- Andy Hodgson
Andrew Patrick Hodgson is primarily known as an auctioneer/presenter on the British television shopping channel "
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Andy Hodgson can be seen presenting
bid tv on Monday and Tuesday between 7.30pm and 10.30pm. He has presented on the channel since its inception in the year 2000. [ [http://www.allsaintsi.com/andyh/on_air.html Andy Hodgson | On Air] AndyHodgson.com] He also provides thevoice-over for the majority of theiradvertising , [ [http://www.allsaintsi.com/andyh/radio.html Radio] AndyHodgson.com] as well as appearing in-vision for several of them.His sales technique differs to the other styles of his fellow presenters, and he has been compared with fictional
Norwich chat show hostAlan Partridge . [ [http://www.alan-partridge.co.uk/articles-info/andyhodgson/andyhodgson.htm The Real Alan Partridge?] AlanPartridge.co.uk] He often jokes with the production staff and assistants whilst presenting. One such assistant is the unseen warehouse assistant called "Bob theWarehouse ".When phoning the channel to bid for an item, Hodgson's distinctive voice greets the bidder with a pre-recorded message detailing the item they are purchasing.
Other television appearances
Hodgson provided a running commentary over an episode of "
The Day Today " on theDVD of the series. [ [http://www.allsaintsi.com/andyh/on_air_04_day.html Andy Hodgson TV Appearances | 2004 : The Day Today DVD] AndyHodgson.com] Writer and Alan Partridge co-creatorArmando Iannucci (of "The Friday Night Armistice" fame) hired Andy to play a brutally murderedinterior design er in hisBBC Three show "" [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0939580/ 2004: The Stupid Version] IMDB.com] as well as a Home Shopping TVpresenter in his 2006BBC Two production "Time Trumpet ". [ [http://www.allsaintsi.com/andyh/on_air_06_time.html Andy Hodgson TV Appearances | 2006 : Time Trumpet] AndyHodgson.com] In 2003 he appeared onChannel 4 reality show "The Salon " to conduct a charityauction . [ [http://www.tv.com/the-salon/series-2-week-13-highlights/episode/441133/recap.html The Salon: Series 2 (Week 13 Highlights) Recap] TV.com]Additionally, Hodgson has been seen in 2008 on
ITV1 's daytime programme "This Morning" as agadget expert. [ [http://www.itv.com/Lifestyle/ThisMorning/HomeandGarden/Barbecues123/default.html This Morning | Home and garden | Barbecues 123] ITV.com]Radio
Hodgson has been heard on BBC Five Live, Radio 4,
Talksport ,BBC Radio Scotland ,BBC Radio York , Century Radio, [ [http://www.ben-baxter.com/century.shtml Century Radio North East] Ben-Baxter.com]Star FM andLBC . [ [http://www.allsaintsi.com/andyh/radio.html Radio] AndyHodgson.com] [ [http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=355241&page=8&pp=25 bid tv and price-drop off air - Page 8 - Freeview] Digital Spy Forums]Personal life
He is an ardent supporter of his home town
Burnley Football Club , [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zapuna7W5BE Andy Hodgson Pays Homage To Ade Akinbiyi] YouTube.com] and has hosted many events at the club. [ [http://www.burnleyfootballclub.premiumtv.co.uk/page/LatestHeadlines/0,,10413~786122,00.html Celebrity Dinner] BurnleyFootballClub.PremiumTV.co.uk] [ [http://www.burnleyfootballclub.premiumtv.co.uk/page/LatestHeadlines/0,,10413~822013,00.html Player Of The Year Awards 2007] BurnleyFootballClub.PremiumTV.co.uk] [ [http://www.burnleyfootballclub.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Gallery/0,,10413~1174934,00.html Fans' 125 Dinner: A Night To Remember] BurnleyFootballClub.PremiumTV.co.uk]In May 2008 he married his long-term girlfriend Kate at a ceremony in
Dunstable .External links
* [http://www.andyhodgson.com Official Site]
* [http://www.myspace.com/BidTV MySpace Page]
* [http://www.bid.tv bid tv Homepage]
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