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jamespoeartistry · 7 months

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Shouts Outs From Caring is Sharing

Hi Perceptive Readers, for years we have been enjoying caring is sharing Thursdays! How are you enjoying them? Are you still sharing your favorites?

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Honor Resolves This: People learn what a price tag and attribution means.

This could be your case: “You can have the life you want, but the money is not given for it.” The Sage

When attribution is given then this happens; it means you are going beyond lip service or carrot dangling.

And a well earned private celebration begins! Which enhances and branches out to the community. This is what rest and recreation provides even for people who work 7 days a week. – James; (Pen Name) The Sage

Man of Steel - An Ideal of Hope on Guitar

"Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone and hopefully there will many more videos from me in 2016 :)

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With Batman v Superman coming up in March 2016, I went back and rewatched Man of Steel, I personally love the film, I know it has it's fair share of critics but in terms of a standalone Superman film I think it works. I love Ideal of Hope, as everyone knows, Hans Zimmer is one the most famous composers of our time and creates some amazing themes, they're all very simple but when they're layered up with a full orchestra with all of the different voicings then they become extremely powerful.

I'm about 90% happy with the acoustic at the beginning, I don't have a proper microphone so I have to record it though my phone which doesn't handle dynamics very well, so I struggled with stopping the acoustic from clipping, but I think I made it sound as good as I could.

You might have noticed that this is the first 1080p video I've released, that's because I finally have a good camera! I got a Fujifilm X-A2 for Christmas and I love it, the videos come out very clear, the pictures are great and it's simple enough yet in depth enough for someone who has never used a fancy camera before.

If you enjoyed please consider leaving a like, favourite, comment or subscribe! Thanks for watching! :)

Guitars:

Ibanez RG421 MOL (Wood)

Baby Taylor (3/4 Steel)

Yamaha Pacifica PAC112J (Red)

Acoustic Solutions (Black)

Tanglewood TW55 (Steel)

Valencia CG150k (Nylon)

Recording Interface: Line 6 Pod UX1 Recording Software: Mixcraft 6 Editing Software: Adobe Premiere Pro Camera: Fujifilm X-A2"

Space Vessel The Eagle 1 Job 24 Widows and Orphans MP4

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#Shout outs #Superman #Niall Stenson #Chrissy Costanza #James PoeArtistry #Shoutouts #Against the current #Youtube

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princesssarisa · 3 months

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Opera on YouTube 3

Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville)

Mario Lanfrachi studio film, 1965 (Sesto Bruscantini, Valeria Mariconda, Ugo Benelli; conducted by Alberto Zedda; no subtitles)

Jean-Pierre Ponnelle studio film, 1974 (Hermann Prey, Teresa Berganza, Luigi Alva; conducted by Claudio Abbado; English subtitles)

New York City Opera, 1976 (Alan Titus, Beverly Sills, Henry Price; conducted by Sarah Caldwell; English subtitles)

Arena Sferisterio, 1980 (Leo Nucci, Marilyn Horne, Ernesto Palacio; conducted by Nicola Rescingo; no subtitles)

Teatro Real de Madrid, 2005 (Pietro Spagnoli, Maria Bayo, Juan Diego Flórez; conducted by Gianluigi Gelmetti; Arabic subtitles)

Teatro la Fenice, 2008 (Roberto Frontali, Rinat Shaham, Francesco Meli; conducted by Antonino Fogliani; Italian subtitles)

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 2009 (Pietro Spagnoli, Joyce DiDonato, Juan Diego Flórez; conducted by Antonio Pappano; English subtitles)

Vienna State Opera, 2019 (Rafael Fingerlos, Margarita Gritskova, Juan Diego Flórez; conducted by Evelino Pidó; English subtitles)

Arena di Verona, 2022 (Leo Nucci, Nino Machaidze, Dmitry Korchak; conducted by Daniel Oren; English subtitles)

Garsington Opera, 2023 (Johannes Kamler, Katie Bray, Andrew Stenson; conducted by Douglas Boyd; English subtitles)

Rigoletto

Wolfgang Nagel studio film, 1977 (Rolando Panerai, Franco Bonisolli, Margherita Rinaldi; conducted by Francesco Molinari-Pradelli; Japanese subtitles)

Metropolitan Opera, 1977 (Cornell MacNeil, Plácido Domingo, Ileana Cotrubas; conducted by James Levine; no subtitles)

