Greg Scott

Infobox actor
name = Greg Scott


caption = Greg Scott (left) on Quizmania
birthname =
birthdate = Birth date and age|1969|03|06|df=yes
birthplace = Macclesfield, Cheshire, England
deathdate =
deathplace =
occupation = Television presenter,
Television personality,
comedy performer
yearsactive = 1987–present
spouse =

Greg "Greggles" Scott (born 6 March, 1969 in Macclesfield, Cheshire) is an English television presenter. He is best known for being a presenter on the late night interactive ITV1 gameshow Quizmania.

Early life and career

The son of a comedian, Greg Scott worked as a Redcoat at Butlins and then as a warm-up artist on the Channel 4 programme Countdown for 13 years.

Between June 1998 and June 2001, Greg was the host of 'Greg Scott's Best Breakfast' on Scarborough-based commercial radio station Yorkshire Coast Radio. During this phase of his career he also made occasional appearances on York-based sister station, Minster FM, both as a presenter and as a TV industry gossip correspondent on the Saturday evening show.

In 2003 he became a presenter on price-drop tv. After almost 2 years with the channel, In July 2005 he announced that he was leaving in order to attempt to further his career, his last appearance on price-drop tv live being on 28 July 2005.

In August 2005, he made an appearance as himself in a sketch on the Channel 4 comedy series 'A Bears Tail' which was a spin off from Avid Merrion's Bo Selecta series. In this sketch he plays himself as a host on price-drop tv selling products such as Craig David's shoe and a cubic zirconia medallion. The actual price-drop tv studio was used for this sketch. He was able to make this appearance through a mutual friend of himself and Leigh Francis.

Then he became a senior host on Quizmania on ITV Play which was also for a time broadcast on ITV1. He has gained sizeable popularity as a result of his off-the-wall, quick-witted humour and madcap presenting style and has become something of a cult figure, partly due to his on-screen persona which was reflected hugely during his time at price-drop tv and Quizmania.

Following the axing of Quizmania he went on to become a presenter on Play DJ, another ITV Play show, and also for a brief period appeared on the satellite and digital shopping TV channel iBuy. ITV announced that it had axed its ITV Play channel on 13th March 2007 and most of its minor participation tv shows, including Play DJ.

Since July 2007 Greg Scott has been the lead presenter on Big Box Bingo.

He is married with two daughters.

In June 2008, Greg confirmed via his official website that he will not be taking part in the revival of Quizmania much to the disappointment of his fans. He has stated that his commitment to Big Box Bingo was not the reason for his choice.

In August 2008 bookmaker Stan James made him surprise favourite to replace Des O'Connor as host of Countdown.

Career

* Countdown - Warm-up man
* On Your Marks - Co-Presenter with Carol Vorderman.
* Yorkshire Coast Radio - Breakfast show presenter.
* price-drop tv - Host: August 2003 to 28 July 2005.
* Quizmania - Presenter: 12 August 2005 to 15 January 2007.
* iBuy - Presenter: 15 January 2007 - 15 February 2007
* Play DJ - Presenter: 17 January 2007 - 4 March 2007
* Playmonday Lottery - Presenter: 11 June 2007 - 12 November 2007
* Big Box Bingo - Presenter: 3 July 2007 - Present

External links

* [http://gregscott.tv/ gregscott.tv] - Official Greg Scott website

Persondata
NAME = Scott, Greg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
SHORT DESCRIPTION = British television presenter
DATE OF BIRTH = 6 March, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH = Macclesfield, Cheshire, England
DATE OF DEATH =
PLACE OF DEATH =