Re: John Barrowman

Saskia Quinn — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:36:32 GMT

yes, I have seen him on cbeebies and bbc on sat morning tv etc. He is quite good looking though!

Re: John Barrowman

loopylou711 — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:31:58 GMT

haha ye it occured to me a pic is prob the best idea haha!! But i was to lazy 2 delete the wiki stuff ! awell least u know lol! I can't atand him lol! Thought you would know him as hes on lots of kids things

Re: John Barrowman

Saskia Quinn — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:30:12 GMT

haha Lou thanks for that!! He has been a very busy boy I see!! Would you believe all that information and I still couldnt think of him..............until I saw the pic on the end then I thought....'oh yes, I do know him now' lolol!!!!

Re: John Barrowman

loopylou711 — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:25:38 GMT

haha with thanks towiki then ...

John Scot Barrowman (born 11 March 1967) is a Scottish-born British American singer, actor, dancer, musical performer and media personality, with dual citizenship in the UK and the US.^[1]

Barrowman is best known on British television for his acting and presenting work for the BBC. His most prominent television role has been as Captain Jack Harkness in Doctor Who and its spin-off series Torchwood. He has featured in such light entertainment shows as Live & Kicking, Any Dream Will Do, How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?, and I'd Do Anything as well as appearing on the celebrity ice skating show Dancing on Ice. As a result of his family's move to Illinois when he was eight years old,^[2] Barrowman speaks in an American accent on screen but speaks with a Scottish accent when with family or in Scotland.^[3]

Barrowman is openly gay. He was voted the 2006 Stonewall "Entertainer of the Year"^[4] and was third in Broadcast magazine's "Hottest Commodity" poll in November 2006.^[5]

Barrowman appeared as a guest act for the Royal Variety Performance, which was staged at the London Palladium on Thursday 11 December 2008.^[6]

Barrowman appeared in the BBC children's Saturday morning variety show Live & Kicking, in which he hosted the Electric Circus segment, reporting on technology news, before moving on to The Movie Game, a children's television game show. In the late 1990s he was one of the regular presenters on Five's afternoon show Five's Company.

During January and February 2006 Barrowman took part in the ITV1 series Dancing on Ice, where Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean trained celebrities to compete in an ice skating show which took onboard many characteristics of a real ice skating competition. Barrowman's skating partner was World Junior Gold Medalist and three-time Russian champion Olga Sharutenko. Although a favourite to win, on 4 February, Barrowman and Sharutenko faced Stefan Booth and Kristina Cousins in the skate off and were eliminated by the judge's vote of 3 to 2.

Between 10 April and 14 April, 2006, Barrowman presented ITV's morning talk show This Morning whilst Phillip Schofield took an Easter Break.^[25] Between 1 May and 5 May, 2006, Barrowman read bedtime stories on the CBeebies channel. In Summer 2006, he was on the Judges panel of BBC One's How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria? music talent show alongside Andrew Lloyd Webber, David Ian, and Zoe Tyler.^[26]

On 31 December 2006, Barrowman made two television appearances. The first was on BBC Television's Heaven & Earth,^[27] hosted by Gloria Hunniford. On it he talked about spirituality and civil partnerships. His second appearance was as a guest on a team with Craig Revel Horwood and Louis Walsh, on Graham Norton's one-off programme, The Big Finish^[27] which was also broadcast on BBC Television. It was a light-hearted look at news stories in 2006.

On 11 February 2007, he co-presented the E!: Entertainment Television BAFTA Film Awards red carpet coverage with Ruby Wax.^[28] He also guest-presented two editions of Elaine Paige on Sunday, a pre-recorded BBC Radio 2 weekly musical theatre and film music showcase, broadcast on 11 February and 18 February 2007.^[29]

In 2007 Barrowman was a judge in the BBC One TV series Any Dream Will Do to find a new star to play the lead role in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in London's West End, won on 9 June by Lee Mead, of whom he said: "Lee won because he is polished, professional and close to perfection in what he does. He goes on stage and commands it, and one of the best qualities about him is that he doesn't analyse the song too much. He just gets out there and does it. I'm happy to give over my West End leading man's shoes for a while, to allow him to fill them.",^[30] on a post-final party on video posted at Andrew Lloyd Webber's website he commented "The West End had need of Lee Mead".^[31]

He has also guested on BBC Two comedy panel quiz show Never Mind the Buzzcocks (Series 19, Episode 5), challenging host Simon Amstell to a "gay-off", Al Murray's Happy Hour, The Charlotte Church Show, and Friday Night with Jonathan Ross.

On Friday 27 July 2007 Barrowman guest hosted The Friday Night Project, on Channel 4, with Justin-Lee Collins and Alan Carr.^[32]

In 2008 Barrowman presented a primetime BBC game show called The Kids Are All Right in which a team of 4 adults tried to win money by beating a gang of seven super bright kids.^[33] The show was recorded in the new BBC studios in Pacific Quay in Glasgow.^[34] On Saturday 16 February 2008, and Saturday 23 February 2008, he presented the National Lottery Draw. On the 1st of March 2008 he appeared on the panel of the Eurovision Song Contest selection show, Eurovision: Your Decision on BBC 1, alongside Carrie Grant and Sir Terry Wogan.

On the 29 April, 30 April 2008 and the 1 May 2008 he presented This Morning.

On the evening of 29 April 2008 he spoke at the Oxford Union about his career, the entertainment industry and gay rights issues. The event was filmed for the programme John Barrowman - The Making Of Me for the BBC, broadcast on 24 July 2008, in which Barrowman explored ideas of what makes people gay.

Beginning in June 2008, he featured as a judge on the Canadian version of How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?.

On Sunday 14 September 2008 he presented Andrew Lloyd Webber's 60th birthday party in London's Hyde Park with a host of guests such as Idina Menzel, Denise Van Outen, Elaine Paige, Lee Mead and the stars of I'd Do Anything.

On 30 November, Barrowman was asked during Radio 1's Switch programme about his habit of exposing himself during interviews, and did so on this occasion.^[35] Althought the act was not seen, a show staff member had covered the webcam, the BBC and Barrowman subsequently apologised for any offence caused.^[36]

Barrowman currently presents a new BBC programme in 2009 called Tonight's the Night. It gives contestants "a chance to live their performance dreams".

He also presented a children's television show on CBBC called Animals at Work. On this show he talked about some animals that performed jobs!

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Re: John Barrowman

Saskia Quinn — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:16:04 GMT

Thanks for that Lou but my internet connection isnt strong enough?? to watch video links! Still none the wiser though!

Re: John Barrowman

loopylou711 — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:12:12 GMT

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who is he?

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www.youtube.com/watch

Know now? Oh would you believe he is form glasgow originally?

Re: John Barrowman

Saskia Quinn — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:00:55 GMT

who is he?

Re: John Barrowman

Nick Shackleton — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:38:33 GMT

I can not stand this man one bit!!!

Re: John Barrowman

gwennifer — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:32:42 GMT

He is fit!

Re: John Barrowman

chris beasley — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:28:58 GMT

Such a pity he is gay! he would be great to sit next to on a long flight.

Re: John Barrowman

Honeybadger — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:39:15 GMT

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well if u have just seen him on Children In Need prancing about in his boxer shorts i am not surprised! but ditto the sentiments! a bit of a mystery then?

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Yes! Thats what promted my post!

Re: John Barrowman

supamog — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:30:35 GMT

well if u have just seen him on Children In Need prancing about in his boxer shorts i am not surprised! but ditto the sentiments! a bit of a mystery then?