- Stephen Fry
Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an English comedian, writer, actor, novelist, filmmaker and television personality. The former comedy collaborator of Hugh Laurie, his renowned intellect has most recently led to the success of television panel game "QI", of which he is host. - Jonathan Ross
Jonathan Ross OBE (born November 17, 1960) is an English television and radio presenter and film critic. - Eric Saward
Eric Saward (pronounced SAY-ward) was born in December 1944 and became a script writer and script editor for the BBC, resigning from the latter post on the TV programme "Doctor Who" in 1986. His career as a script writer began with drama for radio while he was working as a teacher. Later he was able to cross into full-time writing. - Barry Norman
Barry Leslie Norman (born August 21, 1933) is a British film critic and television presenter. Norman was educated at a state primary school and at the Highgate School, a boys' Independent school in North London. He did not go to university. The son of film director Leslie Norman, he began his journalistic career at the "Kensington News", … - Polly Toynbee
Polly Toynbee (born Mary Louisa Toynbee on December 27 1946) is a journalist and writer in the United Kingdom, and has since 1998 been a highly influential columnist for "The Guardian" newspaper. Her columns are written from a social democratic viewpoint, and thus are closer to Labour than the other major British parties. She holds up social democratic Sweden as an exemplar. She was appointed President of the British Humanist Association in July 2007 - Gareth McLean
Gareth McLean is a Scottish journalist who writes for The Guardian newspaper and the Radio Times magazine. He graduated with an MA (Hons) in English from the University of Aberdeen, working at The Scotsman newspaper as a Feature Writer from 1997 until he began writing as a TV Critic for the Guardian in 1999. He writes the weekly Soap and Flannel column in the Radio Times, and has been the Guardian's TV Editor since 2003, … - Michael Buerk
Michael Duncan Buerk (born 18 February 1946) is a BBC journalist and newsreader, most famous for his reporting (with photography by Mohamed Amin) of the Ethiopian famine on 23 October, 1984, which inspired the Band Aid charity record. Buerk was born in Solihull, and was educated at Solihull School, a local Independent school. In later life he attended the University of Sussex. After working for the "South Wales Echo" and "Daily Mail", … - Charlotte Green
Charlotte Green (born 1958) is a British radio announcer and news reader for the BBC's Radio 4. The main programmes that she is involved in are the "Today" programme, "PM" and the "Shipping Forecast". She regularly reads the amusing newspaper cuttings on "The News Quiz", and her voice is regularly imitated by Jan Ravens on the radio version of the BBC comedy sketch show "Dead Ringers", enunciating phrases, laced with doubles entendres, … - Tony Slattery
Anthony Declan James Slattery (born 9 November 1959) is an English actor and comedian. Slattery was born in Stonebridge, London, to Irish Catholic immigrant parents. In his youth, he represented England at under-15 judo. He was educated at Gunnersbury Boy's Grammar School in West London, and later studied Mediaeval and Modern Languages, specifically French and Spanish, at Trinity Hall at the University of Cambridge, where he also became a member of the Cambridge Footlights. - Tamsin Greig
Tamsin Greig, born 23 February 1967) is an English actress best known for her comedy performances. As of 2006 she is probably best known for two Channel 4 television comedy parts: Fran Katzenjammer in "Black Books" and Dr. Caroline Todd in "Green Wing". Other notable roles include Alice Chenery in BBC One's comedy drama "Love Soup" and Debbie Aldridge in BBC Radio 4's soap opera "The Archers". - Caitlin Moran
Caitlin Moran (b. 5 April 1975) is a British broadcaster and columnist for "The Times". She is TV critic and current affairs columnist at "The Times". She also writes for "ELLE" magazine, "WORD" magazine, "Period Living", "Times Educational Supplement", "Radio Times" and "The Sunday Times Magazine". She began her career as a journalist on "Melody Maker", the weekly music publication, at the age of 16. - Richard Williams
Richard Williams (born 1947 in Sheffield) is a British music and sports journalist. As a writer, then deputy editor, of the weekly rock magazine "Melody Maker", he became an influential commentator on the rise of new forms of rock music at the end of the 1960s. Williams and "MM", as it was known, helped to promote and contextualise styles such as progressive rock and folk rock. - Joss Ackland
Joss Ackland CBE (born February 29, 1928) is an English actor who has appeared in more than 130 films in his career. He was born Sidney Edmond Jocelyn Ackland in North Kensington, London, and trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama. He has appeared extensively on television, notably as C. S. Lewis in "Shadowlands" (1985). Ackland appears in the Pet Shop Boys' 1987 film "It Couldn't Happen Here", … - Billy T. James
Billy T. James, MBE (born William James Taitoko, 1948; died August 7, 1991) was a well known and much loved entertainer and comedian from New Zealand. He was famous for his black singlet, yellow towel around the neck and a characteristic chuckle that he claimed was inspired by Māori children. - Eddie Mair
