- Russell T. Davies
Russell T Davies (real name: Russell Davies, born April 27, 1963) is a television producer and writer. He is best known for writing ground-breaking and sometimes controversial drama serials such as "Queer as Folk" and "The Second Coming", and for spearheading the revival of the popular science-fiction television series "Doctor Who.
- Andrew Marr
Andrew Marr (born 31 July 1959, Glasgow, Scotland) is a British journalist and political commentator. He edited "The Independent" for two years, until May 1998, and was the political editor for the BBC from 2000 until 2005. He then began hosting a political programme called "Sunday AM" on Sunday mornings on BBC One from September 2005 onwards. In May 2007 he began a new political history series on BBC Two, "Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain".
- Graham Norton
Graham Norton, (born Graham Walker on 4 April 1963 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish actor, comedian and television presenter. He achieved fame as a broadcaster on Britain's Channel 4 and also through his role as Father Noel Furlong in the critically acclaimed television series "Father Ted". Though he only appeared in three episodes, Norton's performance as Father Noel proved extremely popular with viewers.
- Tess Daly
Helen Elizabeth Tess Daly or Tess Daly (sometimes known as Tess Kay) (born Stockport, England, 27 April 1971) is a television presenter, and is married to the presenter Vernon Kay. She grew up in Birch Vale, near New Mills, Derbyshire. In 1990 she appeared in two Duran Duran videos for the songs "Serious" and "Violence of Summer", both from the album "Liberty".
- Michael Jackson
Michael Richard Jackson (born February 11 1958) is a British television producer and executive. He is notable for being one of only three people to have been Controller of both BBC One and BBC Two, the main television channels of the British Broadcasting Corporation, and for being the first media studies graduate to reach a senior level in the British media. He was also the Chief Executive of another major British television station, Channel 4, between 1997 and 2001.
- Jane Tranter
Jane Tranter (born March 17, 1963 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK) is a British television drama executive, who as of September 2006 is the "Head of Fiction" at BBC television. In this capacity she oversees the corporation's output in drama and comedy, as well as films and programmes acquired from overseas, across all television channels. After studying English Literature at King's College London and taking a secretarial course back in Oxford, …
- Steven Moffat
Steven Moffat (born 1961 in Paisley, Scotland) is a British comedy/drama writer who has contributed to television series since the late 1980s. He is married to Sue Vertue, a television producer.
- Peter Fincham
Peter Fincham (born 1957) is a British television producer and executive, who since May 2005 has been the Controller of BBC One, the primary television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation. Immediately prior to joining the BBC he had been the Chief Executive of the independent production company talkbackTHAMES, a role in which he was succeeded by Lorraine Heggessey, his predecessor as Controller of BBC One, meaning the pair had effectively swapped jobs.
- Jo Joyner
Jo Joyner (born 23 February 1978) is an English actress who is currently best known for her role as Tanya Branning in the BBC soap opera "EastEnders", in which she has appeared since June 2006. She also played Beth in the nursing drama "No Angels" (Channel 4, 2004-06) and Lynda Moss, a contestant in a futuristic "Big Brother" contest, in two episodes of "Doctor Who" ("Bad Wolf" and "The Parting of the Ways", BBC One, June 2005).
- Jon Sopel
Jon Sopel (born May 22 1959, London, England) is a leading television presenter and correspondent for the BBC. He was educated at Christ's College, formerly a boys' grammar school in Finchley, London, and at the University of Southampton.
- Alan Yentob
Alan Yentob (born March 11, 1947) is a British television executive. He was born into a Jewish family in London, and was educated at The King's School, Ely. After initially joining the BBC as a trainee in the BBC World Service in 1968 he has spent his entire professional career with the Corporation. In 1973 he became a producer and director working on the high-profile documentary series "Omnibus", …
- Burn Gorman
Burn Gorman is an actor and musician, born in Hollywood, but brought up in London, where he lives and works. He is currently filming the second series of the Bafta Cymru winning science-fiction/crime drama "Torchwood" as Owen Harper, and has been filming (Sex,The City and Me) for the BBC and an episode of (Miss Marple) for ITV. Recently, he has worked with cult Spanish director Álex de la Iglesia on (The Oxford Murders), …
- Shane Richie
Shane Richie (born Shane Patrick Roche, 11 March 1964) is an English actor, television personality, comedian, actor, singer and television presenter. Richie is probably best known for playing Alfie Moon in the BBC One soap opera "EastEnders". He is set to guest star is series 2 of British teen drama Skins
- Ray Stubbs
Ray Stubbs (born Wallasey, Merseyside, 1956) is a broadcaster and former footballer. He currently works for BBC Sport presenting Final Score as well as the coverage of snooker and darts. He occasionally presents Match of the Day, Match of the Day 2 and 6-0-6 on Five Live. Ray also presented Football Focus between from 1999 until 2004 as well as other BBC sports programmes such as Grandstand and Sportsnight.
