Virgin London Marathon Celebs 2011

Virgin London Marathon Celebs 2011
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London based restaurateur Tom Aikens shot to culinary fame
when he became the youngest ever Michelin-starred chef at the
age of 26. His restaurant, Tom Aikens, has received numerous
accolades, and has been joined by Tom’s Kitchen, Tom’s Terrace
and soon, Tom’s Deli.
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Having trained at Drama Centre London, Luke’s film career has
included The Promise and television success in Wallander with
Kenneth Branagh. Luke’s latest project is as a Doctor in the new
ITV drama, Monroe, alongside James Nesbitt who plays a
brilliant neurosurgeon. The series portrays the difficulties of
patients who receive the devastating diagnosis of a brain
tumour. It is for this reason that Luke is running in the Virgin
London Marathon 2011 for Brain Tumour UK, the leading charity
providing support, funding research and supporting brain
tumour patients.
Ancona, Ronni
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PT:4.30
Ronni Ancona is an actress/impressionist/ comedienne and writer. She
is also a trained designer and qualified teacher. Her comedy career
started on the comedy circuit and she won the Time Out Hackney
Empire New Act of the Year in 1993. She worked extensively in radio
and television before becoming a household name in the BAFTA
winning Big Impression for which she won a British Comedy Award and
Variety Club Award.
Aikens, Tom
PT:3.30
Allen - Gale,
Luke PT:4.30
Charity
Trinity Hospice
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Ansell,
Jonathan
PT:5.00
Anthony,
Sarah PT:TBC
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Jonathan Ansell is a charismatic singer with a sensational tenor voice.
He shot to fame with pop opera group G4 on the X Factor, with whom
he achieved amazing success. Following G4’s split in 2007 Jonathan
established himself as a bona-fide solo star with a debut album Tenor
at the Movies. His album topped the classical charts and also hit the
top ten of the pop charts. This was closely followed by a second bestselling album Forever.
Sarah has appeared in many TV series including the Bill,
Casualty, Where the Heart Is, and documentary Day’s That
Shook the World, plus TV commercials for Birds Eye and
Ladbrookes, and also has many stage productions in her
portfolio.
Aston, Jay
PT:5.30
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Jay is a singer, dancer, and occasional songwriter who is most
famous for being a member of the 1980's British pop group,
Bucks Fizz.
Audenshaw,
Tony PT:3.10
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Tony Audenshaw is an actor best known for his role as Bob Hope on
the popular ITV1 soap Emmerdale. Tony is also the lead singer of a
band called White Van Man.
TBC
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Baker, Cheryl
PT:4.30
Baulch, Jamie
PT:3.45
Brooks,
Charlie
PT:4.45
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Cheryl is an English television presenter and singer. She is most famous
for being a member of 1980s pop group Bucks Fizz, and has performed
for the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest twice, winning it the second
time.
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Jamie enjoyed a career spanning 15 years at the top of world class
athletics. Since retiring in 2005, he has starred in several reality TV
shows, including Sky One’s Cirque de Celebrite, and has directed
several new business ventures. In his first year competing over 400m,
he was selected for the 1996 Olympic Games and won Silver as part of
the 4x400m quartet. He became World Indoor Champion in 1999 and
still holds the British Indoor record over 400m set in 1997. Jamie won
11 medals at Olympic Games, World and European Championships and
Commonwealth Games. He recently campaigned for his team’s World
Championship Gold medals from 1997 to be presented to the 4x400m
quarter including Iwan Thomas, Roger Black and Mark Richardson after
a 13 year wait. This followed the disqualification of the USA team after
Antonio Pettigrew admitted doping in 2007.
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Charlene "Charlie" Brooks is an award-winning Welsh actress, best
known for playing Janine Butcher on the BBC soap opera EastEnders.
She won her first award in 2001 for Best Bitch at the 2001 Inside Soap
Awards, an award she also won at the 2004 Inside Soap Awards. At the
2004 British Soap Awards, Charlie won the award for Villain of the year
and was also nominated in the category of Soap Bitch of the year. At
the British Soap Awards 2005 she won the award for Best Exit. In June
2009 she signed a new 3 year contract, meaning she will be onscreen
until at least Autumn 2012.
