Marathon 2013 celeb list - 20.4.13 (EXTERNAL).xlsx

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Kelly, 33, has become a household name amongst British drama, appearing in ‘Doctors’, ‘Holby City’ and ‘Hustle’ and stars as the love interest in brand new BBC comedy Bluestone 42, due to air on BBC 3 in the next couple of weeks. A fitness fanatic Kelly has been working her way towards running the London Marathon for a while and is so excited to be running it for Breakthrough Breast Cancer this year. She is being trained by fellow actress, former ‘Holby City’ co-star and personal trainer Phoebe Thomas. Adams, Kelly
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Sophie Anderton has been one of Britain's top supermodels for over a decade with a modelling career extending over 18 years and now she has added DJing to her repertoire of skills as well as TV presenting. Sophie has also enjoyed a varied television career appearing in such shows as I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here!, Fear Factor and Cirque de Celebrite. She has also featured in numerous television commercials for brands such as VO5, Colgate, Pepsi, Sony, Faberge Aquatonic, Wonderbra and Debenhams Janet Reger lingerie. Sophie will be running for The Children's Trust.
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James Atherton has had various small roles in programmes such as Doctors. He landed a role in Hollyoaks, playing nerdy Will Savage. He also landed a girlfriend pretty soon afterwards – he’s been dating costar Jorgie Porter for almost as long as he’s been on set!
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Tony Audenshaw is an English actor, best known for his role as Bob Hope on the popular ITV1 soap Emmerdale. He has also endured various other acting roles in Channel 4 Soap Brookside, TV drama Hillsborough and Celebrity Mastermind. He was also nominated for a National Television Award Best Newcomer in 2001. Audenshaw has completed ten London Marathons. In 2010, he broke the Guinness World Record for the fastest time set by a runner dressed as a baby, when he completed the Virgin London Marathon in 3 hours and 13 minutes. Audenshaw often runs in fancy dress for the charity Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research. On 17 April 2011, Audenshaw ran the Virgin London Marathon in 3 hours and 18 minutes dressed as a fairy. Audenshaw, Tony
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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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Felix Barrett is artistic director of Punchdrunk and a graduate in Drama, University of Exeter. Felix has conceived, designed and directed all of Punchdrunk's productions since founding the company in 2000. He is a Critics' Circle Drama Award winner (Best Design, Faust, 2006) and one of the first recipients of a Paul Hamlyn Foundation Breakthrough Fund award (2008-11), which supports exceptional arts practitioners in the development of their vision. Felix directed (with Tom Morris) the Stoppard/Previn Every Good
Boy Deserves Favour at the National Theatre (2009) and most recently, the acclaimed The Duchess of Malfi with the English National Opera.
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Andrew Barton is one of the UK’s most celebrated hairdressing names. His work graces global magazines from cover to editorial and his skill and personality are showcased on TV shows around the world. Andrew is a brilliant voice for British Hairdressing and works tirelessly for its export and success. An Ambassador for the British Hairdressing Fellowship and The British Hairdressing Council, his commitment to the industry is renowned. Andrew and his award winning Creative Team are world-leading educators, presenters and creative genii. Led by Andrew, the ethos is fashion edged, bang on trend, gorgeous sexy hair. From the heart of its creative base in London, Andrew and his team design stunning signature collections and hair imagery. The teams bespoke techniques thrill audiences and ensure education is a worthwhile investment.
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Self-taught chef, Marcus Bean, whose passion for cooking drove him to win Iron Chef UK in 2010. Having run his family owned pub successfully for 5 years, Marcus found himself being selected as a contestant for Channel 4’s Iron Chef UK which he then went on to beat top chef Martin Blunos in the final. Following his success on the show, Marcus has appeared on Good Food’s “Market Kitchen”, Channel 4’s Drop down Menu, and BBC Online “video recipes with Lisa Faulkner”. His live appearances include, BBC Good food show, Scotland, Birmingham & London, The Ideal Home Show, Ludlow food festival, Shrewsbury Flower Show. In 2011 Marcus reached the semi-finals of National chef of the year with the Craft guild of Chefs. He has recently become a regular chef on ITV This Morning with cookery slots every fortnight, cooking with Holly Willoughby & Phillip Schofield.
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Olivia has performed in the UEFA Champion’s League Final Opening Ceremony, 2011 (ITV/Irresistible Film), Rodin Reflections (Sadler’s Wells) and Pages from the Book Of... (Instropolitana Festival 2012, Bratislava and Moscow Theatre Arts Festival, 2012). Olivia then th
went onto join Channel 5’s Milkshake as the 5 presenter of their leading pre-school programming strand in June 2012.
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An accomplished TV and movie actor probably best known for his role as Mr. Bingley in BBC1's Pride and Prejudice. He starred alongside Ewan McGregor in the BBC period drama Scarlet and Black and also appeared in season 4 of Absolutely Fabulous as Jago Balfour, a posh gardener commissioned by Saffy to design the garden. His movie credits include appearances in Casino Royale, Annie, Howard's Way and Bridget Jones's Diary. Crispin gave up acting 7 years ago and now teaches English at Alexandra Park School in Haringey. Chose CHILDREN with CANCER UK as a friend's son is suffering from a brain tumour.
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Mike Bushell is a sports presenter for the BBC. He presents the sport on BBC Breakfast on Fridays and at the weekends, and also presents sports bulletins throughout the week on BBC News and BBC World News
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James is a pastry chef with over 20 years experience in five different one-star Michelin restaurants. As a young Scot, James left school at 17 years old to commence his career at Cameron House Hotel, Loch Lomond.Since then his cooking career has taken him all over the world, including working for Restaurant Bathers Pavilion in Sydney. He worked under Gary Rhodes for five years, becoming Group Head Pastry Chef at just 24 years old. Championing the dessert menus at five restaurants - two with one Michelin star, he managed a team in charge of delivering 300 puddings a day. He has catered for some of the world’s biggest stars including Sting, U2 and Yoko Ono. He was also Head Pastry Chef at the award-winning Mandarin Oriental Hotel. As part of the role he ran cookery courses and did cooking demonstrations as far afield as Malaysia. He has recently been made a member of the Academy of Culinary Arts
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Daniel Casey is an English actor who has appeared in many TV dramas including Our Friends in the North , he then went on to play Sgt. Gavin Troy in ITV’s crime drama Midsomer Murders and subsequently joined the cast of Marchlands, a supernatural drama playing the role of Scott. He has also appeared in Doctors, M.I. High and many theatre roles throughout the country.
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Amy Childs burst onto our screens back in 2010 on the BAFTA awardwinning reality show, The Only Way Is Essex. Spreading her wings after two series, Amy went on to appear on Channel 5's Celebrity Big Brother coming a respectable fourth place before starring in her own reality show It's All About Amy, which has since gone on to be shown as far afield as Australia! In 2011 Amy launched her beauty range which now includes her award winning debut self-titled perfume, fake tan, strip lashes, nail polishes, hair rollers and of course vajazzles! This is all as well as her hugely successful clothing collection, Amy Childs' Collection, which is now in its fourth season and is retailed online on her official web store, in store in her two exclusive boutiques as well as retail giants such as Next, Lipsy and BANK. Amy's career has done phenomenally well and is now considered one of UK's favourite celebrities, gracing the pages of the national newspapers and magazines on a weekly basis (New! Magazine, VOGUE, Marie Claire Online, Reveal, Star, Daily Star, Daily Mail Online to name a few) so it is no surprise that national, household brands have turned to Amy to endorse their products. With an impressive résumé, Amy has been involved with brands such as Carphone Warehouse, Samsung, Comet, Indesit, Philips, Bathstore, Nature Valley Snack Bars, Alton Towers, Walkers, Ultimo's Bra Queen, Lipsy, Caprice Lingerie, Yahoo OMG! as well as being a Brand Ambassador for Lonsdale Sportswear. 2013 is already looking to be another huge year for Amy with a new Summer Clothing Collection to be launched, exciting TV roles coming up and not to mention possibly her greatest challenge to date, running the Virgin London Marathon for the British Heart Foundation. Childs, Amy
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Phil Clarke is an English professional rugby league footballer of the 1980s and '90s, and commentator, playing at representative level for Great Britain and England, and at club level for Wigan, and Sydney Roosters, as a Stand-off/Five-eighth, Second-row, or Loose forward/Lock
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Michael Copp is the Managing Director of his own kitchen and bedroom furniture retailer, and best known for his participation in the 2012 series of BBC1’s The Apprentice. He will be using his positive nature and sporting experience to help him complete the challenge of the Virgin London Marathon.
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Entrepreneur and Market Trader Adam Corbally is known to most for coming close to the final in the 2012 series of BBC1’s The Apprentice. He’s since developed a career as a professional guest speaker, motivational coach, and serial entrepreneur, managing a series of successful businesses and brands in the UK
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Christian Dailly is a former professional football player. Christian won 67 caps for Scotland, including 12 as captain. Representing 9 clubs in his 22 year career, Christian played for Scottish Premier League clubs Dundee United and Rangers and a number of FA Premier League Clubs in England including West Ham United. Currently, Christian is based in Essex and is pursing a career as a successful athletics coach. His daughter Christy (15 years) was chosen by Scottish Athletics to join the Scotland ‘Futures’ team. Christian has been incredibly focused on his training for the 2013 race and believes he is on track to come in at the forefront of the green start runners.
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Rob Deering is an English stand-up comedian, guitarist and writer. Deering was the host and writer of three series of Out to Lunch on BBC Radio 2. He also hosted 99 Things to Do before You Die on Channel 5. In 2007, Deering appeared on a special edition of The Weakest Link and won the show. Deering has appeared as a guest on shows including Banter, 4 at the Fringe on BBC Radio 4 and Jammin on BBC Radio 2. He has also guest starred in Jason Manford's Comedy Rocks.
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Martin Delaney is a British actor. He started work in musical theatre, appearing in Peter Pan - The British Musical and Oliver! Following performances in the West End, Delaney swiftly moved into television with the Nickelodeon series, the Renford Rejects. He played loveable Jason Summerbee, the captain of the useless Soccer team and appeared in the show for 4 years. Renford Rejects was Nickelodeon's first UK project and is considered a classic cult children's sit-com. In 2003, he was employed by the same team that made Renford Rejects to Direct episodes of a children's drama, The A-Z of everything and again in 2010 to direct on a pilot for Disney. He was nominated for the British Soap Awards for Best Young Actor (in 2000) and Best Actor (in 2001), both for his role of Paul Webb in Family Affairs. He also briefly starred in sit-com Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps where he played a stylist from Liverpool. In 2012, he appeared in Kathryn Bigelow's film about the hunt for Osama Bin Laden, Zero Dark Thirty.
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Tim Ewart is the ITV News Royal Correspondent and has reported on royal tours in Canada, the USA, Africa, Australia, New Zealand and Europe. He is the author of "Queen Elizabeth II: The Treasure," a book to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee. Tim joined ITN in 1981 and has worked as a foreign correspondent in Warsaw, Washington, Moscow and Johannesburg. This will be his fifth Virgin London Marathon to raise money for Guide Dogs in order to help provide blind and partially sighted people with mobility and freedom.
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Alicya Eyo is a British theatre, film and television actress. She has appeared in many of TVs most popular series including Holby, Spooks, The Bill, Casualty and Silent Witness but she is perhaps best known for portraying Denny Blood in the award-winning and critically acclaimed prison drama series Bad Girls and is now appearing in Emmerdale as Ruby Haswell.
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James is an actor better known for his role of Liam Gilmore in the Channel 4 drama serial Hollyoaks. His film credits include 'Dominic' for Partizan films and 'Donkey' that premiered at Tribeca Film Festival. He is to play Matthew in Rikki Beadle Blair's 'Gutted' at Theatre Royal Stratford East later this year. This year he will run the London Marathon in aid of Retinitis Pigmentosa, a disease that his sister Lucy was diagnosed with at a young age."
Farrar, James
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Dr Giles Fraser is priest-in-charge at St Mary's Newington in South London and the former canon chancellor of St Paul's Cathedral. Giles resigned from St Paul's over the handling of the Occupy movement protests that took part outside the Cathedral. Giles is a regular columnist for The Guardian Newspaper as well as making frequent television and radio appearances.
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Nicky is a former professional footballer, League club manager and Sky Sports Football League pundit. He played as a striker, scoring 221 goals in over 700 appearances in the Football League, for clubs Gillingham, Brentford, Birmingham City, Reading, Ipswich Town, Hull City and Brighton & Hove Albion. More recently he was playermanager at Brentford and then Dover Athletic. Nicky is running for Action Medical Research, a UK charity funding vital research to help sick and disabled babies and children.
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A BBC TV presenter, marine biologist, travel writer, public speaker and diver, Monty also conducts courses and trips out of his shop in Dartmouth. Exploring the local environment, we also run corporate training packages for companies and organisations throughout the UK
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At the tender age of 36, Debbie Georgiou has crammed two successful careers into her lifetime. Widely regarded as the most talented British rhythmic gymnast at the peak of her career in the early 90s, Debbie Georgiou (nee Southwick) was 9 times British Champion. Debbie now owns and produces a gorgeous jewellery brand Jinkksy was started via a website and publicised solely via Twitter in the early days. All the jewellery is costume, designed and hand-made to order by Debbie herself, and already a firm favourite with celebrities. Joining Twitter in February 2011, within 6 months Jinkksy had 10,000 followers (including numerous celebrities from sport, TV, music and film) and to date has over 24,000 followers! Georgiou, Debbie
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30 year old Charlene Guy is a popular presenter on BFBS (British Forces Broadcasting Service) Radio. She has presented shows in Gibraltar, Germany, Bosnia, Falklands and Afghanistan, and now presents in the UK on the BFBS DAB Network Drive Time show. Charlene is running the London Marathon for Blind Veterans UK, which is one of the BFBS Big Salute Charities. Guy, Charlene
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Stuart is a factory driver for Aston Martin Racing and came fourth in the Le Mans 24 Hour Race at his first attempt in 2007. He has also competed in the British Formula Three and the British GT championships, the American Le Mans Series and the Blancapin Endurance Series. He will return to Le Mans for the fifth time this summer, once again with Aston Martin Racing.
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Siubhan has performed in West End shows such as, Les Miserables, We Will Rock You, Grease and Marguerite, as well as the Opera Carmen, and UK tours of the musicals, The Stripper and Bad Girls. She has appeared in plays at the Almedia, Tristan Bates and Finborough and for Headlong Theatre company, featured in the horror film, Little Deaths and the BBC Drama, Song of Lunch and several advertising campaigns and short films. Siubhan has a physical background, combining running, rock climbing and dance with experience in physical theatre. Harrison, Siubhan
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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. Harrington, Richard
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Tilly is the second child of acclaimed British designers Wayne and Gerardine Hemingway - co-founders of Red or Dead, The Vintage Festival and the multi award winning HemingwayDesign. After graduating from University College London in 2009 with a degree in Urban Design and Town Planning, Tilly joined the HemingwayDesign team and is now making waves herself as an acclaimed designer in the interiors world. Her G Plan Vintage range is one of the most sought after furniture ranges in the UK.
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Wayne Hemingway is co-founder of Red or Dead, The Vintage Festival and the multi award winning HemingwayDesign; multi disciplinary designers who specialise in affordable and social design. He is also on the Trustee Board of the Design Council and The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment Hemingway, Wayne
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Gareth Has been one of the UK’s top touring car drivers for the past 10 years. He is currently a Mclaren Automotive Test driver, working on development of Mclaren’s road going supercar range.
