The Hull Daily Mail Interviews Nickelodeon UK Presenter Anna Williamson

From the Hull Daily Mail via This is Hull and East Riding:

'Sometimes, all children want is a platform to talk about their feelings'

She is the bright and perky face of Nickelodeon and CiTV and has been performing on stage and screen since her early teens.

But Anna Williamson faced her own dark times when she started experiencing panic attacks.

"It was 2005 and I developed this panic disorder," said Anna, in a rare break from a hectic interview schedule.

"As a result I went to see a counsellor – and it worked. I could see the benefits of talking therapies and it resonated with me for years after."

Having been in the business of entertaining children for ten years – she is a Daybreak correspondent and entertainment reporter for Digital Spy, as well as presenting on the hugely popular Nickelodeon and CiTV – Anna felt well-placed to be able to "give something back", as she put it.

"Being around kids for a long time, I know it's not an easy life for them out there.

"There are some extreme cases but, sometimes, all kids want is a platform to talk about their feelings. They want to ask questions about the things they are thinking about."

So, since January, Anna has been volunteering with the national children's helpline, ChildLine – founded by Esther Rantzen – something she considers her biggest challenge to date.

"I work on the phones every week," she said. "I'm making my shifts fit in with my other commitments.

"I want to make a difference and I think it's like everything, I'm just chipping away.

"You do feel you are doing your bit. I like to think the young people I have talked to feel better and I have helped them to come up with a solution.

"I think my ChildLine work is going to continue to be very challenging, fun and rewarding."

In addition to her television and stage career, Anna gained a diploma in counselling in 2009.

A keen charity supporter and volunteer, she is very proud of her ambassador role for The Prince's Trust and The Young Variety Club.

Her gritty determination saw her complete the London Marathon in 4hrs 45mins, all in the name of charity – an achievement she is particularly proud of as she was still recovering from a recently broken ankle.

You also can't mention Anna Williamson without mentioning pantomime – she is a huge fan of the theatre genre and has played every role going in her ten years treading the boards.

"To say I love the camp-ness of it all is an understatement," said Anna, who is North London-born and now lives in Hertfordshire. "I'm Cinderella in Milton Keynes this Christmas.

"There are lots of things going on. I'm doing a show this month with Nickelodeon called Camp Orange (the hit show is in its second series) and I've got Skillicious with CiTV running at the moment.

"I've got my entertainment journalism going on with Digital Spy (it allows Anna to do what she loves most, stalking the red carpets, chatting up A-list stars and reporting back to her legions of fans)."

Anna said she makes sure she gets some downtime and there is nothing she likes better than tramping the countryside around her home in her wellies.

"My home isn't anything special, but the country estate that I live on the edge of, is.

"It makes a complete change from my work life, which can be fast-paced, glamorous and quite materialistic."

So are children of her own on Anna's horizon at all?

"Oh, I hope so, and not in the too-distant future," she said. "My boyfriend has a 13-year-old daughter and she comes down, we have a really good relationship."

Nick Jr. Channel UK To Premiere The "Brand New To Nick Jr." Popular Animated Preschool Show "Pocoyo" And The UK Debut Of "Let's Go Pocoyo" From Monday 10th September 2012

According to Nick Jr. UK and Ireland's "What's On" schedule section and brand new "Pocoyo" website on the official Nick Jr. UK and Ireland website, NickJr.co.uk, Nickelodeon UK and Ireland's preschool channel, Nick Jr. Channel UK and Ireland, will start to premiere and show the first two "brand new to Nick Jr" series of the popular animated preschool show "Pocoyo", and the UK debut of the brand new third series (season) of "Pocoyo", called "Let's Go Pocoyo", from Monday 10th September 2012 from 5.30pm as part of "September on Nick Jr."!:

5:30pm - Let's Go Pocoyo: A brand new series with the continuing adventures of Pocoyo, a little boy who loves to explore the world around him. Everything in Pocoyo's life is new, exciting and fun!

5:37pm - Pocoyo: Meet Pocoyo, a little boy who loves to explore the world around him. Everything in Pocoyo's life is new, exciting and fun!

5:50pm - Pocoyo: Meet Pocoyo, a little boy who loves to explore the world around him. Everything in Pocoyo's life is new, exciting and fun!

