Joan Bakewell is a much-loved and respected broadcaster with a career that has spanned many decades. Her latest series include Radio 3's Belief. She makes regular appearances on Radio 4’s Saturday Live, BBC 1’s Daily Politics, and GMTV’s Sunday programme. She was recently made a working peer in the House of Lords.

 

Matthew Bannister presents Radio 4's weekly obituary programme Last Word  and Outlook, the daily magazine programme on BBC World Service

 

 

Broadcaster and journalist Jennie Bond appears regularly on a wide range of television and radio programmes - from light entertainment to documentaries - from BBC1's Rip Off Britain to ITV's I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here.

 

Mike Bushell was trained as an actor before switching to journalism and spent several seasons with the National Youth Theatre. During his tv career, he presented an entertainment strand, called "What's On" on BBC One in the South, and during his time on Breakfast, has appeared in two mini episodes of Robin Hood, especially for Saturday Breakfast, which proved to be a novel way of previewing the second series, on set with the cast in Hungary.

 

John Cameron is an antiques and fine art valuation expert and auctioneer for Cash In The Attic and Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is on BBC1.

 

 

 

Nick Conrad is a journalist, broadcaster and writer. He presents BBC Look East and makes regular appearances on many current affairs programmes.

 

 

 

Theatre: The original Phantom in the productions of The Phantom of The Opera in London, on Broadway and in Los Angeles. Other stage credits in London and on Broadway include Count Fosco in The Woman in White; Billy; Flowers for Algernon; Black Comedy; Dance of the Vampires; Barnum. Michael is currently starring as the Wizard in Andrew Lloyd Webber's production of The Wizard of Oz at the London Palladium.

 

 

Tom Dyckhoff is one of the UK’s leading critics and broadcasters on architecture, cities and design. He's presented many programmes including Channel 4 series The Secret Life of Buildings.

 

  

 

Reya El-Salahi is a presenter, writer and journalist with wide-ranging experience in fields as diverse as music, arts & culture, entertainment, fashion, health & beauty, and business. She currently presents a weekly radio programme for BBC Radio Nottingham and was the subject of BBC3's Mixed up in the Middle East in November 2011.

Frances Finn is the Sony Radio Academy’s "Speech Personality Of The Year", 2010. She won the gold award for her morning show on BBC Radio Nottingham, a topical and lively programme that draws on her skills as a journalist and entertainer.

Katherine Higgins is an author, writer, curator and presenter specialising in vintage fashion, modern design and collectables. Her TV credits include BBC's Antiques Roadshow, Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is, Priceless, Turn Back Time: The High Street, ITV’sSchofield’s Quest, Christmas Show and many others.  

 

Jane is the presenter of the BBC news channel’s lunchtime programming, 11am to 2pm weekdays, alongside Matthew Amroliwala. On BBC1 she presents the One o’clock news and weekend bulletins, and has fronted Breakfast and the 6 o’clock news on numerous occasions. She also presents The World Tonight on Radio 4, and BBC World.

 

 

Jane is an experienced BBC journalist who has been a supporter of the arts for 20 years. She is passionate about theatre in particular, and also presents the BBC News Channel's coverage of the BAFTA film awards.

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.

James King is a film critic and currently reviews films on London Tonight every Friday.

 

 

 

Kirsty is the presenter of World News Today, an international current affairs programme broadcast globally on BBC World. She is also a regular presenter for Front Row on BBC Radio 4.

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.

 

Sue MacGregor is one of BBC Radio's most familiar voices and is a former presenter of the Today programme on BBC Radio 4. She has even been described (by the Times) as "simply the best female presenter radio has produced".

 

Rosie Millard is a journalist, broadcaster and aurthor. She has a book due to be published summer 2011. Previously a feature writer at the Sunday Times, she now writes for the Daily Telegraph as Homes & Interiors Expert. She was the BBC's Arts Correspondent for 10 years and now appears on Sky Arts and contributes to BBC Radio 2, 4 and Five Live.  

 

Juliet Morris is a former Newsround and BBC Breakfast presenter and has since fronted House Detectives, The Travel Show and The Heaven and Earth Show all for the BBC. She has also been a reporter on Countryfile for BBC1.

 

 

Nicholas Owen is a Presenter with BBC News. 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.

 

 

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.

 

Stewart Purvis’s career is probably unique in its range across journalism, management and regulation. A BBC News trainee, he spent over thirty years at ITN, winning many awards. He edited Channel 4 News before becoming the Editor in Chief and Chief Executive of ITN. He is a former partner for content and standards of Ofcom and is now a Professor of Television Journalism at City University.

 

Angela Rippon has been a familiar face and voice in British broadcasting for over 40 years. The career of this award winning journalist has embraced an impressive variety of programmes on both radio and television for both commercial and BBC stations in Britain, America and Australia.

 

Hallie Rubenhold is an author and social historian whose expertise lie in the early modern period (17th, 18th and 19th centuries). Her book, The Covent Garden Ladies was filmed as a documentary, The Harlot's Handbook, and presented by Hallie for BBC4 as part of the highly successful, The Century that Made Us season. She has also appeared as an expert contributor on numerous documentaries on Channel 4, BBC2, Living TV and shortly, the History Channel.

Anne Sebba is a biographer, lecturer and former Reuters foreign correspondent – she was the very first woman on their graduate trainee scheme.

 

Matt Smith is a TV and radio journalist, with over fifteen years on-air experience. He’s worked for BBC TV, BBC Radio, Radio 1 and Sky News.

 

 

 Jon Snow presents Channel 4 News.  

 

 

Moira Stuart currently presents news on Chris Evans' BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show.

Sandrine Voillet, presenter of the BBC2 series Paris is an art historian who has worked in a number of museums and art galleries. She was educated at the Ecole du Louvre where she specialized in the history of art from the Far East.

 

Ian Waite is one of the world's most talented Ballroom and Latin American dancers, best known through his appearances in the BBC1 phenomenon: 'Strictly Come Dancing'. A highly respected and recognisable figure and personality in the world of dance, he is a born performer and entertainer and shines under any spotlight.

 

Author and cultural commentator Peter Whittle is founder/director of the New Culture Forum. His TV and radio work includes regular appearances on BBC 2’s Newsnight Review and the Daily Politics, Radio 4’s Moral Maze and Start the Week and Sky News. He hosted of the UK’s first online cultural analysis show, Culture Clash. 

Tim Willcox presents on BBC News. His recent coverage of the miners rescue in Chile won him much praise. He is also a former Arts and Media correspondent.

 

 

Dr Kate Williams is an historian, with a particular specialisation in 17th to early 20th century history who has presented and contributed to numerous programmes across all the television and radio networks.