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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1973-03-27

Place of Birth

Lagos, Nigeria

Ade Adepitan

Biography

Adedoyin Olayiwola "Ade" Adepitan MBE is a Nigerian-born British television presenter and wheelchair basketball player. As a presenter, he has hosted a range of travel documentaries and sports programmes for BBC television.

Known for

Ready, Steady, Cook

Ready, Steady, Cook

Talented chefs battle it out against the clock, creating delicious dishes in 20 minutes

The One Show

The One Show

A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One.

QI

QI

Comedy quiz show full of quirky facts, in which contestants are rewarded more if their answers are 'quite interesting'.

House of Games

House of Games

Each week a group of four famous faces go toe to toe in testing their general knowledge skills in a variety of entertaining games.

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

Antiques experts accompany celebrities on a road trip around the UK searching for treasures and competing to make the most money at auction

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer

Four different celebrities all aim to impress judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith with their baking skills.

Michael McIntyre's The Wheel

Michael McIntyre's The Wheel

Michael McIntyre hosts a gameshow packed with huge stars, big laughs and a giant spinning wheel. Can the contestants, guided by celebrity experts, answer their way to a fortune?

The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice

The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice

The show that gives fans another bite of Bake Off when one helping just isn't enough. Jo Brand chats to a panel of celebrities about all the action, and meets the latest baker to leave the tent.

The Weakest Link

The Weakest Link

Romesh Ranganathan takes charge of the back-stabbing big money game show. Can the contestants create a chain of answers and avoid the boot?

Countdown

Countdown

The clock is ticking as contestants compete in games of lexical dexterity and numerical agility.

Tipping Point: Lucky Stars

Tipping Point: Lucky Stars

Ben Shephard hosts the quiz show in which three celebrities take on an extraordinary machine in the hope of winning 20,000 pounds for charity.

Children In Need

Children In Need

BBC Children in Need is the BBC's UK charity. Since 1980 it has raised over £600 million to change the lives of disabled children and young people in the UK. One of the highlights is an annual telethon, held in November and televised on BBC One and BBC One HD from 7:30pm until 2am. "Pudsey Bear" is BBC Children in Need's mascot, whilst Terry Wogan is a long-standing host. BBC Children in Need is one of three high-profile British telethons, although the only charity belonging to the BBC, the other telethons being Red Nose Day and Sport Relief, both supporting the Comic Relief charity. The 2012 appeal took place on Friday 16 November.

This World

This World

The series is mainly focused on social issues and current affairs stories around the world. International current affairs documentaries, replacing "Correspondent".

Between the Covers

Between the Covers

Sara Cox hosts this new book club bringing the nation together through sharing the pleasure of reading. Each edition features a celebrity panel discussing their favourite book and two review sections.

Hardware

Hardware

Hardware is a British sitcom that aired on ITV from 2003 to 2004. Starring Martin Freeman, it was written and created by Simon Nye, the creator of Men Behaving Badly. The show's opening theme was A Taste of Honey by Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass.