Debbie King
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 Debbie King presenting Quizmania late night on ITV1 |
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| Born: | May 31, 1977 (age 29) Leeds, West Yorkshire, England |
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| Occupation: | Television presenter on Game in TV |
| Website: | www.debbieking.co.uk |
Debbie King (born May 31, 1977 in Leeds, West Yorkshire), is an British television presenter of Jewish decent. She was recently one of the presenters on late night ITV game show Quizmania, which she created with Chuck Thomas and Simone Thorogood[citation needed].
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[edit] Early years
King made her debut at the age of 4, when her mother Wendy brought her daughter to audition for the Pink Floyd movie The Wall. Debbie followed it up with stints in variety shows and TV commercials.
King has nine GCSEs and four A Levels, and graduated from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne with a BA Honours Degree in History.
[edit] Career
King worked as a researcher and Assistant Producer for Granada TV’s This Morning, Planet 24’s The Big Breakfast, Nickelodeon, The Disney Channel and BBC1’s "A Family of My Own". As a young reporter, King was sent to interview leading politicians such as Ken Livingstone and Glenda Jackson.
On Monday March, Debbie King opened the TV Channel Game in TV (Channel 283). She now presents "Game in TV" which has games and phone-ins. She is on air from 4pm to 10pm.
She presented "whereits.at" and "Talk About" on Sky, "9 Live" on E4, playzone on Game in TV and ITV's "Celebrity Knickers" with Linda Lusardi. She also presented her own 8-part series of "King Of The Road" for the now defunct Exchange & Mart TV before creating and presenting Quizmania.
On 22 December 2006 Debbie King was a guest on Matthew Bannister's show on BBC Radio Five Live.
Quizmania's final broadcast was aired on January 14, 2007 and it was replaced by Play DJ Late.
A new show phone in quiz show called The Debbie King Show began airing on March 5, 2007. This programme replaced Play DJ Late. However on March 6 all ITV Play programming, including The Debbie King Show was suspended so that an independent review can take place. The purpose of the review is to ensure that these programs are operated fairly and appropriately, as there are growing concerns over this type of programming. On March 13 2007 the decision was made to axe the ITV Play Channel. [1] This meant that The Debbie King Show only aired for 2 hours (1 episode) before being cancelled.
[edit] Hobbies & Interests
Leisure activities include aerobics, karaoke, swimming, skiing and tennis. Equally adept at playing both the piano and recorder. She recently named Neil Sedaka as her favourite musician, and is said to be a very big fan of rap stars like 50 Cent & Eminem
