39-458: Bleakley is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Christine Lampard , née Bleakley (born 1979), Northern Irish television presenter David Bleakley (1925–2017), Northern Irish politician Hoyt Bleakley , American economist John William Bleakley (1879–1957), Chief Protector of Aboriginals in Queensland , Australia, author of
78-603: A 5 km run for Cancer Research UK with Heidi Range and Roxanne Pallett . Lampard is a patron for the Sparks children's charity. In 2015, she hosted the charity's winter ball alongside Jon Culshaw . She also supported the Text Santa appeal and presented their annual telethon from 2011 until 2015. Give My Head Peace Give My Head Peace is a satirical television comedy series on BBC Northern Ireland that pokes fun at political parties, paramilitary groups and
117-499: A baby boy. Lampard is a Northern Ireland ambassador for The Prince's Trust . In 2010, she did a water skiing challenge, raising £1,321,623 for Sport Relief , making her the first person to water-ski across the English Channel . In the same year, her co-host on The One Show , Adrian Chiles grew a beard, which was later shaved off by Lampard for Sport Relief , raising £60,000 in the process. In 2012, Lampard took part in
156-402: A five-minute slot. The radio version used many of the characters and plot ideas used in the later TV series. Its first TV appearance was in a made-for-TV film called Two Ceasefires and a Wedding , shown on BBC Northern Ireland (31 August 1995), poking fun at the clichéd "love across the barricades" plot that features in many dramas about Northern Ireland. In this case the lovers were Emer,
195-731: A game show pilot for ITV called Control , but it was not commissioned for a series. From 2011 until 2015, she co-hosted ITV's Christmas telethon Text Santa . In 2011, 2014 and 2015, she co-hosted the charity appeal with Phillip Schofield and with Paddy McGuinness in 2012 and 2013. She has hosted a number of ITV Specials, including Simply Red: For the Last Time in 2010, Duran Duran: One Night Only in 2011 and Michael Flatley: A Night to Remember in 2014. On Boxing Day 2012, she presented That Dog Can Dance . In 2011, she became Phillip Schofield 's co-presenter on Dancing on Ice , replacing Holly Willoughby . She presented three series of
234-633: A large motorcycle and then being sawed in half in Oake's Clearly Impossible sawing illusion. In 2015, Lampard presented the six-part documentary series Wild Ireland which saw her travel across the Wild Atlantic Way in Ireland . In October 2016, she was a guest panellist on an episode of Loose Women . She guest anchored numerous episodes of the show before becoming a permanent anchor. Since February 2017, Lampard has guest presented numerous episodes of
273-518: A new love interest for Billy was introduced in the form of Emer's previously unseen sister, Dympna. The series continued to run on BBC One NI until 2005, taking a hiatus as the Hole in the Wall Gang began work on a new series called Dry Your Eyes . Give My Head Peace usually screened in a prime-time Friday night slot, opting out from network BBC One . In mid-2004, a selection of episodes were shown across
312-421: A politics degree at Queen's University, Belfast . However, she did not complete her degree course, and instead moved into television work full-time. She worked on the long-running BBC Northern Ireland comedy Give My Head Peace . She returned to make a cameo appearance in the show in its 2016 special. She moved into television with BBC Northern Ireland hosting a wide variety of shows. One of her programmes
351-618: A presenter of the ITV lunchtime chat show Loose Women . Christine Bleakley was born in Newry , and grew up in Newtownards . She has a younger sister, Nicola. She started her television career as a runner and then trained to become a floor manager while studying for her A-Levels at Bloomfield Collegiate School in Ballyhackamore , Belfast . She continued to work at BBC NI while studying for
390-606: A segment of the Sport Relief telethon with Gary Lineker . When Adrian Chiles left the BBC in 2010, there was a great deal of speculation on whether she would extend her BBC contract or move to ITV . After the speculation, Lampard also left The One Show to join ITV as the co-host of Daybreak following Adrian Chiles' departure from the BBC to ITV. Questions were raised in Parliament over
