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Charlotte Hawkins

Charlotte Hawkins is an English TV presenter and journalist. She appeared on the the fifteenth series of Strictly Come Dancing. Career Charlotte Hawkins began her broadcasting career with ITN in 1999 as a newsreader and reporter for LBC Radio. Then in January 2000, she moved to ITV...

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Carol Kirkwood

Scottish weather presenter for the BBC who is a 6-time recipient of the TRIC award for best TV Weather Presenter. After attending Lochaber High School in Fort William, Carol Kirkwood gained a BA in commerce from Napier College of Commerce and Technology in Edinburgh. After graduation, Kirkwood...

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Gareth Malone OBE

English choirmaster and broadcaster best known for his TV show The Choir. Gareth Malone studied at Bournemouth School, singing with the Symphony Chorus of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (BSO). He studied drama at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, where he performed in the university choir...

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Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen

British homestyle consultant and television personality best known for his appearances on the BBC programme Changing Rooms. Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen was educated at Alleyn's School in Dulwich and later graduated from the Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts. After graduating, Llewelyn-Bowen worked for the Harefield Group of Companies...

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Si King

English television presenter and one half of the Hairy Bikers. At aged 16, Si King worked laying paving stones for a construction firm. He then worked in film and television production as a First Assistant Director and Locations Manager and was a member of the crew...

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Dave Myers

English television presenter and one half of the Hairy Bikers. Dave Myers attended Barrow-in-Furness Grammar School for Boys. He went on to gain a fine art degree at Goldsmiths, University of London and a masters degree in art history. Myers then became a professional make-up artist,...

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Peter Andre

English born Australian singer and television personality. In 1989, 16-year-old Andre became a contestant on the show New Faces, on which he got recording contract for $146,000. During this time, Andre attended Benowa State High School on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. Peter gained popularity as...

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Johnny Vegas

English actor and surrealist comedian known for his stand-up routines and appearances in TV shows Ideal and Benidorm. Brought up as a Roman Catholic, Johnny Vegas attended, at the age of eleven, St Joseph's College in Upholland, a Roman Catholic boarding-school seminary, to train for the...

Leigh Francis

Multi-talented performer best known for creating Channel 4's Bo' Selecta! and portraying Keith Lemon. Early Life Leigh Francis studied graphic design at the Leeds College of Art. Before making his major TV breakthrough, he performed in-role stand up comedy in a southern comedy club. Early Characters McCall landed Francis...

Paul O’Grady MBE

Paul O'Grady is a comedian and television presenter. He achieved fame as Lily Savage. Lily Savage Paul moved to London in the late 1970s, then working for Camden Council. Here he developed his drag act and based the character of Lily Savage upon traits found among female...

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