Tony Dortie
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Born | Clement Anthony Dortie July 1963 London, England |
Occupation | Television presenter, writer, MC |
Website | http://www.tttentertains.com/ |
Clement Anthony Dortie (born July 1963[1]) is a British TV personality and Top of the Pops presenter. He set up his own production company called Triple T Entertainment.[2] He has appeared on various popular entertainment networks such as BBC, Music Box, ITV (Schofield's Quest),[3] British Film Institute, MTV, BBC World Service, 3e (Glam Slam)[4] and various others as a host.
Early life
Dortie was born in London and grew up in Lewes, Sussex.[5]
At school, Dortie was a contributor to Music Box, where he started his on-screen broadcast career. Moving to work for Children's BBC UP2U,[6] he then joined Mark Franklin on 3 October 1991 as one of the regular hosts of the new look Top of the Pops, a position he held until 1994.[7][8][9][10][11]
Dortie set up his own production company, Djem Productions Ltd.[12]
Television format creation
Dortie enjoyed his first breakthrough from creating and writing TV formats with the show, TXTC,[13] which was broadcast first in Thailand, and then many other Asian countries. In 2004, TXTC was nominated for an Asian TV Award for best game show.[14] Dortie next wrote Chain Reaction for Fox8 in Australia hosted by Mieke Buchan.
His writing skills caught the attention of FremantleMedia, and then 2waytraffic,[15] where he enjoyed success with TXTC.[16]
MC and Red Carpet host
A chance meeting with the UK team behind G-Unit led Dortie into becoming an MC and appearing regularly as the Saturday night host of Madnights at "Cirque at the Hippodrome", as well as touring internationally. During this time he worked on stage with Pharrell, Akon, Simon Webbe, Lethal Bizzle, D12, Flawless and hosted a live Pimp My Ride International with Xzibit.
Under the banner of his new company Triple T Entertainment (referred to commonly as TTT), Dortie wrote and created for ITV2 Million Dollar Babes.[17] Broadcast Magazine Million Dollar Babes
References
- ^ "Clement Anthony DORTIE - Personal Appointments (Free information from Companies House)".
- ^ "Triple T Entertainment". tttentertains.com. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
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- ^ White, Sam – - Director Cancer Research UK. He's made a tremendous valuable contribution to our work. Cancer Research UK|Annual Report, August 2008,
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- ^ "Where Top of the Pops hosts are now from marketing boss to tragedy". 9 March 2021.
- ^ "BBC One - Top of the Pops, 03/10/1991".
- ^ "BBC One - Top of the Pops, 10/10/1991".
- ^ "Broadcast - BBC Programme Index".
- ^ "Broadcast - BBC Programme Index".
- ^ "DJEM PRODUCTIONS' THE ROOM TO AIR ON VH1".
- ^ source Broadcast Magazine
- ^ "Asian Television Awards (ATA) - Home". Asian Television Awards.
- ^ "Sony 2waytraffic". 2waytraffic.com. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
- ^ "Vimeo". Vimeo.com. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
- ^ Broadcast Magazine
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