Andy Collins (television)

Andy Collins (television)

Andy Collins (born 4 July 1970) is a British television personality.

Career in brief

Andy Collins was an active member of the British Army and reputedly was the youngest serving soldier during the first Gulf War. ["Our Survey Says: Ultimate Game Show Moments" Broadcast 4 June 2005 C4]

During the 1990s he presented "Game Over", a show on BSkyB's short-lived computer & technology channel ".tv". He presented the British daytime version of "Family Fortunes", a show based on the United States TV show "Family Feud". In 2005 he appeared on the chat show "Heads Up with Richard Herring" to discuss his life, career and his love of poker.

The bulk of his work is as a warm-up act for numerous British entertainment variety shows, including entertaining grandstand-seat competition winners on the red carpet at the 2006 BAFTA award ceremony. Other noted warm-up work includes Games World [ [http://www.offthetelly.co.uk/lightentertainment/gamesworld.htm OFF THE TELLY: Light Entertainment/Homes for Heroes ] ] , Little Britain [http://www.littlerbritain.com/little_britain_series_3_recording.asp] , Grownups [ [http://www.garbledonline.net/audience.html Audience Participation ] ] , Any Dream Will Do, Dancing on Ice UK tour, Touch Me I'm Karen Taylor, Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, series 2 of Are You Smarter Than A 10 Year Old? and he was also the warm-up man for the 2006 series of Family Fortunes. [ [http://tv.cream.org/a-z/f/index.htm Tv Cream: F Troop To First Aids ] ]

Andy also works weekdays on "The Paul O'Grady Show", where he manages the audiences throughout the show and he can sometimes be seen bringing out the Nodding Buster tombola in an amusing costume.

He regularly appears in pantomime.

References

[http://www.thisistheatre.com/regional/becktheatrehayes.html Beck Theatre]

External links

* [http://www.channel4.com/paulogrady The Paul O'Grady Show]


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