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Chittell, Chris
PT:5.10
Cogill, Chris
PT:4.15
Conroy, John
PT:4.00
Crates, Danny
PT:3.30
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Chris is famous for his role in Emmerdale as Eric Pollard which he has
played since 1986. He has also appeared in several TV series as well as
roles in several films including To Sir, With Love.
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Chris Coghill is an actor and writer from Prestwick in Greater
Manchester and has appeared in many popular TV Drama series such
as Shameless, Burn It, Waterloo Road, Holby City and Secret Diary of a
Call Girl. Chris is married to actress Lisa Faulkner who he met on the set
of Burn It in 2005.In September 2008 Chris landed his most
controversial role yet when he joined the cast of EastEnders as Bianca’s
paedophile boyfriend Tony King. He left the series after three months
when his character was arrested and he also appeared in the series of
The Royal as ambulance driver Bobby Sheridan.
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John is an actor who recently appeared in Me and My Girl. John has
previously appeared in the stage show, Dirty Dancing. He has also
appeared in several BBC period dramas as well as Hollyoaks and
Indiana Jones.
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Danny crates recently retired from International competition the
former T46 arm amputee, 2004 Paralympic Champion, European
Champion, Paralympic World Cup winner and world record holder has
some amazing achievements. In the 1998 World Championships, Danny
made his international debut, by reaching the 400m final and winning a
silver medal in the 4 x 400m relay event in a new European record
time. Danny’s potential was also recognised in the Paralympic Games
Sydney 2000, where he was narrowly beaten, into the bronze medal
position in the 400m. Danny also captured the European 400m title in
2001.
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Crosby, Emma
PT:6.00
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Emma Crosby joined GMTV as a main presenter in January 2009. She copresents GMTV with Andrew Castle (Thursday, Fridays, and alternate
Wednesdays 7.00am - 8.35am). After studying at the University of
Leeds, Emma trained at the University of Cardiff's School of Journalism.
Emma started her career as a producer at BBC News 24. She became a
newsreader at London's Radio News Direct and LCBC. In September
1999 Emma joined The Money Channel as reporter and newsreader,
before moving to London Tonight and Meridian Tonight as a reporter.
In July 2001, Emma joined CNBC Europe and became a presenter on
European Market Wrap. She also reported for CNBC US' flagship
breakfast show, Squawk Box, and presented the early breakfast show,
Wake Up Call, live from Times Square in New York.
Davies, Johnny
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PT:TBC
Is the lead singer in the band 'New Vinyl'. He is in a relationship with
Gail Porter who is also running this years Virgin London Marathon.
Deering, Rob
PT:4.30
Rob Deering is a stand-up comedian who also plays guitar. He recently
completed The Rob Deering Experience tour, having done numerous
tours and half a dozen solo shows at the Edinburgh Fringe since he
started out in comedy ten years ago. On TV in 2011 you'll see him on
Comedy Rocks and Celebrity Total Wipeout. In the past he has
appeared on any number of Radio and TV shows since starting out on
99 Things To Do Before You Die. In 2007 he won a special comedians'
edition of the Weakest Link, raising over £24,000 for Parkinson's UK. He
is the only person ever to have won the Weakest Link without getting a
question wrong. The Virgin London Marathon is Rob's first, though he
completed the Royal Parks Half Marathon in October.
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Delap has appeared in Silent Witness and Foyle’s War and on stage in
The History Boys and most recently as Laertes in Hamlet at the Crucible
Theatre in Sheffield.
Deyn, Agyness
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PT:4.00
Agyness Deyn is a fashion model, actress and singer. Agyness has had a
hugely successful modelling career, her first Vogue cover was shot in
2007. Since then she has been featured on the cover for many more
fashion magazines, including In Style, Vogue Italia and Grazia. She has
appeared in various advertisements for prestigious designers, and is
currently the face of Burberry’s new fragrance. Most recently she has
collaborated with her younger sister Emily to create a line of t-shirts for
Uniqlo. Agyness has also provided vocals for the single Who by Five
O'clock Heroes. She has also moved into the world of acting with a role
as Aphrodite in the 2010 film Clash of the Titans.