Aaron was the winner of Britain’s Biggest Loser reality television show (ITV1) and currently a weight loss Guru and mentor with The Jeremy Kyle talk show (ITV1). He will be undertaking the Virgin London Marathon for a sixth time on 21/4, although this will be his ninth marathon in all as also completed the Edinburgh and New York races and due to also complete the NEW HULL marathon. The marathon is to be part of a “Celebrity” fundraising event which along with Suggs (Madness), will see him walk from Lands End to John O Groat’s and BACK again. His pr team are Eskimo Soup, Kingston Upon Hull.
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Javine, 30, first appeared on our TV screens in ITV1’s Popstars: The
Rivals 2002, before embarking on a solo career with multiple singles in the UK top twenty and representing the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest. She also appeared in West End hit, The Lion King, prior to her time on Popstars and will be touring in Disco Inferno this autumn. A mother to four year old Angel, Javine is supporting Breakthrough in the hope that our continued research can help protect her daughter’s generation. Hylton, Javine
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Stephen is one of the versatile racing drivers in the UK today having competed for three seasons in Formula Three and also in the Grand Prix supporting GP2 Series, as well as the British Touring Car Championship, the British GT Championship and the Porsche Career Cup.
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Katherine Jenkins is a Welsh lyric mezzo-soprano. She is a popular classical-crossover singer who performs across a spectrum of operatic arias, popular songs, musical theatre and hymns. After winning singing competitions in her youth, Jenkins studied at the Royal Academy of Music, modeled and taught voice. She came to wide public attention in 2003 when she sang at Westminster Cathedral in honor of Pope John Paul II's silver jubilee. Since 2004, she has released numerous albums that have performed well on British and foreign charts. In both 2005 and 2006, her albums received Classic Brit Awards as Album of the Year. She has also been seen widely in concert, including concerts for British troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, and has sung at sporting events, on television shows and in support of many charities. In Spring 2012, she competed on the US television show Dancing with the Stars, finishing in second place, behind NFL Super Bowl champion Donald Driver. Jenkins, Katherine
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Matt Johnson is a Welsh TV presenter and personality best known for his role as interactive Hub presenter for ITV1's This Morning and former co-host of Channel 5's OK! TV. He was born in Caerphilly, and lives in London.
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Ben Jones has appeared in several television shows with his main role in BBC One's Doctors. Jones, Ben
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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.
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A celebrity in the gay & lesbian scene and runs GAY Bars & Clubs for the past 20 years
Joseph, Jeremy
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Harry Judd is the drummer in hugely successful band McFly and in 2011 he showed off his dancing skills when he was crowned winner of Strictly Come Dancing. Harry and his team of Merry Men are running the London Marathon for 2 charities close to his heart – Teenage Cancer Trust and Eyes Alight (in aid of the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust). Harry became involved with Teenage Cancer Trust because his best friend had cancer in his early teens. He also has a very personal reason for supporting Eyes Alight, as Harry’s brother in law suffered a brain injury as a result of a car accident. Harry is a hugely valued supporter of both charities and has helped them raise hundreds of thousands of pounds.
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Jonny Kane is a former British Formula Three Champion, Formula 3000 competitor and F1 test driver. He also completed in the USA in the Indy Lights championship and has contested the Le Mans 24 Hour Race no fewer than nine times. He has been a factory driver for Bentley and MG and Jonny currently drives for Strakka Racing in the World Endurance Championship. Jonny is the third member of the BRDC team in the 2013 London Marathon to have won the prestigious McLaren Autosport BRDC Young Driver Award.
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Kieran worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company as part of their production of The Taming of the Shrew last year, he also performed with the Birmingham Repertory Company this summer. He has worked on new plays with David Edgar, Jonathan Lichtenstein and was lucky enough to have a part written for him by Mark Ravenhill. Separate from activ he also established the website The Good Review (www.thegoodreview.co.uk) and completed the royal court young writers programme.
Allen is best known for his role as 'Tom Branson' in the BAFTA, EMMY and Golden Globe winning and internationally renowned TV series DOWNTON ABBEY. Allen also has a thriving career in film and theatre as well as on TV. For film, Allen will next be seen in IN FEAR, a tense psychological horror. In theatre he was most recently seen at the Hampstead Theatre for his role in a sold out run of Mike Leigh's ECSTASY. Allen is currently filming the fourth series of Downton Abbey. Allen is an ambassador for Centrepoint, the UK's leading charity for young homeless people. He recently slept out at Centrepoint's national Sleep Out which raised over £500,000 for the charity.
One of television's popular scientific and documentary presenters currently filming Embarrassing Bodies:Live from the Clinic and series 6 of Embarrassing Bodies, he is a research leader specialising in parasites and entomology. Dr James Logan, will be running in this year's Virgin London Marathon on Sunday 21st April for The Children's Trust, Tadworth. Dr Logan, who with his Scottish charm has a talent for presenting in an accessible and entertaining style, is aiming to complete his first marathon run in four hours.
Michael Lynagh and Team Sky for Stroke
International rugby legend and Sky Sports Analyst Michael Lynagh and Team Sky for Stroke are running the London Marathon on 21 April 2013 in aid of the Stroke Association. Team Sky for Stroke are raising funds for the Stroke Association to help fund a unique Back to Work project with the objective of employing a full time Employment Support Coordinator. Knowles, Kieran PT 05:00
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Peter Mac has been a radio presenter for 20 years and has been getting up stupidly early to do the breakfast show for around 15 years (possibly the longest serving breakfast show presenter in the UK) Not only does he work on the radio but is also a Cognitive Hypnotherapist and works with many clients to help them through many problems. He has appeared at a number of Jersey Hospice Care events and is proud to be running the London Marathon on their behalf.
