Hard Spell
Hard Spell | |
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Presented by | Eamonn Holmes Nina Hossain Mishal Husain |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
Original release | |
Network | BBC One |
Release | 2004 |
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Hard Spell is a United Kingdom televised spelling bee programme for children between the ages of eleven and fourteen, presented by Eamonn Holmes, with Nina Hossain reading the words. It was first broadcast on BBC One in late 2004. Heats were held in different parts of the country leading to the grand final, at the end of which Gayathri Kumar was crowned Britain's best young speller.[1]
Notable spellers apart from Gayathri included Nisha Abraham-Thomas from Wolverhampton, Mark Jackson from Cambridge, Dominic Harvey from Bath and Sarah Williams from Penzance.[1]
All of the televised runners-up in 2004 received a signed photograph of Eamonn Holmes and other Hard Spell
Soon after, the BBC produced a one-off episode of Star Spell, which followed the same format but had celebrities taking part rather than children. This was again presented by Eamonn Holmes, with Nina Hossain reading the words. The one-off episode was won by Richard Whiteley. In late 2005, the BBC broadcast a full series of Star Spell, again presented by Eamonn Holmes but Mishal Husain took over from Nina as word pronouncer.
As the show was such a success, Hard Spell returned to television screens at
signed by the presenter.References
- ^ a b "BBC – Press Office – Hard Spell Champion 2004". 12 May 2004. Retrieved 23 March 2008.
External links
- Hard Spell at IMDb