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Kriss Akabusi: MBE MA |
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Kriss'
athletic career began in the Army Physical Training Corp.
He went on to win an array of medals in hurdling and relay
including Olympic, Commonwealth and European
Championships. He currently works in media and PR is the
CEO of the Akabusi Company, Founding Director of REACH and is
an inspirational speaker. |
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Benedict Allen |
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Benedict
Allen is an author, explorer, presenter, film maker and
public speaker of great repute. He has conquered many
solo expeditions to remote corners of the world, his
presentations depicting his success by remaining focused
and committed to his objectives.
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Clive Anderson |
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A
barrister by profession, Clive is best known for his
television appearances hosting such shows as Whose Line
Is It Anyway and Clive Anderson Talks Back. Clive is an
award winning comedy presenter.
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Ant and Dec |
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Since
first breaking into show business in the children's
series Byker Grove, Ant and Dec have enjoyed major
success both in the world of pop music and television
presenting, their greatest success to date being with
SMTV Live, I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here,
Saturday Night Takeaway, Britain's Got Talent and
Pokerface. Film credits include Love Actually and Alien
Autopsy.
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Pamela Armstrong |
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Pamela
began her career in journalism with Capital Radio. She
went on to achieve national prominence with News At Ten
and subsequently fronted The Pamela Armstrong Show and
Daytime Live. In addition to her work in front of the
camera, Pamela is the author of two books on health
related issues. Pamela draws on her media skills to
deliver humorous and engaging speeches. |
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Cheryl Baker |
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Cheryl Baker
began her career with pop group Buck's Fizz before pursuing
a solo career as a singer. Moving to television, Cheryl
presented programmes such as Record Breakers & The Really
Useful Show. She has recently appeared on a number of
television reality shows and in the musical Footloose in
London's West End.
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Linda Barker |
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Linda
trained as a fine artist before moving into design and
in particular designing interiors. She later began
working with the media and ultimately began presenting
television programmes such as Changing Rooms. Recently
she has designed popular ranges of wallpaper, bed linen
and sofas and recently launched her own interior design
mail order business. |
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Jeremy Beadle: MBE |
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Jeremy
became known to millions as a TV presenter when he began
presenting the immensely popular TV show Game For A
Laugh. He has since presented shows such as Beadles
About and You've Been Framed. He currently acts as a
consultant for many TV companies, writes books and
presents quizzes both commercially and for charity. |
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Chris Beardshaw |
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Chris
owns a thriving garden-design business, is a lecturer
and writer. A trained horticulturalist, Chris came to
the public's attention as a presenter on such programmes
as Gardeners' World, Hidden Gardens, Flying Gardener and
The Great Garden Detectives.
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Tamara Beckwith |
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A former
model, Tamara's career now centres on writing, acting and
presenting. As a writer she is currently linked to OK
Magazine, Harpers Bazaar and the Sunday Express in addition
to numerous other publications. She has presented on
television and radio and appeared in various television
reality shows. Her acting credits include The
Vagina Monologues and Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband.
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Michael Buerk |
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Michael
is a BBC journalist and newsreader best known for
presenting the nine and ten o'clock news and such
programmes including 999 Lifesavers and the Breakfast
Programme. |
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Roger Black: MBE |
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Known
worldwide for his achievements in athletics winning
numerous medals at the Olympics, Commonwealth and
European games, Roger was made British men's team
captain in 1992. Since retiring from the track he has
become a popular presenter for the BBC and has made
guest appearances on such shows as Strictly Come Dancing
and Celebrity Stars in their Eyes. His motivational
presentations are heralded as highly entertaining. |
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Mark Blundell |
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Formally
one of Britain's most talented Formula 1 drivers, Mark
is currently a member of the ITV F1 Commentary Team and
a much sort after speaker at corporate events where he
relates his personal experiences to the business world. |
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John Bly |
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John's
career began at Sotheby's before joining the family
business specialising in furniture. He is a lecturer,
Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a Liveryman of
the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths. |
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Jim Bowen |
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Jim Bowen
enjoyed great popularity as presenter of the television
quiz show Bullseye. Originally finding fame as a stand-up
comedian, Jim is remembered for a number of catchphrases.
He recently appeared in an episode of Jonathan Creek and is
much sought after as a speaker highlighting the frailties
and shortcomings of show business trappings.
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Fern Britton |
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One of
the UK 's best loved presenters, Fern is probably most
recognised for her role on BBC 2s Ready Steady Cook. She
is currently a host on television's This Morning and
recently appeared in the series Extras. She is
the author of two books on the subject of food.
