- Dale Winton
-
Dale Winton Born Dale Jonathan Winton
22 May 1955 [1]
London, England, United KingdomNationality British Ethnicity White British Occupation Radio DJ/Broadcaster Years active 1987–present Television Supermarket Sweep
In It to Win ItDale Winton (born 22 May 1955[2]) is an English radio DJ and television presenter.
Contents
Early life
Winton's father, Gary, was "domineering" and died when Winton was 13.[citation needed] Winton was brought up by his mother, actress Sheree Winton. He left school at 16; she committed suicide by drug overdose when he was 21.
Early career
Winton started DJ'ing in clubs in Richmond in 1972, where he met Steve Allen. The two have remained best friends since.[3] From there he had a selection of menial jobs including selling time shares abroad.[3] In 1982, Winton moved to London and began his entertainment career on the London club circuit, where he DJ'd at weekends. This led him to United Biscuits Industrial Radio where he did a variety of jobs, before getting his own morning show. From here he joined Radio Trent in Nottingham, where he presented a weekend show, moving to the weekday mid-morning show, before leaving in 1985, and going on to work at a number of other local radio stations.[4]
Television and radio career
Winton began his television career in 1987, working for Channel Four, the Lifestyle Channel and ITV.[2] From 1993 to 2001, Winton hosted Dale's Supermarket Sweep during the Daytime TV period on ITV1. In 2007, Supermarket Sweep was revived after a five and a half year absence. Winton was seen as the camp, over-the-top, game show presenter in Danny Boyle's 1996 film of Irvine Welsh's 1993 novel Trainspotting.,[5] in 1995 and 1996, Dale presented the Saturday night game show Pets Win Prizes.
1997 - 2000
In 1997, he presented the final of The Great British Song Contest, the UK's national pre-selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, due to a tie-in with the lottery programme.[6] In 1999 he appeared on the sitcom Gimme Gimme Gimme with Kathy Burke in the episode Do They Take Sugar?[7] In 2000 Dale took over from Alan Freeman to present Pick of the Pops on BBC Radio 2, and hosted the show until October 30, 2010; after that date Tony Blackburn replaced him.
2001 - 2003
In 2001 he presented Channel 5's endurance show Touch The Truck.[8] In 2002 he released his autobiography in which he wrote about his rise to fame, his actress mother's suicide and came out about his homosexuality.[9] In 2003 he appeared in the BBC Three mock documentary "Dale's Wedding" in which he supposedly married the UK celebrity Nell McAndrew.[10]
2004 - 2006
Between 2004 and 2006, he presented three series of the celebrity weight loss "boot camp" programme, Celebrity Fit Club on ITV1.[11] In April 2006, he guest presented BBC Two's pop quiz Never Mind the Buzzcocks.[12]. In August 2006 he was chosen to host the pilot of Endemol's new show, Show Me What You've Got, however the show did not receive a full series.[13]
2008
Winton continued to host the BBC One primetime Saturday night game show In It To Win It.[14] In February 2009, he signed a new contract to host at least two further series of the show, plus two series of a new Lotto tie-in. In February 2008 he completed a pilot show for BBC One called You've Got The Answer, a money game show that surprises the public using hidden cameras.[15]. Winton presented BBC One's Saturday night entertainment programme Hole In The Wall, based on the Japanese original, where contestants in skin-tight Lycra costumes contort themselves to fit through oddly-shaped holes in a moving wall.[16]
2010
Winton began appearing in television advertisements for cashmygold.co.uk.[17] Winton appeared on Matt Lucas and David Walliams' 2010 comedy series Come Fly With Me. He appeared in the last episode, playing himself. Dale has also sat in for Steve Wright on BBC Radio 2, most recently for 3 weeks in July 2010.
References
- ^ http://www.talktalk.co.uk/celebrity/biography/person/dale-winton/44
- ^ a b "Kings Of Camp. Dale Winton". Astabgay.com. http://www.astabgay.com/KingsOfCamp/DaleWinton.htm. Retrieved 2010-01-21.
- ^ a b 5's Company - Dale Winton interview - YouTube
- ^ Radio Rewind - BBC Radio 1 People - Dale Winton's Winning Ways
- ^ Trainspotting (1996) - Full Cast And Crew IMDB.com
- ^ Great British Song Contest 1997 IMDB.com
- ^ "Gimme, Gimme, Gimme" Do They Take Sugar and in the same year presented a dating show called the other half.(1999) IMDB.com
- ^ "Touch The Truck"
- ^ Dale Winton: I never told my mum I was gay | Celebrity News | Now Magazine
- ^ UKTV People: Programmes: Dale's Wedding UKTV.co.uk
- ^ "Celebrity Fit Club" IMDB.com
- ^ "Never Mind The Buzzcocks" Episode #18.7 IMDB.com
- ^ Show Me What You've Got UKGameShows.com
- ^ BBC One Programmes - National Lottery: In It To Win It BBC.co.uk
- ^ BBC working on new Jeremy Beadle-style show fronted by Dale Winton Mirror.co.uk
- ^ Hole In The Wall commissioned for BBC One BBC Press Office
- ^ Freeman, Hadley (6 January 2010). "Awful ads, crass jingles and Dale Winton – daytime TV fodder is now primetime: In a recession we're assumed to be sitting ducks for any money-saving tip". The Observer. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jan/06/hadley-freeman-daytime-tv.
External links
Categories:- 1955 births
- Living people
- English game show hosts
- English radio DJs
- English radio personalities
- English television presenters
- Gay actors
- Actors from London
- LGBT people from England
- LGBT radio personalities
- LGBT television personalities
- Never Mind the Buzzcocks
- Old Aldenhamians
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
