Phillip Schofield

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Phillip Schofield
Philip Schofield.jpg
Schofield in 2007
Born Philip Bryan Schofield[1]
(1962-04-01) 1 April 1962 (age 51)
Oldham, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Residence Henley-on-Thames
Nationality British
Ethnicity English
Occupation Broadcaster
Years active 1982-present
Employer ITV
Agent James Grant
Height 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m)
Television Presenting:
This Morning (2002—)
Dancing on Ice (2006—)
All Star Mr & Mrs (2008—)
The Cube (2009—)
Spouse(s) Stephanie Lowe (m. 1993-)
Children Ruby Schofield
Molly Schofield
Website
Official Website

Phillip Bryan Schofield (born 1 April 1962) is a British broadcaster and television personality. He has presented shows such as This Morning and Dancing on Ice, alongside Holly Willoughby, as well as various game shows including The Cube and All Star Mr & Mrs. He has annually presented The British Soap Awards and Text Santa; he compered the 2007 Royal Variety Performance. Schofield has also worked in radio, theatre and music.

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Early life and career [edit]

Schofield was born in the now Greater Manchester town of Oldham.[1] He grew up and was educated in Newquay, Cornwall.[2] When he was 15, his first foray into media was a Sunday show on Hospital Radio Plymouth.[2] After many years of writing letters to the BBC, at 17 he took up the position of bookings clerk for BBC Radio at Broadcasting House in London, where he was, at the time, the youngest employee.[2]

Television [edit]

Aged 19, Schofield moved with his family to New Zealand, where he made his television début as initial presenter of the youth music programme Shazam! on 23 February 1982.[3] He also spent two years working for the Auckland-based station Radio Hauraki.[2]

In 1985, Schofield returned to the United Kingdom, where he became the first in-vision continuity presenter for Children's BBC on weekdays for two years from September 1985.[2]

A chance encounter with Danny La Rue inspired him to further his career in the public spotlight and he spent an evening each week dancing at local clubs before deciding to focus entirely on his presenting career. He left the "Broom Cupboard" to present Going Live! on Saturday mornings between September 1987 and April 1993.[2] He then moved to adult-orientated TV with various programmes for ITV, such as Schofield's Quest, Schofield's TV Gold and Ten Ball. From 1994 to 1997, Schofield presented Talking Telephone Numbers for five series, and the National Lottery Winning Lines programme for BBC One between June 2001 and October 2004.

Phillip current hosts four programmes on ITV, This Morning, Dancing on Ice, All Star Mr & Mrs and The Cube.

Since 2006, Schofield has presented The British Soap Awards, between 2006 and 2008 he hosted the programme with Fern Britton but since 2009, he has hosted alone. Following the success of that show, and his continued spot on This Morning, ITV signed Schofield to an exclusive two-year contract (a so-called 'golden handcuffs' deal) in July 2006, alleged to be worth £5 million.[4] The exclusive deal also meant he could no longer present the BBC nationwide quiz Test the Nation, which he had fronted for fifteen editions with Anne Robinson between 2002 and 2006. Schofield was replaced by Danny Wallace.

During the run of the ITV reality show I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!, Schofield co-hosted the new spin-off series I'm a Celebrity, Get Me out of Here! Exclusive with Sheree Murphy. He has also presented two series of Have I Been Here Before?, a programme in which a celebrity attempts to use regression to get in touch with a previous life.

In May 2008 Schofield's father, Brian, died from a long-standing heart condition,[citation needed] which led to Schofield's taking a break from presenting This Morning. John Barrowman stood in for him until his return.

Since April 2008, Schofield and his colleague, Fern Britton, have presented a revival of the ITV show Mr and Mrs. A celebrity version, three series have aired to date. In 2010, the show took a break but returned in 2012 for another series without Britton. Schofield currently presents the primetime ITV show, The Cube, where contestants are given difficult and brain-straining tests. They face the 'Cube' to win up to £250,000. Since 2011, Schofield has co-hosted Christmas charity show Text Santa on ITV, alongside Christine Bleakley in 2011 and Holly Willoughby in 2012.

In April 2011 and June 2012, Schofield co-hosted ITV's coverage of The Royal Wedding and The Queen's Diamond Jubilee, both alongside Julie Etchingham.

