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Who’s on the One Show tonight? Catherine Tate, Rick Wakeman and Martin Lewis join Matt Baker and Angela Scanlon

Catherine Tate is an English actress and comedian

Actress Catherine Tate, Yes-man Rick Wakeman and journalist Martin Lewis join Matt Baker and Angela Scanlon on the sofa.

Then, the UK's Tree of the Year competition launches on the One Show with many surprises...

Here's everything you need to know about tonight's episode...

 Join Alex and Matt for another episode of The One Show
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Join Alex and Matt for another episode of The One ShowCredit: BBC

Who's on The One Show tonight?

Catherine Tate

Catherine Tate, 49, was born Catherine Ford on May 12, 1968, and is an English comedian, actress, and writer.

She has won numerous awards for her work on the sketch comedy series The Catherine Tate Show.

Her character Lauren the teenager became famous with the catchphrase "Am I bothered?".

Catherine is also well known for playing the Doctor's assistant in Doctor Who from 2006 to 2010.

From 2011 the actress had a recurring role in the US version of The Office, playing Nellie Bertram.

She now provides the voice of Magica De Spell in the 2017 reboot of Disney's DuckTales animated series.

Catherine was previously married to stage manager Twig Clark, but the couple split in 2011.

They have a daughter named Erin who was born in January 2003.

 Catherine Tate is an English actress and comedian
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Catherine Tate is an English actress and comedianCredit: Getty - Contributor

Rick Wakeman

Richard Christopher Wakeman was born on May 18 a949 in Perivale London.

The 69-year-old songwriter and presenter is best known for being a part of the progressive rock band Yes.

In 1971 David Bowie offered him a spot as a keyboardist on his backing band The Spiders From Mars - but he declined in favour of Yes.

Up until 2004 he had five tenures with the band and was part of eight studio albums.

These included Fragile (1971), Tales From The Topographic Oceans (1973) and Union (1991).

He also had a successful solo career which began while he was still in Yes.

Rick Wakeman is on his Piano Odyssey tour in 2018 in support of the album of the same name.

From Oct 19 to Dec 20 he will play at various venues including the Cambridge Corn Exchange and London's Union Chapel.

 Rick Wakeman reformed Yes in 2017 with two other members
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Rick Wakeman reformed Yes in 2017 with two other membersCredit: PA:Press Association

Martin Lewis

Martin Lewis was born in Withington, Manchester on May 9 1972, which makes his 46 years old.

He studied government and law at the London School of Economics, before branching into broadcast journalism at Cardiff University.

After graduating, he landed a job in this field, working as a producer for BBC Radio Five Live.

He rose to fame after founding the website MoneySavingExpert.com which he set up in 2003.

Money Saving Expert has won a variety of different awards, with The Times claiming the webpage is one of "ten that stun with sheer insight or inspired rich media".

After launching his successful site, Martin was invited to act as an expert on a wide variety of different telly programmes.

You're likely to have spotted him making weekly appearances as Financial Editor on This Morning and Good Morning.

He is married to TV presenter Lara Lewington and the couple have one daughter.

 The shrewd businessman often features on TV shows as a finance expert
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The shrewd businessman often features on TV shows as a finance expertCredit: Rex Features

What time is The One Show on and who is presenting?

You can tune in to BBC One at 7pm on weeknights to watch the show.

Today’s episode will last half an hour and is being hosted by Matt Baker and Alex Jones.

Each night the presenters mix interviews with an array of celebrity guests with an eclectic mix of topics ranging from current affairs to pop culture.

It is then available on demand.

Can I be in The One Show audience?

Unfortunately, the One Show is not listed among the BBC shows you can apply for tickets for.

So viewers will just have to get their fix from their sofas.

However, to be in with a chance of watching programmes from A Question of Sport to Just a Minute being made visit  .

on the BBC iPlayer.

How long has The One Show been running?

The magazine-style show has been running for over a decade. The first episode was aired on August 14 2006.

From 2007 to 2010 it was hosted by Adrian Chiles and Christine Bleakley, before Alex Jones and Jason Manford took the helm, later being replaced by Matt Baker.

Chris Evans oversaw the Friday night hour-long episodes from 2010 to 2015.

The likes of Dermot O’Leary, Phil Tufnell, Zoe Ball and Fearne Cotton are among the guest presenters who have stood in for the regular duos.

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