Everything about Jon Tickle totally explained
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Big Brother
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Jonathan Tickle (born
8 May 1974 in
Norwich) is a television presenter in the UK, who initially rose to fame as a contestant on the
fourth series of the British
Big Brother. He appeared before this, however, as a contestant on the gameshow
Blockbusters in
1991. A clip of his appearance was featured on
ITV's
Gameshow Marathon. He is also the secondary presenter on the television series .
Big Brother
Tickle is the first of seven housemates to have been allowed to return to the house after having been evicted into the outside world (although during his second time in the house he wasn't eligible to win). He returned after the public voted on which evicted housemate should be put back into the house. He also worked in
Norwich, before Big Brother. After his time on Big Brother he made a vow to return to 'normal' life. He did so, and failed to ride the crest of the wave generated by his fame. He could have been a much bigger star had he grabbed the opportunities in the immediate aftermath of the show.
Voted 13th most popular housemate of all time, Tickle has more fan websites than any other housemate, most notably "Jon Tickle - The Legend"
(External Link
). He is also, famously, the object of devotion of the Brethren of the Church of Jon - a still thriving organisation set up in his honour on the
Channel 4 Big Brother forums during
Big Brother 4. He was also a contestant on a celebrity edition of
Distraction winning roughly £3,200 for cancer research.
Brainiac
Tickle, a physics graduate of the
University of Leicester, has gone on to co-present, a series of science-based shows on the UK television station
Sky One, in which he's the 'sciencey one' and the most daring of all Brainiacs, in contrast to former presenter
Richard Hammond who was a more entertainment focused presenter. The most famous experiment on the show, having been shown on other shows such as
QI and
Mythbusters was of Jon walking on a swimming pool full of
custard powder and water.
Tickle has had many ideas and one of his most famous is the "time-delay toaster." "What's the problem with toast? Two slices pop up, you whip one out, and spread some margarine on it. But by the time you get the second, the consistency has changed. Why not have a time delay?"
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