Delap, Tim
PT:3.25
Dodd, Mikyla
PT:4.50
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Mikyla Dodd has recently finished a year long tour of Calendar Girls
having first appeared with the show in the West End. She is probably
best known playing the part of Chloe Bruce in Hollyoaks and, more
recently, her well-documented weight loss of over 10 stone. She has
also written her personal memoirs entitled Playing the Fat Girl and
presented her own show on BBC3 called When diets go wrong
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Jenni is a Scottish television presenter and best known as a presenter
for GMTV, the ITV morning television station. Most recently, Jenni has
hosted Fantasy Homes by the Sea for UKTV as well as hosting the daily
quiz show, Word Play, for five. She continues to present on GMTV as
well as hosting the National Lottery draws for the BBC and most
recently hosted the first Scottish Royal Variety Show.
Gandy, David
PT:4.20
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David's friends entered him for a modelling competition on ITV's This
Morning, at that moment his life changed. In 2006 he was spotted by
Dolce and Gabanna and became their muse. Best known as the face of
their "Light Blue" fragrance, his iconic shoot the same year saw him
transform to fashion royalty overnight with a 50ft billboard in Times
square, over 11 Million internet hits to view his campaign and global
recognition.
Gazie, Craig
PT:4.00
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Craig Gazie attended Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama and
graduated in 2005. He is currently appearing in Coronation Street as
character Graeme Proctor former cellmate and friend of David Platt.
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Monty was the winner of Channel 4’s Superhuman, and has
since presented many TV programmes. He is an accomplished
diver, and many of his programmes are about the marine world.
His latest TV show, Beachcomber Cottage, is due to be aired on
BBC2 in March, and follows Monty’s adventures on the remote
Scottish coast for six months. The book that accompanies the
series will be serialized in the Daily Mail when the programme
airs. Monty, an ex-marine.
Falconer,
Jenni PT:3.15
Halls, Monty
PT:4.00
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Harrington,
Richard
PT:3.30
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Richard Harrington has recently appeared in TV Series, Spooks and
Casualty, Holby Blue, Dalziel & Pascoe, Silent Witness and Larkrise to
Candleford.
Holland,
Henry PT:4.00
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Henry Holland came to prominence as a fashion designer in 2006 with
his quirky and unique slogan t-shirts featuring catchphrases such as “I’ll
tell you who’s boss, Kate Moss”. Henry’s fashion line House of Holland
has since taken off. With its first show in Fashion Week in 2008, and his
own line, H by Henry Holland, stocked exclusively at Debenhams.
Henry’s designs are inspired by the ‘London girl’, a city he has fallen in
love with since moving there at the age of 18. Henry has also copresented T4’s fashion and music series Frock Me with Alexa Chung
and Gemma Cairney.
Hughes,
Aneirin
PT:4.00
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Aneirin is a Welsh actor and singer. He has appeared in Casualty, Family
Affairs, Spooks, Take Me and Judge John Deed
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Izzet, Muzzy
PT:4.00
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An apprentice at Chelsea Football Club in his youth, Glenn Hoddle
allowed Muzzy Izzet to join Leicester in 1996. The move proved to be
the making of Muzzy, with regular first-team football providing the
platform for him to realise his potential. Muzzy was part of the Turkish
national team in 2000. The Leicester City man was eligible to play as his
father was born in Turkey. He was also part of the impressive 2002
World Cup side, when Turkey reached the semi-finals, before losing to
eventual winners Brazil. Muzzy left Leicester in 2004 on a free transfer
to Birmingham City. Sadly, after two frustrating seasons spent battling
injury, Muzzy announced his retirement from the professional game in
2006.
Jelley, Derek
PT:4.15
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Derek Jelley was Born in Nuneaton and educated at Heathfield High
School, Earl Shilton, previous to joining Leicester Tigers in 1993 Derek
played for Market Bosworth rugby club.
