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Jasper Carrott
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[K]nown for his cult hit Funky Moped and the Magic Roundabout in 1975, Carrott hit the big time with television show An Audience with Jasper Carrott. In 1979 he was named TV personality of the year and in 1995 he was voted Midlander of the year.
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CARROTT CONFIDENTIAL - Jasper hosted his own 8-week live TV show on BBC 1. The show shown at 9:00pm for 35 minutes each Saturday night attracted over TEN MILLION viewers each week.
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Jasper will be at Publican Live, taking place at Olympia in London from April 2 to 4, where visitors will have the first chance to find out about the new gameshow, Cash Inn. Hosted by Jasper, it will offer pub customers the chance to win cash prizes, with around £25,000 in total up for grabs initially.
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In 1995 Jasper celebrated his 50th birthday and was presented with the "Midlander Of The Year" award, a prestigious honour which he now shares with such diverse characters as Betty Boothroyd and Ozzy Osbourne! In the same year, Aston University presented to him an achievement award for services to the Midlands.
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If the multiple choice format sounds familiar, it’s worth recalling that Jasper was a founder of Celador, which created Who Wants to be a Millionaire? The award-winning technology used by Innterplay was originally developed for a live stage version of Millionaire.
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The BBC invited Jasper to host his own Saturday night television show. CARROTT'S LIB ran for forty-five minutes for seven weeks receiving high ratings and critical acclaim. His next book SWEET AND SOUR LABRADOR was released to advance orders of 200,000.
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