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Ray MacAllan has had many television appearances; The Bill, Eastenders, Holby City, Above suspicion and Lord Girls. MacAllan, Ray
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During his years as a professional cyclist, Paul represented Great Britain at the highest level winning countless medals at World Cup, World Championship and Olympic competitions. His career highlight was winning the Olympic Gold medal in Beijing in the Team Pursuit alongside Bradley Wiggins, Geraint Thomas and Ed Clancy, breaking the World Record in the process. In 2009, Paul was awarded with an MBE for his services to the sport. Following his retirement after the Beijing Olympic Games, Paul joined the GB Cycling Team coaching staff in the role of women’s endurance coach for British Cycling’s Podium Programme. Paul has been integral to the development and subsequent success of the women’s endurance squad who broke the Team Pursuit world record on six consecutive occasions – the final time being at the Olympic Games in London where Dani King, Joanna Rowsell and Laura Trott won Gold. Laura Trott then went on to win a second Gold medal in the Omnium under the coaching guidance of Paul. Paul’s achievements were recognised with a prestigious ‘High Performance Coach of the Year Award’ at the 2012 UK Coaching Awards.
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James Matthews won the British Formula Renault Championship and Formula Renault Eurocup in the same year, before stepping up to compete in the British Formula Three Championship.
Matthews, James
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Amanda Mealing is an actress, best known for her role as Connie Beauchamp in Holby City. She recently starred in Sky1’s, Strike Back and Death in Paradise. Amanda was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2002.
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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. Mckee, Iain
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Oliver Mellor is a British actor and former personal trainer, perhaps best known for playing the role of Dr. Matt Carter in ITV soap opera Coronation Street since 20 August 2010.
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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. He is now appearing in Coronation Street as Karl Munro.
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Hugh Morris is a Welsh former cricketer, who played in three Tests for England in 1991. He played county cricket for Glamorgan, captaining the county, and is the current managing director of England cricket.
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Naga Munchetty is a British journalist and television presenter. She currently presents BBC World News on weekday mornings on BBC News Channel and makes regular appearances on BBC Breakfast. She previously presented BBC Two's weekday financial affairs programme Working Lunch alongside Declan Curry.
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Nadim is a West End performer currently appearing in Chess at The Union. He ran the marathon for the first time last year for Team PB (Breast Cancer Care and the Prostate charity). His girlfriend is one of three girls who lost their mother to breast cancer when they were teenagers and so that is why he wanted to run for Breast Cancer Care. Little did he know that only six months later (September 2012) his girlfriend Gillian would be diagnosed with breast cancer too. He is running for Breast Cancer Care this year to support her. Nadim has always been a keen runner.
Naaman, Nadim
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Bill Neely is the multi-award-winning International Editor for ITV News. His reports from across the world add diplomatic analysis and context to key international stories. Bill frequently reports conflicts from the frontline, interviews major figures on the international stage and covers historic events. He has secured many exclusives for ITV News, and won three consecutive BAFTAs in a row for his coverage of the 2008 China Earthquake, the Haitian earthquake in 2010 and the Cumbria murders in 2011.
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Imogen is 18, she has recently completed her A levels and is now modelling full time. She has been the face of Topshop and Jigsaw. Shot for magazines including British Vogue, Vogue Paris, i-D, Wonderland, French Elle. Imogen has walked in shows for designers including Erdem, Chanel, Mary Katrantzou, Meadham Kirchoff, Kinder Aggugini, Paul Smith. Newton, Imogen
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Katie O'Brien is a former British No.1 tennis player and GB Fed Cup team member, reaching a career high world ranking of 84. She retired from the game in 2011 and is now in the final stages of an Open University law degree as well as a coach for the British wheelchair tennis team. Inspired by the Paralympics, Katie is running with her brother and sister in aid of WheelPower.
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Terry O'Connor ex Wigan, Great Britain and Ireland international. Terry played 425 games over a 17 year period winning every major trophy on offer, he was also named in the Super league dream team on 4 occasions between 1996 & 2002. Since retiring from the game Terry now works with Sky tv covering the Super League. Juliet will soon be seen playing a lead role alongside Phil Davis in Parkville Pictures’ ‘Borrowed Time’, a bittersweet comedy that explores an unlikely bond between two contrasting characters.‘Borrowed Time’ premiered at the Edinburgh Film Festival in June 2012 where it got Best of the Fest and will be released in cinemas later this year. She has just completed filming two feature films 'Greyhawk' starring Alec Newman. The second being 'Hooligan Factory' alongside Jason Mazza, Dexter Fletcher and Morgan Watkins. She can be seen in a supporting role in BAFTAwinner Noel Clarke’s ‘The Knot’ – a romantic comedy starring Mena Suvari, Talulah Riley and Noel Clarke. Juliet is also known for her leading role in the BIFA-nominated Charles Bronson (aka Mickey Peterson) biopic ‘Bronson’, in which she starred opposite Tom Hardy. Juliet was seen in Channel 4′s ‘Top Boy’, a raw, four-part urban drama centred on young lives lived on the edge in east London. Juliet trained at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre and currently resides in London.