429-627: A six-part series called Off The Beaten Track . On 3 March 2014, it was announced the show had been axed. She is a frequent stand-in host on This Morning , subbing whenever Phillip Schofield or Holly Willoughby are unable to appear. On 23 December 2014, Lampard co-hosted one-off documentary Roman Britain From the Air with Michael Scott . On 27 December 2014, she hosted the one-off magic special Darcy Oake: Edge of Reality and acted as Darcy Oake's assistant in two illusions, first being made to appear on
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#1733092349462468-497: A specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bleakley&oldid=1187060555 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Christine Lampard Christine Louise Lampard ( née Bleakley , born 2 February 1979)
507-438: Is a Northern Irish broadcaster. She has presented various television programmes with Adrian Chiles , such as The One Show (2007–2010) and Daybreak (2010–2011), while with Phillip Schofield she has presented Dancing on Ice (2012–2014) and This Morning (2013–2016, 2023). Lampard has also presented factual series for ITV including Off The Beaten Track (2013) and Wild Ireland (2015). Since 2016 she has been
546-595: Is the company's director. In 2010 and 2011, Lampard was on the judging panel for the Pride of Britain Awards . She released a 60-minute fitness DVD called Christine Bleakley – The Workout in December 2011. On 20 March 2010, Lampard made her stand-up comedy debut when she took part in Channel 4's Comedy Gala , a benefit show in aid of Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital , filmed at
585-573: The Bleakley Report in 1929 Josiah Bleakley (c. 1754–1822), Canadian fur trader Orrin Dubbs Bleakley (1854–1927), American politician William F. Bleakley (1883–1969), American attorney, New York Supreme Court justice and politician William Ward Bleakley (1983–2009), American victim of boat capsizing [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Bleakley . If an internal link intending to refer to
624-471: The ITV Breakfast show, Lorraine ., and is the regular stand-in for Lorraine Kelly during school breaks. In October 2016, Lampard co-presented Celebrity Haunted Hotel Live for UKTV 's W channel. The show, which she co-hosted alongside Matt Richardson and Jamie East , aired for five consecutive nights from 27–31 October. In 2018, Lampard and Richardson presented Celebrity Haunted Mansion for
663-753: The O2 Arena in London. In August 2014, Lampard was announced as the new brand ambassador for Soft & Gentle anti-perspirant. She became an ambassador for BT Call Protect in January 2017. In November 2010, Lampard was awarded the title 'Top TV Host' at the 2010 Cosmopolitan Ultimate Women of the Year Awards. Lampard dated Belfast Giants ice hockey player Curtis Bowen as she started her TV career. After breaking up with him in 2003, she dated Dublin restaurant owner Christian Stokes to whom she got engaged in 2004. She
702-403: The W channel. It aired for five consecutive nights from 21–25 February. In 2008, Lampard took part in the sixth series of Strictly Come Dancing , in which she was partnered with professional dancer Matthew Cutler . Lampard and Cutler were eliminated on 30 November 2008, leaving the competition in fifth place, after Rachel Stevens and Vincent Simone beat them in the dance-off. At
741-578: The sectarian divide in Northern Ireland . The programme is written by Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell, also known as " The Hole in the Wall Gang ", who also perform as the characters. Episodes are recorded in front of a live studio audience at the BBC Blackstaff Studio A in Belfast. The concept originated on BBC Radio Ulster music programme Across The Line in the late 1980s, as
780-514: The BBC confirmed that she was not returning to The One Show after the programme returned from the World Cup break on 12 July. In September 2016, it was announced that Lampard would return to the BBC to co-present Christine and Adrian's Friendship Test . She co-presented the three-part series with Adrian Chiles on BBC Northern Ireland in November 2017. She moved to ITV less than three hours after
819-620: The BBC had withdrawn their £1 million offer for her to remain on the channel. She joined ITV on a four-year contract worth £4 million. On 6 September 2010, she joined Adrian Chiles to host ITV Breakfast 's Daybreak . The programme suffered mixed reviews and poor viewing figures in its first weeks on air, and Lampard herself was the subject of criticism. On 18 November 2011, she and co-presenter Adrian Chiles were replaced by Dan Lobb and Kate Garraway who presented on an interim basis. In September 2012, they were replaced by Aled Jones and Lorraine Kelly . In February 2011, Lampard presented
