Anton du Beke is one of Britain's most popular ballroom dancers and an established television presenter. His professional dance partner since 1997 has been Erin Boag. With Boag, he won the IDTA Classic in England in November 2003. He has appeared in all eight series of...
Doug is a successful entrepreneur with 20 years experience in the development and leadership of technology and software ventures. He became well-known to the public after appearing in the first two TV series of Dragons' Den. He is the Founder and Vice-Chairman of the Cambridge...
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...
Offbeat comedian who showed us the wonderfully prosaic world of YouTube user comments. Adam and Joe With Joe Cornish, Adam Buxton forms one half of the duo Adam and Joe. The pair presented their own show on BBC Radio 6 Music. Buxton and Cornish created The Adam and...
During his prime Michael Owen could accelerate like a Porsche 911 Turbo. He would devastate the world’s best defenders before inevitably finding the back of the net. In his prime, Michael Owen was highly regarded for his pace, opportunism, and agility. He is one of the...
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...
Working class comedy royalty. Smart and intuitive. Ricky plays the banjo and harpsichord and is a proud lifelong Liverpool FC supporter. TV As an actor Ricky Tomlinson has appeared as Bobby Grant in the soap opera Brookside, followed by DCI Charlie Wise in Cracker and as Jim...
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...