Peter Allen is the Drivetime presenter for BBC Radio 5 Live. He was winner of the News Broadcaster Award Gold Medal at the Sony Radio Awards 2002.

 

Very rarely do programmes such as The Apprentice produce stars of popular culture, but that was until the British public met and fell in love with entrepreneur, Tre Azam.

 

 

Matthew Bannister is a journalist and broadcaster. He has presented programmes on all the BBC’s radio networks apart from Radio 3.

 

 

Matt Barbet presents Five News on Channel 5, as well as reporting from around the world. He moved to Channel Five in October 2007 after spending four years as one of the main presenters at BBC London.

 

 

Dr. Nick Baylis Well-being Scientist At Cambridge University, Nick is co-Director of the newly created Well-being Institute, where he endeavours to understand how each of us can make profound progress in our everyday lives: psychologically, physically, and socially.                                                     Visit: http://www.cambridgewellbeing.org/)

 

  Phil has been hailed by no less than John Humphrys as, “One of the very best teachers in the country.” A former recipient of the ‘Secondary Teacher of the Year’ award in the National Teaching Awards, he is an English teacher at an inner city school, has written a bestselling book on education, Could Do Better and he’s about take on adult literacy in a Channel 4 series called Can’t Read, Can’t Write.

 

Professor Medieval Archaelogy, Oxford University. Author of The Tomb of Christ and King Arthur's Round Table.

 

The spoken word IS his tool. Having appeared on the hugely successful show The Apprentice, Raef quickly catapulted himself into the hearts and minds of the British public. Post-Apprentice, Sir Alan Sugar has sung Raef's praises in various sectors of the media.

 

 

Guy Booth qualified as an architect in 1977. A gifted designer with highly original ideas, he takes a keen interest in the history of architecture and related design disciplines from fashion to technology.

 

 

Jeremy joined the BBC in 1984 and has been a foreign correspondent since 1987. He has covered most of the big world stories in the last 22 years, reporting from over seventy countries. Jeremy has presented BBC Breakfast and has also fronted a number of landmark documentaries for the BBC. He is currently the BBC's Middle East Editor.

 

Michael Brunson recently retired as ITN's Political Editor, a position which he held since 1986.  As ITN's Political Editor, he reported on every recent political event in Britain. In June 1991 Michael Brunson's interview with Margaret Thatcher made headlines when she revealed to him her wish to take her seat in the House of Lords, and told him of her thoughts as her time as Prime Minister drew to a close. Brunson again interviewed Mrs Thatcher at length in November 1991, exactly a year after her dramatic resignation, in which she made known her views on European economic and monetary union.

 

 

Stefan's radio credits include: twelve years of Gardeners' Question Time on Radio 4, The Gardening Quiz on Radio 4 which he devised, wrote and presented, and Classic Gardening Forum on Classic FM. He has appeared as contributor or presenter on many television shows including: Stefan's Garden Road Show for BBC2, Open House for Channel 5, Stefan Buczacki's Gardening Britain for BBC2, Good Morning with Anne and Nick for BBC1, BBC's coverage of The Chelsea Flower Show, BBC2's Gardeners' World, Bazaar for BBC1, That's Gardening (TVS) and Gardeners' Direct Line (BBC1).

 

Michael Buerk has probably won more international awards for television reporting than any other British journalist most notably for his coverage of the Ethiopian famine for BBC News in 1984/5. His reports filmed with the Nairobi-based cameraman, Mohamed Amin alerted the world to the extent of the tragedy. They were shown worldwide, to an audience of billions. They led directly to a massive international relief effort itself valued in billions of dollars, which was estimated to have saved well over a million lives.

 

Mike Bushell presents the sport on BBC Breakfast TV on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays and covers for Chris Hollins when he is away. He has also reported for the BBC from around the world, from Malaysia, to the United Arab Emirates, and at a number of World cups and Olympics. He has also presented programmes on history and entertainment, and was an actor and rock musician.

 

 

Jonathan Charles has spent the past few years going in and out of some of the most dangerous places on earth. Iraq, Afghanistan and Chechnya are just a few of the wars and conflicts that he covered during his two decades as a BBC television and radio foreign correspondent. Jonathan now reads the news, as a freelance presenter, on BBC1, BBC World News and the BBC News Channel.