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#1733092349462858-562: The Covid-19 pandemic with production moved from their usual location at BBC Blackstaff Studio in the centre of Belfast to a new studio located elsewhere in Northern Ireland to ensure social distancing could be maintained. No studio audience was present for the filming of the episodes, but a virtual audience watched and reacted to the recordings online. The 2020 Christmas special aired on Sunday 27 December 2020 on BBC One Northern Ireland, and saw
897-455: The UK on BBC Two in a late-night slot during weekends. The 50th episode, entitled "Secondary Colours" aired on 27 December 2002. The final Give My Head Peace episode was transmitted on BBC One Northern Ireland on 28 December 2007. This was supposed to be the last ever episode but during the final few seconds, a graphic stating "That's All Folks?" appeared, suggesting that the show could return in
936-495: The beginning of her career, Lampard worked at Belfast Citybeat as a newsreader and presenter, working with Stephen Nolan . From January to March 2015, Lampard presented a Sunday afternoon programme called Sunday Lunch from 3–4pm on Magic Radio . Lampard was the voice of a radio newsreader in the 1998 Northern Irish film Divorcing Jack , and the voice of Sandra in the 2010 film A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures . She set up Chrisola Entertainment Limited in 2009 and
975-419: The cast give a proper send off to the character "Big Mervyn", as the actor who played him BJ Hogg died earlier in 2020. Three other episodes will air from mid January 2021. In recent years, they have performed live shows at a selection of venues across Northern Ireland. The 2004 show was chiefly made up of scripts from the 2004–2005 series. In 2007 a new live show entitled Dry Your Eyes it's Give My Head Peace
1014-525: The daughter of a "prominent" Sinn Féin activist, and Billy, an RUC constable. Their wedding is opposed by their respective families, and ends in farce , although Billy and Emer were happily married. In the Pilot episode, Ma & Da have a second son, Paul, who suffers anxiety from being wrongly imprisoned for one of Da's failed missions in England. He is best man at Billy & Emer's wedding. He does not appear in
1053-423: The future. According to Tim McGarry, the reason for the show's cancellation was due to a mis-sent email, received by a BBC executive in charge of the show's production. Allegedly, McGarry had hit reply rather than forward to the intended recipient. Give My Head Peace returned for a one-off 40-minute long episode titled "The Farce Awakens" on 28 December 2016 – exactly nine years to the day since it last aired. It
1092-587: The knowledge that Da had prevented Liam Neeson from proposing to their daughter Dympna, drives Ma to kill him. Dympna confesses to the murder to spare Ma from prison. Billy is released after being granted a pardon by Ian Paisley and Martin McGuiness . He learns of what happened to his wife Dympna and devotes himself to trying to clear her name, despite now living with two other women. The special now makes these events non-canon. The series returned with an eleventh series which began broadcasting on 19 January 2018. This
1131-404: The main series. A full series was then commissioned by BBC Northern Ireland. Some changes were made to the format prior to the series going ahead – with the character of Cal (Emer's brother) changing substantially, and the introduction of other recurring characters such as Big Mervyn and Red Hand Luke. A few years into the series, Nuala McKeever (Emer) left the series to pursue other interests, and
1170-561: The series to an effect. One such example was a Christmas special entitled "The King and I" where Elvis Presley (played by impersonator Martin Fox) saved Andy from a very dangerous situation. A VHS was released containing the following three episodes; Hollywood on the Falls, Red Hand Luke, The Peace Dividend. Only series six has been released on DVD to date. It was released in two parts, with three episodes on each, before being sold together as part of