Metropolitan Opera, 1981 (Cornell MacNeil, Luciano Pavarotti, Christiane Eda-Pierre; conducted by James Levine; no subtitles)

Jean-Pierre Ponnelle film, 1982 (Ingvar Wixell, Luciano Pavarotti, Edita Gruberova; conducted by Riccardo Chailly, English subtitles)

English National Opera, 1982 (John Rawnsley, Arthur Davies, Marie McLaughlin; conducted by Mark Elder, sung in English)

La Monnaie, Brussels, 1999 (Anthony Michaels-Moore, Marcelo Álvarez, Elizabeth Futral; conducted by Vladimir Jurowski; no subtitles)

Arena di Verona, 2001 (Leo Nucci, Aquiles Machado, Inva Mula; conducted by Marcello Viotti; Italian subtitles)

Zürich Opera house, 2006 (Leo Nucci, Piotr Beczala, Elena Mosuc; conducted by Nello Santi; no subtitles)

Paris Opera, 2016 (Quinn Kelsey, Michael Fabiano, Olga Peretyatko; conducted by Nicola Luisotti; English subtitles)

Teatro Massimo, 2018 (George Petean, Ivan Ayon Rivas, Grazia Schiavo; conducted by Stefano Ranzani; English subtitles)

Così Fan Tutte

Vaclav Kaslik studio film, 1969 (Gundula Janowitz, Christa Ludwig, Luigi Alva, Hermann Prey; conducted by Karl Böhm; English subtitles)

Jean-Pierre Ponnelle studio film, 1988 (Edita Gruberova, Delores Ziegler, Luis Lima, Ferruccio Furlanetto; conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt; English subtitles) – Act I, Act II

Teatro alla Scala, 1989 (Daniela Dessì, Delores Ziegler, Josef Kundlak, Alessandro Corbelli; conducted by Riccardo Muti; Italian subtitles) – Act I, Act II

Théâtre du Châtelet, 1992 (Amanda Roocroft, Rosa Mannion, Rainer Trost, Rodney Gilfry; conducted by John Eliot Gardiner; English subtitles)

Vienna State Opera, 1996 (Barbara Frittoli, Angelika Kirschlager, Michael Schade, Bo Skovhus; conducted by Riccardo Muti; English and Italian subtitles)

Teatro Comunale di Ferrara, 2000 (Melanie Diener, Anna Caterina Antonacci, Charles Workman, Nicola Ulivieri; conducted by Claudio Abbado; no subtitles)

Zürich Opera House, 2000 (Cecilia Bartoli, Liliana Nikiteanu, Roberto Saccá, Oliver Widmer; conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt; no subtitles) – Act I, Act II

Opera Lyon, 2007 (Maria Bengtsson, Tove Dahlberg, Daniel Behle, Vito Priante; conducted by Stefano Montanari; French subtitles)

Salzburg Festival, 2009 (Miah Persson, Isabel Leonard, Topi Lehtipuu, Florian Boesch; conducted by Adam Fischer; English subtitles)

Zürich Opera House, 2009 (Malin Hartelius, Anna Bonitatibus, Javier Camarena, Ruben Drole; conducted by Frans Welser-Möst; English subtitles)

Aïda

San Francisco Opera, 1981 (Margaret Price, Luciano Pavarotti; conducted by Luis Garcia Navarro; no subtitles)

Metropolitan Opera, 1985 (Leontyne Price, James McCracken; conducted by James Levine; English subtitles) – Act I, Act II, Act III, Act IV

Teatro alla Scala, 1986 (Maria Chiara, Luciano Pavarotti; conducted by Lorin Maazel; English subtitles)

Metropolitan Opera, 1989 (Aprile Millo, Plácido Domingo; conducted by James Levine; English subtitles)

Teatro Comunale di Busseto, 2001 (Adina Aaron, Scott Piper; conducted by Massimiliano Stefaneli; Italian subtitles)

St. Margarethen Opera Festival, 2004 (Eszter Szümegi, Konstantin Andreev; conducted by Ernst Marzendorfer; English subtitles)

Metropolitan Opera, 2012 (Liudmyla Monastyrska, Roberto Alagna; conducted by Fabio Luisi; Russian subtitles)

Tbisili State Opera, 2017 (Maqvala Aspanidze, Franco Tenelli; conducted by Marco Boemi; Russian subtitles)

Teatro Colón, 2018 (Latonia Moore, Riccardo Massi; conducted by Carlos Vieu; Spanish subtitles)

Teatro la Fenice, 2019 (Roberta Mantegna, Francesco Meli; conducted by Riccardo Frizza; French subtitles)

#opera #youtube #complete performances #il barbiere di siviglia #rigoletto #così fan tutte #aida #gioachino rossini #giuseppe verdi #wolfgang amadeus mozart

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captain-penguin2 · 2 years

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Favorite Tv Show Characters

A lot of the actors of my favorite characters left their shows, My favorite characters who had/have a relationship on their corresponding show tend to be the ship I ship when I am watching the show.

