Apprentice star Kate gets TV job.SHE was rejected by Sir Alan Sugar Sir Alan Michael Sugarton or Sir Alan Michael Sugar (born 24 March 1947 in Hackney, East London) is an English businessman. After leaving school at 16,[1] Sugar started selling car aerials and electrical goods out of a van he had bought with his savings of £100. , but Apprentice runner-up Kate Walsh was named today as host of a new news magazine show on Channel 5. The 27-year-old, from Cannock, will be joined by former Arsenal and England footballer Ian Wright and former page three girl Melinda Messenger to present Live From Studio Five, a nightly hour-long discussion programme. Five said the hosts had been chosen for their forthright opinions and said viewers could expect to be "entertained, informed, surprised and occasionally shocked". The show will go on air in September, most likely in the 6.30pm slot, and will feature a mix of location reports, celebrity interviews, gossip and conversation on the news of the day. Walsh said she was excited by the prospect of working on the show. "Becoming part of the presenting team on the new show is an exhilarating and thrilling challenge - and I love a challenge!" she said. Wright, who quit his role as a football pundit An expert or knowledgeable person. From "pandit" in Hindi. See guru. at the BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. last year, said the new Five show promised to be "high energy, fast-paced and a great laugh". CAPTION(S): Exciting prospect: Kate Walsh. |
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