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...
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,...
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...
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 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...
Len Goodman is an award-winning dancer and TV presenter. Dancing Career Len Goodman moved to Blackfen when he was six years old. He attended Westwood Secondary Modern School where he was a member of the cricket team. After a brief stint as a welder, Len began dancing...
A classy, well-spoken and much-loved, informed English gent with a vocabulary as grand as his accomplishments. Fry and Laurie While at university, Stephen Fry became involved with the Cambridge Footlights, where he met his long-time collaborator Hugh Laurie. As half of the comic double act Fry and...
Two-time academy award-winner with such style and magnetism that we forgave him for Batman and Robin. George Clooney embodies class and sophistication. ER George Clooney shot to fame when he played Dr. Doug Ross on the NBC medical drama ER. For his work on the series, Clooney...
Chris is a hugle popular English radio and television presenter and author, most famous for being the presenter of 'The Chris Moyles Show' on BBC Radio 1. He and his team have transformed the breakfast show on the station and increased the audience up to...
Everybody’s favourite satirical impressionist. Does possibly the best Gordon Brown ever and is fluent in French and German. Class act. Rory Bremner contributed to Spitting Image and Week Ending and by 1987 he had his own BBC Two show: Now – Something Else. He later moved...