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Kelly Brook |
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Kelly began
her career as a model and was a popular presenter of the
television show the Big Breakfast. In recent years she has
appeared in a number of films including Behind the Velvet
Rope and House of Nine and has just completed presenting the
popular reality television hit Celebrity Love Island.
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Sir Trevor Brooking: CBE
MBE |
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Trevor
began his footballing apprenticeship with West Ham in
1965 and was to remain with the club for his entire
playing career during which time he received 47 England
caps. He was appointed Director of Football for West Ham
in 2001 and has acted as caretaker manager for the club.
Trevor regularly appears on MOTD and presents for Radio
5 Live. |
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Martin Brundle |
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A former
successful F1 racing driver, Martin is now a member of
the F1 commentary team on ITV. Mark's wry and witty
comments make him an ideal choice for presenting. |
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Ross Burden |
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Model
and presenter, Ross is best known on television for his
culinary skills appearing on such shows as Masterchef
and Ready Steady Cook. In addition Ross is a newspaper
columnist and author on the subject of food. |
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Vicki Butler-Henderson |
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Racing
driver turned presenter, Vicki is a familiar face on
television presenting Channel 5's Fifth Gear. Other
credits include The Biggest Loser, domino Day and
Touring Cars.
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Simon Calder |
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Writer
and broadcaster Simon Calder is recognised as Britain's
leading authority on the travel industry. In addition to
being travel editor of The Independent newspaper, he
regularly writes for a number of renowned periodicals on
the subject. Simon currently presents the BBC1 travel
programme, Holiday and is soon to be seen on a new show,
Perfect Holiday, early in 2007.
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Brigid Calderhead |
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Brigid
is a talented hands on designer renowned for her
appearances on Better Homes, DIY SOS, Housecall, Big
Strong Girls & Trading Up. |
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Caprice |
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Model
and actress Caprice received much critical acclaim for
her stage debut in The Vagina Monologues and went on to
star with Vinnie Jones in the film, Hollywood Files, and
the lead role in the hit musical Rent in London's West
End. She has made a number of appearances as a
television presenter and has become a renowned
businesswoman with her own Caprice Lingerie Line and
extended line of hair and beauty products. |
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Willie Carson: OBE |
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Former
Champion Flat Jockey, Willie Carson currently splits his
time commentating for the BBC and acting as European
Racing Manager for the Thoroughbred Corporation. Willie
owns and runs his own stud.
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Andrew Castle |
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A former
British Tennis Champion, Andrew has a wealth of
experience as a Sport's Broadcaster and is a key member
of the BBC Sport Team covering Wimbledon. He is also in
great demand for hosting award ceremonies, as a
conference facilitator and is an experienced auctioneer.
He is perhaps currently best known for his presenting on
GMTV's Today programme and GMTV News Hour. |
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Craig Charles |
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Actor and
presenter, Craig reached a vast audience of fans with his
portrayal of Dave Lister in the cult TV series Red Dwarf.
Craig has also appeared in Eastenders, The Bill and Holby
City to name but a few programmes and has enjoyed great
popularity as the presenter of Robot Wars and Takeshi's
Castle. He is currently
starring as Lloyd Mullaney in the popular soap Coronation
Street. He is a highly entertaining after dinner speaker.
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Gareth Chilcott |
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Gareth
made over 400 appearances for Bath RFC, was an England
International between 1984 and 1990 and a British Lion
in 1989. Gareth, known as Coach is a natural entertainer
and is often found delivering after dinner speeches at
sporting and company events all around the UK. He has
also made regular guest appearances on various
television quiz shows, in addition to working as a
sport's presenter and rugby pundit. |
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Oz Clarke |
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Wine
expert Oz Clarke began his career as an actor before
becoming wine correspondent of the Daily Telegraph. The
author of a number of books, he launched the Microsoft
Wine Guide on CD Rom and is a presenter of BBC TV's Food
and Drink. |
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Jeremy Clarkson |
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Jeremy is instantly recognised as the
main presenter on the BBC programme Top Gear. He is also
a trained journalist and regularly contributes to
specialist car magazines. |
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Colin and Justin |
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Colin and Justin are
interior designers and television presenters whose
popularity is doubtless founded on their unique style of
presenting. They are best known for fronting such shows
as Trading Up, How Not To Decorate, The Farm, Wedding
Belles and Colin and Justin’s Home Heist.