- Lorraine Heggessey
Lorraine Heggessey (born November 16 1956) is a British television producer and executive, currently the Chief Executive of the production company talkbackTHAMES. Prior to this, she was the first ever woman to be Controller of BBC One, the primary television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation.
- Robert Webb
Robert Webb, born 29 September, 1972 in Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, England, is an English comedian, actor and writer, and one half of Mitchell and Webb, alongside David Mitchell.
- Huw Edwards
Huw Edwards (born August 18 1961) is one of the chief news presenters for BBC News in the United Kingdom. He regularly presents the BBC Ten O'Clock News on BBC One and an hour-long slot from 5pm on BBC News 24. In 2003, he was made a Fellow of the University of Wales, and in 2005 he became Honorary Professor of Journalism at Cardiff University. In 2005, he was appointed Patron of the National College of Music.
- Kate Silverton
Kate Silverton (born 4 August 1970) is an English newsreader who works for the BBC. She presents on the rolling news channel BBC News 24 on Monday-Thursday between 8:30 and 11a.m alongside Simon McCoy. Silverton is also a regular weekday relief presenter on BBC Breakfast, and was the main presenter, alongside Dermot Murnaghan for several months in 2006/2007 while usual presenter Sian Williams was on maternity leave.
- Connie Fisher
Connie Fisher (born June 17,1983) is an actress and singer, who won the BBC One talent contest, "How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?" Fisher was delighted to be named Maria: "I feel on top of the world, thanks very much. I won't let you down. Every night will be an opening night. Thanks for making my dreams come true." On 15 November 2006, she opened to good reviews in the part of Maria von Trapp in "The Sound of Music" in the West End, …
- Diederick Santer
Diederick Santer is a British television producer. He is currently the Executive Producer of the popular BBC television soap opera "EastEnders", with additional responsibility for developing younger skewing drama series and serials. Santer graduated from the University of Leeds with a degree in Psychology and the History and Philosophy of Science.
- Keeley Hawes
Keeley Hawes (born 1 January 1977 in London) is an English actress, best known for her role as Zoe Reynolds in the BBC One drama series "Spooks" (2002-2004). She has also appeared in a number of other television dramas, including Dennis Potter's "Karaoke" (BBC One / Channel 4, 1995), and "Othello" (ITV, 2001).
- Gavin Esler
Gavin Esler (born Glasgow, February 27, 1953) is a BBC television presenter. Gavin Esler is currently one of the five main presenters on BBC Two's flagship political analysis programme, "Newsnight". He joined the programme in January 2003, replacing Jeremy Vine, who left to take over from Jimmy Young on Radio 2. Esler also presents "Dateline London" most Sunday mornings at 11am on BBC News 24. The programme is also broadcast on BBC World.
- Jimmy McGovern
Jimmy McGovern (born 1949) is a BAFTA award-winning English television scriptwriter from Liverpool. He is particularly known for writing powerful and thought-provoking dramas often based around hard-hitting social issues or controversial real-life events. McGovern started his career working on Channel 4's social-realist soap opera "Brookside" in 1982, tackling many social issues such as unemployment.
- Dominic Littlewood
Dominic John Littlewood (born 29 March 1965) is a TV presenter and former car dealer from Essex. Littlewood worked in the new and used car business in Essex, and set up his own business in the late 1980s. Littlewood made his first TV appearance on Channel 4's "Faking It" teaching a vicar how to be a second-hand car dealer in just one month. However, because of increasing media commitments he closed his car business in 2002.
- Andi Peters
Andi Peters (born 29 July 1970 in Chelsea, London) is a English television presenter and executive. He first found fame as a television presenter and was subsequently employed as a senior TV executive. He is mostly associated with shows for young people. Initially he presented "Freetime", on ITV, but reached a much wider audience with Edd the Duck and Wilson (an arm purporting to be part of a butler) in "The Broom Cupboard" slot on Children's BBC, …
- Jack Ryder
Jack Ryder (born 21 September 1981 in London) is a popular British actor best known for playing the role of Jamie Mitchell in the BBC One soap opera "EastEnders" from 1998 to 2002. Ryder is the son of Jack Hues, the lead singer of the 1980s pop group Wang Chung. He is married to singer turned actress Kym Ryder. In 2004, Ryder appeared as a contestant on celebrity "Weakest Link", …
- Melanie Phillips
Melanie Phillips (born June 4 1951) is a British columnist and author. Her articles appear mainly in the "Daily Mail" newspaper and focus on political and social issues. She has previously written for "The Guardian" and other publications. Phillips is a regular panelist on the BBC Radio 4 programme, "The Moral Maze" and on BBC One's "Question Time".