Eddie Mair (born November 12 1965) is a British BBC radio and television presenter. He presents BBC Radio 4's daily news magazine "PM" and the BBC's "NewsPod", is an occasional presenter of "Newsnight", the stand-in presenter for "Any Questions" replacing the late Nick Clarke, and was the original host of the BBC Two programme "Time Commanders". Eddie Mair was born in Dundee, Scotland. - John Ryan
John Gerald Christopher Ryan (born 4 March 1921, Edinburgh) is a British animator and cartoonist, best known for his character "Captain Pugwash. Ryan expressed his love of writing and drawing early in life, creating his first book, "Adventures of Tommy Brown" at the age of 7. Ryan attended Ampleforth College, a Catholic boarding school. After completing his national service in Burma, Ryan studied at the Regent Street Polytechnic, … - Eric Fraser
Eric George Fraser (June 11, 1902 - Nov 15, 1983) was one of the foremost British illustrators and graphic artists of his time, famous in the public mind from his regular contributions to the Radio Times, and as the creator in 1931 of 'Mr Therm' in adverts for the Gas, Light and Coke Company. He also illustrated classic scenes from mythology, such as Beowulf fighting the dragon. With an ink and pen, he illustrated classic medieval scenes and several Shakespearean works. - Chris Achilleos
Chris Achilleos (born 1947) is a painter and illustrator who specializes in fantasy artwork and glamour illustration. Born in Famagusta, Cyprus, his family emigrated to the United Kingdom in 1959, where he currently resides. His work has appeared in "Heavy Metal" and "Radio Times" magazines, on book covers (including series based on the Conan the Barbarian character and TV's "Doctor Who"), and in collections of his own work. - Percy Scholes
Percy Alfred Scholes (1877-1958) was an English musician, journalist and prolific writer, whose best-known achievement was his compilation of the first edition of "The Oxford Companion to Music". He was born in Leeds in 1877 and was educated privately, owing to his poor health as a child. He became an organist, schoolteacher, music journalist and lecturer. At various times he was music critic for the "Evening Standard", … - Michael Heatley
Michael Heatley is the author or editor of over thirty biographies, including "Backstreet Boys: The Unofficial Book", "Bon Jovi: In Their Own Words" and "Rolf Harris: The Most Talented Man In The World." In 1995, he wrote the liner notes to Rolf's best-selling album "Rolf Rules OK!" Since 1977 he has written more than a hundred music, sport and TV books. - Ed Glinert
Ed Glinert is an English author and journalist. He was born in Dalston in east London, and studied Classical Hebrew at Manchester University. He has worked as a journalist for several magazines including "Radio Times", "Private Eye", "Mojo" and "Time Out". He has edited the Penguin Classics edition of "The Diary of a Nobody" and annotated two volumes of Sherlock Holmes stories, also for the same imprint. - Lee Hall
Lee Hall (born 1966) is an English playwright and screenplay writer. Hall's most commercially successful work is "Billy Elliot", the story of a young boy in the north of England who, in the face of opposition from his family and community, aspires to be and ultimately becomes a ballet dancer. Initially a film (1999) directed by Stephen Daldry for which Hall wrote the screenplay, and for which he received an Oscar nomination, … - Roger Woddis
Roger Woddis (c1917-July 1993) was a writer and humorous poet. One of his poems is "Ethics for Everyman" in which he deals with double-morality of ethical principles. His early writing career included a good deal of involvement with Unity Theatre, London, where he contributed marterial to a number of revues. His poetry featured regularly in "Radio Times" and other periodicals in the 1970s. During much of the 1980s and early '90s, … - Teddy Wakelam
Captain Henry Blythe Thornhill (Teddy) Wakelam was an English sports broadcaster and rugby union player. He played rugby for Harlequin F.C. and became its captain. On 15 January 1927 Wakelam gave the first ever running sports commentary on BBC radio, a Rugby International match, England v Wales (final score 11-9) at Twickenham. - Tony Green
Tony Abraham Green (born 1939, UK) was announcer and co-host of the popular television darts quiz "Bullseye", produced by Central for ITV, and returned in the new version of the show which aired from April 2006, produced by Granada for Challenge. He also reprised his role of 'scorer' on a special edition of Bullseye which aired as part of the Gameshow Marathon series and was broadcast on ITV1 on 19 May 2007. - Rowan Ayers
Rowan Ayers (b. ca 1920) is a former television producer and poet. He is best known as producer of BBC's "Line-Up" and "Late Night Line-Up" in the 1960s. He was the originator of BBCs influential late night rock music show "Old Grey Whistle Test" and the long-running "Points of View". He was also responsible for the BBC's "Open Door". - John Gilroy
