Nick Weir

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Nick Weir
Born
Nicholas David Weir

(1964-11-20) 20 November 1964 (age 59)
NationalityEnglish
Occupation(s)Former Entertainment Executive
Former entertainer and presenter
Years active1997–2004 (TV)
1994–present
TelevisionWaffle (1998), Grudge Match (1999–2000), Catchphrase (2000–2004)
Height6"6[ citation needed ]
ParentLeonard Weir (father) Beverly Weir (mother)
RelativesSimon Weir (brother)

Nicholas David Weir (born 20 November 1964) is an English entertainer and presenter. He was the second presenter of Catchphrase and was, until May 13, 2004, the Senior Vice President of Entertainment for Royal Caribbean International. He presented four game shows for ITV productions including Catchphrase .

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Early life

Nick Weir was raised by his parents Leonard and Beverly Weir along with brother Simon in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Both of his parents had formerly worked in cruise ship entertainment. His father was a stage actor and singer as well as a cruise director and his mother was a singer who entertained on cruises.[ citation needed ]

Entertainment career

Weir began his entertainment career on cruise ships, as a singer and comedian before moving to television. In 1997, he presented the regional sports game show On the Ball in the Granada ITV region. In 1998 he presented the nationally broadcast ITV daytime game show Waffle and also co-hosted Grudge Match with Lisa Rogers from 1999 to 2000.

In 2000, Weir replaced Roy Walker as the host of the TV game show Catchphrase . During his first series, he broke his foot during a recording of the show by falling down the stairs as he made his entrance to the studio floor.[ citation needed ]

Between December 2001 and January 2002, he appeared in the play Aladdin as the character of the same name in the Hexagon in Reading, Berkshire.[ citation needed ]

Weir presented three series of Catchphrase until 2002, following which, the show moved to daytime and former Blue Peter presenter Mark Curry took over the show for a final 2002 series. Although his third series was filmed in 2001, this was shown on the ITV network between late 2002 and early 2004, usually on a Sunday evening or Bank Holiday Monday.

Weir also appeared as a contestant or guest on several other game shows. He was a contestant in a December 1997 episode of Give Us a Clue and appeared in Blankety Blank in 2001. [1] [2] Archive footage of Weir featured on ITV's 2014 series Come on Down! The Game Show Story .

Cruise and entertainment consulting

Following Catchphrase, Weir served as entertainment consultant on board the Celebrity Eclipse as well as other Solstice Class ships, Celebrity Cruises' newest line of vessels. [3]

Vice President of Entertainment at Royal Caribbean

Weir was appointed Vice President of Entertainment by Royal Caribbean on 18 September 2013, following the departure of Peter Compton. [4] Royal Caribbean wanted Weir's combination of stage and managerial experience to push larger Vegas-style productions aboard its ships. [5] Since becoming the vice president, Weir has overseen the launch of the Two70° theatre in the back end of the ship in the Quantum class. He has also overseen two new stage shows, Mamma Mia! and Sonic Odyssey. [6]

List of game shows

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References

  1. "ITV Series 1, Episode 3". Lily Savage's Blankety Blank. ITV.
  2. Lily Savage's Blankety Blank. 20 May 2001. ITV.
  3. Celebrity Cruises "The Making of Celebrity Reflection" Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine . July 2013
  4. Royal Caribbean "Royal Caribbean appoints new head of ship entertainment"
  5. Royal Caribbean "ROYAL CARIBBEAN APPOINTS NICK WEIR TO VICE PRESIDENT OF ENTERTAINMENT"
  6. For Nick Weir, cruise entertainment is family business | Miami Herald
Preceded by Host of Catchphrase
2000–02
Succeeded by