- Special Agent Nina Chase (F.B.I)

- Special Agent Stuart Scola (F.B.I.)

- Special Agent Eleanor “Ellie” Bishop (N.C.I.S)

- Special Agent Nicholas “Nick” Torres (N.C.I.S)

- N.P. Nicolette Nevin (The Resident)

- Dr. Conrad Hawkins (The Resident)

- John Constantine (Arrowverse (Any time Matt Ryan plays him))

- Zari 2.0 (Arrowverse)

- Oliver Queen (Arrowverse)

- Felicity Smoak (Arrowverse)

- Mon-el (Supergirl/The Flash)

- Dr. Caitlin Snow (Arrowverse)

- Mark Blaine/Chillblaine (The Flash)

- Detective Erin Lindsay (Chicago P.D.)

- Dr. Natalie Manning (Chicago Med)

- Special Agent Jamie Kellett (F.B.I: International)

- Special Agent Scott Forrester (F.B.I: International)

- Lea Dilallo (The Good Doctor)

- Dr. Morgan Resnick (The Good Doctor)

- Dr. Alex Park (The Good Doctor)

- P.I.C Sylvie Brett (Chicago Fire)

- Captain Matt Casey (Chicago Fire)

- Detective Amanda Rollins (SVU)

- A.D.A Dominick “Sonny” Carisi Jr. (SVU)

- Geri Broussard (Walker)

- Juliet Higgins (Magnum PI)

- Officer Edit “Eddie” Janko-Reagan (Blue Bloods)

- Sergeant Jameson “Jamie” Reagan (Blue Bloods)

- Maggie Bloom (A Million Little Things)

- Ace (Nancy Drew)

- Liam Ridley (Dynasty)

- Clarke/Ryan (Legacies)

- Hope Mikaelson (Legacies)

- Wade Kinsella (Hart of Dixie)

- Dr. April Kepner (Grey’s Anatomy)

- Dr. Lexie Grey (Grey’s Anatomy)

- Dr. Mark Sloan (Grey’s Anatomy)

- Dr. Arizona Robbins (Grey’s Anatomy)

- Sergeant Tim Bradford (The Rookie)

- Special Agent Laura Stenson (Rookie Feds)

- Special Agent Brendon Acres (Rookie Feds)

- Jack Sheridan (Virgin River)

- Penny (Big Bang Theory)

- Quinn James (One Tree Hill)

- Peyton Charles (IZombie)

- Blaine (IZombie)

and many more I can’t think of right now:) (this is in no specific order)

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neomedievalistbr · 2 years

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tagged by @pawers ! thank you

“you can usually tell a lot about a person by the type of music they listen to. put your favorite playlist on shuffle and list the first ten songs, then tag ten people! no skipping”

im gonna be using my liked songs playlist for this 👍

1. RWBY V3 Score — Lessons Learned

2. Bonde do Tigrão — O Baile Todo [banger]

3. Persona 3 OST — Burn My Dread -Last Battle- [BANGER]

4. Full Metal Furies OST — Rest in the Abyss

5. Niall Stenson — Power Rangers Dino Thunder (cover)

6. Arrested Youth — Sob Story

7. Stefflon Don — Both Ways

8. James Brown — People Get Up And Drive Your Funky Soul - Remix

9. RWBY V4 Score — World of Remnant - Vacuo

10. Aretha Franklin — (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman

tagging @sinovenatorinae @disabledknockout @sparkxii @agentryuki @agentmizuki and whoever else wants to do it 👍

#yumuda.txt #tagged in

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twoblackcats-com-blog · 3 months

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part 1 by Dave Binyon Via Flickr: Music: Please Right Click and select "Open link in new tab" www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQYE0P4ELSw Martin Speake Quartet with Bobo Stenson Conor Chaplin James Maddren live at GSMD Part 1

#twoblackcats #flickr

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thestageyshelf · 2 years

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Monty Python's Spamalot @ Playhouse Theatre 2014 (#105)

