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Tom Read Wilson
Thomas Read Wilson is an English television presenter, author, actor and singer. He is best known as the client coordinator on the E4 reality television series; Celebs Go Dating. In 2021, he was the runner-up on Celebrity Best Home Cook. In 2025, he was the runner-up on the twenty-fifth series of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!.
Stephen Fry
Sir Stephen John Fry is an English actor, comedian, presenter and writer. He began his career on the sketch comedy series Alfresco (1983–1984) and the sitcom Blackadder (1986–1989), before gaining recognition as part of the comedy duo Fry and Laurie alongside Hugh Laurie, appearing together in A Bit of Fry & Laurie (1989–1995) and Jeeves and Wooster (1990–1993). His later television roles include Kingdom (2007–2009), Bones (2007–2017), and It's a Sin (2021). Fry was the original host of the comedy panel show QI (2003–2016), for which he was nominated for six British Academy Television Awards. In 2006, the British public ranked Fry number 9 in ITV's poll of TV's 50 Greatest Stars.
Quentin Crisp
English writer, humorist and actor (1908-1999)
Matt Lucas
British actor, comedian and screenwriter
Duncan James
English singer
Lee Ryan
British singer
Daniel Howell
English YouTuber, radio personality, and writer
Alex Scott (footballer, born 1984)
Alexandra Virina Scott is an English sports presenter, pundit and former professional footballer who played as a right-back. She has been the presenter of Football Focus since 2021.
Richard O'Brien
English actor, writer, musician, and television presenter
Sandi Toksvig
Danish-British comedian, writer and broadcaster
Phil Lester
English YouTube vlogger and radio personality
Simon Amstell
English comedian
Alan Carr
Alan Graham Carr is an English comedian, broadcaster, writer, and television personality. His breakthrough was in 2001, winning the City Life Best Newcomer of the Year and the BBC New Comedy Awards. In the ensuing years, Carr's career burgeoned on the Manchester comedy circuit before he became known for co-hosting the comedy variety show The Friday Night Project (2006–2009) with Justin Lee Collins. This led to the release of a short-lived entertainment show Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong (2008), and he went on to host the comedy chat show Alan Carr: Chatty Man (2009–2016).
Frankie Howerd
British actor, comedian (1917–1992)
Richard Quest
English television journalist
Lianne Sanderson
English association football player (born 1988)
David Starkey
British constitutional historian
Paris Lees
British journalist and activist for transgender rights
Sue Perkins
British comedian
Kenny Everett
British radio DJ and entertainer (1944–1995)
Nick Grimshaw
English television and former radio presenter, podcaster and author
Paul O'Grady
British comedian, actor and television presenter (1955–2023)
Nigel Slater
English food writer, journalist and broadcaster
John Partridge
English actor and television presenter
Anna Richardson
English presenter, television producer, writer and journalist
Phillip Schofield
British broadcaster and television personality
Dale Winton
English radio DJ and television presenter (1955-2018)
Joe Lycett
British comedian
Michael Barrymore
Comedian, actor, television presenter, broadcaster
Scott Mills
Scott Robert Mills is an English radio DJ, television presenter and occasional actor. He is best known for presenting the Scott Mills show on BBC Radio 1 from 2004 to 2022 and then, on BBC Radio 2, hosting the station's flagship breakfast show from January 2025 until his dismissal from the BBC in March 2026. He has also been a UK commentator for the semi-finals of the Eurovision Song Contest.
Lionel Blue
British Reform rabbi, journalist and broadcaster (1930–2016)
Christopher Biggins
British actor
Rylan Clark
English television and radio presenter, singer and model
Dan Wootton
New Zealand journalist
Ray Gosling
English broadcaster and journalist (1939–2013)
Brian Sewell
English art critic (1931–2015)
Evan Davis
British economist, journalist and presenter
Gok Wan
British fashion consultant, author and television presenter
Clare Balding
British TV presenter, journalist and amateur jockey
Lisa Williams
British self-proclaimed psychic
Jane Hill
British newsreader
Stephanie Hirst
English radio presenter
Christian Jessen
British physician and television presenter
Michael Sundin
Television presenter, actor, dancer