Category : TV
Ent
Date : 13.05.2004
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Eamonn
Holmes joins Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ ONE to present Hard Spell in a search for BritainΒ’s
best young speller
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If you're aged between 11 to 14 and fancy showing off
your spelling skills on television in front of the whole country, now's
your chance!
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"Hard Spell is a chance for you at home to see
what you can do, it's an opportunity to put you
and your school on the map and it'll be great for families across the
country to play along," says presenter Eamonn Holmes.
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Hard Spell combines accessible learning with an engaging
TV event that will inspire, educate and entertain.
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Eamonn continues: "At a time when our education
system is often criticised, here is a chance to sit back in awe and
see the quality of what some schools are doing."
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To get involved head teachers should email hardspell@bbc.co.uk
by Friday 18 June 2004.
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Schools will then be sent starter packs to organise
their own spelling competitions to be held in September.
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This is your opportunity to get involved and find your
best young speller so the sooner you register, the sooner your children
can start swotting!
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Eamonn says: "This has been going on in America
for years with the spelling bee competitions and now that we have lit
the taper here in Britain, stand back and watch the fireworks as schools
compete against schools and pupils against pupils."
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The programme will be recorded in the autumn and air
on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ ONE late this year.
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Viewers will watch the hopes, nerves and excitement
of children across the UK as they spell their way to the top of the
class.
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Eamonn: "These kids are like spelling athletes
and I'm there to congratulate them when they cross the finish line or
give them a pat on the back if they don't."
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Each school's best young speller will go through to
a regional heat in October and, perhaps, the national final in London.
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The TV cameras will be there to film the best spellers
and follow the stories of them and their families through to the big
finale.
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Spelling has never been so compelling!
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Notes to Editors
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More information available at
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To be eligible to participate in Hard Spell students
must have turned 11 years old by 1 September 2004 and must not be over
14 years old by 18 December 2004.
