Tuning in…
Tuning in…
Castaway
1 appearance
Television presenter and one half of the duo Ant & Dec, known for hosting Britain's Got Talent, I'm a Celebrity... and Saturday Night Takeaway.
On the island
Eight records
Theme from Auf Wiedersehen, Pet. Castaway Ant explains: "watching Auf Wiedersehen Pet growing up was … the first show as a child that I watched and thought I could do that. … It gave us a kind of confidence … that we didn't have to do exactly the same as everybody else."
Wichita LinemanFavourite
Castaway Dec: "a song that I would hear growing up … my mum and dad were both Irish … we'd have mixtapes on the way back … it always gave me a warm fuzzy feeling whenever I heard it."
First band they ever saw together in concert. "We would have been sixteen … went down to Newcastle Mayfair, pretended we were eighteen to buy the tickets."
Castaway Dec: "the first record I ever bought … my eldest brother Eamon took me into town … one of the most coolest records ever heard for a first record."
Castaway Ant: "Madness … my first kind of band I got into … what I love was their sense of fun."
I Am Very Glad I'm Finally Going Home (Open Brackets Tra La La Close Brackets)
Played before every audition day on Britain's Got Talent.
Moment from I'm a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here: "and there's a lyric … 'I was scared … tired and underprepared' … that's how we felt every day."
Castaway Ant: "There have been comparisons … which we don't agree with … to us they're peerless."
In conversation
Presenter asks
0:54What do you think, Ant, is the basis of the success of your friendship?
I think that we trust each other, we respect each other, and we make each other laugh. I mean, he's still the funniest bloke I know.
Presenter asks
2:24How did you get on negotiating your record choices?
We decided we're going to have two each and then we're going to have four joint ones. You know … we've been friends for a long time. And a lot of the music kind of reflects that, I think.
Presenter asks
4:29What are your very early memories of life in the home [in Fenham, Newcastle]?
Very happy memories actually growing up. We my mum and dad split when I was about eight. So I remember quite a few years before before my dad left. … It was lovely.
Presenter asks
4:53When your mum and dad split up, did you become the man in the house? Did you get more responsibility?
The keepsakes
No book or luxury recorded for this episode.
Yeah, I got a lot more responsibility. And I think my mum had to take on more jobs, so she had like three, four jobs at one time. So when I'd finished school and come home … it would be a case of making dinner and helping my sister out.
Presenter asks
13:45What did you say to each other when you walked out of that producer's office after being written out of Byker Grove?
I think we were in kind of stunned silence, really, until we got to the bottom of the staircase and we heard the door burst open … it was the executive producer … and he shouted down, 'I've just had Telstar Records on the phone. No, they won't sign you up.' … And sure enough, they signed us up.
Presenter asks
19:47There's considerable criticism that with Britain's Got Talent you are playing with the stuff of people's dreams. Were there times when you genuinely thought, I'm not sure if this person is robust enough to cope with this amount of attention?
Yes, we worried about her a lot. … The duty of care that they have on Britain's Got Talent for the contestants is very high. … But she found it hard … being away from Scotland and her cat. … Most people would [find it tough].