Jones, Ben
PT:4.00
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Ben Jones has appeared in several television shows with his
main role in BBC One's doctors.
Kelly, Greg
PT:3.50
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Greg has appeared in Hollyoaks, Emmerdale, Occupation and All The
Small Things
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Knott, Andrew
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Larvin, JoEmma
PT:4.00
Lawrence,
Dani
PT:5.00
Andrew began his film career very young appearing in The Secret
Garden and Black Beauty, he has subsequently been in The History
Boys and Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll. His TV work has included
Spooks and Gavin and Stacey.
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Jo-Emma Larvin, is a model, actress and celebrity writer who has made
many appearances in magazines and newspapers and was Jim
Davidson's glamorous TV host assistant on The Generation Game. She
is also a professionally trained actress with roles in mainstream movies
such as The Calcium Kid (starring Orlando Bloom) and Goal 3 as well as
playing the lead female role in the widely acclaimed music video for
McFly's hit single, Lies. Jo-Emma is currently between filming a trilogy
called Rough & Ready, a comedy based in Yorkshire, and working on
designing a line of bikinis.
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Dani Lawrence is a model who appeared on Britain’s Next Top Model in
2007. She met Brad Jones, the Liverpool and Australia goalkeeper, in
2008 and they’ve been together ever since. In 2010 Brad’s son Luca
was diagnosed with leukaemia, and he received a successful blood
stem cell transplant in September that year, from a donor found by
Anthony Nolan.
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Leetch, Russell
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Is the bass guitarist for Birmingham-based indie rock band
Editors. With a third album, ‘In This Light And On This Evening’,
Editors have journeyed into a new sonic landscape. Already
hugely successful globally with debut album ‘The Back Room’
propelling the band directly into the big leagues, climbing to
Number 2 in the UK album charts and spawning hit singles,
‘Munich’, ‘Bullets’ and ‘Blood’, their follow up ‘An End Has A
Start’ secured the four a debut at Number One in the UK album
charts and a string of Top 20 placing across Europe.
LewingtonMalarkey,
Nadine
PT:4.45
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Nadine has had roles in Family Affairs and Dream Team. She has
also appeared in Casualty as Sasha Ryman and in BBC medical
drama Holby City, as Senior House Officer Maddy Young. She is
married to actor Michael Malarkey.
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Mark Lewis-Jones is a Welsh actor, whose roles include that of a police
inspector in BBC drama series, 55 Degrees North, a whaler in the
movie, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World , Troy and
Robin Hood with Russell Crowe.
Lewis-Jones,
Mark PT:3.40
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Thomas Brown is known by his stage name Tom Lister. He is best
known for his portrayal of Carl King on the British soap opera
Emmerdale.
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Cal Macaninch is a Scottish actor, most famous for portraying
the character of DI John Keenan in police drama Holby Blue on
BBC One, set in the fictional world of Holby.
McAndrew,
Nell PT:3.09
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Nell McAndrew started her career as a successful model, has travelled
the world as a real life Lara Croft, has presented numerous shows
including the Big Breakfast and It’s A Knockout, and released several
best-selling fitness videos. She also appeared on the first ever ‘I’m a
Celebrity … Get me out of here!’ and raised nearly £56,000 for Cancer
Research UK. Nell completed the 2005 London Marathon in just 3
hours 10 minutes, placing her in the ‘elite’ athlete category, and in the
2009 was the first celebrity runner to cross the finish line. Nell is
running for Cancer Research UK, of which she is Running Ambassador.
Madden, Neil
PT:3.45
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Neil has appeared in Holby, Heartbeat, Doctors and The Bill
Lister, Tom
PT:3.45
Macaninch,
Cal PT:3.00
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Ray Macallan has had many television appearances; The Bill and
EastEnders to name a few.
Macdonald,
Shauna
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Shauna Macdonald was born in Malaysia and shortly after moved back
to her family's native Edinburgh, Scotland. She has appeared in various
British TV series, most notably as Sam Buxton in Spooks and as Sarah in
the horror film The Descent and its sequel.