John Thomas Young Gilroy (May 30 1898 - April 11 1985) was an English artist and illustrator, best know for his advertising posters for Guinness, the Irish stout. Born in Whitley Bay, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, Gilroy attended Durham University until his studies were interrupted by World War I, during which he served with the Royal Field Artillery. He resumed studying at the Royal College of Art in London, … - Maurice Gorham
Maurice Gorham (born 1902; died August 9, 1975) was an Irish journalist and broadcasting executive. After being educated in England at Stonyhurst College, Lancashire and later Balliol College, Oxford, he began working as a journalist on the London local newspaper "Westminster Guardian and Weekly Westminster" after he graduated in 1923. He worked there for three years, before in 1926 joining the staff of the BBC's own listings magazine, the "Radio Times". - A. A. Thomson
Arthur Alexander Thomson, MBE (born 7 April 1894 at Harrogate, Yorkshire; died 2 June 1968 near Lord's in London) was an English writer best known for his books on cricket, for which he used the byline "AA Thomson". He wrote nearly 60 books in all, including plays, novels, verse, humour and travel books. Before turning his hand to cricket writing, he was a drama critic, and a columnist for the Radio Times and for a Sunday nespaper, as well as having been a civil servant. - Anthony Sloman
Anthony Barney Sloman (born Waltham Abbey, Essex, 6 May 1945) is an English broadcaster, film critic, film director, film editor, film producer, lecturer, production manager, screenwriter, sound editor and actor. Tony Sloman is a respected cinema critic and historian, whose long career has encompassed many facets of film making. He has worked in the film and television industry since 1964, as an actor, director, editor, sound editor, production manager, … - Don Manley
Don Manley (born 2 June 1945) is a long-serving compiler of crosswords in the UK. He has supplied puzzles for the "Church Times", "Radio Times", "The Spectator", "The Independent", "The Times", "The Daily Telegraph", "The Guardian", and the "Financial Times" among others. He writes under the pseudonyms Duck, Pasquale, Quixote, Bradman, … - Francis Graham Lodge
Francis Graham Lodge (1908-) was a self-taught English black and white artist. He was born in Burton-on-Trent, the son of artist Carron O Lodge, and was known by his second name Graham. His work was always signed F G Lodge. Lodge exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1933, He was also an artist with Everyman, the Observer and the Radio Times. The Garrick Club commissioned Lodge to draw an exterior view of the club, the result still on display inside the Garrick. - Stan Green
Stan Green , BSc Agri. , Graduating from Aberdeen University with BSc. Agriculture, Stan Green was immediately employed in horticulture behind the scenes at "Beechgrove Garden". He went on to establish Growforth Limited, a company servicing garden centres throughout Scotland and the north of England, with over one million plants annually. - Gavin Stoker
Gavin Stoker A senior editor, journalist and copywriter with a wealth of experience and contacts across a broad range of successful national publications; Gavin is an enthusiastic, innovative professional with strong writing, editing and inter-personal skills, a commitment to team achievement and market-leading, high quality solutions. - Guy Gadney
Guy Gadney President, Australian Interactive Media Industry Association - AIMIA Guy Gadney is General Manager of Digital Services for PBL Media and President of the Australian Interactive Media Industry Association (AIMIA). Prior to that, he was Director of Content Production for Telstra BigPond, overseeing the broadband and narrowband sites for AFL, V8 Supercars, GameArena, Music Downloads. - Michael Twite
Michael Twite , founder of the company, studied design at Pershore College and now leads a team of designers and creators of fine gardens. Michael has a wealth of experience including Contracts Manager for BBC 2's 'Small Town Gardens' and construction consultant for the Radio Times gardening projects. - Leonard S. Marcus
Leonard is one of the most trusted critics in the field. His incisive book reviews have been featured in Parenting magazine in every issue since the monthly's founding in 1987. In addition, Leonard has been a Parenting contributing editor since 1988 and has directed the magazine's annual Best Books of the Year Awards since their inception in that year. - Andy Wright
Andy Wright values Teachers TV and feels that programmes on vocational subjects will prove very helpful to Calderdale's FE students. Secondary English and Secondary Maths series will also aid students in their work on Key Skills . He has therefore developed plans to implement Teachers TV as a whole school resource. Andy makes selections from the Radio Times every Tuesday and sends these recommendations to staff by weekly email. - Louise Barder
Louise Barder was born in England and grew up all over the world (including the Soviet Union, Australia, Ethiopia, Nigeria and Poland), living wherever her diplomat father's postings took her. - Stephen Saunders
Stephen Saunders Founder, ex-President; current Senior Conternal Insultant, CMP Technology Saunders began his publishing career in 1984 as a van boy (n. , Chiefly Brit. : a boy who rides on a van) for BBC Publications, delivering its Radio Times magazine in the East End of London.
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