- Gemma Bissix
Gemma Bissix, is an English actress best known for her roles as Clare Tyler in the BBC One soap "EastEnders" and as the second actress to play Clare Cunningham (née Devine) in the Channel 4 teen soap "Hollyoaks". She first joined EastEnders in 1993 playing Clare Tyler, daughter of Debbie Tyler and step-daughter of Nigel Bates. She departed from the show in 1998. She then guest starred in the "Doctor Who" audio adventure, "The Fires of Vulcan".
- Justin Webb
Justin Oliver Webb (born 3 January 1961) is a British journalist and has been the BBC's chief Washington correspondent since 2001. Prior to this, he was a BBC News presenter based in London and the main presenter on BBC One's "Breakfast News" programme from 1992 to 1997. He also presented the BBC's "One" and "Six O'Clock News" bulletins. He attended the London School of Economics and was an editor of the student newspaper, The Beaver
- Matthew Graham
Matthew Graham is a British television writer, and the co-creator of the BBC / Kudos Film and Television science fiction series "Life on Mars", which debuted in 2006 on BBC One and has received critical acclaim. He began his career writing for the soap opera "EastEnders" and the children's drama "Byker Grove", both for BBC One. In the 1990s he wrote for the popular BBC Two drama series "This Life", …
- Jonas Armstrong
Jonas Armstrong (born 1 January 1981) is an Irish actor, best known for his appearances on British television. He is currently playing the title role in the BBC One drama series "Robin Hood", his highest-profile role to date.
- Tim Vine
Tim Vine (born March 4, 1967 in Cheam, Surrey) is an English stand-up comedian. He is the brother of Jeremy Vine, the British television journalist and presenter on BBC Radio 2. His stand-up act consists primarily of a series of quick-fire one-liners and puns. On 7 October 2004 Vine broke the Guinness World Record for the most jokes told in an hour with 499, beating the previous record of 362.
- Jessie Wallace
Jessie Wallace (born Karen Wallace on September 25, 1971 in Enfield, North London) is a popular British actress and former student of the The Poor School in Kings Cross. Her first television appearance was in the ITV police drama series "The Bill" in 1999. Wallace is best known for playing the role of Kat Slater in BBC One soap opera "EastEnders" between 2000 and 2005.
- Angela Rippon
Angela Rippon, OBE (born October 12, 1944) is a well-known British television journalist. She is often erroneously stated to have been the first female newsreader on prime-time television news, on BBC2 in 1974 (later presenting the BBC's "Nine O'clock News"). However, Barbara Mandell predates her, having first appeared on the second night of ITV in 1955. However, she was the first female newsreader to hold the job on a regular basis.
- Tony Jordan
Tony Jordan is a British television writer. For many years, he was lead writer and story consultant for BBC One soap opera "EastEnders". Jordan had written for the programme since 1985, and is considered to be an 'elder statesman' of the show, for which he has written over 250 episodes as of 2006.
- Louise Minchin
Louise Minchin is a newscaster and journalist in the United Kingdom, currently presenting on the rolling news channel BBC News 24 and also presenting regular relief shifts on BBC Breakfast, the BBC One O'Clock News and BBC weekend news bulletins. Minchin was born in Hong Kong and has a degree in Spanish from St Andrew's University. She has worked for the Latin American section of the BBC World Service during a year in Argentina, the "Today programme", …
- Helen Raynor
Helen Raynor (born March 27 1972) is a British television and theatre writer and script editor. Since 2004 she has been one of the two script editors of the revived version of the BBC science-fiction series "Doctor Who". Her own writing work includes two episodes of "Doctor Who", as well as "Cake", a fifteen-minute television short for BBC One's "Brief Encounters" strand shown in May 2006, …
- Jill Halfpenny
Jill Denise Halfpenny (born 15 July 1975) is a British actress and former student of the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.
- Mark Mardell
Mark Mardell (born 10 September 1957) is the Europe Editor for BBC News. He has provided coverage for each United Kingdom general election since 1992. Mardell was educated at Epsom College in Surrey, England, and studied politics at the University of Kent. He began his career reporting and reading the news for the commercial station Radio Tees. He then worked at Radio Aire in Leeds before moving to Independent Radio News in London, …
- John Motson
John Walker Motson OBE (born 10 July 1945, Salford, Lancashire), known as Motty, is an English football commentator. The son of a Methodist minister, 'Motty' was educated at Culford School, where much to his disdain rugby, hockey and cricket were played and football not. He was in the same year as Gary Newbon, who still holds the record for the most appearances in the school's 1st XV rugby.