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Rock Profile is a British television comedy show written by and starring comedy partnership Matt Lucas and David Walliams , both later widely known for the sketch show " Little Britain ". " Rock Profile " first appeared on the channel UK Play in ___MASK59___ , before moving to BBC Two in ___MASK31___ . Koninklijke Philips N . V . ( Royal Philips , commonly known as Philips ) is a Dutch technology company headquartered in Amsterdam with primary divisions focused in the areas of electronics , healthcare and lighting . It was founded in Eindhoven in ___MASK85___ , by Gerard Philips and his father Frederik . It is one of the largest electronics companies in the world and employs around ___MASK39___ , 000 people across more than 60 countries . The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland , commonly known as the United Kingdom ( UK ) or Britain , is a sovereign country in western Europe . Lying off the north - western coast of the European mainland , it includes the island of Great Britain ( the name of which is also loosely applied to the whole country ), the north - eastern part of the island of Ireland , and many smaller islands . Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that shares a land border with another sovereign statethe Republic of Ireland . Apart from this land border , the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean , with the North Sea to its east , the English Channel to its south and the Celtic Sea to its south - south - west , giving it the 12th - longest coastline in the world . The Irish Sea lies between Great Britain and Ireland . With an area of , the UK is the 78th - largest sovereign state in the world and the 11th - largest in Europe . It is also the 21st - most populous country , with an estimated ___MASK96___ . 1 million inhabitants . Together , this makes it the fourth most densely populated country in the European Union . Kelly Brook ( born ___MASK87___ November 1979 ) is an English model , actress and television presenter best known in the US for her roles in the 2010 horror comedy remake " Piranha 3D " and in the NBC sitcom " One Big Happy ". David Michael Hasselhoff ( born July ___MASK92___ , ___MASK71___ ), nicknamed " The Hoff ", is an American actor , singer , producer , and businessman , who set a Guinness World Record as the most watched man on TV . He first gained recognition on " The Young and The Restless ", playing Dr . Snapper Foster . His career continued with his leading role as Michael Knight on " Knight Rider " and as L . A . County Lifeguard Mitch Buchannon in the series " Baywatch ". Hasselhoff produced " Baywatch " from the 1990s until 2001 , when the series ended with " Baywatch Hawaii ". On screen , he appeared in films including " Click ", "", " The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie " and " Hop ". Digitiser was a video games magazine that was broadcast on Teletext in the UK between ___MASK69___ and ___MASK55___ . It originally billed itself as " The World ' s Only Daily Game Magazine ". Dani Harmer ( born ___MASK81___ ) is a singer and actress who is best known for her portrayal as Tracy Beaker in the CBBC programmes " The Story of Tracy Beaker ", " Tracy Beaker Returns " and " Tracy Beaker Survival Files " from 2002 to 2012 . She also appeared in the BBC sitcom , " After You ' ve Gone ". Teletext ( or broadcast teletext ) is a television information retrieval service created in the United Kingdom in the early 1970s by the Philips Lead Designer for VDUs , John Adams . Teletext is a means of sending pages of text and simple geometric shapes from mosaic blocks to a VBI decoder equipped television screen by use of a number of reserved vertical blanking interval lines that together form the dark band dividing pictures horizontally on the television screen . It offers a range of text - based information , typically including news , weather and TV schedules . Paged subtitle ( or closed captioning ) information is also transmitted within the television signal . Piers Stefan Pughe - Morgan ( born Piers Stefan O ' Meara , ___MASK94___ ), known professionally as Piers Morgan , is a British journalist and television personality currently working as the US editor - at - large for Mail Online and as a presenter on British breakfast show " Good Morning Britain ". Talkback Thames ( stylised as talkbackTHAMES ) was a British television production company , a division of FremantleMedia ( part of the RTL Group , which in turn is owned by Bertelsmann ). It was formed by the merger of Talkback Productions and Thames Television . This merger was arranged in February ___MASK55___ and reversed in January 2012 . David Edward Williams ( born ___MASK46___ August ___MASK52___ ), known as David Walliams , is an English comedian , actor , author , presenter , television presenter and activist , known for his partnership with Matt Lucas on the BBC One sketch shows " Little Britain ", " Rock Profile " and " Come Fly with Me ". Alesha Dixon ( born ___MASK76___ October 1978 ) is a British singer , dancer , rapper , model and television presenter from Welwyn Garden City , England . She found fame in the all - female R & B / garage trio Mis - Teeq . The trio disbanded in 2005 and Dixon pursued a music career as a solo artist , signing to Polydor Records . She began recording her debut solo album , " Fired Up ", in 2006 , but due to poor record sales of her first two singles , " Lipstick " and " Knockdown ", she was dropped from Polydor . Britain ' s Got Talent ( often shortened to BGT ) is a British television talent show reality TV competition which started in June ___MASK35___ and originated from the " Got Talent " franchise . The show is a Thames production ( formerly Talkback Thames ) distributed by FremantleMedia and is produced in association with Syco TV . The show is broadcast on ITV and its sister show " Britain ' s Got