This Morning star Alison Hammond in line for huge career boost as she’s set to be offered her own show
TELLY execs are in a scramble to sign up This Morning host Alison Hammond.
I can reveal that the darling of ITV daytime is set to land her own panel show on rival channel Sky, after she was also signed up for BBC1 game show I Can See Your Voice, and has just starred in the Sainsbury’s Christmas ad.
A TV insider said: “It remains to be seen if This Morning bosses will give her a higher wage and a higher-profile role on the show to ensure she stays with them.
“If not, the Sky show is unlikely to be the last tempting offer she receives.”
Alison is still smarting after she was hired to front a reboot of classic game show Wheel Of Fortune for ITV, only for it to be scrapped — which makes the similar new Sky show an even sweeter prospect.
Alison is certainly riding high, having narrowly missed winning the Best Presenter gong at this year’s National Television Awards to Ant and Dec.
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Since then she has popped up on BBC1 on programmes including The Wheel and I Can See Your Voice.
After shooting to fame on 2002’s Big Brother on Channel 4, Alison only needs a Channel 5 show and she’ll have the full set.
AMANDA & ALAN’S AIR SHOW
PLANE passengers got more than they bargained for this summer, thanks to Alan Carr and Amanda Holden.
The pair were renovating a house in Sicily for their new BBC show, Amanda and Alan’s Italian Job so jetted back and forth between Blighty and the Mediterranean island.
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Amanda said: “They know us really well on Ryanair!
"We entertained at some points when we were sat . . . There was a couple of delays so we entertained the whole flight.”
Alan said: “I got my speakers out at one point, when we were on the tannoy.
"A little bit tiddly! And had some power ballads on.
“We had a ball. I’ve had every bit of panini, even bought a scratch card.
“Although there was a disaster when there was no ice for our rose.”
So long as they didn’t go from national treasures to national embarrassments . . .
New Year, new life
FORMER Corrie actress Rebecca Ryan is expecting her first child with husband Dan Acraman.
Showing off her baby bump on social media, she wrote: “I thought this year couldn’t get any better after marrying the man of my dreams, but it turns out it can.
"Can’t wait to b come a mummy in 2023.”
GRANT’S A NEVER ENDER…
FORMER EastEnders hardman Ross Kemp has urged show bosses to never kill off his character, Grant Mitchell.
The actor and host of BBC1 gameshow, The Bridge has gone on to make some sensational documentaries since quitting the Square in 1999.
However he insists he will always be open to a return to the BBC1 soap – as happened briefly in 2005 and 2016.
But Bafta-nominee Ross would only do it if he is pitched a plotline that interests him – namely one where Grant is once more top dog in Walford.
He said: “I hope they keep the character alive.
"He was part and parcel of the show for ten years and I’ve dipped in and dipped out since.
“Grant is a great character. I wouldn’t want to go back to finish him off, I’d want to go back there to make sure he runs the Square again.”
I’m sure his on-screen brother Phil would have something to say on that . . .
No puppy love
MADE In Chelsea star Jamie Laing was rushed to hospital after struggling to breathe.
His fiancee, Sophie Habboo, took to her Instagram stories to reveal that he was taken to A&E after his “asthma got out of control” – and it turned out the culprit was his new puppy, Little Bobbie, whom he’s allergic to.
FAB FESTIVE FAILS
FUNNYMAN Joel Dommett and model wife Hannah Cooper raise a glass – and a laugh – as they recall their worst festive experiences.
They will be joined by a host of other famous faces with similar horror stories on tonight’s Celebrity Christmas Hell.
Johnny Vegas narrates as the very personal Crimbo nightmares are detailed on Channel 4 from 10.15pm.
The line up also includes Jack Whitehall's parents, Michael and Hilary; McFly singer Danny Jones and wife Georgia Horsley as well as comedian Katherine Ryan with husband Bobby Kootstra and her 12-year-old daughter, Violet.
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They may have fame and wealth but let’s savour the fact these festive ordeals happen to us all.
Call it a belated gift.
