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British twin actresses and singers
Melanie and Martina Grant
Born
(1971-11-18 ) 18 November 1971 (age 52 )
Other names
A.T.T.
Occupation(s ) Actresses, presenters, singers Years active 1978–present Television Fun House Children
Martina 1 boy 1 girl
Website funhousetwins .co .uk
Melanie and Martina Grant are a pair of British twin actresses, presenters and singers best known in the UK as presenters/cheerleaders on long-running gameshow Fun House and in Japan for their album A Twin Thing .
Personal lives [ edit ]
The twins were born in Margate, Kent in 1971. They now live in Ramsgate .
Melanie is now called Melanie Bambridge. Her husband was a fireman who died of leukaemia in 2009.[1]
Martina also married; her married name was Martina Deal but she divorced in 2009. She now lives with her new partner, they had a baby[2] boy in March 2012 and in February 2015 they had a girl.[3]
In August 2016 Martina married her partner Ben Freebury.[citation needed ]
Television [ edit ]
In 1986 Melanie appeared alongside Bill Oddie as a dancer in ITV comedy From the Top .[4]
In 1987 they both appeared in an episode of a BBC cop show called Rockliffe's Babies credited simply as 'Girl in flat'.[5]
From 1989 until 1999 they appeared alongside Pat Sharp in all 11 series of long-running gameshow Fun House as cheerleaders/co-presenters.
In 1993 they appeared as themselves in an episode of STV talk show Scottish Women discussing twin related issues.[6]
In 1993 (S1 Ep 17) and 1995 (S3 Ep 28) they made a guest appearance on ITV Saturday morning show What's Up Doc? .
In 2011 they also appeared on a segment of This Morning called Guess the guests .
In January[7] and May[8] 2013 they made guest appearances on Soccer AM .
They have also appeared in The Bill .[9]
In 1983 they appeared in the film Monty Python's The Meaning of Life among the group of children singing the song Every Sperm Is Sacred .
They also appeared in the 1989 Batman movie.[9] [10]
From 1978 until 1981 Melanie appeared as Molly in Annie at the Victoria Palace Theatre .[11] [12]
In 1981 Martina appeared as Brigitta alongside Petula Clark in the London revival of The Sound of Music at the Apollo Victoria Theatre .[13]
In 1983 they both appeared in the Micky Dolenz directed production of Bugsy Malone at Her Majesty's Theatre .[14] [15]
In 1994 they appeared as Dandini and the Prince alongside Wayne Sleep in Cinderella at the Harlequin Theatre, Redhill.[16] [17]
In 2000 they appeared as Swash and Buckle in Dick Whittington at the Devonshire Park Theatre in Eastbourne .[14]
They have also appeared in productions of Red Riding Hood and Snow White .[14]
Martina appeared on the cast recording of The Sound of Music .[18]
A Twin Thing Released 19 May 1999 Genre Dance, Hip-Hop Length 63 :30 Language English Label Avex AVCD-11722
"Keep On Pumping'" Released: 19 May 1999
On 19 May 1999 they released an eponymous album called A Twin Thing [19] which was released in Japan but was less successful elsewhere. The track Keep On Pumping was also released as a single[20] and on various compilation albums .[21] The album was released on iTunes[22] and Amazon[23] on 21 July 2014. The download version does not include the two remixes of Keep On Pumping .
Track list [19]
Keep On Pumping
We're A.T.T.
Flame Inside
Fallen Angels
Say Yes
I Think Of You Always
Revolution Love
Girlfriend
A Twin Thing
Won't Fall Down
Influence My Body
Something 'Bout Us
Keep On Pumping (Pete Doyle Mix)
Keep On Pumping (Bulletproof Mix)
References [ edit ]
^ "Melanie on Twitter" . Twitter.com. Retrieved 20 February 2015 .
^ From the Top at IMDb
^ Rockliffe's babies at IMDb
^ "Scottish Women on STV youtube channel" . Youtube.com. 30 September 2010. Retrieved 11 June 2012 .[dead YouTube link ]
^ "Clip on official Soccer AM website" . socceram.com. 12 January 2013. Archived from the original on 12 September 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014 .
^ "Clip on official Soccer AM website" . socceram.com. 25 May 2013. Archived from the original on 13 September 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014 .
^ a b "Pat Sharp interview" . Digitalspy.co.uk. 24 July 2009. Retrieved 11 June 2012 .
^ "Melanie on Twitter" . Twitter.com. Retrieved 5 January 2014 .
^ "Cast list at musical heaven website" . Musicalheaven.com. 25 July 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2015 .
^ "More detailed cast list at musical fan site" . Angelfire.com. Retrieved 25 April 2015 .
^ "Cast list at Broadway World" . Broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 11 June 2012 .
^ a b c "Local news coverage" . Tanithsjosephsite.homestead.com. Retrieved 11 June 2012 .
^ "Melanie on Twitter" . Twitter.com. Retrieved 5 January 2014 .
^ "Cast list" . Lib.rochester.edu. Retrieved 10 October 2014 .
^ "Paul Dufer website" . pauldufer.com. Archived from the original on 13 January 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2014 .
^ "Recording cast list at Broadway World" . Broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 11 June 2012 .
^ a b "Official Avex webpage" . Avexnet.or.jp. Retrieved 11 June 2012 .
^ "Megamix" . Megamix.ocnk.net. Retrieved 11 June 2012 .
^ "Avexnet" . Avexnet.or.jp. Retrieved 22 December 2013 .
^ "iTunes – Music – ATT A Twin Thing" . iTunes Store (GB ). Apple Inc. July 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014 .
^ "Amazon Music ATT A Twin Thing" . Amazon UK. 21 July 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014 .
R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Melanie_and_Martina_Grant&oldid=1229144226 "
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