Title: Monty Python's Spamalot

Venue: Playhouse Theatre

Year: 2014

Condition: Creasing to front cover

Author: Book and Lyrics by Eric Idle Music by John Du Perez and Eric Idle

Director: Christopher Luscombe

Choreographer: Jenny Arnold

Cast: Joe Pasquale, Carley Stenson, Robin Armstrong, Michael Burgen, James Bisp, Rob Delaney, Adam Ellis, Conan House, Anouska Eaton, Steffan Harri, Chris Jenkins, Hannah Malekzad, Nikki Bentley, Graham Newell, Matthew Russell-Jones

FIND ON EBAY HERE

#Monty Python's Spamalot #Playhouse Theatre #Musical #theatre #theatre programme #stageyshelf

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martinmotherfckingfreeman · 4 years

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Martin Freeman 2004 James Stenson Photoshoot

Throwback? Spotted the middle 6 posted on twitter, went digging for more. Too bad he’s not actually playing the drums. As far as photoshoots go, nothing spectacular tbh, especially when the variation is +/- the jacket/tie, and only one(?) other outfit (the subtle pattern on that off-white number paired with the dark shirt is not bad though).

He still looks very much like he could be Tim from the office in most of the shots here (I blame that unimaginative suit and wtf even is that orange tie?), kinda amazing how he went from this to the motherfucking GQ yacht daddy looks in 10+ years.

Sources: 1 - jamesstenson.com 2/9/10 - martin-freeman.com 2004 photoshoots 3/4/5 - @dailymfreeman on Twitter 6/7/8 - @dailymfreeman on Twitter

Bonus shot from (supposedly?) 2005, also by James Stenson according to martin-freeman.com, although if not for the lack of pinstripes on the suit there’s almost no discernible difference from the 2004 ones. So spoiled by his current fashion choices that everything else looks drab in comparison lol.

#martin freeman #photoshoot #2004 #james stenson #throwback

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blackandwhite--photos · 7 years

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Katja Herbers by James Stenson

#Actress #Model #Katja Herbers #Cinematographer #Photographer #James Stenson #B&W

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dynamic-contrast · 7 years

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Florence Pugh by James Stenson

#Florence Pugh #Cinematographer #Photographer #James Stenson

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karihighman · 2 years

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HAPPY PREMIERE DAY ROOKIE FEDS!!!!!!! 🙌

📷: IG - Kevin Zegers & Britt Robertson & 🎥: IG Stories - Niecy Nash & Felix Solis

#the rookie feds #the rookie fbi #the rookie spinoff #the rookie feds season 1 #premiere day #premiere night #niecy nash #Simone Clark #felix solis #matthew garza #kevin zegers #brendon acres #laura stenson #britt robertson #James Lesure #carter hope

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esteliel · 5 years

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Les Misérables at West End Live 2019

Dean Chisnall (Jean Valjean), Carley Stenson (Fantine), Charlotte Kennedy (Cosette), Toby Miles (Marius), Elena Skye (Eponine), Samual Edwards (Enjolras), Vivien Parry (Mme Thénardier)

Some rare official cover footage this year: James Hume (1st cover Javert), Raymond Walsh (1st cover Thénardier)

#Les Miserables #west end live #dean chisnall #james hume #raymond walsh #carley stenson #charlotte kennedy #toby miles #elena skye #samuel edwards #vivien parry #video

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thediaryofatheatrekid · 6 years

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Finally, some PROMO PHOTOS of the new West End Les Miz cast!!! You can view the rest of them on the official Les Miz website.

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kino-rogers · 2 years

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Radio Times 13-19 March 2004 (Dec's version) Transcription

Still trying to get my hands on Ant's version but here we have the full transcription of the interviews nonetheless! I believe they both have the same interview in them, it's just different covers ehe

Full transcription under read more.

Title: POPULAR IDOLS Subheading: Some people say Ant and Dec are bland. Their 16 million viewers might beg to differ. By Andrew Duncan. Main photograph by James Stenson

ENTERTAINMENT Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway Saturdays ITV1

Main body: (Page 1) Their names trip off the tongue with the cosy familiarity of seaside confectionery: Ant and Dec; skittish, ubiquitous and easily digested, although leaving a queasy aftertaste in a minority who perceive their three top-rated programmes – Pop Idol, I’m a Celebrity… Get Me out of Here! and Saturday Night Takeaway, which returns this week – as the ultimate in tacky, dumbed-down TV. Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly, both 28, bubble with wholesome enthusiasm. They’ve supped from the poisoned chalice of Saturday-night TV and emerged triumphant, laden with awards. But are they too anodyne to be true? “After this interview we’re going to the pub to get rat-arsed,” says Ant, while Dec chuckles behind him. “People say I’m normal – I take that as a compliment.”

