avoid being evicted by public vote, with the aim of... Makosi Musambasi (born 24 September 1980) is a former cardiac nurse who shot to fame after she appeared as a contestant during the sixth series of the reality television series Big Brother. ...

During her time on Big Brother, Davina McCall hosted the controversial Celebrity Big Brother 5 series in January 2007 in which she gained widespread critism for her interviewing techniques with controversial housemates Jade Goody and Danielle Lloyd, she however maintains that she did the best she could under difficult circumstances. Celebrity Big Brother 2007 is the fifth series of the United Kingdom reality television series Celebrity Big Brother, a spin-off of Big Brother. ... Jade Cerisa Lorraine Goody[2] (born 5 June 1981) is a British reality television celebrity, who became famous after appearing on the Channel 4 reality show Big Brother in 2002 when she was 21 years old. ... Danielle Lloyd (born 16 December 1983, Liverpool) is an English lingerie and glamour model, and former Miss England (2004). ...

Personal life

After dating Eric Clapton,^{[citation needed]} McCall married Andrew Leggett in 1997, but was soon divorced. Eric Patrick Clapton CBE (born 30 March 1945), nicknamed Slowhand, is a Grammy Award winning English rock guitarist, singer, songwriter and composer. ... Marriage is a relationship that plays a key role in the definition of many families. ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ...

In 2000 she married Matthew Robertson, presenter of Pet Rescue, and they have three children: Holly (born September 2001), Tilly (born September 2003) and Chester (born 14 September 2006^[8]). Coincidentally, they were all born in the same month of different years, and McCall has been pregnant during Big Brothers 2, 4 and 7. She had all of her children at home and is a big advocate of home birth. Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... Matthew Robertson is married to popular television presenter Davina McCall. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 257th day of the year (258th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Home birth is childbirth that occurs outside a hospital or birthing center setting, usually in the home of the mother. ...

A sound clip of her daughter Holly saying "International Radio 1" is played most days by Radio 1 presenter Chris Moyles during his breakfast show. Christopher Moyles (born February 22, 1974[2]) is an English broadcaster. ...

Shows

• MTV (1992)
• God's Gift (1995)
• Don't Try This At Home (1998)
• Streetmate (1998)
• BRIT Awards (2000)
• Big Brother (2000 - present)
• Celebrity Big Brother (2001 - present)
• Comic Relief (2001)
• Oblivious (2001)
• The Vault (2002)
• Popstars: The Rivals (2002)
• BRIT Awards (2003)
• Reborn in the USA (2003)
• Love On A Saturday Night (2004)
• BAFTA (2004)
• He's Having a Baby (2005)
• Davina (2006)
• BAFTA (2006)
• Sport Relief (2006)
• Comic Relief (2007)
• Let's Talk Sex (2007)
• Big Brother: On The Couch (2007)

This article is about the original U.S. music television channel. ... Dont Try This At Home was a reality show produced by LWT (In association with Golden Square Pictures) for ITV between 1998 and 2001. ... This page meets Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... The Brit Awards are the annual United Kingdom pop music awards founded by the British Phonographic Industry. ... Big Brother is a reality television series broadcast in the United Kingdom and Ireland on Channel 4 and E4. ... Big Brother is a reality television series broadcast in the United Kingdom and Ireland on Channel 4 and E4. ... For the origin of the term, see comic relief. ... The Vault was a British game show on ITV, running from 2002 until 2004. ... The Brit Awards are the annual United Kingdom pop music awards founded by the British Phonographic Industry. ... Reborn in the USA, was a 2003 ITV reality TV show, in which ten former British pop acts were transported to the USA, where they were not known, in the hope of reviltalising their music career. ... BAFTA Award The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organisation that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, childrens film and television, and interactive media. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... BAFTA Award The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organisation that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, childrens film and television, and interactive media. ... Sport Relief is a biennial charity event from Comic Relief, in association with BBC Sport, which brings together the worlds of sport and entertainment to raise money to fight poverty in the UK and Africa. ... For the origin of the term, see comic relief. ... This is a complete list of shows about and relating to Big Brother (UK). ...

References

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External links

• Davina McCall at the Internet Movie Database
• Davina McCall interviewed by Ginny Dougary (2006)
• Interview with Davina McCall