Sheikh Fahad bin Abdullah Al Thani is first cousin to the Emir of the

BIO
Sheikh Fahad bin Abdullah Al Thani is first cousin to the Emir of
the state of Qatar, while his father Sheikh Abdullah bin Khalifa
Al Thani was prime minister of the country between 1996 and
2007. Sheikh Fahad studied for his A-Levels at David Game
College in Notting Hill, London, before completing a three-year
BBA in Business Administration on the London campus of the
Geneva-based Europa University. He decided to take an
interest in horse racing in 2010, and employed bloodstock
agent David Redvers as his adviser. Sheikh Fahad, 24, is a
director of Qatar Investments & Projects Development
Holding (QIPCO), which is one of the world’s leading private
investment companies and the current sponsor of the QIPCO
British Champions Series and an Official Partner at Ascot
Racecourse. He oversees the running of the racing and
bloodstock operations, Qatar Racing and Qatar Bloodstock,
both subsidiaries of QIPCO Holding, along with Pearl
Bloodstock, which is solely his. Combined, Qatar Racing and
Pearl Bloodstock have over 200 horses in training in seven
different countries. Qatar Bloodstock stands three stallions
and owns around 80 mares.
Antony Audenshaw is an English actor, best known for his role as
Bob Hope on the popular ITV1 soap Emmerdale. His Emmerdale
debut was in 2000 and he has been a cast member ever since. In
December 2006 he appeared as himself alongside other members of
the Emmerdale cast on a celebrity version of the TV show Family
Fortunes. In 2009 he appeared in and won an episode of Celebrity
Mastermind. His specialist subject was 'British Birds'. In 1989 he
appeared in Inspector Morse as a fast bowler for the Clarets cricket
team in the episode "Deceived by Flight".
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PICTURE
Andrew Balding hails from a family that is steeped in
horseracing history. His great grandfather Aubrey Hastings was
the trainer of no fewer than four Grand National winners, both
his uncles Toby Balding and William Huntingdon were trainers
and his father, Ian, trained one of the sport’s greatest horses
in Mill Reef. Educated at Radley College before obtaining a
degree at the Royal Agricultural College in Cirencester, Andrew
rode as an amateur jockey and from over one hundred rides
he rode 20 winners. Andrew, 42, became the licensed trainer
at Kingsclere in 2003 when he succeeded his father, to whom
he had been assistant since 1999. Andrew has trained Group 1
winners in Britain, Dubai, Hong Kong, Canada and Australia.
The latter success was in 2013 when Sheikh Fahad’s Side
Glance won the Group 1 Mackinnon Stakes at Flemington.
Andrew is married to Anna Lisa, they live on site at Kingsclere
with their two sons, Jonno and Toby and daughter Flora. He is
the brother of television presenter Clare Balding.
Balding, Andrew
Andrew Barton is renowned as one of the world’s leading
hairdressers. His styling skills are in demand from glossy magazine
shoots to tending the tresses of a string of celebrities and he is on
speed dial for the fashion and beauty press. His flagship Covent
Garden Salon is home to a team of award winning experts and
recently won London’s Best Salon. The signature Andrew Barton
Haircare range, with its award winning formulas, is sold
internationally. Andrew is best known for his work as the resident
hairdresser of the hit TV makeover show “10 Years Younger” where
he transforms how people look. “My work is a juggling act between
fashion shoot and media but my favourite work is being in my salon
and making women look and feel great!” An adopted child himself
Andrew cares passionately about the work that British Association
for Adoption & Fostering (BAAF) do and became a patron in 2010.
Andrew works tirelessly to support BAAF’s work and is committed to
raising awareness of adoption and fostering in the UK today and
helping more children find their ‘Forever Family’.
Barton, Andrew
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 the 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 the 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.
Bean, Marcus
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William Beck is a Welsh-born actor, best known for his appearances
on television in the United Kingdom as Royston White on BBC One
drama series Robin Hood, and Dylan Keogh on BBC One drama series
Casualty. He has also appeared in popular feature films such as
Snatch, directed by Guy Ritchie. William studied at Kineton High
School, Warwickshire, and began studying to be a doctor before
deciding to go into acting.
Beck, William
Jenny Bede is an actor, writer & comedian with a penchant for
satirical rap. She made her name on YouTube with the success
of her popular, topical music videos which parodied the likes
of Cheryl Cole, Pippa Middleton, Tulisa, Jessie J and most
recently the cast of Downtown Abbey. Jenny has more
recently focused on film and TV work, appearing in various
sketch shows for the BBC, E4's Misfits and landing a tiny, (yet
pivotal!) role in Edgar Wright's 'The World's End'. In addition
to this, 2013 has marked the beginning of Jenny's stand up
career, winning the We Got Tickets Best Newcomer at the
Musical Comedy Awards after just 4 gigs and then going on to
perform her first solo stand up show at the Edinburgh Fringe
Festival. Jenny is currently writing and hosting the show 'Mad
on Chelsea', the spin-off show to E4's hugely popular Made in
Chelsea, which can be seen on 4oD and is in development with
the BBC for her own show in 2014.
