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Orlando was a big 1960s colour TV kids detective series with Sam Kydd in the title role of lovable smuggler Orlando O’Connor, solving mysteries along with two kids. To many from that time the word Orlando meant Sam Kydd.
Don’t recall that at all, which is a surprise as I liked Sam Kydd. One of those quintessential English bit-part character actors who cropped up everywhere
Was it on ITV? My father had a ‘problem’ with independent television so it was rarely allowed. Blue Peter good, Magpie bad
My tentative suggestion was going to be Orlando the Marmalade Cat
I came across a question a couple of weeks ago, David. Just hope the answer is correct!
Which British musical artiste has the most number of Youtube subscribers etc?
No. It was someone I hadn’t heard of until a couple of weeks ago, so they might not have a recording contract etc.
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Don’t recall that at all, which is a surprise as I liked Sam Kydd. One of those quintessential English bit-part character actors who cropped up everywhereWas it on ITV? My father had a ‘problem’ with independent television so it was rarely allowed. Blue Peter good, Magpie bad
yes, Rediffusion for ITV:
http://www.cherishedtelevision.co.uk/orlando.html
http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/976102/
in my mind its pigeonholed as a lighter version of Danger Man, The Baron, etc in that it was always on weekdays around 5pm, before what seemed a 6pm watershed for the "harder" stuff.
We had "Rediffusion" in our house. This was after they’d lost the contract for Southern TV. Did we have Cable TV instead of an antenna? One turned the dial on the wall by the window, and could get Radio as well as TV.
thanks, didn’t know about that part of their business:
" Rediffusion also offered a low-bandwidth cable TV and radio distribution system. This was based on connecting homes with multiple twisted-pair cables. Each twisted-pair carried a single TV or radio channel. Selection of TV or radio station was by means of a rotary switch, usually mounted on a wall or window frame close to the point of entry of the cable into the home. From this a two-wire cable led to the TV or radio.
The TVs used on this system were stripped-down TV sets with no tuner or RF front-end and the radios were modified speakers with no RF section. Rediffusion abandoned this system of TV and radio distribution some time in the 1970s or early 1980s. "
I see now that Rediffusion was also the first TV station in Hong Kong, in 1957, with a similar wired service. It has since been taken over and morphed into ATV, which carries the HK racing free to air.
Oh! I was going to say that she had a porn actress’s name!
For the pornographic actress, see Mia Rose (pornographic actress).
Mia Rose
Background information
Birth name Maria Antonia Sampaio Rosa
Born 26 January 1988 (1988-01-26) (age 22)
Origin Wimbledon Village, London, United Kingdom
Genres Pop, Acoustic Rock, Folk Rock
Occupations Singer, musician, student
Years active 2006–present
Labels Cherry Entertainment
Website Mia Rose official website
Notable instruments
GuitarMia Rose (born 26 January 1988 in Wimbledon Village, London)[1] is the stage name of Maria Antónia Sampaio Rosa,[2] a Portuguese and British singer-songwriter, noted for her popularity on the video sharing website YouTube.
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[hide][edit] Musical career
Rose opened her YouTube account on 29 December 2006 during her Christmas break from university. She posted daily videos singing various cover songs and within a month set a record number of subscriptions for a musician.[3][4] As of December 2009, she has more than 222,000 YouTube subscribers. In 2008, following her success on YouTube, she appeared at Google Zeitgeist[5] and was a speaker at the SIME Conference in Sweden.[6]
In May 2009, she wrote, recorded and marketed the song “Let Go”, selling it on iTunes in Portugal, where it became the best selling download, and got to number 2 in the Portuguese charts.[citation needed]
She and Jordanian musician Hanna Gargour performed the song "Waiting on the World to Change”. Queen Rania of Jordan noted this song was an example of how art can promote a reduction of the international cultural divide.[7]
Her second self-released single, the double A side "What Would Christmas Be Like?"/"Fallin’ For You" was released on 2 December 2009. "What Would Christmas Be Like?" was written by Rose while "Fallin’ For You" is a Colbie Caillat song.
Currently she is the No. 1 All Time Most Subscribed Musician in the UK, and she also has the No. 2 UK All Time Most Subscribed channel. Her own videos have been watched over 104 million times on YouTube.[8]
She was featured in Rolling Stone,[9] The Sun,[10] The Age,[11] and on a BBC Radio 5 Live interview.[12]
In January 2007, Ryan Leslie signed Rose to NextSelection/Universal.[13] A month later she was signed by Tommy Mottola to the Mottola Company for management. While in the US she worked with producers and writers such as Kara DioGuardi. She recorded two singles, "Hold Me Now" and "Hot Boy" for Next Selection but neither track received an official release. While living in New York’s upper west side, Mia Rose met former Mottola Company employee Micah Jesse, who later became her assistant. Micah Jesse took Mia to red carpet events and assisted with garnering media hits[14]. With the music industry struggled to cope with the digital revolution, Rose left NextSelection and Mottola and returned to Europe. She is currently represented by management agency Citizensound and is also contracted to the celebrity division of the Models 1 agency.[15][16] In 2009, she saw her first single, ‘Let Go’, integrating the soundtrack of Brazilian soap ‘Living Life’. Rose has also collaborated with fellow Youtube artist, Ana Free.
[edit] Critical responseAlexa Baracaia of the Evening Standard reported on 30 January 2007, that her YouTube page was attracting over 3 million viewers a month, but that there were allegations of "fake comments" being posted to inflate her appeal.[17] In March 2008, Forbes announced her being among the nominees for the 2008 YouTube Video Awards.[18] Rolling Stone’s Elizabeth Goodman noted she was "disturbingly well-packaged" and noted another YouTube member’s video which identified numerous dummy accounts that may have artificially inflated Rose’s YouTube ratings.[9]
I thought I’d blow this one, so that David can set a question.
Right here’s a quick one (then I’m off to Youtube to check out Mia Rose!)
How many times has Dermot Weld won the Leading Trainer award at the Galway Festival (excluding this year)?
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