McKee, Iain
PT:3.50
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Iain McKee is an English actor best known for his role as Frank Gadney
in BBC1 drama series Lilies and Michael in BBC sitcom The Visit. He has
most recently appeared in the acclaimed drama The Promise
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John is an actor who has had many guest appearances on programmes
including Casualty, Lovejoy, Poirot, Bugs and Heartbeat. John is best
known for playing DI Robbie Ross in the series Taggart which he made
his first appearance in 1990. John started his career on stage and has
appeared in many west end shows.
McCallen, Ray
PT:TBC
Michie, John
PT:5.10
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Moore,
Richard
PT:5.30
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Richard spent 10 years with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Amongst
the many programmes he has appeared in include Band of Gold,
McCallum and several years in Emmerdale.
Mowlem,
Johnny
PT:3.30
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Johnny Mowlem is an internationally ranked world sports car driver
who currently is a factory driver for Lotus Motorsport
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Chris Newton is one of the UKs best ever international riders both on
the road and track. The former World Track Champion in the Points
Race and in the Team Pursuit, Chris was the first ever British and
English speaking rider to win the points title. As an integral member of
the very successful British Olympic squad he took a Silver medal at the
Athens Olympics, a Bronze medal at Sydney and more recently a
Bronze medal in Beijing. Chris Newton's reputation as one the UK's
finest racing cyclists has been reinforced by his two World titles and
three Olympic medals and his position as one of the highest profile
riders in British Cycling is without question.
Newton, Chris
PT:3.00
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Ogbourne,
Lyndon
PT:3.40
Pasquale, Joe
PT:5.30
Pearce,
Jonathan
PT:5.30
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Lyndon is an English actor best known for his role as Nathan Wilde in
Emmerdale
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Joe Pasquale, the much-loved comedian, who hit the headlines
in 2004 when he won the ITV series I’m A Celebrity….Get Me
Out of Here is never one to resist a challenge. Joe’s career in
comedy has seen him appear in five Royal Variety Performances
and his unique voice has prompted Hollywood attention with
character voiceovers for the movies – Garfield: A Tale of Two
Kitties and Horton Hears A Who . In the UK he voiced the
character of Frankenstein’s Cat in the hit BBC TV children’s
series of the same name.
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Jonathan Pearce a British football commentator for the BBC.
Known for his loud, passionate commentaries, he has worked
for both Radio Five Live and Match of the Day, as well as
participating in other lower key sports programmes. Pearce is
also a long time Bristol City fan having worked as sports editor
for Radio West in Bristol.
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Perry, Chris
PT:4.00
Peterson,
Gilles PT:TBC
Pierson,
Emma
PT:4.30
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Footballer Chris Perry made 582 appearances over a career spanning
nearly 20 years. He played for Wimbledon, Tottenham Hotspur,
Charlton Athletic and ended his career at Southampton.
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Gilles Peterson is known throughout the world as a broadcaster with an
iconic show on BBC Radio 1 for the last 12 years, he also presents a
weekly syndicated show on 14 stations internationally with a combined
audience of over a million. Plus 3 radio shows a week for Tokyo’s
biggest radio station J-Wave, Gilles is also one of the world’s leading
club DJ’s and finds time to run his own music business – Brownswood
Music is a record label, publishing company, artist management and
brand consultancy. He is also well known as a compiler of some of the
best compilations around and a remixer.
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Emma Pierson is an actress. She has appeared in over 35 productions
on both the big and the small screen including Rankin's feature film The
Lives of the Saints. She is perhaps best known for her comedic
performance as Anna Thornton-Wilton in Hotel Babylon and was
recently seen in the multi Emmy winning Little Dorrit and the BBC's
adaptation of Martin Amis' Money. Her latest project Nancy, Sid and
Sergio will be out later this year.