Bede, Jenny
Matt is best known for his appearances on Sky One’s Got To
Dance, Channel 5’s The Hotel Inspector and the UK’s Strongest
Man, he is now putting his fitness and determination to the
test and taking part in the world’s most iconic running event
to help support those affected by a blood cancer.
Bell, Matt
Sean Biggerstaff was born to a firefighter and a community
education worker. He joined a local drama group and he acted
as "Augustus Gloop" in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory".
After that, for six years, he joined the Scottish Youth Theatre.
It was there he got his big break when Alan Rickman asked him
be Tom in The Winter Guest (1997). That appearance led to
the role of Oliver Wood in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's
Stone (2001).He continued the role of Oliver in the following
Harry Potter movie, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
(2002).
Biggerstaff, Sean
Former England full back Shaun Briscoe retired from professional
Rugby League after an illustrious 11-year career at the end of the
2013 season. Briscoe had played for hometown Wigan Warriors, Hull
FC, Hull Kingston Rovers – becoming only the sixth player to make
100 appearances for both Humberside clubs – Widnes Vikings and
Workington Town. Briscoe’s honours include nine appearances for
England, six for England A, a Great Britain Academy tour to Australia
in 2002, being named Super League Young Player of the Year and a
member of the Dream Team in 2004. He was granted a Testimonial
by the RFL in March 2013. At the KC Stadium, he played 103 games,
touching down 57 times, before crossing the city in December 2008
to join arch rival Hull Kingston Rovers, for whom he made 100
appearances, scoring 30 tries. After a four-year stay at Craven Park,
Briscoe joined Widnes Vikings on a two-year contract in 2011 but left
in 2013 to finish his career at Workington Town. Shaun is an
ambassador for the Steve Prescott Foundation and patron of Wigan
Stars Charity.
Briscoe, Shaun
Brown is a British Actor/Writer/Comedian and helped co-found the
British comedy theatre Troupe Plested & Brown. He has written and
performed in all 7 of their shows to date. He is also a regular at The
Edinburgh Festival.
Brown is currently starring as the dwarf Ori in Peter Jackson's
HOBBIT trilogy.
Brown, Adam
Bernard is a songwriter, guitarist and record producer.
Critically acclaimed as one of the greatest guitarists of his
generation and was voted the 24th greatest guitarist of the
last 30 years in a national 2010 BBC poll. Bernard achieved
fame as the guitarist with Suede. He is a keen runner and
cyclist and is an Arsenal season ticket holder. This will be his
first Marathon.
Butler, Bernard
Conroy has appeared in TV Series and in Theatre Productions in
London and around the world. His recent appearances on BBC TV
include Atlantis and Holby City, and his extensive theatre work
includes Follies, Batman, Hairspray, Guys and Dolls, Buried Child and
Dirty Dancing.
Conroy, John
James Cracknell, OBE (born 5 May 1972) is a British rowing
champion and double Olympic gold medalist and adventurer.
Cracknell is married to TV and radio presenter Beverley
Turner; they have three children. In the New Year Honours
List, 2004, he was appointed OBE for services to sport. Since
retiring James has also managed to fit in a whole host of other
physical feats: the inaugural Deloitte Ride Across Britain, The
London to Paris bike ride (2008) The New Zealand Coast to
Coast race (2007), The Mark Webber Challenge (2006), setting
a new world record for paddling The Channel on a surf-board
(2005) and he is qualified to represent Great Britain in
Triathlon competing at the 2009 European Championships.
Cracknell, James
One of the world’s most inspiring athletes of the modern era Former T46 arm amputee, 2004 Paralympic Champion,
European Champion, Paralympic World Cup winner and world
record holder has some amazing achievements and an
amazing story to share.
Crates, Danny
Joe Crowley has been a reporter for the One Show on BBC1 for
several years, reporting from across the country as well as appearing
live in the studio and on location. And when the need arises Joe
covers as the main presenter on the sofa alongside Alex Jones.
Crowley, Joe
Ann Marie Davies is a professional actress from Television (mostly
recognised for playing Katrina in the Channel 4 soap opera
Brookside that she played for 4 years), Theatre and Film. She is also a
model and presenter and is married to Karl Robinson, MK Dons
Football Manager, and has a 7 year old daughter called Jasmine.
Davies, Anne Marie
CJ is an actor with extensive credits including stage, television
and film. Although best known from his 10 years on the BBC
show Eggheads, CJ's own spin off series Revenge of the
Egghead started earlier this year, meaning he can continue to
indulge his love of quizzing alongside the acting career. His
book How To Win TV Quiz Shows was very well received and
he's currently trying to find the time to write a follow up. CJ
returns to London's west end in early summer with two
Harvey Fierstein plays and his first movie The Renata Road will
be released in cinemas in the autumn.
De Mooi, CJ
Natalie Dormer is an actress with a career that spans film,
television and theatre. She currently stars as Margaery Tyrell,
the would-be queen, on HBO’s award-winning series GAME OF
THRONES, which will premiere its fourth season in the spring.