They sit together as they appear on TV: Ant on the left facing you, Dec to the right. Ant says: “It helps viewers recognise us. It’s weird to realise that 70 percent don’t know which is which. Maybe no one cares. Fair enough.” Indeed, they seem interchangeable – the same Geordie accent, bright eyes, sense of fun – with none of the obvious differences (straight man and joker; light and dark) of most double acts, from Morecambe and Wise to Lennon and McCartney. As individual performers it’s doubtful that they would have been such a success, but together they make a formidable team: sweet, approachable, eager to please. They live two doors from each other in a west London mews and seem to never have had a cross word in their lives. Heavens, they’ve even just started playing golf together. “That fad won’t last,” says Ant. “We’re rubbish. When you have cash you buy all the best gear and turn up looking like a high-priced fool.”

There’s been very little scandal surrounding them – last year Dec “romanced” a six-foot lap-dancer (“He was a tiger in bed,” she said) after a dissolute night out, and is now single after a long relationship with an actress, Clare Buckfield. Ant has lived with singer Lisa Armstrong since he was 18: “We’ve talked about marrying and always said we will – one day.” Any differences are subtle. Dec is slightly smaller, and more easy-going. Ant takes longer to warm up. When they met in April 1990, on the set of the children’s TV soap Byker Grove, in which they played PJ (Ant) and (Page 2) Duncan (Dec), Dec says he looked at Ant, who was sitting with his head in his hands, and thought, “Miserable sod.”

Pop out info box on page 2: Title: GROWING UP IN PUBLIC

Subheading: How two likely lads became our most-watched TV presenters

GROOVY GROVERS Kids loved Byker Grove’s PJ and Duncan, and even sent them into pop charts. Yeah, thanks!

(This box features 4 pictures with captioning underneath. Captions listed as follows: top left, top right, bottom left and bottom right)

TAKE OFF SM:TV Live became must-see TV for adults as well as children. Beats shopping!

GETTING IN TUNE Ant and Dec were Messrs Nice to Simon Cowell’s Mr Nasty on Pop Idol

PRICES, SURPRISES, DISGUISES Yes, Saturday Night Takeaway is the Noel’s House Party de nos jours

THE BUG TIME The lads, not the creepy-crawlies, made I’m a Celebrity unmissable for 16 million

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“Nothing much has changed,” says Ant. “I was scared, although I’m accused of being miserable a lot of the time. I’m nervous and quite shy.” Dec adds: “It’s nice to hide behind this persona of the TV presenter, which is an exaggerated version of your real personality. Ant still makes me laugh every day. At work you can develop a siege mentality and sometimes think it’s us against the world, so we have to trust each other. It’s fraud when double acts pretend to be friends on telly but really don’t get on.”

Saturday Night Takeaway is a live mix of stunts, surprises and outside broadcasts, with a raucous studio audience who compete for prizes by answering indecently easy questions. Last year it attracted eight million viewers a week. “We felt really nervous about starting it,” says Dec. “We were on a hiding to nothing. Variety was a dirty word and viewers had stopped watching TV on a Saturday night. To go from there to picking up a National Television Award last year for most popular entertainment presenters was quite a journey.”

They take criticism in their stride. “You can sneer and say we’re dumbing down,” says Ant. “I don’t agree. There’s snobbery about a lot of people enjoying the same thing on a Saturday night and there shouldn’t be. Our show brings the family together after tea, when Dad’s home from a match and Mam’s done the shopping.” “It’s not cool to be popular,” adds Dec. “But who wants to be cool? I’d prefer to be popular and watched by millions rather than a select few who ‘get’ it. I’ve never regarded myself as cool.” “God, no,” Ant echoes. “I don’t worry if people say we’re bland and unthreatening, but if we enjoy something risqué we’ll go with it because you have to keep challenging yourself as a performer. We try to push the boundaries a bit because that makes exciting telly, but we never intentionally set out to offend or be rude that early on a Saturday night. If we didn’t understand and respect family values we’d perform late-night on a smaller station and amuse ourselves by being very blue for an hour.”