 

 

Christopher Clark is Professor of Modern European History at St Catharine’s College, University of Cambridge specialising in the history of Germany since the eighteenth century. As well as several successful publications, Christopher has appeared on various radio & television documentaries.

Michael Cockerell is Britain's top political documentary maker, who has had a long and award-winning career spanning television and radio. According to the Sunday Telegraph recently: "his tv profiles are part of our political life. you are no-one in politics until you have been Cockerelled." He is also a highly experienced public speaker, broadcaster and conference chairman.

 

 

Benjamin Cohen is well known both as an entrepreneur and as a television journalist.

He has been both the youngest ever director of a public company and the youngest correspondent on a network news programme. He regularly speaks on his experiences in the dot.com boom, privacy, e-commerce, new media and diversity.

 

Dr Jago Cooper has spent the last 15 years working on a series of exciting archaeological excavations around the world. He is currently working on a series for Channel 4 on Climate and Civilization.

 

 Theatre: Count Fosco in Andrew Lloyd Webbers musical The Woman In White at the Palace Theatre, London. The Phantom in the original productions of The Phantom of the Opera in London, on Broadway and in Los Angeles. Other stage credits in London and Broadway include Billy; Flowers for Algernon; Black Comedy; Dance of the Vampires; Barnum.

 

Geoff Cutmore presents CNBC Europe's award winning Squawkbox programme. He has spent the last decade covering business stories from CNBC's operations in London and Hong Kong.

 

 

An experienced broadcaster, Saul David often appears on British radio and television. His presenting credits include the Escape From… series for Channel Five (2004), Sky One’s genealogy series So You Think You’re Royal? (2007) and The Greatest Knight for BBC2 (2008).

 

 

Carl Dinnen is a reporter and presenter on Channel 4 News, Channel Four News at Noon and More4 News.

Zak Feaunati featured in the 2010 movie Invictus directed by Clint Eastwood.

 

Niall Ferguson, MA, D.Phil., is the Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University and William Ziegler Professor at Harvard Business School. He is a resident faculty member of the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies. He is also a Senior Fellow of the Hoover Institution, Stanford University.

 

Britain’s (and possibly the World’s!) longest-serving TV weather forecaster, Michael Fish became famous for his so called 'hurricane gaff' in 1987. Now retired from the Met Office he spends his time as a regular weather presenter on BBC SouthEast, as well as giving after dinner speeches and lectures on Climate Change. He is the co-author of 'Storm Force' about Britain's wildest weather.

 

David FitzGerald has been in the media for over twenty-six years, covering television programme production, corporate and commercial presentations plus script writing, music, commercial voice overs and an after-dinner speaker (with a strong line in comedy). He is also a features writer for the Northcliffe Newspaper Group and has a regular programme on BBC Radio Devon.

 

LA based Hollywood Showbusiness correspondent. Regular contributor to BBC/ITV/Channel 4 documentaries. Presenter of series of documentaries for HTV.

 

Sandy Gall's career with ITN spanned nearly 30 years, from 1963 to 1992. He was part of the original team of News at Ten- the first half-hour television news in Britain launched in 1967 and now ITN's flagship programme- and became one of its senior newscasters.

 

Nicholas Glass, journalist and broadcaster, knows his cultural stuff. 12 years as arts correspondent of Channel 4 News were noted for a laconic delivery, dry wit, the odd scoop and more than a little passion.

 

Adrian Goldberg is currently presenting the overnight show on TalkSport from 1am to 6am, from Tuesday to Friday.

Former BBC1 Watchdog and Politics Show presenter Adrian Goldberg has made his name as an independent film-maker, following the release of his controversial investigative documentary Manchester Disunited And Other Football Feuds.

 

Guy is the ultimate outdoors renaissance-man; a skilled sailor, diver, hunter, rider and all round outdoorsman who is also a published author and journalist.

 

Liam Halligan is Chief Economist at Prosperity Capital Management - one of the world's leading asset-management firms, with investments worth more than $5bn across Russia and the Former Soviet Union.

Along with his role at PCM, Liam is also one of the UK's leading economics commentators. For the last six years he has written the highly-influential Economics Agenda column for the Sunday Telegraph - which was recently recognised with a coveted British Press Award.

 

Tim Harford is an economist, award-winning journalist and speaker, TV and radio personality, and bestselling author. His books, The Undercover Economist (2005) and The Logic of Life (2008) have been translated into 30 languages and have sold nearly one million copies worldwide.

