Big Deal: Complete BBC Series 1

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Christiaan's unlikely journey shows us why we should care, and how we might work together to ensure our democracy is safeguarded from being sold to the highest bidder. Speaking ahead of last night's show debut, Vogue said the programme boasts an eclectic mix of talent.

The characters in the series are usually set around a local bookmakers but the camaraderie and friendships of this little group set up some wonderful comic scenes. Big Deal aims to shine a light on some of these challenges as well as demonstrate ways to improve fairness, transparency and confidence in our democratic system. Usually like her but it seems she only got this job because she missed out on the Ireland’s Got Talent gig.Despite the success of the show before its release viewers were not blown away by Vogue's presenting skills. Big Deal begins with Christiaan mocking the fact that the US democracy has been taken over by big money, but he soon realises that the situation in his home country is not all that different.

One of the very earliest situation comedy successes for the fledgling Channel 4, Chance in a Million chronicled the misadventures of one Tom Chance, a slightly eccentric, but decent ordinary man with an unnatural ability to warp probability to ludicrous proportions. You can find out what it's like auditioning in front of Jedward, Boy George, Deirdre O'Kane and Aston Merrygold here. In the second season, Robby’s efforts to become respectable led to his taking over The Dragon Club, but life didn’t get any easier. The role subsequently was offered to, and accepted by, Ray Brooks - Crawford's co-star in 1965's "The Knack. We acknowledge the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation as the traditional custodians of the land on which we work and we pay our respects to ancestors and Elders, past and present.The resounding feedback is that this project offers a fresh and timely lens on the functioning of our democratic system. The mother-of-two left husband Spencer Matthews holding the fort at their London home, taking care of their children Theodore and Gigi, as the Dubliner jetted off to work. Christiaan Van Vuuren is an everyday Aussie – a comedian and a father with a keen sense of fairness and justice. She has helmed numerous international co-productions, collaborated with many of the industry’s finest creatives, and produced programs for the ABC, SBS, Channel 10, BBC, Arte, Nat Geo, Discovery International, Curiosity Stream, PBS, Sky TV, Prime NZ and NOVA.

The Big Deal - a mixture of a game show and a talent show - is expected to be a Saturday night ratings hit for Virgin Media. But it's her Big Deal stint at Virgin Media that the TV presenter hopes will catapult her into the big league and maybe even across continents after it emerged that Fox TV has bought the six-part pilot series at the 3Arena, with a view to making the show for American TV. Starring Ray Brooks, Sharon Duce and Lisa Geoghan, the series concentrated on the ups and downs of small-time London gambler Robbie Box (played by Brooks) and the effect that his poker addiction has on his long suffering girlfriend Jan Oliver (Duce) and her daughter Debby (Geoghan). The extent that money and power have infiltrated our democracy is a bipartisan issue that the Australian public needs to be aware of at this fragile point where we are increasingly divided about politics.

The extent to which money has infiltrated our political process, and the non-transparent influence of corporate lobbying, is an issue of growing concern for many Australians. This format brought together filmmakers with NGOs, foundations, philanthropists, social entrepreneurs, corporates, broadcasters and media — to forge powerful alliances around ground breaking films that shift consciousness, behaviour and influence policy on key social justice issues. Big deal is a comedy drama in the guise of Only fools and horses and Minder about a London based professional gambler . One unimpressed viewer described the model 'as a poor choice of presenter' while another pleaded with her to 'relax a bit more'. The series was created and written by Geoff McQueen, who created several other major television series including Give Us a Break, Stay Lucky, and The Bill.

Sitting in deckchairs and touring churches is not the holiday 17-year-old Richard wants, especially when there's a chance of romance - but his parents insist on taking him. The action is played out mainly for laughs although there are one or two poignant scenes in the series. With guidance from Executive Producer, Malinda Wink, we are applying the learnings and networks from Good Pitch Australia to Democracy Project.Unfairly described as an English version of Friends, Granada's comedy/drama Cold Feet rose from humble beginnings to become an award winning ratings winner with a healthily average audience of 10 million viewers. Christiaan van Vuuren is an everyday Aussie – a comedian with provocative instincts, but also a father with a keen sense of fairness and justice. Vogue visited popular Irish holiday destinations in Portugal, Malaga and Lanzarote this week with her cameraman and producer friend Martin Gaughan in tow. Documentary Australia acknowledges the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of this nation.