Nick Jr. UK's brand new animated preschool series "Pocoyo" is set in a 3D space, with a plain white background and usually no backdrops, and is about a young boy dressed in blue, who is full of curiosity, and is narrated by Stephen Fry. In "Pocoyo", viewers are encouraged to recognise situations that Pocoyo is in, and things that are going on with or around him. The narrator usually speaks explicitly to the viewers and to the characters as well. Each character has its own distinctive dance and also a specific sound (usually from a musical instrument), and most episodes end with the characters dancing. Many episodes also involve parties.

To celebrate Nick Junior UK & Eire premiering and showing the brand new shows "Pocoyo" and "Let's Go Pocoyo" from Monday 10th September 2012 from 5.30pm, the official Nick Jr. UK and Ireland website, NickJr.co.uk, has unveiled their brand new "Pocoyo" website, www.nickjr.co.uk/shows/pocoyo/#!, to accompany the shows, which currently features a online "Pocoyo" video clip area for visitors to watch short "Pocoyo" clips online, and a "Create with Pocoyo" section where visitors can colour in their favourite "Pocoyo" characters, including 'Pocoyo', Elly the pink elephant, and Pato the yellow duck, using online template/colouring in tools.

Nickelodeon UK Announces Plans To Premiere The Brand New Episode Of "iCarly" Called "iOpen a Restaurant" On Monday 17th September 2012

According to Nickelodeon UK's "What's On" schedule section on the official Nickelodeon UK and Ireland website, Nick.co.uk, the third brand new episode of the hit Nickelodeon comedy show "iCarly" that Nickelodeon UK will premiere as part of an Epic month of premieres in September 2012 will be the brand new "iCarly" episode "iOpen a Restaurant", which Nick UK will premiere and show on Nickelodeon UK and Ireland and Nickelodeon HD UK on Monday 17th September 2012 at 5.30pm (repeated at 6.30pm on Nick UK's plus one (+1) timeshift channel, Nick Replay UK), straight after a brand new episode of the brand new Nickelodeon comedy series "Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures" at 5.00pm, as part of "September on Nickelodeon UK":

5:30pm: iCarly - iOpen A Restaurant: Gibby opens a secret restaurant in the school's basement with Sam's help. Meanwhile, Spencer designs a security robot for the loft which goes unexpectedly haywire.

In the brand new episode of "iCarly" titled "iOpen a Restaurant" (directed by Steve Hoefer and written by Dan Schneider & Jake Farrow), after their computer and TV have been stolen, Spencer Shay (played by Jerry Trainor) starts developing a security robot, but it starts to attack Carly Shay (portrayed by Nickelodeon Star Miranda Cosgrove), Freddie Benson (played by Nathan Kress) and Mrs. Marissa Benson (Freddie's Mom; portrayed by Mary Scheer). Meanwhile, Sam Puckett (portrayed by Jennette McCurdy) and Gibby Gibson (played by Noah Munck) open a secret restaurant named Gibby's in the basement at school.

Guest Stars: Chase Austin as bully Billy Boots, Mary Scheer as Mrs. Benson, David St. James as Mr. Howard, Tim Russ as Principal Frankiln, and Sam's Butter Sock.

To celebrate Nickelodeon UK and Ireland and Nickelodeon UK HD premiering the brand new "iCarly" episode called "iOpen a Restaurant" on Monday 17th September 2012 at 5.30pm (6.30pm on Nick Replay), below is a high quality (HQ) streaming video which features a sneak peek video clip from the brand new "iCarly" episode "iOpen a Restaurant" (video may include spoilers!):

iCarly “iOpen a Restaurant” from Jessica Wilson on Vimeo.

Also, Tweeted by Nickelodeon UK and Ireland on their official Twitter profile page (@NickelodeonUK):

brand new @icarly today -5.30pm its always perfect dinner time viewing for me :)

Nickelodeon UK Announces The Winners Of "Camp Orange: The Lost Kingdom"! And The Winners Of The Title "Champ Orange" Are...

Please Note - This NickALive! blog post contains spoilers about Nickelodeon UK's adventure reality series for best friends, "Camp Orange: The Lost Kingdom", such as who Nickelodeon UK viewers have voted the winners of "Champ Orange", that some NickALive! readers may prefer to avoid. Please scroll down the page if you wish to continue. If you missed the premiere of the tense, exciting and thrilling finale to "Camp Orange: The Lost Kingdom" or just want to relive the action, Nickelodeon UK and Ireland and Nickelodeon HD UK will be repeating the exciting conclusion of "Camp Orange: The Lost Kingdom" TONIGHT at 8.30pm (9.30pm on Nick Replay UK)!