 

Until early 2008 Assistant Commissioner Andy Hayman was the most senior policeman in charge of the UK’s counter terrorism policy and operations. He worked directly to the Cabinet and Prime Minister. Whilst in post he controlled the police operations that foiled 15 terrorist attacks and led to the conviction of 50 perpetrators. Previously in his police career he’d been a Chief Constable and in charge of the Met’s anti-drugs and anti-corruption teams. In his years as a police officer he’d seen service in some of the most contentious and difficult areas of policing.

Patrick Jephson was born and raised in Ireland. He has a Masters Degree in Political Science from Cambridge University. After ten years as an officer in the Royal Navy he was selected to join the Royal Household, serving for eight years as Equerry and as the first and only Private Secretary (Chief of Staff) to Diana, Princess of Wales. He was appointed Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) for personal service to the Sovereign.

Broadcaster, journalist, author, conservationalist – Stanley Johnnson’s achievements are numerous, traveling the world in pursuit of animal welfare and spearheading environmental projects. Stanley has had many books published and regularly writes for newspapers and magazines on a range of topics – from politics and travel to society at large. He appears on television and radio, presenting documentaries for Channel Four as well as guesting on news, current affairs and feature programmes.

Akhtar is an anchor and presenter for TV shows (news, features and entertainment), awards ceremonies, live events, conferences, corporate events, public speaker at travel/non-travel related events (World Travel Awards, British Film and Television Academy (BAFTA), Asia Luxury Travel Market, The Princes Trust (Ambassador)

 

Allan is well known as a presenter of award-winning television news, having been a main Sky News presenter for more than 14 years. He anchored many major breaking stories, including the terrorist attack on Glasgow Airport, winning a BAFTA in 2008.

 

James is the voice of film on Radio One, reviewing the latest movies every Friday at 2.30pm with Greg James and films and DVDs alongside Edith Bowman on both of her weekend breakfast shows. He is one of the presenting team on the ITV2 film review show ITV at the Movies and also appears as the resident movie expert on Sky One's Angela And Friends.

Phil Lavelle is a news correspondent for BBC Breakfast where he's worked full time since 2009. Before joining Breakfast, he was one of the main faces of Five News and an Entertainment Correspondent/Presenter for Sky News.

 

Prof. Armand Leroi was the writer and presenter of Human Mutants, a major three-part documentary series about human deformity which was broadcast on Channel 4 in June 2004. He also wrote and presented a two part series What Makes Us Human which was transmitted on C4 in August 2006. In December 2004 his book, Mutants, was the winner of the Guardian First Book Award.

 

Martin Lewis, Money Saving Expert, presents Martin Lewis’ It Pays To Watch on Five, and ITV1’s Tonight money shows. He’s also GMTV’s in-house expert, as well as occupying regular slots on Radio 1 & 2. In print he’s a columnist for the News of The World and author of three bestsellers. Yet he’s best known for his website MoneySavingExpert.com, now a national institution with over four million monthly users.

                                                     

Denis MacShane MP has intimate knowledge of the inner workings of government as a Minister of State for Europe at the Foreign Office and deputy Foreign Secretary.

 

 

James Max is an accomplished Radio and TV presenter with an expertise in business and finance with a flair for debates on current affairs. He presents Saturday Breakfast and the Sunday Afternoon Show on London's Biggest Conversation, the talk radio station, LBC 97.3

 

Justin and Colin have just completed another 26 episodes of Colin and Justin’s Home Heist, set in Canada. The series is currently airing on HGTV in Canada and in Ireland, Australia, Italy, Belgium, Finland, Norway, Asia, Africa and Poland…with more to come. The book to accompany the series is available on Penguin books.

 

 

Charlie is a confident, intelligent, focused and quick-witted presenter with a warm and engaging personality. Professional and highly experienced he has superb live studio, location filming and OB skills and is an accomplished interviewer who’s relaxed and friendly style enables him to get the best out of his guests.

 

Lawrence is the Science Editor for ITN. During his career he has won many awards including; 2 BAFTAs for Channel 4 News and Best News or Outside Broadcast and 2 RTS awards for the Best Sports News Report for the coverage of the drugs scandal at the Barcelona Olympics, and the Kings Cross Disaster.

 

Nick Middleton is a geographer, writer and presenter of television documentaries. He teaches at Oxford University where he is a Fellow of St Anne's College.

