Ade Adepitan Life story


Adedoyin Olayiwola "Ade" Adepitan MBE is a Nigerian-born British television presenter and wheelchair basketball player. As a presenter, he has hosted a range of travel documentaries and sports programmes for BBC television.

David Tennant returns as Doctor Who for Children in Need

David Tennant returns as Doctor Who for Children in Need
Nov 17,2023 5:21 pm

... The programme was hosted by Ade Adepitan, Mel Giedroyc, Jason Manford, Chris Ramsey Alex Scott and Lenny Rush - who at the age of 14 became the first-ever child presenter of the live show...

Lenny Rush set to become BBC Children in Need's first child presenter

Lenny Rush set to become BBC Children in Need's first child presenter
Nov 17,2023 1:01 am

... The Bafta-winning actor will be joined by Ade Adepitan, Mel Giedroyc, Jason Manford, Chris Ramsey and Alex Scott for the three-hour live show...

Children in Need: Lewis Capaldi, Joe Wicks and Graham Norton to star in BBC fundraiser

Children in Need: Lewis Capaldi, Joe Wicks and Graham Norton to star in BBC fundraiser
Nov 17,2022 7:51 pm

... Friday s three-hour show will be hosted by Ade Adepitan, Mel Giedroyc, Chris Ramsey, Alex Scott and Jason Manford...

Children in Need: Norton, Sheeran and celebrity First Dates to feature in BBC charity show

Children in Need: Norton, Sheeran and celebrity First Dates to feature in BBC charity show
Nov 19,2021 8:34 pm

... Media caption, Sophie Ellis-Bextor dances to the travel newsFriday s show will come live from the BBC s studios in Salford and will be hosted by Norton, alongside Ade Adepitan, Mel Giedroyc, Chris Ramsey and Alex Scott...

Our Planet questions: What is the BBC's plan at all?

Our Planet questions: What is the BBC's plan at all?
Feb 16,2020 10:09 am

... In a new series for BBC Two, Ade Adepitan travel to countries on the front line of climate change, to find out what humanity will do in order to perhaps the greatest challenge in our history in a three-part series, Ade on the front line of climate change...

Restoring the theme park abandoned for 20 years

Restoring the theme park abandoned for 20 years
Feb 16,2020 9:00 am

... The Ade Adepitan reports...

BBC pledges to improve portrayal of disabled people

BBC pledges to improve portrayal of disabled people
Feb 16,2020 8:48 am

... It also marks a natural progression at a time when The Travel Show host and ex-Paralympian Ade Adepitan recently visited Africa to front an eponymous prime-time series for BBC Two, alongside his Children in Need presenting duties...

Children In Need 2019: Star-studded BBC appeal raises £47. 9m

Children In Need 2019: Star-studded BBC appeal raises £47. 9m
Feb 16,2020 8:17 am

... The hosts: Marvin and Rochelle Humes, Mel Giedroyc, Tom Allen, Graham Norton, Ade Adepitan and Tess Daly Children in Need is the BBC s official UK charity and raises money for disadvantaged young people around the country, such as those experiencing poverty, with disabilities, or victims of abuse or neglect...

Children in Need: Norton, Sheeran and celebrity First Dates to feature in BBC charity show

Feb 16,2020 8:17 am

Graham Norton , Ed Sheeran and a celebrity version of First Dates Will all feature in Friday's BBC Children in Need appeal show.

The Corporation 's annual fundraising event Will see Norton get the red chair treatment he usually dishes out to members of his Talk Show audience.

Singer Sheeran Will perform live, along with Anne-Marie and Niall Horan .

Characters from the soaps EastEnders Will Coronation Street Will also find themselves together on a date.

Walford's Janine Butcher (Charlie Brooks ) Will turn to the Channel 4 dating show In Search of love, where she Will be met by Weatherfield's leading lothario Steve Mcdonald (Simon Gregson ).

Ahead of this year's show, BBC weatherman after his drumathon became The Charity 's most successful 24hr challenge, making More Than £3 million.

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To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Media caption, Weatherman Owain Wyn Evans helped raise £3m

Presenter Matt Baker and his team of five Young People also raised More Than £2 million This Week by cycling 142 miles across the UK, and through her 24-hour dance challenge.

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To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Media caption, Sophie Ellis-Bextor dances to the travel news

Friday's show Will come Live From The Bbc 's studios in Salford and Will be hosted by Norton, alongside Ade Adepitan , Mel Giedroyc , Chris Ramsey and Alex Scott .

Norton, Oti Mabuse, Stephen Fry , Shaun Wallace and Johnny Vegas Will all take their turn in The Infamous red chair from The Graham Norton Show, from where they Will each have to tell an interesting tale or risk being cruelly flipped head over heels mid-yarn by a powerful panel of children.

Anne-Marie and Niall Horan Will perform the 2021 BBC Children in Need 2021 single, by Fleetwood Mac .

A charity edition of The Repair Shop Will find Jay Blades and repair duo Amanda Middleditch and Julie Tatchell carrying out a unique restoration for a Young Boy .

Some of The Nation 's best-loved puppets and classic children's' TV favourites - Basil Brush , Rainbow's Zippy, George and Bungle, and Zig and Zag et al - Will collaborate on a charity Music Video .

Elsewhere on the programme, Paddy Mcguinness Will oversee the lip sync challenge, I Can See Your Voice, which Will feature Jimmy Carr , Alison Hammond and Amanda Holden , as well as Children in Need mascot Pudsey.

Danny Dyer Will present a special edition of The Bbc One gameshow The Wall and there Will be a Team GB Team GB and Paralympics GB School Sports Day.

Last Year 's on-the-night total reached More Than £37million, later growing to £57m.

The Appeal Show Will be broadcast on Bbc One from 19:00 GMT on Friday 19 November.

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