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Anne Robinson met her match in Martin
Kent Online- The Kent Messenger Group
ANNE Robinson was no match for mosaic artist Martin Cheek who not only won her quiz show The Weakest Link but managed to laugh off her scathing attacks.
However, the 49-year-old admits that the BBC2 presenter’s jibes did rattle him, especially when the sharp-tongued redhead referred to him as a tiler.
The father-of-two is, in fact, a bit of an authority on mosaics and has written several books about the art form and is a former Daily Express art critic.
He said: “I was riled but tried not to show it. She is actually a very sweet person.”
Martin, of Harbour Street, Broadstairs, came away with £1,970 out of a maximum prize fund of £10,000.
He says the prize was so low because his competitors refused to bank the money after answering the questions.
He said: “I seemed to be the only contestant who was willing, or remembered, to bank!
“The man next to me was an 81-year-old retired engineer and although a very nice person he would not have shouted bank even if he had a gun to his head.”
Martin was told off by the show’s producers for drawing caricatures of the other contestants.
He got his own back by refusing to answer their questions in the final interview unless they let him show one of his mosaics.
He said: “I admit that I went on there for the publicity but the fact that I won is a bonus.”
Martin plans to spend his winnings on a new kiln.
Thanet Extra, 21 March 2008
This is Cheek’s latest book. By the way I will be taking his class in Miami at the Mosaic Conference—I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS! I have waited for years to take his class. YIPPPPPEEEE!
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