On 8 November 2012, Schofield interviewed the prime minister David Cameron on This Morning and presented him with a list he had obtained from the internet of five persons named as paedophiles in connection with the North Wales child abuse scandal. The names of several former senior Conservative politicians were said to be visible on the list. Cameron responded by warning against a witchhunt, "particularly about people who are gay". Schofield was widely criticised for this action,[5] with broadcaster Jonathan Dimbleby describing his behaviour as 'cretinous'.[6] Schofield later apologised (via fellow presenter Ruth Langsford, putting the blame on the camera operator).[7]

Filmography [edit]

Year Title Role Notes
1987–1993 Going Live! Presenter
1994–1997 Talking Telephone Numbers Presenter
1995 Tenball Presenter
2001–2004 National Lottery Winning Lines Presenter
2002– This Morning Co-presenter His most recognised role
2002–2006 Test the Nation Presenter
2006 I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! Exclusive Co-presenter
2006– Dancing on Ice Co-presenter
The British Soap Awards Presenter
2008, 2009 Beat the Star Presenter 2 episodes
2008–2010, 2012– Mr and Mrs Presenter
2009– The Cube Presenter
A Night of Heroes Co-presenter
2010–2011 The Comedy Annual Presenter
2011– Text Santa Co-presenter

Radio [edit]

While working as presenter of Going Live!, he was also broadcasting on BBC Radio 1 with a Sunday show (also called Going Live). When Radio 1 made the switch from medium wave to full use of FM stereo in 1988, Schofield was one of the presenters chosen to help with the launch by officiating at the turning on of the Southend transmitter. During his 2005 appearance on Room 101, Schofield recalled how a large crowd gathered in expectation of Simon Mayo arriving by helicopter to turn on the transmitter.

Due to a miscommunication, however, Mayo instead flew to Norwich. Realising the crowd would be disappointed by Mayo's failure to appear, Schofield and an unnamed producer fled without revealing the news, and left the crowd - which included the town's mayor - still watching the sky. For this reason, and as a result of a later incident involving wing walking on a plane leaving Southend Airport, Schofield chose Southend as one of his pet hates for the programme.

In February 2010, he launched an ICBM at Holly Willoughby at Radio Plymouth in Devon.

Theatre [edit]

Schofield elected to try his hand at theatre, and took over the role of Joseph in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat from Jason Donovan on the West End stage. Another theatre production he was involved in was Dr Dolittle.

Music [edit]

As a consequence of appearing in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, he was approached to record a cover of Close Every Door to be released as a single.[8] The single was released in December 1992 on Polydor Records and peaked number 27 on the UK Singles Chart.[9]

Personal life [edit]

In March 1993 Schofield married Stephanie Lowe,[10] a BBC Production Assistant whom he met while at BBC Children's Television. The couple have two daughters, Ruby and Molly, and live near Henley-on-Thames.[11][12]

Schofield collects Bordeaux wines, an interest kindled by friend Jason Donovan. Asked in 1992 to introduce a compilation video for Donovan, as a friend Schofield refused to accept payment. Stock, Aitken and Waterman sent him two cases of Burgundy with a set of tasting notes; he joined the Wine Society two years later.[13]

Schofield is a patron of the charity CHASE hospice care for children, which offers help and support to children and their families who are not expected to reach their 19th birthday. In conjunction with rose specialist C&K Jones, he launched the Schofield rose in support of CHASE at Gardeners World June 2006. Each rose sold attracts a donation to CHASE. Schofield is also an ambassador for children's charity Kidscape and age-positive charity WRVS.[14]

Awards [edit]

2003

2004

2009

2010

  • TV Times Awards: Favourite Daytime Programme (This Morning)

2011

2012

2013

References [edit]

  1. ^ a b Debrett's People of Today 2005 (18th ed.). Debrett's. p. 1459. ISBN 1-870520-10-6. 
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Phillip's Biography Page". Retrieved 2009-02-03. 
  3. ^ "Shazam! series". NZ On Screen. Retrieved 3 December 2012. 
  4. ^ Digital Spy
  5. ^ "Phillip Schofield criticised for paedophile list 'stunt'". BBC News. 9 November 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2012. 
  6. ^ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/david-cameron/9665470/Phillip-Schofield-reported-to-Ofcom-over-paedophile-list.html
  7. ^ Burrell, Ian (8 November 2012). "Downing Street attacks Phillip Schofield for ambushing Prime Minister with internet-sourced list of suspected paedophiles". The Independent. Retrieved 8 November 2012. 
  8. ^ "Close Every Door / Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat: Phillip Schofield, Andrew Lloyd Webber: Amazon.co.uk: Music". Amazon.co.uk. 2009-09-09. Retrieved 2012-04-24. 
  9. ^ "ChartArchive - Phillip Schofield - Close Every Door". Chartstats.com. Retrieved 2012-04-24. 
  10. ^ He stated on 14 September 2010, he was married in March 1993[citation needed]
  11. ^ "Simply The Best 7 Days A Week :: Dancing on Ice :: Caring Phil Schofield in a vigil for dad". Daily Star. 2008-02-19. Retrieved 2012-04-24. 
  12. ^ "Biography | Phillip Schofield". Officialphillipschofield.com. Retrieved 2012-04-24. 
  13. ^ Atkin, Tim (21 April 2001). "My wine cellar". The Guardian (London). Retrieved 22 May 2010. 
  14. ^ http://www.kidscape.org.uk/info/staffpatronlist.asp/

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