He is the author of seven travel books, including the 2001 bestseller, Going to Extremes (Pan) and its follow-ups Surviving Extremes (Pan, 2004) and Extremes along the Silk Road (J Murray, 2006).

 

Originally from Australia, Scott works for a veterinary hospital in East London whilst appearing on many TV programmes. Using his unique down-to-earth style and broad veterinary knowledge, Scott has become a household name in Britain as a leading TV vet and animal lover.

 

 

Robert is ITN's European Correspondent for ITV News and was previously their Washington Correspondent. He assumed the role at the start of 2002 after five years as ITN's Diplomatic & Foreign Affairs Editor. From 1991 to 1996 he was ITN's Middle East Correspondent and he won the "International News Prize" at the 1996 Royal Television Society Journalism Awards for his reporting that year of the fighting on the West Bank between Palestinians and Israeli soldiers.

 

Dr Marc Morris is an historian and broadcaster, specialising in the Middle Ages. In 2003 he presented the highly acclaimed six-part series Castle for Channel 4 and wrote its accompanying book. He has also contributed to history programmes on Five and UK TV History, as well as other shows on Channel 4 and Radio 4.

 

Anton Mosimann owns and runs Mosimann’s, the private members club in Belgravia. He also has the Mosimann Academy in Battersea where cookery demonstrations and seminars take place and which is home to his valuable collection of over six thousand cookery books dating back to the early 1600’s. His outside catering company, Mosimann’s Party Service holds a Royal Warrant to HRH The Prince of Wales for Catering.

 

Irek Mukhamedov OBE is one of the world's most famous male dancers.
He made his debut with The Bolshoi Company in 1981 and became their leading male dancer touring the world with the company. He joined the Royal Ballet in June 1990 where he has danced hundreds of different ballets, including many that were specifically created for him by the world's top choreographers.

 

Sir David Nicholas joined ITN in 1960. In 1963 he became the Deputy Editor and was Editor and Chief Executive between 1977 and 1989. During this time he started News at Ten in 1967, News at One in 1972, Channel 4 News in 1982 and ITN's service to foreign broadcasters and airlines, World News, in 1986. Sir David produced ITN's special news events, general election coverage, US Presidential elections, the Apollo Moon Exploration programmes, budget day programmes and royal events during his career at ITN.

 

John Julius Norwich has written histories of Venice, the Byzantine Empire, Norman Sicily and the Mediterranean, together with books on Shakespeare's history plays, music and architecture. He has also written two travel books, on Mount Athos and the Sahara, and has lectured - on all these and several other subjects - in Europe, North America and Australia. He has been Chairman of Colnaghi - the oldest fine art dealers in London, of the Venice in Peril Fund and of the World Monuments Fund in Britain, and has served on the Executive Committee of the National Trust and the Board of the English National Opera. He also produces an annual anthology, A Christmas Cracker, and has twice performed for a week in small London theatres, interspersing readings from these anthologies with songs to the piano.

 

 

36 year old Keme Nzerem is an award winning reporter for Channel 4 News. As well as co-presenting Channel 4 News, he also presents More4 News.

 

 

Nicholas Owen is a Presenter with BBC News, which he re-joined in February 2007. For well over a decade before that he hosted all ITN's major bulletins, including Channel Four News and News at Ten. He has also appeared in a wide range of other TV and radio programmes.

 

Nick Owen came to national prominence in 1983 as one of the first faces to appear on breakfast television in Britain. He is now the presenter of BBC Midlands Today.

 

 

Stephen Phillips is a writer, broadcaster, producer and arts consultant who has worked all over the world as a cultural reporter and commentator. He has appeared on all the UK’s terrestrial TV channels - for seven years as Arts Correspondent for Channel Four News - and was a regular presenter of the BBC’s premier radio arts programme Kaleidoscope.

 

 

Justin Preston formed his own company called Rare! in 2000 to cater for the very top end of London restaurants and hotels. Rare! has been a success through providing the very best quality and service.

 

 

    Julian Richards is a presenter on television and radio, a writer and an archaeologist with over 30 years experience of fieldwork and publication. Julian has presented five series of the popular Meet the Ancestors (BBC 2) and the five part Blood of the Vikings (BBC 2) for both of which he wrote accompanying books.

 

Steve Richards is Chief Political Commentator for The Independent and also presents GMTV’s Sunday Programme, Radio 4’s A Week in Westminster and Radio 4’s political quiz show, Parliamentary Questions, now in its tenth series. He appears regularly on News 24’s Head to Head programme.

