Cheryl Baker
TV Presenter
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Cheryl Baker
Her biography in a nutshell
A real-life Eastender, Cheryl was born in Bethnal Green on 8th March 1954. Her bubbly personality was evident even in the early days of “Bucks Fizz” when they won the Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin in 1981. They went on to gain world-wide recognition with a string of more than 20 hit records including three number ones, “The Land Of Make Believe”, “My Camera Never Lies” and, of course, “Making Your Mind Up”. Throughout this period, it was evident that Cheryl would develop a solo career.
In 1984 she was asked to present the children’s television show, “How Dare You”, which set the ball rolling for her as a TV presenter. Apart from children’s favourites such as Record Breakers and Eggs ‘n’ Baker, she presented daytime current affairs shows, prime-time Saturday evening shows and even dog agility shows. During the 90’s, Cheryl was on TV 6 days a week! All this, and she was still singing with Bucks Fizz. At the end of 1993, Cheryl stepped down from Bucks Fizz after twelve years to spend more time with her children and concentrate on her solo career (See attached credit list).
Cheryl reformed with Mike Nolan and Shelley Preston in 2004 to perform as "The Original Bucks Fizz". Jay Aston replaced Shelley in 2009 and the three worked together again for the first time in 25 years! They perform in theatres, at major festivals throughout the UK and are regulars on 80's tours.
And yes – they still rip their skirts off!
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Keeping up-to-date
* Cheryl continues to work with Mike Nolan and Jay Aston from the original line-up of Bucks Fizz. They performed a sell-out concert at The London Palladium on 11th July 2011 and are kept busy with corporate gigs, festivals and private functions. They had a download single released on 10th May 2010, "I Hear Talk" which reached No 7 in the download chart. They have recently finished recording an album for release in 2012 named "Fame and Fortune". This will be the first new recording in more than 20 years! An album of past hits and album tracks was recently released called "Bucks Fizz Up Until Now". There is also a re-release of the album "The Writing On The Wall" due any day now!
* Cheryl is currently presenting a new series for The Travel Channel named Cruise Today. She has been lucky enough to cruise the Med and the South Asia Seas in recent weeks.
* TV shows so far this year: Celebrity DIY, Greatest Talent Show Moments, Countdown x 5, History of the Eurovision, The Late, Late Show (Ireland), Alan Titchmarsh Show, Lorraine, Vanessa, OK TV, Cruise Today, The Wright Stuff, Loose Women, This Morning, All Star Family Fortunes and Pop Star to Opera Star x 6. So far in 2012 she has appeared in Pointless.
* Cheryl helps young talent wherever possible and directed a Bullfrog Youth production of West Side Story in August. She is looking forward to directing Les Miserables this summer.
* She was seen on national TV throughout the UK as the launch face of the "Jenny Craig Weight Management Programme" which proved to be very successful with Cheryl losing 35lbs!
* Cheryl was recently involved in a prime-time ITV1 series called "Pop Star To Opera Star" where she made it through to the final, ending runner-up to the talented Joe McElderry.
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Charity
Cheryl feels it is a privilege to help charities whenever possible and is involved with many, especially children’s charities .Cheryl had to have IVF to conceive her twin daughters, and was happy to talk about it openly as she felt it could be of some help to other women. Consequently she is patron/supporter to almost every infertility charity in the UK! She is Vice-President to the Royal London Society for the Blind and Patron of The British Wireless for the Blind Fund. She has also been made Patron of the Little Buds Appeal, a charity to raise funds for a high-dependency unit for very sick children. She was one of the founders and is a trustee of HEADFIRST, a charity which raises funds for research, equipment and care of people who have suffered brain damage due to accident, stroke or disease. This charity was set up following the horrific coach crash back in 1984 when Cheryl was in Bucks Fizz, where her colleague and dear friend, Mike Nolan, sustained serious head injury resulting in brain damage. She participated in The Virgin London Marathon in 2011 raising many thousands of pounds for Headfirst. She plans to run the New York Marathon this year.
Cheryl was very active in campaigning for cleaner NHS hospital after the very sad death of her mother-in-law through the super-bug ‘C-Diff’, contracted whilst in Maidstone hospital.
Cheryl lives in Kent with her husband of 20 years, Steve Stroud, their 17-year-old twin daughters, Kyla and Natalie and their two German Shepherds, Bella and Simba. Steve is a bass player in many bands but his main guv’nor for almost 20 years from 1988 was Sir Cliff Richard.