"Camp Orange" may be over for another year, but you can still enter Nickelodeon UK's exclusive "Camp Orange: The Lost Kingdom" competition for your chance to win this weeks Camp Orange challenge winners' amazing prizes - a Playstation Vita and Travel Kit, one Playstation Vita £40.00 game voucher and a SpongeBob SquarePants Skateboard - here on Nickelodeon UK's official "Camp Orange" website, Nick.co.uk!

Roll on "Camp Orange 2013"!








Over the past month, Nickelodeon UK viewers and "Camp Orange UK" fans have been watching the four teams of this years (2012) series of "Camp Orange UK", Nickelodeon's adventure reality show for best friends, called "Camp Orange: The Lost Kingdom" - Zach and Chris (team "Noisy Ninjas"; the red team), Zoe and Tilly (team "Crazy Einsteins"; the purple team), Tom and Frankie (team "Surf Turtles"; the yellow team), and Hannah and Amanda-Jane (team "Moon Waffles"; the green team) - experiencing the ultimate adventure of a lifetime, playing some of the toughest "Camp Orange" games ever invented, battling it out in an effort to win the votes of viewers and fans' at home in the hope of being crowned the ultimate winners of "Camp Orange: The Lost Kingdom" - "Champ Orange" - the team which Nickelodeon UK viewers thought showed the best teamwork, were the most honorable, played the fairest, and helped everybody else out. Nickelodeon UK then counted up the hundreds of thousands viewers' votes, and at the end of the exciting finale of "Camp Orange: The Lost Kingdom", which Nickelodeon UK and Ireland and Nickelodeon HD UK premiered on Sunday 9th September 2012 at 9.30am, Nickelodeon UK and Ireland presenters Anna Williamson & Jamie Rickers led the eight nervous contestants to outside Champion's Chamber, where only the team with the most votes and voted the winner of "Champ Orange" by viewers can unlock the Chamber. Only one lucky Camp Orange team can win the title of "Champ Orange", and that team is...

Moon Waffles!!

For the past five weeks, Nickelodeon UK viewers and "Camp Orange" fans have watched Hannah and Amanda-Jane (also known as the "Moon Waffles") from Northern Ireland compete in some of the toughest and slimiest "Camp Orange" games ever devised and voted them their favourite "Camp Orange: The Lost Kingdom" team. After unlocking the door to the Champions Chamber, they went inside to receive an epic sliming of their life's, where Nickelodeon's Jamie and Anna and the "Keeper of the Games", former Olympian Denise Lewis OBE, waited for them outside to tell them what they'd won for being voted "Champ Orange" - a 32" (inch) 3D (three dimensional) HD (high-definition) television set each, an Apple iPad each, and a trip to Nickelodeon Land at Pleasure Beach, Blackpool, the only Nickelodeon Land in the UK, each!

NickALive! would like to say a big congratulations to Hannah and Amanda-Jane for winning "Champ Orange", and a big well done to each of the contestants of "Camp Orange: The Lost Kingdom". You all showed great courage and teamwork, stayed strong, and done really well and you all deserved to win!

If you missed the premiere of the tense, exciting and thrilling finale to "Camp Orange: The Lost Kingdom" or just want to relive the action, don't fret, as Nickelodeon UK and Ireland have announced encore screenings for the exciting conclusion of "Camp Orange: The Lost Kingdom"!

According to Nickelodeon UK's "What's On" schedule section on the official Nickelodeon UK and Ireland website, Nick.co.uk, Nickelodeon UK and Ireland and Nickelodeon HD UK will be repeating the finale episode of season two of "Camp Orange" TONIGHT at 8.30pm (repeated at 9.30pm on Nick UK's plus one (+1) timeshift channel, Nick Replay UK).

Stay tuned to NickALive! for news about Camp Orange 2013!

Also, Tweeted (posted) by Nickelodeon UK and Ireland on their official Twitter profile page (@NickelodeonUK):

who do you think has won? #camporangeuk.

And:

All the teams on #camporangeuk are amazing!!! Well done to all of you :)

Also:

So nerve racking!!! #camporangeuk !!!

And:

Well done champ orange winners The Moon Waffles!!! :)

Also:

It's official ! Are you all pleased the moon waffles won? All the teams were fab #camporangeuk.

And:

sad #camporangeuk is all over? Don't worry you can still win cool prizes RIGHT HERE! http://ow.ly/dxk1b.

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