Get it Organised
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Pinsent,
Matthew
PT:4.00
Porter, Gail
PT:TBC
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In 1992, at the age of only 21, Matthew had his first taste of
Olympic success, when in a Coxless Pair with Sir Steve Redgrave;
he won Gold at the Barcelona Olympics. Prior to that Olympic
win he and Redgrave had enjoyed an unbeaten international
season, and it was already obvious that Matthew was
developing to become one of the world's greatest oarsmen. At
Alzheimer's society
the Atlanta Olympics in 1996 the Pinsent/Redgrave duo won
another Gold medal and throughout the nineties their
outstanding combination also brought them Seven World
Championship Gold’s. Matthew was awarded the MBE in 1993,
the CBE in 2001 and in the 2005 New Year’s Honours list he was
awarded a knighthood.
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TV presenter and celebrity mum, born 23 March 1971 in Edinburgh,
Scotland. Gail Studied at the BTEC HND in Media Production at West
Hertfordshire College. She has tended to present family-friendly
television programmes, or ones directly aimed at children. This includes
The Movie Chart Show, Top of the Pops, Live & Kicking, The Big
Breakfast and Gail Porter's Big 90s.
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Pow, Duncan
PT:3.30
Price, Katie
PT:5.45
Raworth,
Sophie
PT:4.30
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Scottish soap actor Duncan Pow got his first big break playing Liam
Mackay, the captain of Harchester United Football Club in Sky One’s
popular series Dream Team. He has since gone on to become a regular
fixture on viewers’ television screens playing the part of Linden Cullen
in BBC One’s Holby City. Duncan made his first appearance in the
medical drama in the episode entitled Stolen in January 2008
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Katie Price is an accomplished media star in the UK and
Worldwide. Katie started her career as a glamour model but is
now a successful businesswoman, writer, novelist and TV star
with her own endorsement lines and group of companies which
she is continually adding to. As well as being a businesswoman,
she is also a mother to her three children Harvey, Junior and
Princess. Katie is also a keen horse rider who enjoys the
discipline of dressage. This is her second London marathon and
she is raising funds for two charities close to her heart- The
Vision Charity and The Pituitary Foundation.
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Sophie Raworth presents the BBC's 1 o'clock news as well as
documentaries and other programmes across the channel. She
was a keen runner at school but gave it up until a few years ago
when she took part in the Great North run. Now she is
attempting the marathon for the first time and trying to fit her
training in with her job and three young children.
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Elen Rivas is a succesful Spanish Model who was the former fiancé to
Chelsea Footballer, Frank Lampard and they have two children. She is
now in a relationship with Peter Andre.
Roberto
PT:TBC
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At the age of 21, Roberto’s love for music led him to take part in a
training course at his local radio station, Town FM. At the time,
although he would never admit it, he secretly hoped the course would
lead to bigger and better things. Roberto hosted his first show on
Capital FM in September 2008 and a few months later moved to the
mid-morning slot. After interviewing teen-sensation Justin Bieber at
the 95.8 Capital FM Summertime Ball the video footage was viewed
over a million times on You Tube
Robb, Natalie
PT:4.00
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Natalie is a Scottish actress and has most recently appeared in Silent
Witness, Emmerdale and Waterloo Road. She also spent 3 years in The
Doctors followed by The Bill.
Rivas, Elen
PT:5.30
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Roux, Michel
PT:3.35
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Sawalha,
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Nadia PT:5.00
Simmons,
Chris PT:3.40
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Michel Roux Jr took over the helm at the world famous Michelin
starred Le Gavroche in 1991. Since then, he has won numerous awards
for his cuisine and has continued to set the standard for classical
French fine dining in London. Prior to Le Gavroche, Michel honed his
skills working for master chefs in Paris, Lyon, Hong Kong and London,
spending two years with Alain Chapel and cooking at the Elysée Palace
for President Mitterand. Michel has recently opened two new
restaurants Roux at Parliament Square and Roux at The Landau, with
his father Albert. Michel is a judge and presenter on the BBC’s popular
prime time show MasterChef: The Professionals. He recently hosted a
new BBC show ‘Michel Roux’s Service’, in which he trained 8 young
people in the art of front-of-house. Michel is a keen runner, and this
year's London marathon will be his 19th marathon in 15 years. Michel
will be running in support of the children’s charity VICTA, for which he
is a patron, and also the Dispossessed Fund.
