Arlene Phillips
Summary
Arlene Phillips OBE (born 22 May 1943) is an English choreographer, theatre director, talent scout and former dancer, who has worked in many fields of entertainment. For many years she was most noted as the choreographer of numerous West End and Broadway musicals, films and television shows, but she has since achieved mainstream fame as a judge on television talent shows including Strictly Come Dancing and So You Think You Can Dance. On 15 April 2010 she made her first appearance as a panellist for the ITV1 television series Loose Women.Phillips was born in 1943 and grew up in Prestwich, Greater Manchester, England. She is Jewish and has a brother called Ian and a sister called Karen.
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Eurovision 2012: Engelbert Humperdinck 'very proud of song'
Singer unveils tune that will represent UK in Baku, with former Strictly judge Arlene Phillips choreographing his performance.
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Fancy a job in broadcasting? Best not to be a mature woman
It's time the BBC learned that viewers are tired of seeing young female presenters alongside their older male counterparts.
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Question Time, QI and Mock the Week criticised by BBC diversity report
Panel shows singled out for failing to put enough female faces on screen and using 'token women'.
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PSCo’s Got talent with ITN
AV specialist PSCo provided the world’s largest plasma, the 152” from Panasonic, for ITN to create a digital backdrop for the Newsroom’s Got Talent charity event which took place on 2nd November at London’s IndigO2. The event was compered by Carol Vorderman and Brian Conley and saw celebrity newsreaders, including ITV News at Ten presenter [.
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The politics of ageism | Peter Preston
It's mainly reported as a TV issue, but even more so it's our political leaders who reveal their youth and inexperience.
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Former Countryfile presenter fronts ITV investigation into ageism on TV
Miriam O'Reilly, the former Countryfile presenter who won her age discrimination case against the BBC last month, will tonight present an ITV investigation into whether television is ageist.
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Old women on the telly | Michele Hanson
So Miriam O'Reilly has sort of won her case. But who does the BBC think watches Countryfile?.
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Countryfile's Miriam O'Reilly wins BBC ageism claim
Former presenter of BBC1 rural affairs show succeeds in ageism and victimisation complaints, but not sexism claimHow the mud flew over CountryfileMiriam O'Reilly case: winners and losersRead the O'Reilly tribunal judgment in full (pdf).
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Miriam O'Reilly case: winners and losers
The former Countryfile presenter was vindicated in her claims, while BBC bosses will have to overhaul selection procedures.
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Miriam O'Reilly tribunal: How the BBC's cult of youth bars older women
It was the BBC's desire to 'refresh' Countryfile that led it to sack four women in their 40s and 50s, while keeping John Craven, 68.
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