Andy Kane
Encyclopedia
Andy Kane nicknamed Handy Andy, is a British television personality best known for his work on the BBC
's DIY
programme Changing Rooms
.
and later Laurence Llewellyn-Bowen, in which he appears as a talkative cockney builder who helps out with DIY jobs the contestants cannot handle. He later made three appearances on the U.S. version of the programme, Trading Spaces
. He has presented three programmes for UK Style
- Room Rivals, Garden Rivals and Streetcombers - the first two of which were broadcast in the United States on the BBC America
cable network. He has also appeared in the LIVINGtv reality
show I'm Famous and Frightened!
, the Sky One
show Cirque de Celebrité
, as well as making a guest appearance on a sketch on The Adam and Joe Show
.
In March 2006, BBC America
began telecasting Kane's latest effort, Increase Your House Price By Ten Grand, a home makeover programme in which he heads a team of four who are given 3 days and £1,000 to improve a sale property with the intent of increasing its value by £10,000. As of 2008 he can be seen presenting BBC Primary Geography programmes.
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
's DIY
Do it yourself
Do it yourself is a term used to describe building, modifying, or repairing of something without the aid of experts or professionals...
programme Changing Rooms
Changing Rooms (TV series)
Changing Rooms is a Do It Yourself home improvement show broadcast in the United Kingdom on the BBC between the years 1996 and 2004. The show was one of a number of home improvement and lifestyle shows popular in the late 1990s and early 2000s...
.
Background
Kane found fame on Changing Rooms, which ran on BBC TV 1996-2004 and was hosted by Carol SmillieCarol Smillie
Carol Patricia Smillie is a Scottish television personality, model and actress. Smillie is well-known for presenting the award winning BBC series Changing Rooms, which won her a National Television Award for Most Popular Factual Programme in 1998.She became the hostess of the British version of...
and later Laurence Llewellyn-Bowen, in which he appears as a talkative cockney builder who helps out with DIY jobs the contestants cannot handle. He later made three appearances on the U.S. version of the programme, Trading Spaces
Trading Spaces
Trading Spaces is an hour-long American television reality program that aired from 2000 to 2008 on the cable channels TLC and Discovery Home. The format of the show was based on the BBC TV series Changing Rooms. The show ran for eight seasons....
. He has presented three programmes for UK Style
UKTV Style
Home is an interior home and garden-oriented lifestyle television channel broadcasting in the United Kingdom, as part of the UKTV network of channels. The channel originally launched on 1 November 1997 and relaunched in it's current format on 30 April 2009...
- Room Rivals, Garden Rivals and Streetcombers - the first two of which were broadcast in the United States on the BBC America
BBC America
BBC America is an American television network, owned and operated by BBC Worldwide, and available on both cable and satellite.-History:The channel launched on March 29, 1998, broadcasting comedy, drama and lifestyle programs from BBC Television and other British television broadcasters like ITV and...
cable network. He has also appeared in the LIVINGtv reality
Reality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...
show I'm Famous and Frightened!
I'm Famous and Frightened!
I'm Famous and Frightened was a Living TV reality TV show in which 8 celebrities stayed for three nights in a "haunted" castle. They had to then do terrifying challenges in order to raise money for charity; each one was evicted until only the winner was left.The first series aired on Friday 12...
, the Sky One
Sky One
Sky1 is the flagship BSkyB entertainment channel available in the United Kingdom and Ireland.The channel first launched on 26 April 1982 as Satellite Television, and is the fourth-oldest TV channel in the United Kingdom, behind BBC One , ITV and BBC Two...
show Cirque de Celebrité
Cirque de Celebrité
Cirque de Celebrité was a celebrity reality TV show broadcast on Sky One. The show features celebrities training for and then performing various circus acts. The winner of the 2006 series was Grace Adams-Short....
, as well as making a guest appearance on a sketch on The Adam and Joe Show
The Adam and Joe Show
The Adam and Joe Show was a British television comedy show, written and presented by Adam and Joe, that is, Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish, which ran for four series on Channel 4 between 1996 and 2001...
.
In March 2006, BBC America
BBC America
BBC America is an American television network, owned and operated by BBC Worldwide, and available on both cable and satellite.-History:The channel launched on March 29, 1998, broadcasting comedy, drama and lifestyle programs from BBC Television and other British television broadcasters like ITV and...
began telecasting Kane's latest effort, Increase Your House Price By Ten Grand, a home makeover programme in which he heads a team of four who are given 3 days and £1,000 to improve a sale property with the intent of increasing its value by £10,000. As of 2008 he can be seen presenting BBC Primary Geography programmes.