Ricky Gervais
Can Ricky win a BAFTA?
After the double success at The Golden Globes in America, Ricky Gervais and his Office may be in the running to scoop a BAFTA for the third year in a row.
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Dom Joly- Comedian
Dom was born in the Lebanon, exploded on to the comedy scene in 99 with Trigger Happy TV, a show which crossed Candid Camera with Monty Python.
Prior to that he worked with investigative comedian Mark Thomas, as a politics producer for ITN and as a diplomat for the European Commission in Prague.
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Ruby Wax - Comedian/ Presenter
Her father is an Austrian Jew who fled the Nazis, and her mother is American. She is not close to her parents, claiming that they tried to suffocate her talent. "They didn't approve of anything I did. My father hates women."...
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JamieTheakston
Recently moved to Kensington from Notting Hill and is now back again, he couldn't stay away!!
Jamie is one of the UK's highest profile presenters and joined Radio 1 with already impressive connections to the world of credible music. Jamie's first foray into the world of broadcasting was whilst in the final year of his Business Studies degree - relaying traffic bulletins during the rush hour. Degree completed, Jamie was spotted by the Head Of BBC Sport.
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Claudia Winkleman - TV Presenter
Being the daughter of Eve Pollard (formerly the editor of the Sunday Express) and the stepdaughter of Sir Nicholas Lloyd (formerly the editor of the Daily Express) definitely has its perks...
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Marielia Frostrup - TV presenter & journalist
Born: November 12 1962 in Oslo, Norway.
Home:Moved to Kilmacanogue, a small village outside Dublin, Ireland aged six. Parents split up and she lived with her mother. Left Ireland for London at 16.
Star sign: Scorpio.
Parents: Her Norwegian father was a journalist (foreign editor of the Irish Times - who drank himself to death when she was fifteen) and Scottish-born mother, an artist. Previous jobs: Waitress, doctor's receptionist, shop-girl, work in the Rolling Stones' mobile recording studio, public relations for Phonogram Records.
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Krishnan Guru-Murthy
Krish Crash - 10/01/03
Krishnan Guru- Murthy had his Porsche written off yesterday after a van careered across the road and straight into the front of his Notting Hill home.
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Jeremy Paxman - TV presenter and writer
Jeremy Paxman was born in Yorkshire, educated in Worcestershire and received his degree (in English) from St Catherine's College, Cambridge.
For three years in the mid-seventies, Jeremy Paxman was based in Northern Ireland, where he covered the Troubles for the BBC. In 77, he joined the Tonight programme, for whom he was a roving reporter.
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Melanie Sykes - TV presenter
Melanie Sykes was born on on 7 August 70 in Bottom Mossley, near Manchester. At , she moved to London to join a modelling agency. This resulted in appearances in TV commercials for Pearl Drops, Falmer Jeans and, what she's the most well-known for, the Boddingtons commercials.
Melanie moved to TV presenting, starting with Sky's Real TV UK and Hit List UK on MTV. She later moved on to work on The Big Breakfast and The Bigger Breakfast on Channel 4.
Readers of FHM voted our Mel #10 in their poll in 99 of the 100 sexiest women
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Paula Yates - TV Presenter
Paula Yates' death is a sad waste of a very bright and gifted woman whose creative flair for self-reinvention finally ran out on her. She loved to shock and she was shocking. But life had some stunning shocks for her, enough to overwhelm even her natural resilience.
The Life of Paula Yates
The Day's After Paula's Death

Jane Mote - Head of BBC London
When Jane Mote became head of BBC Southeast she arrived with an arm load of plans and ideas to revolutionise the entire regional programming schedule. DJ's were up in arms, Alan McGee of Creation records fame, wet his pants and residents from Reading proceeded to picket the BBC in defence of Drivetime.
Portowebbo interview with Jane Mote