Other recent credits include Oscar-winning director Ron
Howard's RUSH, and Ridley Scott's THE COUNSELOR, where
she starred alongside Brad Pitt and Cameron Diaz. Dormer is
currently filming the final instalments of the HUNGER GAMES
movies, playing Cressida in MOCKINGJAY: PARTS 1 and 2. She
can also be seen as Moriarty in the hit CBS show ELEMENTARY
and the upcoming British independent film, POSH. A resident
of London for over 13 years, Dormer has long aspired to
partake in the London Marathon.
Dormer, Natalie
Jenni joined GMTV in 2000 where she anchored Entertainment
Today with Ben Shepherd. In 2006 Jenni became the new face of
The National Lottery Show. Jenni covered Holly Willoughby's
maternity leave on This Morning and gave birth to her first child in
2011. Jenni has also designed and developed her own fitness range
for Debenhams 'XPG'. In early 2013 Jenni competed on ITV's diving
show "Splash" and hosts her very own Sunday morning Heart FM
Show.
Falconer, Jenni
Trey Farley is a TV presenter and Actor, who’s lived and worked all
over the world for some of the most respected TV networks. He has
fronted many series for National Geographic, MTV UK, MTV Asia,
NBC and in the UK for ITV, C4 and the BBC. He met his wife, Katy Hill
when they fronted the hugely popular BBC kids TV show, “Live and
Kicking” and made his acting debut in “Bend It Like Beckham” in
2002. When Super Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines and tore the
country apart; Trey knew exactly the kind of devastation it would
cause. Trey grew up in the Philippines. He has seen firsthand the
destruction caused by the frequent natural disasters there. He lived
through numerous typhoons, as well as earthquakes and volcanic
eruptions. Because of this, he’s decided to do what he can to raise
money for The Philippines by running the Virgin Money London
Marathon.
Farley, Trey
Joined Curve from The Nuffield Theatre, Southampton. He
brings a wealth of expertise especially in programming
productions and activities for children, young people and
family audiences. Tim previously worked as a director at
Birmingham Rep and The Point Theatre and has also led many
workshops and projects for the National Association of Youth
Theatre’s, The National Youth Theatre and the National
Student Drama Festival.
Ford, Tim
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.
Forster, Nicky
Craig Gazey is an award-winning English actor, best known for
playing Graeme Proctor in the ITV soap Coronation Street. In
October 2011 he appeared at the Trafalgar Studios in the West
End in a play called Third Floor. In 2012 he toured the UK in
the comedy Funny Peculiar alongside Suzanne Shaw and Vicky
Entwistle. In 2013 he appeared in a stage version of The Full
Monty at Sheffield, and this is going to be followed by a tour
and a season in the West End this year.
Gazey, Craig
Elaine is an English actress and her professional appearances include
The Royal, Footballers' Wives: Extra Time, Silent Witness, Casualty,
Doctors and Heartbeat. She has sung solo at the O2 and at the Royal
Albert Hall. In 2011 Elaine underwent her raw food chef
apprenticeship in Bali and has her own raw food website
www.getrawcous.com.
Glover, Elaine
Katherine Grainger CBE is a British rower and a 2012 Olympic
gold medallist. Grainger is also a three-time Olympic silver
medallist and six-time World Champion.
Grainger first won silver at the Sydney Olympics in 2000 in the
woman's Quadruple Sculls. In Athens in 2004 she won silver in
the coxless pairs. In Beijing 2008 she won her third silver,
again in the Quadruple Sculls.
At the London Olympics 2012, Anna Watkins and Grainger
broke the Olympic record as they qualified for the Double
Sculls final. They then went on to win the gold medal.
With four Olympic medals, Grainger shares the record as Great
Britain's most decorated female Olympian with Rebecca
Adlington and is the only British woman in any sport to win
consecutive medals at four Olympic Games.
Grainger, Katherine
Former Essex, Yorkshire and England cricketer Paul Grayson, a long
standing supporter of the Lord’s Taverners, played 181 first class
games and 2 ODI’s for England as a top order batsman and slow left
arm orthodox spinner. Following his retirement from the
professional game he took over as head coach at Essex CCC leading
them to their most successful season in 2008. Now aged 42, Grayson
is looking forward to the challenge of taking on the marathon for the
first time and raising funds for the Taverners.
Grayson, Paul
Amy Guy was 'Siren' on the TV hit show Gladiators. She was
Miss Wales, Miss UK, and won Miss World Sport & Fitness.
The former Modern Pentathlon Athlete, Team GB horse rider
and recent mother now runs her own Architectural Practice in
London
Guy, Amy
Alex usually features on Sky Sports News' "Good Morning Sports
Fans" schedule, from 6.00am to 10.00am, where she provides an
extended covering of recent horse racing events, as well as a Tip of
the Day. She covers the role of a track reporter for the At the Races
channel. She has also presented Sky Sports' coverage of the Horse of
the Year Show. She has an online blog column on the Sky Sports
website, primarily focused on horse racing.
