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Comedians and entertaining after dinner speakers from CelebrityBusinessSpeakers.com comedians, speakers, after-dinner speakers, TV Celebrities, TV comedians
For further information and a whole host of famous names and faces - call 023 9257 0001 or email info@cbsgroup.co.uk
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Listed on these pages are just a few of the many hundreds of comedians and after-dinner speakers available from Celebrity Business Speakers - Please contact us as above, giving the details of your event and the type of speaker you would prefer, we will offer a selection of the most appropriate entertainers for you to choose from. |
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Kevin Connelly Kevin is one of the stars of BBC2’s and BBC Radio 4’s highly acclaimed Dead Ringers series. His impressions of public figures including Andrew Marr, David Dimbleby, Andrew Neil, Steve McClaren and Richie Benaud are uncannily accurate. Born in Middlesbrough, Kevin found fame while still at school, mimicking his fellow students and, of course, his teachers. Kevin’s many television credits include Today with Des and Mel, BBC Sports Review of The Year, Des O’Connor’s World Cup Party, The Full Motty, We’re On Our Way To Wembley, The Sports Show, It’s Just Not Cricket With Rory Bremner, Saint & Greavsie, The Pavilion End, The Impressionable Jon Culshaw and Double Take. He was also given his own show on Tyne Tees TV in 1999. Kevin’s other radio credits include Talk Radio’s World Cup team for France ’98, The Steve Penk Breakfast Show and BBC Radio Five Live’s Christmas Sport Review of 2005, Freddie Flintoff Ate My Ashes. Kevin is in great demand for corporate events and sportsmen’s dinners and has worked for clients in the UK and Europe including Sanyo, Credit Suisse, The Variety Club, Lloyds TSB, The Institute of Bankers, Sports’ Journalists Association, Norwich City Football Club, The Football Association and the Chamber of Commerce. Kevin’s extensive repertoire includes sportsmen, politicians and television personalities and characters as well as a spectacular Sir Elton John performance1 |
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| Shaun Williamson
Shaun was born and raised in Maidstone, Kent. His career started with a variety of jobs including Postman, a stint in the Navy and working on Wines & Spirits department at Safeway's. He then gained experience as a rep for Pontin's on the Isle Of Wight and as an 18 -30's rep in Tenerife. He was the lead singer in a local band and whilst soul searching for his ideal career he joined a local amateur dramatics group. He realised he'd found something he was really good at and latterly set up his own amateur group and staged a production of "A Day In The Death Of Joe Egg" for which he won Best actor in the Kent Drama Festival. On leaving drama school he appeared in several TV shows before landing the part of 'Barry Evans' in EastEnders. He is a versatile and accomplished Stand-Up comedian, Singer and After Dinner Speaker. He is an obsessive quizzer with a wide ranging general knowledge and in depth knowledge of films, pop music and boxing. Whilst appearing on the quiz 'Today's The Day' he achieved the highest score in the history of the programme and more recently he won ‘Celebrity Mastermind’. Shaun is also a presenter and hosted 24 Hour Quiz on ITV 1. He has recently stared as ‘DJ Monty’ in the West End ‘Saturday Night Fever, a role which he is revived on a nationwide tour ending Spring 2006. He recently appeared in several episodes of the new Ricky Gervais series ‘Extras’ and featured heavily in Series 2. He loves reading, mainly biographies and music and film compendiums. He is actively involved in many charities including Dave Lee's Happy Holidays who have raised more than 1 million pounds to send sick kids & their families on much needed holidays. |
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| John Moloney John Moloney has been a professional entertainer for the past decade, and has delighted audiences far and wide with his brilliant stand-up routines. Following the success of a previous trip to the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal, John enjoyed a triumphant return in 2005, where The Gazette newspaper said of him: "Seriously smokin’ jokes . . . one of the funniest from this year’s comedy festival". Prior to this he was invited to attend the Just For Laughs Roadshow in Singapore. Winner of the Best Live Performer award for two years running at the London Comedy Festival, voted by the membership of Jongleurs, the largest chain of comedy clubs in Europe, John has become one of Britain's most in-demand comedy acts, a true comic and musical talent. John appears regularly at The Comedy Store and Jongleurs, and has performed many times at the Edinburgh Festival, playing to sell-out audiences. John received critical