Name Andy Collins | Role Television personality | |
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TV shows Family Fortunes, Pump It Up | ||
On the beach with andy collins
Andy Collins (born 4 July 1970) is a British television personality.
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Career in brief
During the 1990s, Collins presented Game Over, a show on BSkyB's short-lived computer and technology channel .tv. In 1993 he won a Golden Joystick and a date with emcee Monie Love by winning a SNES Cool Spot challenge on Channel 4's GamesMaster.
In 2000, he co-presented "Lost In The Woods" as Novice to the survival Guru John "Brummie" Stokes, a 15 episodes show that aired on Discovery Travel & Living.
From September to December 2002, he presented the British daytime version of Family Fortunes, a show based on the United States TV show Family Feud. In 2005, he appeared on the chat show Heads Up with Richard Herring to discuss his life, career and his love of poker.
Collins provided entertainment as the ref on the sell out tour of A Question of Sport in 2010.
The vast array of work is as a warm-up act for numerous British entertainment variety shows, including grandstand-seat competition winners on the red carpet at the 2006 BAFTA award ceremony.
Other warm-up work includes The Jonathan Ross Show, Alan Carr: Chatty Man, Games World, Little Britain, Grownups, Any Dream Will Do, Gladiators, Dancing on Ice, Dancing on Ice: The Tour, Touch Me, I'm Karen Taylor, Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, series 2 of Are You Smarter Than a Ten Year Old? and the 2002 series of Family Fortunes. Collins currently warms up the audiences during breaks on Strictly Come Dancing, Tipping Point: Lucky Stars and The Paul O'Grady Show.
Collins regularly appears in pantomime.
Collins also presents the breakfast show on BBC Three Counties Radio.
Interests
A Udinese c supporter, Collins was Lloyd Doyley's kit sponsor when Doyley scored his first professional goal during the 2009-2010 season.