BIOGRAPHY & Credits
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A real life Eastender, Cheryl was born in Bethnal Green on 8th March 1954, Her bubbly personality was evident even in the early days of “Bucks Fizz” when they won the Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin in 1981. They went on to gain world-wide recognition with a string of hit records including three number ones, “Land of Make Believe”, “My camera Never Lies” and of course “Making Your Mind Up” and throughout this period, it was evident that Cheryl would develop a solo career one day. In 1984 she was asked to present the children’s television show, “How Dare You”, which set the ball rolling for her as a TV presenter. Apart from children’s favourites such as Record Breakers and Eggs ‘n’ Baker, she presented daytime current affairs shows, prime-time Saturday evening shows and even dog agility shows! During the 90’s, Cheryl was on TV 6 days a week! All this, and she was still singing with Bucks Fizz. So, at the end of 1993, Cheryl stepped down from Bucks Fizz after twelve years to concentrate on her solo career (See credit list). She is hugely popular with the general public, who consider her ‘the girl next door’. Whenever she makes an appearance either in the Media or at events, her charm and personality has everyone, young and old, eating from her hand. People relate to Cheryl – she is ‘one of them’. Cheryl is far from perfect and people love her for it. Cheryl reunited with Mike Nolan and Jay Aston, the three work together as “The Original Bucks Fizz”. They perform at major festivals throughout the UK and are regulars on the “Here & Now” tours. And yes – they still rip their skirts off! Keeping up-to-date2009 Jan – mid March: Cheryl has performed with The Original Bucks Fizz in Ireland, appeared on Ant & Dec’s Saturday Takeaway twice, been on three P&O Caribbean cruises working as an after-dinner speaker, appeared on The Paul O’Grady Show, presented for Thomson TV five times, presented a holiday programme on Cuba for The Travel Channel, appeared on GMTV and Pop Goes The Band with The Original Bucks Fizz. Pop Goes The Band is a series of ‘make-over’ programmes involving bands from the 80s and 90s. Cheryl has had a bit of non-invasive treatment to her face, lost some weight and had her teeth and hair done. She looks like a different person! Well, not that extreme, but she certainly looks and feels better than she has for years. Shortly she will be seen on ITV1’s “The World’s Best Diet” where she was sent to India to follow a vegetarian diet to see whether it was beneficial. She was featured in the finance pages of The Sunday Times in November 2008, in Hello Magazine in December and The Original Bucks Fizz were featured in OK! Magazine in February. She has been featured in a double-page spread in the Property section of The Mail on Sunday and The Daily Record. She recently launched an appeal to raise money for her daughters’ school in order that they can buy an incubator for a Special Care Baby Unit, and was featured in local newspapers and on TV. 2008In 2008 she appeared on Meredian Tonight and BBC Breakfast News. She has been interviewed on the radio several times and is in discussion regarding presenting a regular radio programme for KMFM. She also recorded a series of items for Inside Out for BBC South-East, 2007 In 2007 Cheryl made guest appearances on 37 TV shows, including Ready Steady Cook, GMTV, BBC Breakfast and VH1 Cheesy Pop. She presented ‘The People’s Millions’ for Meredian Tonight, and was the sole presenter of the BBC’s acclaimed wild-life series, Saving Planet Earth for BBC South-East, receiving the greatest viewing figures from around the country. She was seen every Wednesday evening during the Autumn presenting archive film footage for “Inside Out” BBC South-East. She also presented the Christmas Day 10-1pm show for KMFM, a Kent-based independent radio station. She has recently been featured (again) in Hello Magazine. Cheryl was part of the Safestyle TV advertising campaign and has been seen in every newspaper, on every shopping mall bin (!) and every London underground train supporting a product for thinning hair. She is also endorsing The Cheryl Baker Magic Vac, a kitchen vacuum appliance to keep food fresh. Throughout 2007, The Original Bucks Fizz performed at festivals both here and abroad, private functions, race meetings and corporate events. The album, “The Very Best of Bucks Fizz” was released in May 2007 and reached No. 40 in the album charts. There was extensive promotional media coverage where Cheryl appeared on TV/radio/magazines/newspapers many times. Charity Cheryl feels it is a privilege to help charities whenever possible and is involved with many, especially children’s charities .Cheryl had to have IVF to conceive her twin daughters, and was happy to talk about it openly as she felt it could be of some help to other women. Consequently she is patron/supporter to almost every infertility charity in the UK! Most recently she has been appointed Vice-President to the Royal London Society for the Blind and has been made Patron of the Lollipop Appeal, a charity to raise funds for a high-dependency unit for very sick children. She is also in the early stages of launching another charity, “The Car For Cots Appeal” which is in conjunction with her children’s school, Hillview School For Girls in Tonbridge, of which she is Vice-Chair of the PTA. To raise funds they will be selling raffle tickets to win a Chevrolet Matiz and the proceeds will (hopefully) buy an incubator for the Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU) for premature and very sick babies at Darent Valley Hospital in Dartford. She was one of the founders and is a trustee of HEADFIRST, a charity which raises funds for research, equipment and care of people who have suffered brain damage due to accident, stroke or disease. This charity was set up following the horrific coach crash back in 1984 when Cheryl was in Bucks Fizz, where her colleague and dear friend, Mike Nolan, sustained serious head injury resulting in brain damage. On 6th June she will host a Casino Evening at the RLSB with all proceeds going to Headfirst and RLSB. Cheryl is currently campaigning for cleaner NHS hospitals, after the very sad death of her mother-in-law through the super-bug ‘C-Diff’, contracted whilst in hospital. She openly admits to being a yo-yo dieter, having battled with her weight all her life. She says every diet works – if you stick to it! She is currently 1st 5lbs lighter than she was this time last year! On A personal Note Cheryl lives in Kent with her husband of 17 years, Steve Stroud, their 14-year-old twin daughters, Kyla and Natalie, her father-in-law, Harry and their two German Shepherds, Bella and Simba. Steve is a bass player in many bands but his main guv’nor since 1988 has been Sir Cliff Richard. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cheryl Baker Credits Saving Planet Earth. Native endangered species BBC1 Inside Out South-East (2 series) Archive footage BBC1 Meredian Tonight ‘The People’s Millions’ Meredian Thompson TV Resort
Apraisal Digital Menopause the musical Playing the Part of Earth Mother, National tour 2009 Footloose the musical Playing the part of Vi Moore National Tour & West End Production Honk The Musical in the role of Ida , Seussical The Musical in the role of Mrs Mayor
Dial ‘M’ For Murder in the role of Sheila Wendice Panto’s KMFM Christmas Day Show
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