Arlene Phillips the Dance Judge Panel with Greg James and Lee Mack. In Britain, Phillips first became a household name as the director and choreographer of Hot Gossip, a British dance troupe which she formed in 1974, using students she was teaching at the time. Hot Gossip spent two years performing in a London night club where Phillips and her manager developed the group's dance act. The troupe were spotted by the British television director, David Mallet who invited Phillips to make Hot Gossip a regular feature of "The Kenny Everett Show", which he directed for Thames Television on ITV, first being
ECT (TV programme) MacMillan's Keefco production company. The series producer was Annie Russell. Each artist played two or three songs live. In addition to the live bands, the show had its own dance troupe, Beauxartz, choreographed by Kevan Allen. The episodes were: ECT (TV programme) ECT (an abbreviation of Extra Celestial Transmission) is a British television music programme dedicated to hard rock and metal music genres. Ten episodes were broadcast on Channel 4 between 12 April 1985 and 14 June 1985. It aired on Friday evenings (17:30 to 18:10) as part of Channel 4’s Friday Zone that also included Paintbox (18:10 to 18:20)