Another of their popular shows, Pop Idol, has, like Fame Academy, been accused of celebrating mediocrity. “Why shouldn’t you celebrate mediocrity?” asks Ant, perhaps ironically. Dec adds: “It’s nothing that hasn’t been done before with Opportunity Knocks and New Faces. It’s a talent show, that’s all. You can’t become over-analytical.”

Family-oriented television is what they’ve always aspired to. “As a little boy I’d get up in the morning and run downstairs to watch Noel Edmonds on Swap Shop, says Dec. “These people who call themselves critics – did they say ‘Mummy, when I grow up I want to criticise what everyone else does’? That’s not an ambition.” Noel Edmonds has noted that they’ve “adapted” many of his ideas. Dec smiles. “Bless him,” he smiles wryly. “We’re doing telly for the next generation.” Ant adds: “You draw from your influences.”

Despite the actors’ initial lack of mutual appreciation on the set of Byker Grove, their two characters became friends. “We were forced to hang out together,” says Dec. “and we realised we liked similar telly and music, lived ten minutes apart [in Fenham, Newcastle], and had the same working-class background. [Dec’s dad is a plumber and he’s the youngest of seven; Ant’s father ran a pub, and he’s the oldest of three.] Then we started supporting Newcastle United together.”

Highlighted quote in paragraph above: “Who wants to be cool? I’d prefer to be popular” – Dec

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They have knocked down almost impenetrable barriers: first by transforming themselves from child actors to pop stars. They had ten top-20 hits – initially as PJ and Duncan, later simply as Ant and Dec – and recorded the farcically bad We’re on the Ball for the 2002 England World Cup squad. “We were offered a record contract, but we had no aspirations to be singer-songwriters,” says Ant. “We enjoyed ourselves, fulfilled a three-album deal and then thought, ‘Hang on, they’re going to find us out if we continue.’ Have you heard some of our records?” He looks horrified. “To be honest, there wasn’t much money in it at our level.”

Their next TV manifestation was on the BBC in 1995 with The Ant and Dec Show, where one highlight was “Beat the Barber”, in which a child’s head was shaved if they gave wrong answers to questions. “Certain producers wanted to tone it down for a third series,” recalls Ant. “We thought there was no point in taking a step back, or censoring ourselves, so we parted company.” Then Channel 4 commissioned one series of Ant and Dec Unzipped before ITV took them on as hosts for the Saturday-morning children’s show SM:TV Live in 1998. It became the Swap Shop of its day, beating BBC1’s Live and Kicking into second place in the ratings. From there, they made the difficult transition to mainstream programmes and now have a wide audience ranging from kids to grannies, culminating in the huge success of the last I’m a Celebrity series, which attracted up to 16 million viewers.

“In America the presenters play it straight – it’s very gung-ho, and the (Page 3) fittest wins. It doesn’t work so well,” says Ant. “Ours started with the idea of filming a documentary style, taking it seriously, with psychologists, but it evolved. You have to take the piss out of the fact that ten celebrities are stuck in the jungle doing ridiculous things to earn food for the rest of the camp. In the first series the Bushtucker Trials weren’t that gruesome, but they’ve grown in awfulness and disgusting-ness. We love the show dearly but aren’t afraid to take the Mick at any given opportunity.”

Highlighted quote in paragraph above: “We have a lot of fun and love going to work. It’s as simple as that” – Ant

Main body (cont.) “You can’t take it seriously and believe it’s an acute social experiment, because it’s not,” says Dec. “It’s ludicrous, an entertainment. Snobs say they won’t watch because they assume it’s rubbish. Well, 16 million viewers can’t be wrong. A few years ago, we laughed at the Japanese making similar shows, and thought we’d never do it. The levels of what we tolerate on telly have changed very rapidly. The question is, where do we go from here? I don’t know. I admire contestants for having the balls to do it. Neither of us would.”

In the future, they’d like to return to acting, undeterred by the poor reception for their 2002 “tribute” to The Likely Lads, where they remade the classic episode No Hiding Place. “Sitcom has always intrigued us,” says Ant. “But it’s hard to get right. We wouldn’t assume that because we’re Ant and Dec we’d come up with a hit. But, like Saturday Night Takeaway, we wouldn’t be put off because people say it’s another poisoned chalice. People in this business can be cynical, but for God’s sake, we have three of the biggest formats on ITV and viewers enjoy what we do. We’ve had ups and downs, so we appreciate the good times. We have a lot of fun and love going to work. It’s simple as that.” And with that. It’s off to the pub.

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