Hammond, Alex
David Haigh is a British businessman, currently Deputy Chief
Executive of GFH Capital Limited and Managing Director of Leeds
United Football Club. David was selected by GFH Capital to lead the
negotiations with the then owner of Leeds United, Ken Bates, for the
acquisition of the Championship club. After six months of
discussions, David finalised the deal to acquire 100% of Leeds
United. David immediately joined the Leeds United Board and in July
2013 David was made Managing Director of Leeds United Football
Club. Since the acquisition, David has been the driving force behind
many changes at Leeds United designed to re-engage supporters and
encourage new fans through the turnstiles. These have included
reducing season ticket prices, the introduction of a half-season
ticket, extended work in the local community and reaching out to
the Leeds United Supporters’ Trust. In April 2013, David was part of
the team at Elland Road that brought manager Brian McDermott.
Haigh, David
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.
Hemingway, Tilly
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
Matt Henry is a finalist of the second series of BBC’s ‘The Voice’.
Hailing from Birmingham, the current London resident has enjoyed a
career in the arts, with spells in both music and acting. His rendition
of Ray La Montagne’s ‘Trouble’, has racked up over a million hits on
YouTube. Matt recently made a huge impression when he headlined
the Bandstand at last year's Wireless Festival 2013. With a nowestablished fan base, and already in the studio working on his debut
EP, Matt Henry is on an unwavering course to stardom.
Henry, Matt
Jeff Hordley is an English actor most notable for playing Cain
Dingle in ITV's long-running soap opera Emmerdale. In
addition to acting, Hordley has also worked as a DJ. He had his
own show, Songs of Praise, on the Oldham-based 96.2 The
Revolution radio station, and he has appeared at Manchester's
Roundhouse as part of the "Rock & Roll Bar Collective". He
was also approached on twitter by British director Edgar
Wright to portray The Punisher in Marvels reboot of the
franchise to which Marvel has recently bought back the rights
to but is yet to answer the director on the idea.
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Hordley, Jeff
Hughes began his acting career in the 1980's in a BBC Wales soap
opera. Hughes went on to appear in Casualty, Family Affairs, Spooks,
Take Me with Robson Green and Eastenders.
Hughes won a Best Actor BAFTA Wales for his appearance in
Cameleon (1997) and has appeared regularly in Judge John Deed as
Neil Haughton. He's now returned to the BBC Wales soap opera
Pobol y Cwm as a new character. He has run several marathons and
also is the founding member of the Monmouth Male Voice Choir.
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Hughes, Aneirin
This is Joseph’s 5th London Marathon. He is the owner of GA-Y and proud to be celebrating their 21st Year. G-A-Y has
hosted some of the biggest stars in the world including
Madonna, Kyle, Lady GaGa, Adele & Mariah Carey. G-A-Y
includes the venues: Heaven, G-A-Y Bar, G-A-Y Late & G-A-Y
Manchester, and has just released a Top 5 compilation album
called G-A-Y The Album. G-A-Y shares the Elton John AIDS
Foundation’s vision of creating an AIDS free future. G-A-Y is
passionate about spreading the message of safe sex, getting
people to test for HIV and know their status and fighting to
end AIDS forever. This Year's Virgin Money London Marathon
is RUN FOR LIFE. Every time Joseph passes a mile point, a
tweet will be sent out and at that point, someone who has
never been tested for HIV before will be tested at G-A-Y Bar by
56 Dean Street, 26 people will be tested for the first time, 26
People will know their status & may save their lives.
Matt Kennard is an English television actor, best known for
starring in UK daytime drama Doctors, as nurse Archie Hallam.
He has had several other notable roles in British drama series,
including Coronation Street, Hollyoaks and The Bill. He also
starred as Manchester United footballer Duncan Edwards in a
BBC dramatization of the 1958 Munich Air Disaster. Kennard
starred in the seventh series of Waterloo Road as Craig O'
Leary. Also in 2013, he had a short stint in Emmerdale as shady
businessman, Kirk Stoker.
Joseph, Jeremy
Kennard, Matt
With a background in construction and architecture, Her
Excellency Margaret Kenyatta is the First Lady and wife of the
4th President of the Republic of Kenya His Excellency Uhuru
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Kenyatta. President Kenyatta was elected on March 4 , 2013.
She has taken on her role actively and has been received by
the Kenyan public with love and warmth. She espouses strong
family values, hard work and integrity. Mrs. Kenyatta recently
started a campaign to eliminate hundreds of thousands of
children deaths below five years that Kenya loses annually. It
also aims at ensuring that mothers, babies and children have
access to quality health care and nutrition. The First Lady aims
to raise funds to buy mobile clinics for all the 47 Counties. The
campaign is aptly called ‘Beyond Zero’. It is for this campaign
that she will take part in the inaugural Nairobi International
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Women Half- Marathon on the 9 of March and the London
Marathon on 13 April, to raise awareness and funds.
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, Gavin and Stacey and Coronation
Street.
