Craig Phillips
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| Big Brother contestant | |
| Craig Phillips | |
| Date of birth | October 16, 1971 |
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| Resides | London,  England |
| Season(s) | Big Brother 2000 (UK) |
| Finish | 1st |
Craig Phillips (born 16 October 1971 in Liverpool) was the winner of the first series of the British reality tv show Big Brother. The younger of 2 children, his family moved to Shropshire in the late 1980s. At 18, Craig secured a day release bricklayers apprenticeship whilst employed with Wrekin Council’s construction department.
Determined to ensure he excelled in his chosen profession, he attended further night school classes in advanced brickwork and civil engineering. Having qualified with a City & Guilds, Craig went on to set up his own building company. The business quickly went from strength to strength employing more than 30 tradesmen.
After leaving the BB house as its first winner, Craig announced he was giving his £70,000 prize fund to his friend Joanne Harris, who had Down's syndrome, to pay for her heart and lung transplant. He had begun raising money with friends for Harris sometime before entering Big Brother, raising only small amounts of money towards the £250,000 needed for her operation in the USA, but within 6 days of winning he achieved the target required for her life saving operation thanks to public support and generous donations from celebrities. Harris died in April 2008.[1]
In xmas 2000 Craig released the charity single "At This Time of Year" with Warner music. The single went to Number 14 in the U.K charts, achieving silver disc status and raising over £40,000 for the Downs Syndrome Association.
He has also featured in comedy series Bo' Selecta! and appeared in the reality TV series, Back To Reality raising £40,000 for Macmillan Cancer Trust.
Before entering the Big Brother house Craig had ran his own building company for 10 years, in 1997 before his TV career began, Craig purchased and renovated his first house. Phillips presented Renovation Street with Linda Robson for Carlton ITV before being brought in as the DIY expert for the BBC on an exclusive contract in 2001.
Phillips has now presented as 'resident expert' on over 700 shows including Housecall, BBC 1, Housecall In The Country, BBC 1, Builders Sweat and Tears, BBC 1 & UK Style, Our House, UK Style, Trading Up, BBC 1 & UK Style, Big Strong Boys, BBC 1 & UK Style, Boyz In The Wood, Discovery Realtime, Big Strong Boys In The Sun (Europe), BBC 1, Renovation Street, ITV1 & Discovery Realtime, Trading Up In The Sun (Europe) BBC 1, House Trap, BBC 1 and Craig’s Trade Tips, BBC 1.
He also has a production company called Avent Productions set up in 2003 [1]For Avent he has presented the programmes Conversion a 10 part series for Discovery Realtime and the sixth series of Hung, Drawn & Quartered,a 6 part series for British Forces Broadcasting Service.
In 2007 Craig joined the team of 60 Minute Makeover for ITV1 for the fifth and sixth series trading his famous on screen white t-shirt look for a black t-shirt look.
[edit] Building School
After 2 years, research planning and construction Craig developed the largest independent construction training academy in the North-West opening its doors in September 2005 to its first 152 students the facility was formally opened by Cherie Blair in January 2006.
The 25,000 sq ft facility was designed and built by Craig and his team to simulate a real construction site with 88 solid individual rooms for various types of wet trades, 48 carpentry bench workstations and a 9,000 sq ft open plan workshop for brickwork - large enough to build several entire houses. Along with the practical workshop areas the academy also consists of 3 I.T classrooms, various staff offices, administration and reception areas.
The centre received its own accreditation enabling it to run a variety of work based learning and entry to employment courses and has been commended by the CITB as providing one of the largest and best training environments in the country.
After a year’s trading and having achieved full centre accreditation awarded by the Construction Industry Training Board, Craig felt he took the academy as far as he could and sold it to Carter and Carter Group Plc. Craig is still actively involved in the centre assisting with publicity and promoting employer engagement.
[edit] References
- [2]British 'Big Brother' prize claimed by builder CNN Article
- [3] Channel 4 Big Brother 1 site
- [4] Interview for UK Style. UK Style Our House
- [5] BBC Skillwise Video
- [6] BBC News | ENTERTAINMENT | Big Brother's Craig still in spotlight
- [7]Craig Phillips - Big Brother Heroes
- [8]Now who’s a good calendar boy, then? PDSA Pet Pawtraits 2008 Celebrity Calendar
- [9] Craig, Terri and daughter Danielle create a TV treat - 60 Minute Makeover ITV1
[edit] External links
- Official Craig Phillips website
- Craig Phillips at the Internet Movie Database
- Craig Phillips television and corporate production company website
- Craig Phillips 60 Minute Makeover ITV1 profile
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