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Pandora is one of the freshest and most promising radio presenters the UK has to offer. She can be heard on 95-106 Capital FM, hosting Fridays from 8pm-12am, Saturdays from 4-8pm, and Sundays from 12-4pm. Born in Brent and raised in East and South London, Pandora started out modeling in numerous music videos for international artists such as Keane and Coldplay and, working with renowned fashion and retail brands, she appeared in the popular ‘Here Come The Girls’ Boots adverts and was the legs for Lucy Lycra tights. In 2008, Pandora got her break into the radio industry at community station Westside where she did a number of shows across daytime, weekend request, and breakfast. She started on London’s number one urban music station Choice FM in 2010, covering the early morning pre-breakfast slot at 3-6am. Pandora’s bubbly persona and natural flair for radio led to her becoming a permanent fixture on the station, where she went on to host shows on weekday and Saturday afternoons for almost two years. Interviewing A-list stars such as Usher and Kelly Rowland, she also provided cover on the station’s Breakfast Show.
Listeners across the UK can now hear this effervescent ‘girl about town’ and self-confessed fashion and beauty addict on Capital FM, PANDORA (Christie)
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Stephen Benjamin Parry is a former British butterfly swimmer. He competed internationally in 100-metre and 200-metre butterfly distances. He excelled during his time in the United States, winning the NCAA title in the 200 m butterfly. After returning to Britain and joining Stockport Metro, he set a Commonwealth record at the 2000 US Nationals in Seattle, beating, among others, a very young Michael Phelps. Later that year he qualified for his first Olympic Games in Sydney. Four years later in Athens, Greece, Parry won Britain's first Olympic swimming medal in eight years at the Athens Summer Olympics in 200-metres butterfly, being beaten by Michael Phelps and Takashi Yamamoto. Phelps had beaten him into 4th place at Sydney four years earlier. Parry retired from competitive swimming in 2005. After retiring, Parry joined up with former training partner Adrian Turner to create a swimming training program for young people called Total Swimming. He briefly hosted his own Sunday afternoon programme on BBC Radio Merseyside before joining BBC Sport as part of their team covering the swimming at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
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Ant Payne presents the Early Breakfast show on weekdays across the Capital Network as he helps the country's early risers start their day, ahead of their local Capital Breakfast Show. He also presents Saturday afternoons 12-4pm across the Capital Network.
He has had a long career in commercial radio, working in some of the UK’s biggest cities. He was one of the most established personalities on the Galaxy FM Network and presented a wide range of shows from Breakfast shows to a networked weekday afternoon show. He’s interviewed an impressive selection of some of the biggest stars in the world including JLS, One Direction, Example, The Wanted, Kanye West, Rihanna, Robbie Williams and Chris Brown. Ant was a key role in bringing the Olympic spirit to the UK in time for London 2012. Working with Coca Cola, he selected members of the public to run with the Olympic torch. He enthused thousands by being an Olympic torch bearer himself and talking about his experiences on his show. He is also a keen supporter of the Charity Help A Capital Child and will be taking part in the London Marathon 2013. Payne, Ant
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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. Pearce, Jonathan
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Nick Pickard has played Tony Hutchinson in Hollyoaks since 1995 and has taken part in celebrity shows such as Masterchef, The Match and The Weakest Link.
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Patricia Caroline Potter is an English actress. Best known for her role as Diane Lloyd in the popular BBC medical drama Holby City, Potter has acted on stage, television, and in film. Potter, Patricia
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Hello, Im Darrell Privett, I'm club promoter and DJ from Essex. I'm 30 years old and currently a party of ITV's "The Only Way Is Essex" This will be my first marathon, in fact it will be the first time I have run further than across the road to the shops. I'm running for an amazing cause with Jamie Reed for Children with Cancer UK which is a fantastic charity and one close to mine and my families heart. see you at the finish line ;-)
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After graduating from Manchester University he joined the National Youth Theatre, and, around the same time, he won a Goldman-Sachs Scholarship to the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. On graduation in 2006 his first professional engagement was as D'Artagnan in the Bristol Old Vic's swashbuckling Christmas entertainment of 'The Three Musketeers'. He has also appeared with the National Theatre in "Chatroom/ Citizenship", and in 2008 appeared to a wider audience as the disturbed son of policeman Trevor Eve in the television series, 'Waking the Dead.' His most recent project has been in the highly acclaimed BBC Drama Call The Midwife. Rainsford, George
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Tana Ramsay is a British author of bestselling books on cookery and a TV broadcaster. Tana is a Montessori-trained former schoolteacher, married celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay. In 2010, Ramsay appeared on the ITV show Dancing on Ice, partnered by professional skater Stuart Widdall, being eliminated in the fourth week. She was named "Celebrity Mum of the Year" in 2012 and has also been a presenter of UKTV's food show Market Kitchen.