Kenyatta, Margaret
(First Lady of Kenya)
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Knott, Andy
Dervis is a four time Paralympic medallist, who has won a total
of 35 major international medals during a 12-year career. At
the age of nine, Dervis was diagnosed with a life changing eye
condition called Macular Dystrophy Stargardt’s, which meant
he was losing his central vision in both eyes. In defiance of
this news, Dervis set out to prove that his disability would not
stand in the way of success. This success was to be found in
swimming. To date, Dervis has represented Great Britain at
four Paralympic Games, three World Championships and four
European Champions.
Konuralp, Dervis
In his most recent role, Lee joins ITV’s Midsummer Murders as
new D.C ‘Charlie Nelson’, airing early this year. This February,
he returns to the stage of the Donmar Warehouse to star in
Peter Gill’s latest production, Versailles. His past credits
include The Tourist alongside Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie,
Channel 4’s Fresh Meat, and a very successful run playing
‘Edgar’ in King Lear at the Donmar Warehouse for which he
won the Ian Charleston award in 2011.
Lee, Gwilym
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. Lister appeared alongside his Emmerdale
co-stars Lucy Pargeter, Nick Miles, Kelsey-Beth Crossley and
Nicola Wheeler as the King family in a special episode of All
Star Family Fortunes, playing against Coronation Street's
Webster family and winning. He also appeared as singer Jamie
Cullum in Stars in Their Eyes.
Lister, Tom
Radio Presenter, DJ and N.I. Personality. 7 marathons
completed but the challenge is on for 2014 for Cancer
Research UK self-confessed couch potato till 2010, this year is
the biggest yet. Proud to be part of the London Marathon
again, also running NYC Marathon in November and the
'Macathon' - 6 marathons in 6 weeks in the 6 counties of N.I.
All in memory of my dad- Jim, who she lost in June.
Mac, Sonya
Ray MacAllan has had many television appearances; The Bill,
Coronation Street, Eastenders, Holby City, Dream Team,
Above Suspicion, Land Girls and New Tricks.
MacAllan, Ray
Shauna Macdonald is an English actress. 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.
MacDonald, Shauna
Louis is a self-taught milliner and has been breaking
boundaries with his designs for over eight years. Louis
Mariette designed one of his most spectacular creations for
Harrods - the ‘Chapeau d’ Amour’ – a £1.5 million hat made
from a rare weave of platinum fabric, studded with diamonds.
Louis Mariette was the Official Milliner of the 2011 Investec
Derby and co-host of the BBC’s coverage of Royal Ascot. He
was also one of the celebrity judges on the panel on Season
Five of Living TV’s ‘Britain’s Next Top Model, alongside Lisa
Snowdon and Huggy Ragnarsson.
Mariette, Louis
Robert Matthews MBE (born 26 May 1961) is an athlete who
competes in blind middle and long distance events. He is a former
British Paralympian who won eight gold medals across seven
Paralympic Games. He has been referred to as an "iconic athlete" of
the Paralympic Games.
Matthews, Bob
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Barrie McDermott played for Oldham, Wigan, Leeds & Widnes
playing over 336 in a career that has seen him win every major
trophy in Rugby League. He also played for Great Britain 18 times
with 15 caps also for Ireland. Barrie is now a popular Sky Rugby
League Commentator and pundit on the weekly Boots N All pundit. A
great friend and former team mate of Steve Prescott he was
appointed one of the original ambassadors for the Steve Prescott
Foundation
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McDermott, Barrie
Michael McKell is best known for appearing in two British soap
operas, Doctors , in which he played Dr. Nick West from 2006 and
Emmerdale , in which he played DC Nick Henshall over two separate
periods from 2008 to 2011, until the character committed suicide.
He has also appeared in a third soap opera, EastEnders as the
hitman who supposedly killed Paul Trueman.
McKell, Michael
John Michie (born 25 October 1956) is a Burmese born Scottish
television and film actor, known for his roles as DI Robbie Ross in the
ITV detective drama series Taggart, and as Karl Munro in Coronation
Street from 2011 to 2013, from 2013 he is now starring in Holby City
as Guy Self.
Michie, John
In 2011 Patrick won ITV’s show me the funny series and since has
gone on to gig all over the world. Patrick Monahan started off on the
glamorous Irish/Iranian/Geordie circuit in his native home land of
the north east of England before being invited to perform all over
the world from as far away as the Adelaide Fringe Comedy festival
2011 in Australia, to Dubai, Doha, Abu Dhabi, Barbados, St Lucia, St
Vincent, Spain, France, Luxembourg, Estonia, Ireland, Germany, to
the Edinburgh International Festival and various venues and comedy
clubs up and down the UK, including the Royal Albert Hall in London!
Patrick has more recently appeared on ITV’s Splash.
Monahan, Patrick
Lewis Walton Moody MBE (born 12 June 1978 in Ascot) is a retired
English rugby union player who played most recently for Bath Rugby
Club and was part of the 2003 World Cup winning side. Moody is
known for the enthusiasm with which he plays the game, his
willingness to chase down opponents and his ability to compete for
possession at restarts, earning him the nickname "Mad Dog" from
teammates and supporters.
