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...
Television presenter who came to the public's attention as the first female host of The Radio 1 Breakfast Show. Early Life Zoe ball joined the Young Theatre at Beaconsfield where she trained as an actress. Her first TV appearance was as a child in the studio audience of...
Matt Lucas is a comedian and TV presenter. Early Life Matt Lucas was born in Paddington, London and grew up in a Jewish household. He has suffered with alopecia since his childhood and lost all his hair when he was six. Work with Reeves and Mortimer Matt's association with...
Alan Titchmarsh is a professional gardener and TV presenter. After working as a professional gardener and a gardening journalist, Alan Titchmarsh established himself as a media personality through appearances on gardening programmes. Chelsea Flower Show Titchmarsh's first few television appearances were on the long-running BBC television show Nationwide...
The Duke. Sharp and sophisticated antiques trader with a famous tan. David's a real bobby-dazzler! David Dickinson's first TV appearance was a two-part documentary for the BBC. The show was about him and his preparation for an antiques fair. Bargain Hunt David came to public attention as an...
Smart, straight-talking Welsh comedian, actor, presenter and documentary maker. Partnership with Mel Smith From 1984, Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones appeared in the comedy sketch series Alas Smith and Jones. After the first series, the pair appeared on the big screen in Mike Hodges' sci-fi comedy...
Ruby Wax is an American comedian. She made a career in the United Kingdom as part of the alternative comedy scene in the 1980s. She is one of the country's most-admired celebrities and interviewers--known for her directness, intuition and humour. Ruby grew up in Evanston, Illinois...