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John McCririck (born 17 April 1940, Surbiton, Surrey is an English television horse racing pundit. He is notable not only for his racing opinions, but his gentry style of dress and mannerisms. With his trademark deerstalker hat, tweed jacket and huge sideburns, which he calls his wackers, he looks the part of a stereotypical English upper-class eccentric, and he happily acts this role. He also uses the traditional tic-tac signals when commenting on odds before a horse race. Image File history File links Robincookjmcc. ...
Robert Finlayson Cook (28 February 1946 – 6 August 2005) was a politician in the British Labour Party. ...
Goodwood Racecourse is a horse-racing track five miles north of Chichester, West Sussex, in England controlled by the family of the Duke of Richmond. ...
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Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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, Surbiton, a suburban area of London in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, is a commuter town next to the river Thames, populated with a mixture of Art-Deco courts, spacious and grand late-19th century town houses blending into a sea of semi-detached 20th century housing estates. ...
Not to be confused with Surry. ...
Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem specific to England — the United Kingdom anthem is God Save the Queen. ...
Horse-racing is an equestrian sporting activity which has been practiced over the centuries; the chariot races of Roman times were an early example, as was the contest of the steeds of the god Odin and the giant Hrungnir in Norse mythology. ...
Tic-tac (also tick-tack and non-hyphenated variants) is a traditional method of sign language used by bookmakers to communicate the odds of certain horses. ...
is the 107th day of the year (108th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
, Surbiton, a suburban area of London in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, is a commuter town next to the river Thames, populated with a mixture of Art-Deco courts, spacious and grand late-19th century town houses blending into a sea of semi-detached 20th century housing estates. ...
Not to be confused with Surry. ...
Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem specific to England — the United Kingdom anthem is God Save the Queen. ...
Horse-racing is an equestrian sporting activity which has been practiced over the centuries; the chariot races of Roman times were an early example, as was the contest of the steeds of the god Odin and the giant Hrungnir in Norse mythology. ...
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A deekstalker (right) along with typically associated paraphenailia of Sherlock Holmes A deerstalker is a type of hat that is typically worn in rural areas, often for hunting. ...
Tweed is a rough, unfinished woolen fabric, of a soft, open, flexible texture resembling cheviot or homespun, but more closely woven. ...
Sideburns (or colloquially sideboards[1] or mutton chops[2]) are patches of facial hair on the sides of a mans face, in front of the ears. ...
Tic-tac (also tick-tack and non-hyphenated variants) is a traditional method of sign language used by bookmakers to communicate the odds of certain horses. ...
Career
McCririck was educated at Victoria College, Jersey[1] and Harrow School. He was originally a racing journalist with The Sporting Life and also wrote for Grandstand ; he began his career as a television pundit on ITV's horse racing coverage in 1981. During 1984 and 1985, horse racing moved to Channel 4 as referred to as Channel 4 Racing. In 2002, Channel 4 launched its own digital television racing channel, attheraces, which was sold to BSkyB in 2003. He is famous for his outspoken opinions; in particular, he has risen to the defence of punters when he thinks they are being given bad value, and is highly critical of jockeys when he doesn't think they have ridden well. He is best known to American racing audiences for his annual appearance on the Breeders' Cup telecast, in which he invariably touts British horses over their American rivals. Victoria College is a fee-paying States of Jersey boys school in St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands. ...
Harrow School, (originally: The Free Grammar School of John Lyon; generally: Harrow), is an independent school for boys (aged 13-18), and is located in Harrow on the Hill in the London Borough of Harrow. ...
The Sporting Life is a defunct British newspaper that existed from 1859 to 1998, when it was merged with the Racing Post. ...
Grandstand is a British television sport programme, and is one of the BBCs longest running sports shows, alongside BBC Sports Personality of the Year. ...
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Channel 4 Racing is the name of the horse racing coverage on Channel 4. ...
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The Breeders Cup World Thoroughbred Championships is an annual series of thoroughbred horse races sponsored by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association. ...