Moody, Lewis
Moore was born in 1943 and his early TV Appearances were in the
first series of "The Likely Lads". He has also appeared in McCallum,
Band of Gold and Emmerdale to name but a few. Moore spent 10
years with the Royal Shakespeare Company appearing in 'As You Like
It' and 'A Midsummer's Night Dream'. He is also a keen Burnley FC
Supporter and long term supporter of Leukaemia & Lymphoma
Research.
Moore, Richard
Darryl Morris hosts The Hits Radio Breakfast Show every
weekday morning. He was bitten by the radio bug at a young
age and was quickly picked up by the BBC, hosting a special
week of programs on the BBC World Service aimed at
understanding the lives of young people. A rapid rise up the
ranks at BBC Radio Manchester followed with Darryl working
alongside some broadcasting greats and fronting the station’s
weekday evening show. He joined Global Radio in 2009,
bringing his northern charm to its flagship stations Galaxy and
XFM. In 2011, Darryl was snapped up by Bauer Media to host
the weekday late show on Key 103 Manchester before being
asked to take on a national breakfast show on one of the UK’s
biggest digital stations, The Hits Radio. With a burning passion
to entertain, it didn’t take long for Darryl to cut his teeth in TV,
fronting Chicago Town Pizza’s adverting campaign and
contributing to legendary CBBC news program Newsround.
Morris, Darryl
Andy Newton-Lee is an actor best known for playing the part of
Robbie Flynn in Channel 4's weeknight soap Hollyoaks . Andy
attended Malet lambert School in Hull, where he grew up.
Newton-Lee, Andy
Terry O’Connor played for Salford Wigan & Widnes playing over 330
games. He represented Great Britain 14 times with 111 caps for
Ireland. He was part of the Wigan Team that dominated Rugby
League and made the team of the decade. Terry is a Sky Rugby
League Commentator and pundit on the weekly Boots n All pundit. In
2010 he completed the Virgin London Marathon with Steve Prescott.
He is one of the original ambassadors for the Steve Prescott
Foundation.
O'Connor, Terry
Miquita began her career co-presenting Popworld with Simon
Amstell; a music show which reached iconic status. She is now in her
twelfth year on our screens. Best known for her work on T4, Miquita
is a skilled and respected broadcaster. Most recently Miquita fronted
a very personal BBC3 documentary Young, British and Broke where
she goes undercover to find out the truth about Britain's most
controversial type of borrowing and meets people whose loans have
spiralled out of control, sometimes with devastating results. Miquita
regularly hosted both Saturday and Sunday mornings on T4 until
2010. She also fronted her own show, The Month With Miquita on
4music and a weekend morning show on BBC’s 1Xtra. In 2012
Miquita has hosted The MOBO's, V Festival coverage for T4 and
fronted Bourjois Style Studio on Channel 4. She also voices a weekly
music countdown for Box TV.
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Michael Owen is an English former footballer who played as a striker
for Liverpool, Real Madrid, Newcastle United, Manchester United
and Stoke City as well as the England national team. He is a regular
pundit on BT Sport football coverage and sometimes appears on
BBC's Match of the Day as a pundit.
Owen, Michael
Gilles’ broadcasting roots lie with the burgeoning pirate radio
movement in South London during the early 1980s. Inspired
by the exciting blend of music broadcast on pirate stations
such as Radio Invicta, he set up his own – Civic Radio – and
went on to present on a string of London-based pirate
stations.
Peterson, Gilles
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.
Ben Quilter is a British paralympic judoka. He represented
Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Paralympics and the 2012
Summer Paralympics. Quilter is visually impaired after
developing Stargardt disease in 1992. At the 2012 Summer
Paralympics, he won a bronze medal in the under 60kg men's
category.
Pickard, Nick
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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
Jessica Ransom is best known for playing receptionist Morwenna
Newcross in ITV’s ‘Doc Martin’, she can also be seen in the
forthcoming David Tennant drama series, ‘The Escape Artist ‘ and
has co-starred in a vast array of TV series, including ’30 & Counting’
(Sky); ‘C-Bomb’ (BBC 3), and series regular roles in ‘Horrible
Histories’ (BBC); ‘The Armstrong & Miller Show(BBC) and Fast and
Loose (BBC). Jessica has also starred in the highly acclaimed stage
versions of ‘Posh’ (London, West End) and ‘Straight’ (Sheffield
Crucible and Bush Theatre, London), in addition to sell out , solo
shows ‘Unsung Heroes’ and ‘Ransom’s Million’
Ransom, Jessica
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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The son of renowned portrait painter, John Redvers, and who’s
mother who was one of the country’s leading judges of horses in the
show ring, David Redvers always had an eye for a horse and a
fascination for thoroughbred bloodstock. Educated at Downside
School and after a year working in Australia, David embarked on a
career in racing and bloodstock. He gained first hand experience of
all facets of the industry, including working at various studs
worldwide, before in 1995 establishing David Redvers Bloodstock
and setting up Tweenhills Farm & Stud. Initially basing his business
around the National Hunt market David made an immediate impact
when purchasing the legendary mare Lady Rebecca for just £400 as a
yearling. He subsequently moved to focus more on Flat racing where
he also acquired a reputation for buying good value horses. In 2010
David met Sheikh Fahad and became his Racing and Bloodstock
Manager and has been Sheikh Fahad’s adviser throughout his
growing involvement and investment in horseracing. The operation
is now worldwide and includes Qatar Racing, Qatar Bloodstock and
Pearl Bloodstock. Notable successes include the Melbourne Cup, as
well as Group 1 wins in Britain, France, Ireland, Hong Kong and
Australia. David's Tweenhills Farm and Stud is also home to three
Qatar Bloodstock stallions and many broodmares.