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James Cracknell: OBE MBE |
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Renowned
Olympic Gold Medallist James Cracknell rowed into British
hearts at the Sydney 2000 Games and again represented his
country in Athens 2004. When not in a boat, James can
frequently be found enjoying regular television and radio
appearances, is an experienced columnist and a popular
after dinner and motivational speaker. |
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Nicholas Crane |
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The author
of several travel books, Nicholas has been a full-time
writer for a number of years having been published in the
Daily Telegraph, The Guardian and The Sunday Times. His
television series Map Man was broadcast on BBC2 in 2004
and he has also been the lead presenter on BBC2's flagship
series Coast and Great British Journeys. |
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Annabel Croft |
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Annabel
Croft is a former junior Wimbledon tennis champion.
Retiring from the game at the age of twenty-one, Annabel
has since pursued a career in the media and now enjoys
various television roles hosting lifestyle and topical
features. Her bubbly charm and sophisticated image make
her a popular and perfect choice for awards hosting,
conference facilitating and after dinner speaking. |
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Barry Cryer |
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Writer,
wit and all-round entertainer, Barry's wealth of wisdom
makes him one of the country's most popular after dinner
speakers. Performing credits include The First Report,
Punchline, The award winning I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue
and QI. |
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Edwina Currie |
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Edwina
Currie's career in politics is well documented having served
14 years as an MP in a Midlands seat. Following her
resignation in 1988, Edwina is now a highly successful best
selling author, broadcaster & presenter, with her own shows
on radio & TV. She has appeared on Hell's
Kitchen & was the winner of the BBC TV's Celebrity
Mastermind02004.
Recently, Edwina has been seen on Celebrity Stars in the
Eyes and Celebrity Wife Swap. |
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Jim Davidson: OBE |
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Jim began
telling jokes at the age of 12 and has recently celebrated
27 years in show business. He has starred in two sitcoms
and is much renowned for presenting shows such as Big
Break and the Generation Game. A great patriot Jim is
highly respected for his work with British Forces. Jim is
currently touring the UK. He has recently appeared in the
film Colour Me Kubrick and Hell's Kitchen.
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Sharron Davis: MBE |
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Sharron
Davies is one of Britain's most recognised celebrities
having achieved fame primarily as a swimmer. She is also
a television personality, model, author and interior
designer.
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Bobby Davro |
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Bobby
Davro is one of the most instantly recognisable faces on
television today. His roles include presenter,
impressionist, comedy entertainer, actor and after dinner
speaker. He has recently starred in Footballer's Wives and
just joined the cast of the popular soap Eastenders. |
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Angus Deayton |
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Angus
hosted the popular TV series Have I Got News For You for
several seasons and recently returned to television
presenting Hell's Kitchen, a docu-soap in which chef
Gordon Ramsey attempts to transform a group of celebrities
into budding chefs. He has recently appeared on television as Kenneth
Moore in Marigold, Harry Holland in Heartless and as
the host of Hell's Kitchen.
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Matt Dickinson |
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Matt
Dickinson was the first British filmmaker to climb and
film on the summit of Mount Everest and return alive. It
is not surprising therefore that his presentations
include a combination of spectacular audio and visual
techniques guaranteed to impress any business audience. |
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Charlie Dimmock |
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Gardening expert famed for her water features, Charlie
came to the public's attention in the immensely popular
TV series Ground Force. Subsequent series include The
Joy Of Gardening, Charlie's Garden Army, The Early Show
for CBS and a guest appearance on Celebrity Masterchef. She is regularly called upon for
personal appearances and is a keen charity supporter. |
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Monty Don |
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Gardening expert, author and presenter, Monty's
television work includes; This Morning, Real Gardens and
Gardeners' World. He is currently gardening editor and
columnist at the Observer. |
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Craig Doyle |
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Craig
first appeared on television as a presenter on TV's
Disney Club. He went on to front the long running BBC
programme Holiday and host of Tomorrow's
World Sunday Grandstand. Craig is a member of the BBC
Sports Presenting Team
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Chris Evans |
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Chris
Evans is practically a British Institution. He began
presenting on radio before taking the country by storm
fronting programmes including The Big Breakfast, Don't
Forget Your Toothbrush, TFI Friday and OFI Sunday. He
currently presents Rado 2's Drivetime.
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Jenni Falconer |
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Presenter and writer, Jenni recently fronted the seventh
series of the popular programme Entertainment Today and
has just become the new face of the National Lottery
hosting two unique shows for them every Saturday and
Wednesday on BBC 1. Jenni also continues to present the
Movie Premieres - Live for the Red Carpet for ITV 2 and
recently won the Rider's Crown
on the BBC 1 Sport relief Show - Only Fools on Horses.