acclaim for his show Moloney Live at the Edinburgh Festival 2001. This was followed by the sell-out FHM Edinburgh & Beyond Tour. John is also in demand on the Corporate Circuit as an after-dinner speaker, and has enjoyed repeat bookings from his cherished clients. In Autumn of 2005, John was invited to tour the US and played 14 Sold out venues of over 1000 capacity. John co-wrote on the Olivier Award winning Jack Dee Show in London’s West End and over the past couple of years, has appeared as a regular Presenter on Richard and Judy (Channel 4), guested on Des and Mel (ITV), The Wright Stuff (channel 5), World Of Comedy (paramount), Lorraine Live (Sky One), Live at Jongleurs (ITV), The Comedy Store (Channel 5), They Think It's All Over (BBC1), Have I Got News For You (BBC2), Never Mind The Buzzcocks (BBC2) and The Des O'Connor Show (ITV). He was nominated by the Comedy Store in the category Best Live Stand-Up at the British Comedy Awards. John also lends his creative skills to other performers. |
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Fred MacAuley
Fred is one of Scotland's best loved comedians who began his comedy career at the age of 31 making a dramatic move from his former occupation - an accountant. He has regularly performed at the Edinburgh Festival and toured with his own stand up show as well as appearing at the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal. He has made many guest appearances on shows such as Have I Got News For You and They Think It's All Over before co-hosting the hugely popular Mccoist And Macaulay. In addition, Fred has been involved in more than ten series with the BBC in Scotland and the UK. He has hosted BBC Radio Scotland's morning show since 1997 and is a regular panelist on the prestigious Radio 4 production The News Quiz, also appearing on Just A Minute and I'm Sorry I Haven"T A Clue. He is much in demand for after dinner entertainment and awards presentations throughout the UK and his work has also taken him to America, France, Hong Kong, Sweden, Iceland and Australia. Married with three children, Fred's a keen skier and a golfer with a temporarily high handicap and is currently Rector of Dundee University. |
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| Roy Walker
Roy Walker, well known to TV viewers through the ITV game show CATCHPHRASE, has emerged as one of the driest comedians in Britain today. Belfast born, Roy's career started at the age of fourteen as a soprano in the celebrated Francis Longford Choir. He was Northern Ireland Champion Hammer Thrower for two years and served seven years in the army before moving to England and becoming a professional comedian, touring in clubs and cabaret. In 1977 he came to national prominence through TV's NEW FACES, receiving the highest marks ever given to a comedian. Many major television appearances followed and in 1987 he became host of TV's CATCHPHRASE screened on both ITV and Challenge TV. He regularly headlines concerts, theatre and cabaret engagement both in the UK and overseas.
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| Tom O’Connor
Tom O’Connor has become a household name through the realms of television, hosting his own shows "Tom O’ Connor", "Wednesday At Eight", "Night Out At The London Casino", " London Night Out", "The Tom O’Connor Show", and " The Tom O’Connor Roadshow". He has emerged as one of the most popular entertainers in the country and one of Britain’ s funniest comedians. Not only that, Tom has carved a fine reputation for himself as a most accomplished quiz and game show host with no less than eight successful series to his credit – "Name That Tune", "Gambit", "Zodiac", "Password", "I’ve Got A Secrets", "A Question Of Entertainment", "That’s News To Me" and the ever popular "Cross. Tom is in constant demand for corporate functions both here and abroad and his client's list includes many multi-national companies where his ability to mix with and relate to people from every station in life from the M.D. to the tea lady coupled with his hilarious and scrupulously clean material has placed him firmly at the top of the Premier division of after – dinner speakers. No mean golfer, Tom took the literary world by surprise in 1992 when his first humorous golf book, ‘From The Wood To The Tees’ made the best seller’s list. Subsequent successful books include’ One Flew Over The Clubhouse’, ‘Take A Funny Turn’, ‘Follow Me, I’m Right Behind You’ and ‘Eat Like A Horse…Drink Like A Fish’. 2000 saw Tom make his television acting debut never one to avoid a challenge he took on the serious role of Father Tom, a Catholic priest in several episodes of the BBC series `Doctors' and was such a success that he is currently considering subsequent offers for drama/sitcom roles. |
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For further information and a whole host of famous names and faces - call 023 9257 0001 or email info@cbsgroup.co.uk