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 presents Radio 4's weekly obituary programme Last Word and is also regularly heard on Radio 5 Live - most recently presenting the network's mid morning phone-in. He has also presented Broadcasting House and Saturday PM on Radio 4.

 

 

Matt Barbet is a news correspondent and presenter for Channel Five News. He moved to Channel Five in October 2007 after spending four years as one of the main presenters at BBC London.

 

Andrew was voted British Hairdresser of the year 2006/07 and is acclaimed as one of the world’s best hairdressers. Andrew has the well earned title of the ‘Peoples Hairdresser’ for the transformational looks he provides to ‘real women’ and his down to earth, accessible style as resident hairdresser on the UKs hit makeover show '10 Years Younger’.

 

 

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.

 

After several years as BBC TV News sports correspondent, Rob Bonnet spent between 1995-2005 as the main sports presenter on BBC Breakfast and occasionally presented the programme itself. He now presents the BBC World/BBC News 24 programme "Extra Time".

 

 

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.

 

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.

 

Paul Burden has a unique experience of the problems of coporate communication. After a long career with the BBC, culminating in a ten year stint as presenter of the BBC 1 Business Breakfast show, he became Director of Communications at the John Lewis Partnership. He thus has a perspective from both sides of the media divide.

 

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.

 

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.

 

 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.

 

 

Mark Easton is the BBC’s Home Editor, an award winning documentary-maker and news correspondent. He appears regularly on BBC television and radio as well as writing for BBC Online and many newspapers and magazines.

 

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 Research Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford University, and 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.

 

Rod Gilchrist is one of Fleet Street's most experienced professionals. Until recently he was the Deputy Editor of the Mail on Sunday, and formerly the Daily Mail's American correspondent in New York.

 

Arts Correspondent, Channel 4 News.
Nicholas Glass is arts correspondent of Channel 4 News and has been a television reporter for over twenty years. The Royal Television Society made him 'Specialist Correspondent of the Year' in 2000. He covers all things cultural - film, literature, contemporary art, photography, architecture, archaeology - and tries to do so in a witty and inimitable manner.

 

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.

 

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.

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.

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 has worked in radio and television news for more than twenty five years and has been a presenter with Sky News for the last ten.  He was on-air at the time of the death of the Queen Mother, and received praise in several newspapers for his sensitive handling of this sad event.  He also covered the fire at Buckingham Palace during the Queen's Golden Jubilee.  Among his many on-air discussions with political and business leaders, Allan obtained the first television interview with Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams the day after the London Docklands bombing broke the IRA cease-fire in 1996.

 

James is the voice of film on Radio One, reviewing the latest movies with Edith Bowman every Wednesday and Friday at 2.30pm. He's also presented the Early Breakfast show, Bank Holiday soundtrack specials and several all-night Oscar programmes. His work on Radio One was nominated for a prestigious Sony Award in 2004.

 

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 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 4million monthly users.

 

Allan Mallinson has recently retired as a brigadier from the British Army, where he commanded one of its oldest cavalry regiments. He is the author of LIGHT DRAGOONS, a history of four regiments of British Cavalry, and a regular reviewer for The Times and The Spectator.

 

James Max appeared in the first series of BBC's hit The Apprentice. He has demonstrated an aptitude for presenting, both on TV and radio as well as writing whilst still keeping his hand in business.

Justin and Colin first came to the public’s notice in BBC2's hugely successful series, Million Pound Property Experiment, which saw them buy, renovate and sell seven properties across Britain, ranging from £100,000 to £1.25 million. They have gone on to present How Not To Decorate, Three Celebs and a baby, Justin & Colin's Wedding Belles and Justin and Colin's Home Show. Their new show Justin and Colin's Home Heist is currently airing on HGTV in Canada and will be seen on UKTV from April.

 

 

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.

 

Sir Trevor McDonald became the first sole Presenter of News At Ten in 1992 and anchored the Late Evening News until December 2005. He also presents ITV's flagship current affairs programme - Tonight.

 

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 as the resident vet on ITV1's This Morning for the last five years. 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.

Steven Moore is a leading expert on BBC One’s top rated factual programme The Antiques Roadshow specialising in British Ceramics from the 17th to 20th centuries as well as European decorative arts and 20th century European ceramics and design.

 

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.

 

Jeremy Musson is the writer and presenter of BBC 2’s Curious House Guest, and a leading expert on country houses and English heritage. He is widely recognised as a top specialist in arts, architecture and historic houses in the UK.

 

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.

 

 

34 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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

Dr. Miles Russell is a Senior Lecturer in Archaeology at Bournemouth University with over 20 years experience of archaeological fieldwork and publication. He has worked as a Project Officer for both the Field Archaeology and Oxford Archaeological Units and is currently involved in fieldwork across southern Britain, the Isle of Man and Russia.

Justin and Colin first came to the public’s notice in BBC2's hugely successful series, Million Pound Property Experiment, which saw them buy, renovate and sell seven properties across Britain, ranging from £100,000 to £1.25 million. They have gone on to present How Not To Decorate, Three Celebs and a baby, Justin & Colin's Wedding Belles and Justin and Colin's Home Show. Their new show Justin and Colin's Home Heist is currently airing on HGTV in Canada and will be seen on UKTV from April.

 

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

 

 

Adam Shaw is one of the best known financial experts on television and radio. He currently presents BBC 2’s Working Lunch programme and is the business presenter of BBC Radio 4's Today Programme. He has also presented BBC 1’s Business Breakfast, Radio 5’s Wake Up To Money and Radio 4’s Financial World Tonight.

 

Peter Sissons is probably British television's most experienced presenter of News. For nearly forty years he has worked for ITN, Channel Four, and the BBC- presenting all the main terrestrial bulletins

 

 

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 familiar as a Presenter of ITN's Channel 4 News. But he's one of the most versatile talents in the business - fronting quiz shows, panel debates and discussion programmes in the UK and Europe for a variety of clients and TV channels. He is also a highly experienced chair and facilitator of conferences and conventions in the worlds of business and public policy, hosting events across the UK and abroad.

 

 

Author, lecturer and broadcaster. Recent book on Christopher Wren and many National Trust books. Academic reputation in UK and US.

Justin Webb is currently the BBC's North America Editor. His career with the BBC has combined presentation of major news programmes on both radio and TV (The World Tonight, BBC Breakfast News and the One O'Clock News) with work 'in the field', as Europe correspondent.

 

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