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Mark Ravenhill is an English playwright, actor and journalist. His most famous plays include Shopping and Fucking, Some Explicit Polaroids and Mother Clap's Molly House. He made his acting debut in his monologue Product, at the 2005 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. He often writes for the arts section of The Guardian. He is Associate Director of London's Little Opera House at The King's Head Theatre. Ravenhill, Mark
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Sophie Raworth is a BBC newsreader and journalist. She is the face of the BBC’s News at One and often presents the BBC News at Six and Ten as well. Raworth, Sophie
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Jamie Reed 31 yrs old Essex Night Club Promoter and is currently appearing on ITV2's hit show 'The Only Way Is Essex' since series 6. He chose CHILDREN with CANCER UK after losing his mum to cancer 6 years ago and after his sister suffered from cancer. “This is my first Marathon and I can't wait to get started hoping seeing all my fiends and family supporting on the day will help get through the 26 miles. Running and training with fellow Towie star Darrell Privett is a bit different to our normal routine of late nights at Essex bar Funkymojoe”
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English journalist and presenter, best known for presenting BBC Breakfast
Reid, Susanna
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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-ofhouse. Michel is a keen runner, and this year's London Marathon will be his 20th marathon in 16 years. Michel will be running in support of the children’s charity VICTA, for which he is a patron, and also the Dispossessed Fund.
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Nikki Sanderson is best known for playing ‘Candice Stowe’ in the award winning television soap opera ‘Coronation Street’. She joined the soap in 1999 age 15 and left in the autumn of 2005. Prior to this, she launched her acting career with an appearance in the children's drama ‘Children's Ward’ for Granada Television. Since leaving ‘Coronation Street’, Nikki has acted in the BBC TV series ‘New Street Law’ alongside other notable Coronation Street actors Shobna Galati and Chris Bisson. She played a solicitor’s assistant in ‘Holby City’ and appeared as guest leads in ‘Strictly Confidential’, ‘The Afternoon Plays’ and popular TV Drama ‘Cold Blood’. Nikki then went on to play ‘Heartbeat’ regular ‘Dawn Bellamy’ (niece of the late ‘Phil Bellamy’) until the end of 2009. Most recently, Nikki has filmed a guest lead for BBC drama ‘Casualty’. Film credits include an appearance in the British Film ‘Clubbed’ and Nikki played lead role ‘Audrey’ in feature film ‘The Boogey Man 3’. Radio includes regular character ‘Faye’ in BBC Radio play ‘Silver Street’. Nikki has also appeared on stage in four productions of ‘Vagina Monologues’ starring alongside Su Pollard, Myleen Klass, Jerry Hall to name but a few… and also played ‘Kathy’ in theatre production ‘Living Under One Roof’ at Nottingham Playhouse. Most recently in 2011 Nikki toured with ‘The Naked Truth’ playing the role of pole dancing instructor ‘Gabby’.
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Is an actor in the channel 4 show Hollyoaks, he plays the role of Barney Harper-Mcbride. Scurr, Tom
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Azhar Siddique was a stand-out candidate on the BBC’s The Apprentice 2012 and is known for his fun ‘Groove Train’ workout presentation as part of the fitness challenge in Episode 5 . He is the founder and investor of The Big Idea and is a Business Award Winner, Startup Expert and Public Speaker. He has been fortunate enough to have worked at some of the UK’s most established brands & organisations. This invaluable experience has allowed Azhar to grow businesses, utilising the strengths of his experience. Azhar is also currently Involved in the government backed Portas Pilot
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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 and finished in an amazing time of 4hr 15 minutes.
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Since winning the prestigious McLaren Autosport BRDC Young Driver Award in 2008, Alexander’s career has gone from strength to strength through Formula 3, GP3, LMP2 and he has been an Official McLaren GT Driver since 2012. This year Alexander continues as a McLaren GT Driver and will compete with Hexis Racing in a McLaren MP4-12C GT3 in the Blancpain Enduracen Series.
Olly is a uniquely enthusiastic British TV presenter, wine expert, foodie and writer. He appears regularly as a wine expert on BBC1′s Saturday Kitchen, has written two books on how to buy and pair wine, is the Wine Editor of The Mail on Sunday’s Live Magazine and was named United Kingdom Vineyards Association Communicator in 2012. This is Olly's first marathon after losing over three and a half stone in the last year. Sims, Alexander
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Kelly Jade Sotherton is an English former heptathlete and 400m sprinter. She was the bronze medallist at the 2004 Summer Olympics and was fourth at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She also won a bronze at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics, and was the heptathlon gold medallist at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
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Ed Speleers is an English actor and producer. He is best known for playing the title role in the 2006 film Eragon, as well as starring in Golden Globe and Emmy-award winning TV show Downton Abbey.
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In 1984 Stark won a silver medal in eventing in the Olympic Games, which were held in Los Angeles. In 2000 Stark won a silver team medal for eventing in the Olympic Games held in Sydney, Australia. His other accomplishments include Two silver medals in the Seoul Games of 1988, Two silver medals in the World Championships in 1990, Two gold medals in the European Eventing Championships in 1991, A gold in the European Eventing Championships in 1997 and was the Winner of the Badminton Horse Trials in 1999.
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Paul trained at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts. His theatre credits include: Overspill, A Conversation, Twisted, The Golden Goose and Christmas is Miles away. His film credits include: Atonement and Mark of Cain and he has also appeared in Blue Murder, Doctors and Casualty. Paul was the recipient of the 2004 NSDF Leading Actor Award.