Redvers, David
Glasgow-based Producer Lewis Roberts, aka Koreless, creates
sci-fi-inspired ambient tracks.
Roberts, Lewis
Roukin has an extensive background in British theatre including roles
in Trevor Nunn's "hamlet" at The Old Vic, Bijan Shebani's "The
Kitchen" at the National Theatre. Samuel also spent a season aThe
Royal Shakespeare Co. In the lead role of 'Pip' in "Great
Expectations".
Roukin's feature debut came along in the Oscar-nominated film
"Happy Go Lucky". Other films include "Bright Star", and "Harry
Potter and the Deathly Hallows" where he played a Snatcher in Parts
I and II.
Roukin, Sam
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. In 2013, Michel began presenting the new series of BBC2's
"Food and Drink". 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.
Roux, Michel
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Martin has been a long time collaborator with Mike Leigh, appearing
in five of his films beginning with 'Topsy-Turvy'. The latest is 'Mr
Turner' released later this year, Martin playing the troubled and
turbulent Benjamin Robert Haydon. He has worked with Ricky
Gervais on two series of 'Extras' playing Damon Beesley with just a
hint of camp. He has appeared in 'The Thick of It', 'Lead Balloon',
'The Town' and numerous television productions. He has been in a
number of feature films including 'The Tailor of Panama', 'V for
Vendetta' and 'Rush'. He has also worked extensively in theatre at
the Royal Shakespeare Company and with Victoria Wood in the
original stage version of 'Tubby and Enid'. He also appears many
times playing English idiots in 'Family Guy'.
Keith Senior is a rugby league legend, recently retired from the
professional game, who most recently played for the Leeds Rhinos in
Super League. Keith has represented both Great Britain & England at
International level on 43 occasions and has been named in the
'Rugby League World XIII' on three occasions. He has won every
honour in the English domestic game. Keith holds the record for the
most Super League appearances and has made 560 career
appearances & until 2012 held the record for the most Super League
tries. Keith released his biography ‘The Bald Truth’ in 2011. Keith
now represents the Leeds Rhinos and the Laura Crane Youth Cancer
Trust at public events and is part of the Leeds Rhinos Rugby
Foundation team which is also a charity.
Savage, Martin
The Laura Crane Youth Cancer
Trust
Senior, Keith
Lucy Siegle is a broadcaster and journalist best known as a
longstanding member of The One Show team. She has fronted
hundreds of films since the show began 7 years ago, from the recent
floods to hovercraft racing and the darkside of Ibiza's party scene.
She was once forced to dive from a 10m board for Children in Need.
She is a well known journalist and an Observer columnist on
environmental justice and author of To Die For: is fashion wearing
out the world? an investigation into the global wardrobe, longlisted
for the Orwell Prize. She is Visiting Professor to London College of
Fashion.
Fitness: a former aerobics instructor, she only began running in
January 2013, completing her first Half Marathon at the Eden
Project, Cornwall in October 2013. This is her first full marathon.
Chris Simmons is an English actor who is best known for
playing DC Mickey Webb in The Bill. He has guest starred in
Casualty and Doctors. He was originally made famous by
appearing on the ITV series, Desperately Seeking Stardom, in
which, a group of would-be actors were sent to Hollywood to
try to find acting roles. In October 2011 he appeared in
EastEnders as Mark Garland, a love interest for Kat Moon, for
a few episodes. He has since made a guest appearance in the
Tracy Beaker spin-off CBBC show, 'The Dumping Ground': In
episode 8 of series 1; entitled 'Dreamland' he played the
father to Rick Barber, Gerry.
Helen Skelton made her name as the dare devil Blue Peter presenter
until her departure into the world of "grown up" TV in August 2013.
She is now the ongoing co-presenter of Holiday Hit Squad, returning
to BBC1 with a second series in the New Year. She regularly
contributes to both Countryfile and Inspire: The Olympic Journey,
also on BBC1. With such an active background it was inevitable she
would become more involved with sports presenting and at it's
launch in 2013 she was announced as the regular face of the
Conference League and Women’s Football on BT Sport.
Siegle, Lucy
Simmons, Chris
Skelton-Myler, Helen
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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.
Speleers, Ed
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.