Nadia Sawalha has worked extensively in TV, film and theatre but is
probably best known for playing the character Annie Palmer in
Eastenders. Nadia has become a daytime TV favourite after presenting
the live programmes Loose Women and Live Talk.
Chris played DC Mickey Webb in ITV’s The Bill, he has also
starred in Casualty, Touching Evil and entered Celebrity Fear
Factor and donated his winnings to the Rhys Daniels Trust. Chris
ran in the 2008 London Marathon in support of the Rhys Daniels
Trust and finished in an amazing time of 4hr 15 minutes.
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Shipster, Tuuli
PT:4.22
Smith, Tom
PT:TBC
Sparks, Irwin
PT:4.30
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Tuuli Shipster began her modelling career at the age of 16 when she
was spotted by a casting agent whilst out shopping with friends. She
went on to join top modelling agency Storm and her career took off.
Born in Finland Tuuli is no stranger to the international lifestyle, she
has lived in Moscow, India, Zambia, South Africa and England. Currently
she is settled in London with her photographer husband Rankin. Tuuli
has run the marathon before and it was her who pulled together the
Oxglam team from her contacts in the fashion industry, she will be
running as part of the team in this year’s London Marathon.
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Tom Smith is the lead singer, lyricist, keyboardist and rhythm guitarist
for the band Editors. Born in Stroud, Gloucestershire Tom now lives in
London with his partner Edith Bowman and their son Rudy Brae
Bowman Smith. Russell Leetch also running is the bass guitarist for the
band and currently is living in New York. At present Editors are working
on their fourth album to be released in 2011.
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Irwin is the lead vocalist in the pop rock band The Hoosiers and
also plays lead guitar in the band. The band have so far released
2 albums and 5 singles, which have gained them moderate
success in the music industry.
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Thapa, Ben
PT:4.50
Thomas, Iwan
PT:3.40
Tweed, Jack
PT:4.00
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Ben is a former tenor of the group G4. Ben started singing lessons at 14
and sang in his local church choir. He played the clarinet in an
orchestra while at Hills Road Sixth Form College, Cambridge. He studied
on a one year undergraduate course at Royal Northern College of
Music and three years at Guildhall School of Music and Drama where
he graduated from in 2004. Since the split of G4 Ben is returning to
Royal College of Music, London for post graduate training.
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Iwan Thomas MBE; A former European Champion, Commonwealth
Champion, World Cup Winner and current British Record Holder.
Iwan was part of the Great Britain 4 x 400m team at the 1997 World
Athletics Championship in Athens and went on to win Silver. However,
in January 2010 it was announced that Great Britain's 1997 World
Championship 4x400m relay team are to be awarded the gold medal
they were denied by the disqualified USA team. New medals are to be
minted for the ceremony, as not all of the American quartet have
returned the originals.
He is the current UK record holder at 400m with a time of 44:36
seconds and he is the current holder of the Commonwealth Games
record in the 400m which he won in Kuala Lumpur in 1998.
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Jack Tweed, is the widower of the late Jade Goody who he appeared
with in the 2007 series of Celebrity Big Brother , and married on 22
February 2009 when Jade was terminally ill with cervical cancer.
Together with his brother Luke and friend Mark Wright (star of The
Only Way Is Essex), Jack is running his first Virgin London Marathon in
memory of Jade and to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support.
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Villiers, Chris
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Webster,
Charlie
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Chris is best known for his part in ITV1's, Emmerdale in which he plays
the role of the solicitor Grayson Sinclair. He also played the part of
Captain Nigel Croker in Mile High from 2004 to 2005. He has appeared
in films such as The Scarlet Pimpernel, Top Secret!, Bloody Sunday, and
First Knight. In 2003 he wrote and co-produced the British feature film
Two Men went to War. In 1983, he starred in Sweet Sixteen with
Penelope Keith and in 1998 he had a minor part in Sliding Doors. He is
also a script writer. In 1995, Villiers co-founded 2020 Casting Ltd., one
of the largest film background (extras) agencies in the country.
Company credits include: Gladiator, Bridget Jones's Diary, Shakespeare
in Love, Star Wars, United 93. Villiers also appeared in two episodes of
Midsomer Murders, The Killings at Badger's Drift and Death's Shadow.
