![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/where-live-kicking-cast-are-now-from-flashing-claims-to-bondage-dungeon-shame/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/newspress-collage-24228406-1696261044285.jpg&description=IT was the show that made dragging yourself out of bed early on a Saturday morning worth it. And this week marks 30 years since Live & Kicking first lit up our TV screens. 12 Live & Kicking helped launch the careers of presenters and Credit: BBC 12 Steve Wilson and Emma Ledden on the show back in the early Noughties Credit: BBC In its 90s prime, the BBC show was a ratings smash and helped launch the careers of the likes of , Andi Peters and . It ran for eight years from 1993 to 2001 and many of its presenters went on to become household names - though often not without scandal along the way. Recently former Live & Kicking presenter Phillip Schofield was sacked from This Morning after his affair with a young runner came to light. Here we take a look at what happened to the rest of the Live & Kicking crew. Zoe, now 52, presented Live & Kicking alongside from 1996 until 1999. She came third in season three of Strictly, and went on to present its spin-off show It Takes Two, before landing the breakfast slot on BBC Radio 2 . Zoe struggled with booze in her wild partying days, but won the battle after a stint in rehab, and credited Strictly with enabling her to "reinvent herself". The Sussex-born star spent a tragic two years in shock following the death of her boyfriend Billy Yates in 2017, admitting she struggled to get out of bed. 12 now hosts The Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 2 12 Zoe was left devastated when her boyfriend Billy Yates died A source close to Billy claimed the cameraman suffered from depression before he took his own life at his Putney home. It is understood an "unexpected tax bill" caused Billy financial issues, which added to his already fragile emotional state. He began dating Zoe after she split from husband Fatboy Slim - with whom she shares son Woody and daughter Nelly - following a Christmas party snogging scandal involving TayTay Starhz. Just days before Billy's death, Zoe gushed about their love , admitting she was enjoying "one last hurrah"){kind=link}
IT was the show that made dragging yourself out of bed early on a Saturday morning worth it.
And this week marks 30 years since Live & Kicking first lit up our TV screens.
In its 90s prime, the BBC show was a ratings smash and helped launch the careers of the likes of Zoe Ball, Andi Peters and Jamie Theakston.
It ran for eight years from 1993 to 2001 and many of its presenters went on to become household names – though often not without scandal along the way.
Recently former Live & Kicking presenter Phillip Schofield was sacked from This Morning after his affair with a young runner came to light.