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Who has been making the news in 2000TV "As far as I know, I haven't got a reputation as a receiver of stolen goods." Astonished BBC TV Newsnight presenter Jeremy Paxman, on opening a parcel addressed to him containing the stolen World War II Enigma decoding machine. The device valued at £100,000 was stolen from the Bletchley Park wartime codebreaking centre in Buckinghamshire, England, on 1 April this year. The parcel had lain unopened for days at the Newsnight office at the BBC Television Centre, London. October 2000 "...my boobs have been hiding under the duvet for too long and need a good airing."
Essex girl Denise Van Outen(pictured), 26, on why she is going back on Channel 4's Big Breakfast for a five month stint of 4am starts. September 2000 "People still come up to me and say : "Loved your dad as Reggie Perrin the other day. What's he up to now?" I say not a lot." Gillian Rossiter, who was twelve when her comic actor father Leonard - star of Rising Damp and The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin - died days before his 58th birthday in October 1994. September 2000 "It is a very, very good show and people have a great affection for it." Nick Elliott, ITV's head of drama, on their decision to bring back the soap opera Crossroads to daytime TV, showing five days a week from next year. The original show, renowned for its dodgy acting and wobbly scenery, was axed in 1988. August 2000 "Grant doesn't even like chocolate - he's far too vain. He likes to watch his figure."
Della Bovey, of her ex-husband Grant Bovey, who was pictured after his wedding to TV presenter Anthea Turner(pictured), eating the new Cadbury's Snowflake. The couple managed to blag 500 free bars of the new chocolate confectionery for the guests at their wedding. The couple were paid a six figure sum for exclusive picture rights by OK! magazine. The accompanying caption to the photo the read : "Anthea Turner and Grant Bovey exclusive OK! wedding photograph, enjoying Cadbury's Snowflake. For the complete wedding coverage and a free Cadbury Snowflake, buy OK! magazine this weekend." August 2000 "I'm thinking of getting a T- shirt saying 'Make me laugh, you'll get in my pants'."
Channel 4 Big Breakfast presenter Lisa Rogers(pictured), 26, on what she looks for in a man. August 2000 "You are going further than I wish to go." Former PM, Lady Thatcher, in a memorable TV interview conducted by the late Sir Robin Day, who died, aged 76, on Sunday 6 August 2000. August 2000 "It was a jolly chat, cut off just as it was getting started."
Actor Timothy Spall on his two minute chat whilst picking up his OBE from The Queen. July 2000 "While the world is obsessed with the enlargement of breasts, I've considered the reverse."
TV beauty Ulrika Jonsson, in a comment guaranteed to horrify TV bosses and her legion of male fans. June 2000 "..these are two consonants and a vowel I'm very proud of."
Countdown hostess, Carol Vorderman, on her MBE award in the Queen's Birthday honours. June 2000 "I call her the Volvo of cookery teachers - Miss Side Impact Bar." Chef Anthony Worrall Thompson, on Delia Smith. May 2000 "I may have had my say in the past, but there's plenty more to come." Veteran television campaigner, Mary Whitehouse, 90, who despite having to sell her home to fund nursing home fees, shows no sign of mellowing in her old age. May 2000 "It is a nouveau riche attempt at recreating the appeal of York and it doesn't work." Businessman in Monkgate, York, on the £100,000 neo-Gothic conservatory erected by BBC2's Home Front design expert, Peter Plaskitt, at his home in the shadow of York Minster. He has been ordered to dismantle it as it doesn't have planning permission. May 2000 "I'm always very, very sorry when that happens - I don't set out to upset people but you can get it so wrong sometimes."
Changing Rooms star, Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, following a flood of anonymous death threats to him and his family "You're a w****r who f***s up people's lives." Anonymous telephone threat to Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen. March 2000 A Planet Horace Production © 2000 All rights Reserved Worldwide This site was created and is maintained by Martyn Peter Wilkinson. Quotes and images not my own remain in the copyright of the originator or else in the public domain. The information contained in this web site is intended for entertainment, educational, historical, and informational purposes only. |
