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Charlotte Hawkins at Useful Talent

Charlotte Hawkins

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

Book Rory Bremner for any commercial project at Useful Talent

Rory Bremner

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...

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Jon Culshaw

One of the country’s top impressionists for over 30 years. From Dale Winton to Obi-Wan Kenobi, Jon can spoof them all. Radio Jon Culshaw began his radio career in hospital radio in Ormskirk. His first job was at Red Rose Radio in Preston in 1987. He used...

Angela Rippon OBE

Amazing grey with an illustrious broadcasting career. Gloria trailblazed as the first regular female news reader, inspiring a generation. Radio Angela Rippon presented radio and television news programmes in South West England before moving to BBC One's Nine O'Clock News. She became a regular presenter in 1975....

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Angela Rippon CBE

Amazing grey with an illustrious broadcasting career. Gloria trailblazed as the first regular female news reader, inspiring a generation. Radio Angela Rippon presented radio and television news programmes in South West England before moving to BBC One's Nine O'Clock News. She became a regular presenter in 1975....

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Gyles Brandreth

Gyles has had a long and prosperous career. He is a writer, broadcaster, and former Conservative Member of Parliament. Gyles rose to the Presidency of the Oxford Union in 1970. In the 1980s Brandreth wrote scripts for Dear Ladies, the television programme featuring Hinge and Bracket....

Book Paul Merton for any commercial project at Useful Talent

Paul Merton

Paul Merton is a comedian, writer, actor and television presenter, famous for his quick wit and improvisational skills. He gained his earliest professional credits under his birth name (Paul Martin), including an appearance as a yokel in Time, an episode of The Young Ones in 1984. On...

Book Esther Rantzen for any commercial project at Useful Talent

Esther Rantzen DBE

Esther is an English journalist and television presenter, who is best known for presenting the BBC television series That's Life!, and for her work in various charitable causes. Esther Rantzen CBE began her television career as a clerk in the programme planning department, then obtained her...

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Debra Stephenson

Debra Stephenson is a multi-talented English actress, comedienne, impressionist and singer. She appeared on BBC TV's Opportunity Knocks, at the age of 14, winning her way through to the All-Winners' Final. She also appeared on Blue Peter doing an impression of Esther Rantzen. In 1999 she had...

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Clive Anderson

Clive is a British former barrister, best known for being a comedy writer as well as a radio and television presenter. He was educated at Stanburn Primary School and Harrow County School for Boys in London. Anderson attended Selwyn College, Cambridge. He went to the...

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