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== Shows == | == Shows == | ||
| - | [[ | + | [[Do I Not Know That?]] |
| - | [[ | + | [[I Can Do That]] |
| - | [[ | + | [[The Great House Giveaway]] |
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| + | [[The Renovation Game]] | ||
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| + | [[What Are You Like?]] (team captain) | ||
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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
| - | '' | + | Born in Liverpool in 1965, Simon O'Brien got his big break as Damon Grant in ''Brookside''. He left the Channel 4 soap opera after five years, to present programmes - he fronted children's quiz [[I Can Do That]], and played the lighthouse keeper in ''Fraggle Rock''. Simon was a regular on the Def II strand, hosting football show ''Standing Room Only'' and the ''Rough Guide'' series. |
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| + | He left showbiz in the mid-1990s, to set up a cycle centre-cum-cafe in Liverpool. An interest in sustainable property development brought him back to the small screen in the 2000s, hosting programmes about improving the existing housing stock. | ||
== Web links == | == Web links == | ||
[http://www.simonobrien.com/ Official site] | [http://www.simonobrien.com/ Official site] | ||
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| + | [http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/85685 BFI entry] | ||
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| + | [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0639818/ IMDB entry] | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_O%27Brien_(presenter) Wikipedia entry] | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_O%27Brien_(presenter) Wikipedia entry] | ||
[[Category:People|O'Brien, Simon]] | [[Category:People|O'Brien, Simon]] | ||
Current revision as of 14:42, 15 April 2021
Biography
Born in Liverpool in 1965, Simon O'Brien got his big break as Damon Grant in Brookside. He left the Channel 4 soap opera after five years, to present programmes - he fronted children's quiz I Can Do That, and played the lighthouse keeper in Fraggle Rock. Simon was a regular on the Def II strand, hosting football show Standing Room Only and the Rough Guide series.
He left showbiz in the mid-1990s, to set up a cycle centre-cum-cafe in Liverpool. An interest in sustainable property development brought him back to the small screen in the 2000s, hosting programmes about improving the existing housing stock.