Keeping up-to-date
* Cheryl continues to work with Mike Nolan and Jay Aston from the original line-up of Bucks Fizz. They performed a sell-out concert at The London Palladium on 11th July 2011 and are kept busy with corporate gigs, festivals and private functions. They had a download single released on 10th May 2010, "I Hear Talk" which reached No 7 in the download chart. They have recently finished recording an album for release in 2012 named "Fame and Fortune". This will be the first new recording in more than 20 years! An album of past hits and album tracks was recently released called "Bucks Fizz Up Until Now". There is also a re-release of the album "The Writing On The Wall" due any day now!
* Cheryl is currently presenting a new series for The Travel Channel named Cruise Today. She has been lucky enough to cruise the Med and the South Asia Seas in recent weeks.
* TV shows so far this year: Celebrity DIY, Greatest Talent Show Moments, Countdown x 5, History of the Eurovision, The Late, Late Show (Ireland), Alan Titchmarsh Show, Lorraine, Vanessa, OK TV, Cruise Today, The Wright Stuff, Loose Women, This Morning, All Star Family Fortunes and Pop Star to Opera Star x 6. So far in 2012 she has appeared in Pointless.
* Cheryl helps young talent wherever possible and directed a Bullfrog Youth production of West Side Story in August. She is looking forward to directing Les Miserables this summer.
* She was seen on national TV throughout the UK as the launch face of the "Jenny Craig Weight Management Programme" which proved to be very successful with Cheryl losing 35lbs!
* Cheryl was recently involved in a prime-time ITV1 series called "Pop Star To Opera Star" where she made it through to the final, ending runner-up to the talented Joe McElderry.
Cheryl Baker
CREDITS
Television (Presenter/Co-Presenter)
Name of Show Type Channel
Really Useful Show Live daily consumer BBC1
Record Breakers (11 series) Children’s cult programme BBC1
Record Breakers Gold (3 series) Old R.B. footage BBC1
Eleventh Hour (3 series) Live “people” programme BBC1
Leisure Hour (2 series) Hobby/pastime programme BBC2
Walking The Dog Children’s programme BBC1
Eggs ‘n’ Baker (5 series) Children’s cookery BBC1
Survival Guide To Food Hygiene/cookery BBC1
Super Dogs (2 series) Dog agility BBC1
Saturday Picture Show Live children’s programme BBC1
Saturday 6 O’clock Show Live “people” programme LWT
The Funny Side Light Entertainment Granada
My Secret Desire Light Entertainment Granada
Telethon Live LWT
How Dare You Children’s game show Tyne Tees
Children In Need Live BBC1
Thank You For The Music Eurovision special Inde.
Infertility Strand Live breakfast show GMTV
Holiday Maker Resort appraisal Travel
Travel Bug Resort appraisal Travel
Open house Live interview programme Channel 5
Price Drop TV Live shopping Digital
Saving Planet Earth Native endangered species BBC1
Inside Out South-East (5 series) Archive footage/current affairs BBC1
Meridian Tonight ‘The People’s Millions’ Meredian
Thomson TV Resort appraisal Digital
Cruise Today Cruise appraisal Travel
Theatre
Dial ‘M’ For Murder In the role of Sheila Wendice
Anybody For Murder? In the role of Suzy Stevens
Mixed Feelings In the role of Sonya
Footloose the musical In the role of Vi Moore
HONK! In the role of Ida
Seussical the musical In the role of Mrs. Mayor
Menopause The Musical In the role of Earth Mother
Beauty and the Beast In the role of Mrs Potts
Pantomimes
Babes In the Wood
Aladdin x 3
Cinderella x 3
Robinson Crusoe
Dick Whittington
Jack and the Beanstalk.
Cheryl also starred as Cinderella in the 1986 Christmas Day Granada TV production.
Cheryl Baker
CREDITS (Cont.)
Radio
KMFM Christmas Day show, 2007
Guest presenter for Radio 5 Live
Guest presenter for Radio 2
Videos
Wedding View
Sew Simple
Advertising Contracts
Mr Kipling’s Cherry Bakewells (for Comic Relief)
Safestyle UK Windows and Doors
The Jenny Craig Weight Loss Programme
Corporate Endorsements
Granada Services, Poundstretcher, Newlite Windows, Spam, Flour Advisory Bureau, Meat and Livestock Commission, Domestos, Wella, Viviscal, The Cheryl Baker Magic Vac.
Awards
Eurovision Song Contest
This Is Your Life
Children’s Champion
Books
Cheryl Baker’s Low Calorie Cook Book
Eggs ‘n’ Baker Cook Book
Autobiography (forthcoming)
Newspaper/Magazine Editorials
Marks and Spencer Christmas Special
Woolworth’s magazine, regular lifestyle feature
Vivid Magazine, celebrity correspondent
Lotus Magazine
Mail on Sunday "Deep South USA" Report
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