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Andrew Strauss OBE was one of England’s most successful cricket captains. His understated authority underpinned England's rise to the top of the world rankings for the first time in 31 years in a journey that included a home Ashes win in 2009 (scoring a series total of 474 runs, more than any other player on either side, including 161 in England's first victory in an Ashes Test at Lord's in 75 years), an even sweeter victory in Australia for the first time since 1986-87 in 2010-11 (joining Mike Brearley and Len Hutton as the only England captains to win the Ashes both home and away), and a 4-0 whitewash to usurp No. 1-ranked India in 2011. Andrew retired from all forms of professional cricket on 29 August 2012, following his 100th Test Match for England.
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Zac Taylor is the fitness columnist at The Sun Newspaper, and is Head Personal Trainer at News International. He trains many celebrities such as David Haye, and has undertaken numerous sporting challenges, marathons and triathlons. Taylor, Zac
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Iwan Gwyn Thomas MBE is a sprinter who represented Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the Olympic Games in the 400m and Wales at the Commonwealth Games. Thomas is the current UK record holder at 400 m with a time of 44.36 seconds and is a former European and Commonwealth games champion.
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Joe Thompson plays Doctor Paul Browning in Hollyoaks. Thompson was nominated in the "Newcomer" category at the 2013 National Television Awards.
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James Toseland is a double World Superbike Champion and the youngest person to ever take the title after clinching his first victory at just 23 years of age. The Yorkshireman, known for his pianoplaying prowess as well as his sporting achievements, retired from motorcycle racing, due to injury, in 2011
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A former winner of the McLaren Autosport BRDC Young Driver Award, Oliver is an official test driver for the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Formula One team, working alongside Lewis Hamilton and, this year, Sergio Perez to develop McLaren’s F1 car into a championship winner. He has also raced the McLaren MP4-12C sports car in international GT racing for and this year will race in the European Le Mans Series and World Endurance Series including the Le Mans 24 Hour hour race
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Steven Cornelis Van Groningen is a Dutch rower. He represented the Netherlands at various major international competitions. He once took part in the Olympic Games but won no medals. His Olympic Debut at the age of 26 in the 1984 Olympics in LA as part of the double four earned him a time of 6:12:41. The Dutch team came ninth place.
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Valeria Răcilă-van Groningen is a Romanian competition rower and Olympic champion. She received a gold medal in single sculls at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. She received a bronze medal in double sculls at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
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British 400 m and 4 x 400 m runner Kim Wall competed and won medals at World, Commonwealth and European level events representing Team GB. After narrowly missing out on competing at the Olympics and after 14 years at international sport she has decided to retire from competitive sprinting. With new challenges and goals for the future, Yes to Life have been fortunate enough to get Kim on board as their Marathon runner and she will be taking part in the London Marathon in April running for the charity Yes to Life which supports people who have chosen to take an integrative approach to their cancer care. Running the marathon also coincides with her 30th Birthday and she can’t think of a better way to celebrate it by raising money for a charity she believes in. Wall, Kim
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A professional footballer at Tottenham hotspur, Swindon Town, Rotherham United, Reading, Colchester United and Luton town, playing nearly 500 matches and winning 4 promotions. Kevin was then Assistant manager at Luton town for 2 years before moving in to working in television as a touchline reporter for Gillette Soccer Saturday and Midweek Soccer Specials on Sky sports (Tuesdays and Saturdays). Chose CHILDREN with CANCER UK after visiting many hospitals as a player and meeting terminally ill children. David began his musical career as Head Chorister of Exeter Cathedral, later becoming a Choral Scholar at Truro Cathedral. He then won a Scholarship to study at the Royal College of Music, before progressing to the Royal College of Music International Opera School. Following on from David’s operatic roles he became ¼ of Amore. In the last 6 months Amore have graced our screens on the Festival of Remembrance, National Lottery, BBC Breakfast, This Morning, Daybreak, Songs of Praise and The Andrew Marr Show. Oli Webb is one of Great Britain’s hottest prospects in single seater racing. He successes include coming third in the British Formula Three Championship, competing in the USA in Indy Car Series support championship, Indy lights, where scored a podium and this year will be his second season in the F1 feeder series, Formula Renault 3.5. Watson, Kevin
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Sian Mary Williams is a Welsh journalist and current affairs presenter. From 2005 to March 2012, she was a co-presenter of BBC Breakfast on Mondays to Thursdays alongside Bill Turnbull. Williams regularly presented the News at Six and occasionally presented the News at One and the News at Ten.
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Steve was selected in the men's four for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and won the gold medal, defending the title he won in 2004. He was awarded an OBE in the 2009 New Year's Honours list in recognition of his achievements. Williams, Steve
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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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Sally Woodward Gentle is the BAFTA award winning executive producer of British television dramas such as Any Human Heart, Enid and Whitechapel. As Creative Director of Carnival Films, producers of Downton Abbey, she is responsible for the development and production of all new dramas for both the domestic and international market. Prior to Carnival, Sally was the Creative Director for BBC Drama Production. While at the BBC she was also Head of Development for all drama working across a range of output including Tipping the Velvet, Cambridge Spies, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Waking the Dead, Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!, the first series in the re-launch of Dr Who, Philip Pullman’s The Ruby in the Smoke and The Shadow of the North, William Boyd’s A Waste of Shame and the BAFTA nominated Fear of Fanny. Sally was also responsible for the development of the HBO co-production, The House of Saddam.
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