Craig spent 11 years with the BBC where he presented their flagship Tomorrow's World programme,
moving on to main presenter on BBC 1's Holiday programme staying for 7 years. This was followed
by 4 years with BBC Sport, presenting Grandstand and numerous live major events including
Six Nations Rugby, the 2004 Olympics, Wimbledon, the FA Cup and The Open.
In 2008 Craig signed a deal with ITV Sport which began with his anchoring of the Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race,
to an unprecedented viewing figure of 7.6 million. 2009 will see him presenting their rugby programming
and covering FA Cup matches and UEFA Championship games. Website: www.itv.com/sport.
Chris Barrie
Chris was one of the principal voice artists on Spitting Image but is now best known for his roles as
Gordon Brittas in The Brittas Empire (BBC1) and Rimmer in the hit series Red Dwarf. He has presented
three series for Discovery, Massive Engines, Massive Machines and Massive Speed transmitted on C5.
Guest appearances range from Blackadder to Midsomer Murders and Lara Croft Tomb Raider where
he appeared as the butler, Hillary in both films.
2009 has seen the return of Rimmer in a series of four Red Dwarf progammes for the Dave channel transmitted over Easter.
Chris hosted a 4-part series for National Geographic, Britain's Greatest Machines and is currenly filming
Britain's Greatest Machines II again for National Geographic.
His film, television and theatre appearances are too numerous to mention here but include the lead role of
Jacko in "Brush Strokes"; he starred with Geraldine McKewan in "Mulberry"; his theatre
performance in "Wild Justice" was a tour de force and his film "Party Party" has become
a cult. Karl was the face of Flash for Procter Gamble for over a decade.
Karl has recently finished directing Ray Winstone's new film Fathers of Girls, which he also co-wrote.
Co-creator of "Red Dwarf" with Rob Grant (both having been Head Writers and Producers on
"Spitting Image"). Video/DVD & TV sales of "Red Dwarf" exceed £50 million
worldwide and the franchise is now branching out into mobile phone cartoon episodes while celebrating its
21st Anniversary. The Back to Earth Red Dwarf first shown on Dave over Easter 2009 is the top rated
UK digital TV commission of all time. Released on DVD and Blu-ray in the UK and US.
Doug & Rob also wrote the Carlton TV sitcom "The 10%ers".
Trevor Phillips OBE
Trevor is a broadcaster and journalist and Chair of the newly formed Equality & Human Rights Commission -
website: www.equalityhumanrights.com. Trevor
has produced several Television Series and won a number of Awards for his work including three Royal Television
Society Awards for "The London Programme" and "Windrush". He has a Production Company,
Pepper, with Charles Armitage, through which he continues to produce popular multi-racial documentaries for C4.
Pepper Productions has signed an option deal with Working Title films for Trevor's Windrush.
October 1st 2009 sees the Tommy Cooper Joke Book compiled by John published by Preface/Random House. More information: www.prefacepublishing.co.uk.
John's distinguished career as a television producer and executive working in light entertainment for both
the BBC and Thames TV embraced shows such as "Parkinson", "The Bob Monkhouse Show",
"The Ken Dodd Show", "Joan Rivers, Can We Talk"; "The Paul Daniels Magic Show"
for which he won the Golden Rose of Montreux, and Specials with names ranging from Spike Milligan and Max Wall
to Tommy Cooper. His book on the life of Tommy Cooper, "Always Leave them Laughing", published in 2007,
is already a best seller and is set to be made into a film by Andy Harries, Producer of "The Queen",
Left Bank Productions.
His Tony Hancock - The Definitive Biogaphy published by Harper Collins in 2008 is now available in paperback.
Dr Mike Leahy
BSc in Ecology 1st Class Hons and a DPhil (doctorate) from Oxford University in Virology and Molecular Biology.
He presented Sky One's "Invasion of the Bodyscratchers" where he grew parasites on himself,
and "Bodysnatchers" for BBC1 where he grew a tapeworm in his own body.
Mike finished filming an eight-part series for National Geographic Channel/Travel Channel, Bite Me with Dr Mike Leahy
in April 2009. The series has seen him travel from Ho Chi Minh to Alice Springs encountering nature's weird and wonderful creatures
along the way.
He has an encyclopedic knowledge & awareness of emerging diseases, virology, microbiology, parasitology
and diseases/healthcare in the developing world. In his spare time he races dirt bikes and has a black belt
in Taikwondo.
In 2003, Martyn Andrews commuted betwen Tel Aviv and several locations in Egypt for the adventure travel show
Undiscovered Egypt, searching for the truth behind Atlantis, in a television programme he produced and
presented for RTVI. He moved to New York in 2004 to host and produce a TV documentary series My Abyss
and it was shortly thereafter in the summer of 2005 that he moved to Moscow for the launch of Russia Today TV.
Martyn has now hosted, created and produced a wide range of award-winning TV shows for Russia Today and is probably
mostly recognised as the host of Wayfarer, a three series travel and adventure show shown on Russia Today TV
and Euro News and sold to over 100 countries.
MA Visual Anthropology & B Soc.Sc Hons 1st Class Social Anthropology. Writer/Director: inc.
"The Homecoming" & "Cupboard Love" which won a Gold Special Jury Award
at the World Film Festival, Houston. In 2003 became a Freediving instructor and has spent
the last 4 years teaching courses and building the DepperBlue.net education system. Emma has also
written a book entitled "One Breath, A Reflection On Freediving".