In 2007, he guest-starred in the Doctor Who audio drama Absolution.
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An athlete during her youth, Charlie completed a degree in English
Language and Linguistics before starting a career in television - first
with MTV before her sporting background led her to Spain as a
presenter for Real Madrid International Television. After a year in
Madrid, Charlie joined ESPN Asia presenting their coverage of the
English Premier League to an audience of 300 million. Charlie returned
to the UK in 2007 where she has since worked for Sky Sports, ITV and
the BBC. Charlie thrives in a live environment and currently presents on
Sky Sports News as well as featuring on BBC1’s Football Focus. The past
2 motor sport seasons she has presented Live Speedway on Sky Sports
every week. Also for Sky Sports in 2010 she presented the Goodwood
Festival of Speed which went live for the first time and for Channel 4
Charlie presented the coverage of the UK School Games.
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Wheeler,
Nicola
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Nicola Wheeler made her debut screen role in Coronation Street and in
2000 began her role as Nicola Blackstock in Emmerdale.
Ricky is the front man in the band Kaiser Chiefs. The band has sold over
6 million albums worldwide, collecting 3 Brit Awards, 3 NME
Awards, 2 Q Awards, and the prestigious Ivor Novello Award along the
way. Kaiser Chiefs have headlined Festivals & Arena tours all over the
World, and achieved the rare accolade of having a #1 album &
single simultaneously in the UK with "Ruby" and their second album
Wilson, Ricky
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"Yours Truly, Angry Mob" in 2007. Their music sound tracked much of
the last decade with hits "Oh My God", "Never Miss A Beat", "I Predict
A Riot" as well as the aforementioned "Ruby" all dominating the
airwaves. In 2008 the band released third album "Off With Their
Heads", and toured the world with U2 and Green Day in 2009. They're
currently working on a forthcoming release and plotting and scheming
in their own studio, the Chewdio, and will make their live return in
Summer 2011.
Wolfeden,
Matthew
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Matthew is famous for his role in Emmerdale where he plays the son of
Eric Pollard, David Metcalfe. He has also appeared in Hollyoaks spin off
Let Loose and was a member of the British Gymnastics Squad before
retiring injured.
TBC
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Woodman,
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Wright, Mark
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Yorke, Dwight
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Nick is currently playing Jack Hollins in BBC's The Doctors. He also
appeared in Nearly Famous and Teenage Kicks.
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Club promoter Mark Wright, is one of the stars on ITV2’s living soap
The Only Way Is Essex Mark is running his first Virgin London Marathon
with his best mate Jack Tweed in memory of Jade Goody and to raise
money for Macmillan Cancer Support.
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Dwight played for six clubs since his arrival at Aston Villa from his
Trinidad & Tobago homeland in 1989 including Manchester United,
Blackburn, Birmingham, Sydney FC, and Sunderland. With 480 Premier
League and Football League appearances combined and 147 goals, he
quickly became one of Premier League’s most prolific goal scorers. He
is still the Premier League’s 8th record highest goal scorer with 127. 20
years in English football Dwight decided to retire from the game, &
accepted the position of Assistant Manager of the Trinidad & Tobago
national team for their remaining four World Cup 2010 Qualifying
games.
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Young, Will
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Will Young has sold 9 million records worldwide. He has been
rewarded with countless Brit and Ivor Novello nominations and
awards. His eclectic career began in 2002 when he won ‘Pop
Idol’. His first solo number 1 ‘Evergreen’ still holds the record as
the best-selling single of this decade. Since then he has
continued to dominate the charts with singles such as ‘Friday’s
Child’, ‘Leave Right Now’, ‘Grace’ and ‘All Time Love’ but
regularly diverge from the straight and narrow. Earlier this year
Will collaborated with Groove Armada on their album Black
Light, co-writing and singing vocals on the track 'History'. He has
worked with a variety of artistes from Nitin Sawney, Eg White
and Calvin Harris. He has also performed live with James Brown,
Elton John and Burt Bacharach.