Beyond racing McCririck is a celebrity for more than just his racing opinions. In January 2005 he appeared as a contestant in the third series of Celebrity Big Brother. He upset other contestants with trenchant and unpopular views on women, refusing to join in tasks set for the contestants, walking around in his 'white' underwear and refusing to talk for three days in protest at not receiving the Diet Coke he had requested in the contestants' shopping. On Day 12 of the competition he became the second contestant to be evicted from the house after receiving fewer votes than fellow housemate Bez. Since then John has been a regular contributor to spin off shows Big Brother's Little Brother and Big Brother's Big Mouth, often being asked to report and speculate on various housemate's chances and odds with the bookies. Image File history File links Wikiwinning-streak. ...
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Bez and maracas, freaky dancin at T in the Park. ...
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Wife Swap He refers to his wife Jenny as 'The Booby', and has been accused of frequent misogyny. He is also an outspoken admirer of George W. Bush and supports Newcastle United F.C.. [1] Species Sula nebouxii Sula variegata Sula dactylatra Sula granti Sula sula Sula leucogaster For fossil species, see text The boobies are part of the family Sulidae, a group of seabirds closely related to gannets. ...
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In autumn 2006, McCririck and Jenny took part in Wife Swap alongside Edwina Currie and her husband (also called John). Currie strongly objected to McCririck's habits, which included eating his meals in bed and refusing ever to cook or drive the car. McCririck meanwhile, objected strongly to Currie's removing the fuse from his television set, and at one point ordered her to "get out of my house!" but did not comply. In a follow up to his appearance in Wife Swap, he appeared on ITV's Loose Women, where he was booed off the stage as a result of his strong chauvinistic views. McCririck also appeared on The Sharon Osbourne Show where Osbourne ended up throwing water over him, because of his behaviour and views on women. Wife Swap is a reality television programme, produced by UK independent TV production company RDF Media. ...
Edwina Currie Edwina Currie Jones née Cohen, (born 13 October 1946) is a former British Member of Parliament. ...
Independent Television (generally known as ITV, but also as ITV Network) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority (ITA) to provide competition to the BBC. ITV is the oldest commercial television network in the UK. Since 1990 and the Broadcasting...
Loose Women is an ITV afternoon programme which began in 1999, presented by Kaye Adams in which a panel of four women talk about topical issues and interview celebrity guests before a studio audience. ...
The Sharon Osbourne Show refers to either of two TV chat shows hosted by Sharon Osbourne – the original US version, or the more recent UK (ITV1) version. ...
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Other TV appearances He has also appeared in the Celebrity Poker Club television series, reaching the Grand Final of series one, won by Sir Clive Sinclair. In 2005 he appeared on the chat show Heads Up with Richard Herring to discuss his life, career and his love of poker. He also starred in a short film drama, Tartan Smalls: Winning Streak (screened on CBBC and BBC Television), where he played himself. The satirical puppet show Spitting Image portrayed him as gibbering fool who was eventually put down in the manner of an injured racehorse. Celebrity Poker Club is a British television show featuring celebrities playing poker. ...
Sir Clive Marles Sinclair (born July 30, 1940), is a British entrepreneur and inventor of, among other things, the worlds first pocket calculator, in 1962 and the beloved ZX Spectrum computer in 1982. ...
Richard Herring Heads Up with Richard Herring or HUWRH, is a British celebrity chat show written by and starring Richard Herring (the comedian formerly of Lee and Herring) and featuring professional poker players and celebrities talking about their lives, their careers and their love of poker. ...
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He guest starred in an episode ('Drama') of the Scottish sitcom Still Game as himself, appearing on television at a race, egging Winston (Paul Riley) on to go and gamble at the 'bookies'. Still Game is a Scottish sitcom, a spin-off from the sketch show series Chewin the Fat. ...
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He presented Big Brother's Big Mouth from the 3rd July 2007 to the 6th July 2007 with The Booby and his Labrador dog, Copper.
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Robert Finlayson Cook (28 February 1946 – 6 August 2005) was a politician in the British Labour Party. ...
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