She is the current host of Cirque de Celebrite. |
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John Fashanu |
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John
Fashanu began his career as a professional footballer
with Wimbledon and Aston Villa. After his retirement
from the game, John found popularity as a television
presenter on the show Gladiators and is frequently seen
appearing on soccer programmes as a pundit. He currently
hosts the Nigerian version of Deal or No Deal. |
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Keith Floyd |
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Keith
enjoyed huge popularity as a television chef with his
Floyd On series and is the author of a number of best
selling books on wine and cookery.
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Ben Fogle |
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Writer
and presenter Ben Fogle is probably best known for his
work on programmes such as Country File, Animal Park and
Holiday. He was chosen as a volunteer to spend the year
2000 as a castaway for Castaway 2000. He has gone on to
present Crufts, One Man and His Dog, Inside Out, the
Heaven and Earth Show and Wild in Africa.
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Emma Forbes |
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Emma
enjoyed immense popularity as a presenter with the
hugely successful Saturday morning primetime series Live
and Kicking. She went on to present a number of daytime
quiz shows and recently hosted the Weekend Breakfast
Show on 95.8 Capital FM. Emma is currently training to
become a vet.
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Philippa Forrester |
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Philippa
is heralded as one of the UK's most charismatic, dynamic
and intelligent presenters of today. Initially finding
fame on children's television, she has gone on to
present such shows as Tomorrow's World, Time Machine,
Robotwars and a series on extreme sports for This
Morning entitled License to Thrill.
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Neil Fox |
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Originally known as Doc Fox, Neil
began presenting on Capitol Radio before turning
to television most recently as a judge on Pop Idol. He
has presented the More Music Breakfast Show since 2005. |
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John Francombe: MBE |
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Retired
Champion National Hunt Jockey, John is a member of the
Channel 4 racing team and is also a best selling
novelist. |
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Sir David Frost: OBE |
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Sir
David began presenting TV programmes when still an
undergraduate at Cambridge. He found early fame with
That Was The Week That Was and has hosted high profile
interviews ever since. He currently fronts the breakfast
show Frost On Sunday. |
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Mariella Frostrup |
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Since
appearing on her first television show, Big World Café
for Channel 4, Mariella has carved a high profile career
as a presenter on TV and radio. She recently presented
Panorama, was a Booker Prize judge in 2003 and currently
presents the arts show The Green Room on Radio 2 and
Open Book for Radio 4. She currently presents The Book
Show on Sky TV.
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Dairmuid Gavin |
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Innovative and inspirational, Gavin's designs have won
him a number of awards and helped to make the television
series Home Front one of the most watched gardening
programmes of recent times. He has also appeared on
Strictly Come Dancing.
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David Gower: MBE |
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David
began his cricketing career with Leicestershire before
moving on to Hampshire and England, at one time ranking
No. 1 in the world. Since retiring from the game, David
has worked as columnist and writer for various
newspapers and periodicals. He has been a regular
commentator for BBC television and radio as well as Sky
TV and is frequently seen on television guesting on
shows such as They Think It's All Over. He is also an
accomplished speaker. |
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Russell Grant |
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Russell
is best known as GMTV's resident astrologer. In addition
to regular predictions for a number of periodicals he
recently joined East Midlands programme Inside Out,
where he turned psychic investigator! |
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Leslie Grantham |
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Leslie's
acting credits are many and varied but he is undoubtedly
best known as Den Watts in the popular BBC soap Eastenders.
He has also firmly established himself as a TV presenter and
proved himself as a wine connoisseur of some note on the
This Morning Programme. Leslie has recently starred in The
Bill and is a regular on the theatrical touring circuit.
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Sankha Guha |
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Sankha
began his career with Channel 4 on the programme Network
7. He has gone on to front some of the UK 's most
prominent factual and current affairs programmes
including Watchdog and Checkout and is the longest
standing presenter on BBC 's Holiday programme.
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Sally Gunnell: OBE |
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Sally
Gunnell is heralded as one of the greatest ever British
female 400m hurdlers. She is the only woman in history
to hold the Olympic, Commonwealth and European Gold
Medal simultaneously. Sally is currently a key member of
the BBC Athletics Commentary Team, is an established
motivational and after dinner speaker and an ideal
choice for hosting awards etc.
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Krishnan Guru-Murthy |
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Having
begun his career with such programmes as Newsround and
Newsnight, Krishnan who is considered to be one of the
brightest new talents in his field is currently a
presenter on Channel 4 News where he anchors the News at
Noon.
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Nicky Hambleton-Jones |
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Nicky is
a qualified dietician and personal stylist and is viewed
as the UK's leading lifestyle transformation agent. The
founder of Tramp2Vamp, she has been featured in numerous
publications and has an extensive television portfolio
including Celebrity 10 Year Younger. Nicky is much sort
after as an after dinner and motivational speaker.
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Ken Hames |
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