Tv presenter and shopper champion Dominic Littlewood tells all about his TV profession to Jason Plato and Dave Vitty within the newest episode of award-winning podcast Fuelling Round.
Littlewood has been concerned in tv for practically 20 years and is finest identified for presenting exhibits on BBC and Channel 5 equivalent to Cowboy Builders, Don’t Get Finished, Get Dom and Pretend Britain.
The 58-year-old particulars how he received his begin in tv, how he grew to become a shopper rights knowledgeable and his time on Strictly Come Dancing.
Client champion Dominic Littlewood on his large TV break
Through the episode Littlewood revealed the relatively weird begin he received on tv by a courting present.
“I by no means ever wished to be on telly all my life” he exclaimed.
“I by no means regarded for it, by no means utilized for it, by no means went for a job interview. What occurred was my girlfriend on the time noticed this advert for a TV programme and it was referred to as The Different Half with Dale Winton.
“I didn’t need to go on it, and she or he stated ‘let’s do it’ and she or he was a cracking trying lady. She was, let’s put it politely, she was a mannequin. She used to take her garments off, in case you get the image. She was beautiful.
“The thought of this programme was 4 ladies go right into a present all claiming to be my girlfriend and solely certainly one of them is, so she tells the reality and the opposite three had been all pretending and I assumed it was a little bit of enjoyable, they’ll by no means put us collectively.
“So we went on this present they usually got here and filmed clues in my home, and we actually did it for a little bit of a giggle. Went on, didn’t undergo to the subsequent spherical as a result of they put the 2 of us collectively. So the opposite couple went by and that was the top of it.
“However because of that, I then discovered that folks noticed me on telly, and there was a very cracking BBC prime-time sequence that was being created. It was referred to as Flawed automobile, Proper automobile. They got here alongside and stated to me ‘would you have an interest on this programme?’
“And I stated completely not, not in 1,000,000 years. I used to be within the motor commerce, I had my very own storage on the time. I assumed they might use me, however it was a cracking programme. They talked me into it.
“I did it and it was an enormous success. It went to sequence two, and earlier than I knew it, I used to be launched into this showbiz life.”
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