 

Jamie Robertson is a highly experienced presenter of business programmes for the BBC, specialising in international finance, business and economics. As a lead presenter on the BBC World’s prestigious World Business Report he has covered subjects ranging from the "dot.com boom" to the collapse of Enron and the rise of the Chinese and Indian economies, interviewing the movers and shakers in global finance.

Sam Robertson appeared in Coronation Street from 2004 until 2007 and is currently appearing in River City for BBC Scotland. He is represented by Knight Ayton Management for his presenting work. To date Sam has appeared on magazine and celebrity shows and is keen to enhance his presenting skills into lifestyle, adventure, entertainment and factual programming.

 

Graham Rogers is a television and radio presenter with experience working for ITV, BBC, Sky and Classic Gold. He is a naturally inquisitive interviewer with a warm and friendly presentation style. As a voice-over, Graham was the voice of ITV1. He has provided the voice for many television & radio commercials, promotions & narrations including ITV1’s National Television Awards & 60 Minute Makeover. He is an accomplished conference & event host.

 

Guy Ruddle is The Daily Telegraph's Podcast Editor - believed to be the first to fill such a role at a major newspaper anywhere in the world.

 

Julian Rush is the Science & Environment Correspondent of Channel 4 News and he has recently taken on the Defence brief as well. His flair and enthusiasm for accessible explanation, investigation and analysis of the wide range of complex subjects he covers has been recognised with several major TV industry awards.

 

Justin and Colin have just completed another 26 episodes of Colin and Justin’s Home Heist, set in Canada. The series is currently airing on HGTV in Canada and in Ireland, Australia, Italy, Belgium, Finland, Norway, Asia, Africa and Poland…with more to come. The book to accompany the series is available on Penguin books.

 

 

 

Tim Sebastian, the award-winning former BBC foreign correspondent, presented HARDtalk, BBC World's daily half-hour interview programme.

 

 

Adam Shaw is an award winning financial reporter and presenter. He is currently the business Presenter on Radio 4's Today Programme. He won the Plain English Campaign award for Broadcaster of the year for his work in debunking the language used by business and finance. For two years running he was Proshare personality of the year for his work in reporting on the world of shares and investments.

 

 

For 45 years, Peter Sissons has been British television's most experienced presenter of News. During 25 years at 1TN, and 20 at the BBC, he has presented almost every network news programme on terrestrial television.

 

 

Jon Snow is the presenter of Britain's award-winning Channel 4 News. Jon has also hosted a wide range of discussion programmes and a number of high-profile documentaries for Channel 4, the most recent being War on Terror Trial, Bloody Sunday Debate, Snow in Japan, The Emillionaire Show and Secrets of the Honours System. Jon was presented with the prestigious Richard Dimbleby Award for his outstanding contribution to the world of news and current affairs at the 2005 BAFTA Television Awards, and he was named Journalist of the Year at the 2005 Royal Television Society TV Journalism Awards.

 

Sir Roy Strong is a well-known historian and garden writer, lecturer, critic and columnist and a regular contributor to television and radio programmes.

 

 

Alex Thomson is a familiar figure in British TV news as both an award-winning correspondent and anchor on ITN's Channel 4 News. He combines reporting on major national and international stories and war coverage with his studio presenting role on Channel 4's in-depth 7pm nightly news.

 

 

Lecturer, broadcaster and author of Pirates of Barbary and The Life of  Christopher Wren and many National Trust books. Academic reputation in UK and US.

 

Joshua Tuifua is a dancer and photographer.

He danced as a soloist with The Royal Ballet from 1992 to 2008, with leading roles including Eros in Sir Frederick Ashton’s Sylvia and Benvolio in Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo & Juliet. He also created roles in works by Ashley Page, Mitjash Mrozweski and Michael Corder revealing his creative talent for invention.

 

Justin is the BBC North America Editor. In October 2009 he joined the presenting team on the Today Programme on Radio Four.

 

Mark Webster is a former television broadcaster and spin doctor with wide experience in economics, business, foreign affairs and politics.

 

 

Tim Willcox is a presenter with BBC News. As an anchor in and outside the studio he has covered some of the biggest national and international stories of the past decade. Tim also makes and presents documentaries, and is a former correspondent and presenter at ITN.