1209-511: The show between 2012 and 2014 when it came to an end after the ninth series on 9 March 2014. For each episode of Dancing on Ice , Lampard was paid £24,163. When she was hosting the show, she was the highest paid female television star, earning around £400 per minute. Dancing on Ice returned in January 2018. Holly Willoughby returned to present with Phillip Schofield , meaning Lampard no longer appears. On 11 May 2011, she presented The National Movie Awards . In 2013, Lampard presented
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1248-474: The show for three years. In January 2010, Northern Irish comedian Patrick Kielty was a guest on The One Show , when he revealed her mobile phone number to the camera. After being bombarded with calls and text messages, she changed her telephone number. In October 2009, Lampard co-presented Britain's Classroom Heroes alongside Jeremy Vine on BBC Two. In 2009, she occasionally presented The National Lottery Draws on BBC One. In March 2010, she co-hosted
1287-532: The show returned on an annual basis with "Give My Head Peace: The Annual Review" touring Northern Ireland. The performance features the show's regulars, with the notable exceptions of Mervyn and Red Hand Luke, and also features a stand-up set from Tim McGarry who plays Da. In 1999 a video and book were released. The only DVD released to date is of series 6, in November 2009. The principal characters are: Other occasional characters are: There have been other characters that have made one-off special appearances over
1326-472: The size and scale of the proposed £ 900,000 per year two-year BBC contract. Shortly after she fired her long-term manager and signed with Chiles' management company, on 20 June 2010, the BBC announced that it had withdrawn an offer to extend her current contract. Later that day ITV plc (owners of GMTV ) announced she would again partner Chiles by co-hosting the revamped breakfast show with him, and also hosting other entertainment programmes. On 8 July 2010,
1365-800: Was called Sky High which saw her flying around Northern Ireland in a helicopter in 2004. A weekly entertainment show called First Stop followed, and she also hosted Would You Pass The 11+ and coverage of Children in Need . She presented the BBC Northern Ireland cookery show, Spill the Beans in 2005. Outside Northern Ireland, Lampard co-hosted BBC Two 's Let Me Entertain You with Brian Conley and in July 2007, she became co-host of The One Show on BBC One , replacing Myleene Klass . She and Adrian Chiles hosted
1404-581: Was filmed in Northern Ireland in October 2016. Television presenter Christine Lampard made a cameo appearance. With this special, they overwrite the events of the original final episode. In that episode, Billy kills Uncle Andy and Big Mervyn after learning they had lost Billy's house and money in a scam. While Billy is in custody, Cal's Protestant girlfriend Siobhan is revealed as an undercover police officer trying to get close to Da. When Siobhan tries to kill Da, Ma suspects them of having an affair. This, combined by
1443-494: Was followed by a Christmas Special called "Shallow Grave" which aired on Thursday 27 December 2018 on BBC One Northern Ireland. The show returned for a Christmas Special in December 2019, as part of the 12th series consisting of four episodes leading into 2020. The show is due to return in December 2020 for a Christmas Special followed by three other specials in early 2021. Recording of the 2020 Christmas Special and 2021 episodes had to be conducted under strict health guidance due to
1482-635: Was held in Derry's Millennium Forum and the Grand Opera House to celebrate ten years of the show. This production showed material from GMHP and Dry Your Eyes and was very well received. The next live show in 2008 followed on from the final television episode, called Give My Head Peace: Back From The Grave , and also featured the Dry Your Eyes characters. In 2009, the gang went on their last tour called "Give My Head Peace: The Final Farewell Tour". However,
1521-411: Was then in a relationship with entrepreneur Mark Beirne for three years until they split in January 2009. In October 2009, she began a relationship with English footballer Frank Lampard . The couple got married on 20 December 2015, and she is the stepmother to his two daughters from a previous relationship. On 21 September 2018, they had a baby girl. On 15 March 2021, it was announced that they had
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