More Talent " is broadcast on ITV2 . Anyone of any age with some sort of talent can audition for the show . Acts compete against each other in order to gain the audience support while trying to win the title of " The winner of " Britain ' s Got Talent "". The original judging panel consisted of the show ' s creator Simon Cowell , Amanda Holden and Piers Morgan . Kelly Brook was brought in briefly as a fourth judge in series 3 , but was axed after one audition site . Morgan did not return for series 5 and Cowell was only present during the live shows , while David Hasselhoff and Michael McIntyre joined the panel . Alesha Dixon and David Walliams joined the panel in series ___MASK36___ as replacements for McIntyre and Hasselhoff . Michael Hazen James McIntyre ( born ___MASK60___ ) is an English comedian , actor and presenter . In 2012 , he was reported to be the highest - grossing comedian in the world . Simon Phillip Cowell ( born ___MASK76___ October 1959 ) is an English reality television judge and producer , entrepreneur , and philanthropist . He is most recognised as a judge on the British TV talent competition series " Pop Idol ", " The X Factor ", and " Britain ' s Got Talent ", and the American TV talent competition shows " American Idol ", " The X Factor ," and " America ' s Got Talent ". Cowell is the principal founder and chief executive of the British entertainment company Syco . Mr . Biffo , real name Paul Rose , is a UK screenwriter . He was the editor of the Teletext - based video games magazine Digitiser , which ran between ___MASK69___ and ___MASK55___ . He is the co - creator of the CBBC children ' s sitcom Dani ' s House , on which he is also lead writer . He is also the co - creator and lead writer of CBBC ' s 4 O ' Clock Club , the follow - up to Dani ' s House entitled Dani ' s Castle , and the screenwriter of `` Pudsey : The Movie '' , starring the `` Britain ' s Got Talent '' winner ( a dog , voiced for the movie by David Walliams . In addition , he is writing for the fourth series of `` Stella ( UK TV series ) '' . He also worked on children ' s shows such as Half Moon Investigations , Barking ! , The Worst Witch , Sooty , My Parents Are Aliens , and a number of adult comedy shows , including contributing to The Armstrong and Miller Show , as well an episode of UK soap opera EastEnders in ___MASK55___ . He has written for numerous magazines , including Empire , Total Film , . net , Official PlayStation Magazine and Deathray , Retro Gamer , and from ___MASK55___ to ___MASK6___ wrote a monthly column in Edge entitled Biffovision . He also devised the storyline for the multi - format game Future Tactics . He has twice been nominated for a BAFTA award , once in 2004 for Best Children ' s Drama for My Parents Are Aiens , and again in 2012 for Best Children ' s Comedy for 4 O ' Clock Club , and has won a Sony Radio Academy Award for his writing on the Christian O ' Connell breakfast show on XFM . He wrote a book entitled Confessions of a Chatroom Freak ( published by Friday Books , who have since gone into liquidation ) . In it , Rose posed as a beautiful young woman called LoopyLisa21f who chatted to men online , mostly about sexual acts they wanted to do to Lisa , and then published the transcripts . He co - wrote a TV pilot which was broadcast on BBC3 , but not taken up , Biffovision ( Hartswood Films ) , a parody of children ' s television co - written with Tim Moore . He has also written a number of non - broadcast television pilots , including Too Much Too Young and Now The Weather . Amanda Louise Holden ( born 16 February ___MASK52___ ) is an English television presenter , actress and singer , best known as a judge on ITV ' s " Britain ' s Got Talent " since the show began in 2007 . BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom , Isle of Man and Channel Islands . It was launched on ___MASK9___ ___MASK90___ as the BBC Television Service , and was the world ' s first regular television service with a high level of image resolution . It was renamed BBC TV in 1960 , using this name until the launch of sister channel BBC2 in 1964 , whereupon the BBC TV channel became known as BBC1 , with the current spelling adopted in 1997 . The British Broadcasting Corporation ( BBC ) is a British public service broadcaster . It is headquartered at Broadcasting House in London , is the world ' s oldest national broadcasting organisation , and is the largest broadcaster in the world by number of employees , with over ___MASK46___ , ___MASK12___ staff in total , of whom 16 , 672 are in public sector broadcasting ; including part - time , flexible as well as fixed contract staff , the total number is 35 , ___MASK40___ . Dani ' s House is a British children ' s comedy - drama series broadcast on CBBC and starring Dani Harmer . The first series premiered on 26 September ___MASK6___ , and its fifth series concluded on 19 July 2012 . It has received several awards and nominations from BAFTA Kids . A spin - off called " Dani ' s Castle " aired from ___MASK25___ to 2015 . ITV2 , is a 24 - hour , free - to - air entertainment television channel in the United Kingdom , Isle of Man and the Channel Islands owned by ITV Digital Channels Ltd , a division of ITV plc . It was launched on ___MASK76___ December ___MASK78___ and is available digitally via satellite , cable , IPTV and terrestrial ( Freeview ) platforms . For a number of years , it had the largest audience share after the five analogue terrestrial stations , a claim now held by its sister service ITV3 both of which are freely available to a majority of households . CBBC ( originally Children ' s BBC ) is a BBC children ' s television strand aimed for older children aged from ___MASK36___ to 12 . BBC programming aimed at under six year old children is broadcast on the CBeebies channel . CBBC broadcasts from 7 am to 9 pm on the digital CBBC Channel , available on most UK digital platforms .