Stark, Ian
Hugo Taylor has been an active ambassador of Shooting Star CHASE
since Easter 2013. Hugo heads the PR for The Bourne Collection,
which is a unique group of creative venues in London such as Ronnie
Scotts, Capital Tower and Waterloo Bar & Grill. Hugo was also named
in “The I” newspaper as one of “The Most Influential Men Of 2011”
and had a busy 2012, with a third season of Made in Chelsea. In
November 2012 Hugo signed up to take part in I'm A Celebrity ... Get
Me Out Of Here! After a successful 3 weeks in the jungle, Hugo
returned to the UK in December 2012.
Taylor, Hugo
Actor Jay Taylor graduated from Rada in 2006 and has built an
extensive resume working in the theatre, television and film.
His TV work includes Casualty, Sirens, Misfits, Good Night and
A Fantastic Fear of Everything. He’s part of the cast of the new
audio drama Minister of Chance where he stars as Ilias.
Taylor, Jay
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Noel Thatcher is a visually impaired runner and a five-times
Paralympic gold medallist. He carried the British team flag in
the opening ceremony of the 2004 Paralympic Games. He is a
physiotherpaist and was the first Paralympic athlete to be
inducted in England Athletics Hall of Fame.
Thatcher, Noel
Gareth Thomas, known as Alfie owing to his resemblance to a
cartoon character called Alf, was the first Welsh player to reach 100
caps and is one of the most iconic and respected figures in world
sport.
Thomas, Gareth
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.
In September 2014 James Toseland will pilot a bike on the Bonneville
Salt Flats of Utah in the USA as an all-British team attempts to bring
back the title of World’s Fastest Man on Two Wheels to the UK. The
double World Superbike Champion retired from world championship
level competition in September 2011 due to a wrist injury sustained
during a testing accident earlier that year but in a bid to return to
global competition he’ll be on board a bike that on paper can
achieve speeds in excess of 500mph.
Valeria Răcilă-van Groningen was 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.
Thomas, Iwan
Toseland, James
Van Groningen,
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Douglas Wakiihuri became the first Kenyan to win the London
Marathon when he beat Australia’s Steve Moneghetti by three
seconds in 1989 two years after he’d won the World Championships
marathon in Rome. He was the first Kenyan to win either a world or
Olympic marathon title. No other Kenyan won the London Marathon
men’s race for 15 years when Evans Rutto won in 2004 and no other
Kenyan man won a global title until Luke Kibet became world
champion in 2007. Wakiihuri also won an Olympic silver medal in
Seoul in 1988, while in 1990 he won both the Commonwealth
Games marathon and the New York Marathon title. Born in
Mombasa, he lived and trained in Japan and was famous for wearing
white gloves during races. His personal best of 2:09:03 was set in
London. This year he will run with Kenya’s First Lady H.E. Margaret
Kenyatta to raise money for Beyond Zero.
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.
Anna Watkins MBE Olympic Champion, won Gold at the London
2012 Games in the double sculls alongside Katherine Grainger. She
is always one for embracing new challenges, Anna is looking
forward to running the 2014 London Marathon for Macmillan
Cancer Support as the charity is very close to the Watkins family.
Beyond Zero
Wakiihuri, Douglas
Wall, Kim
Watkins, Anna
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.
Webster, Charlie
Dominic Gerard Fe West is an English actor. His most notable
television role has been Baltimore police detective Jimmy
McNulty on the HBO television police drama The Wire. West
was an honorary member of the Commonwealth Team for the
"Walking with the Wounded"who trekked to the South Pole
with Team UK (Prince Harry, Ambassador) and Team USA.
Dominic will join his team again for the 2014 Virgin Money
London Marathon.
West, Dominic
Amy Willerton is a British model who won the title of Miss Universe
Great Britain 2013 and represented Great Britain at the Miss
Universe 2013 pageant. In 2011, Willerton won the reality show
Signed by Katie Price on Sky Living. In 2012, she worked as a
presenter for Fashion TV and also in November 2013, Willerton
competed on ITV's I'm a Celebrity...Get Me out of Here! Filmed in
Australia and placed 5th.
Willerton, Amy
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.
Williams, Sian
David Peter S. Witts, (born 30 June 1991)is a British actor, best
known for his portrayal of Joey Branning in the long-running British
television soap opera, EastEnders, in which he appeared from 22
June 2012 until 26 December 2013.
Witts, David
Laura Wright is one of the UK’s leading classical artists, the
official anthem singer for the England Rugby team and an
Ambassador for music therapy charity Nordoff Robbins. Her
song, Stronger As One, was the official song of the Queen’s
Diamond Jubilee and in 2012, Laura performed for HM The
Queen more times than any other artist. As an accomplished
sports person, she is running the 2014 Virgin Money London
Marathon to raise funds for Nordoff Robbins. In 2012 Laura
was honoured with the Nordoff Robbins O2 Silver Clef Classical
Award and her album, ‘The Last Rose’, was nominated for a
Classical Brit Award.
Wright, Laura
Team UK (l-r)
Duncan Slater, Ibrar Ali, Kate Philp, Guy Disney
Team US (l-r)
Mark Wise, Ivan Castro, Margaux Mange, Therese Frentz
Team Commonwealth (l-r)
Alexandrew Feaudin Danjou, Chris Downey, Seamus Donaghue,
Heath Jamieson