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
Wise Up (TV programme) teenage life in different countries each on the Greenwich Meridian Line. The programme led to the formation of Wised Up Productions involving Mick Robertson and Simon Morris. Morris did not contribute to "Wise Up", though he did contribute to the catalogue of programmes produced by Wised Up Productions. The programme was nominated for a BAFTA in 1996, a Children's BAFTA in 2000. As part of the 25th Anniversary of Channel 4, "Wise Up" was featured in "Radio Times." Wise Up (TV programme) Wise Up is a British factual children's television programme broadcast for nine series on Sunday mornings between 1995