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Our extensive list of potential interviewees currently features some of the most stimulating and engaging names in Media & Literature. Simply click on a name to load their profile, view timeframe options and follow the link to enquire further.

Stephen K Amos

Profile: We’re now taking commissions for exclusive interviews with the popular actor, stand-up comedian and panel show and TV regular, who, direct from his own BBC2 series The Stephen K Amos Show and starring in BBC One’s Live At The Apollo, has been back on the road for 2011 with his The Best Medicine tour. More

Duncan Bannatyne

Profile: Duncan Bannatyne available for short-term interviews.

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Trudy Bellinger

Profile: Bellinger is a world renowned video producer and director. Directing many of Girls Aloud's videos and working with various pop artists today and also Marks and Spencers advertisements. She has won three MTV awards and a Brit Award for her work. A frank and engaging individual with an encyclopedic knowledge of the music industry, Bellinger is an untapped talent for an intererview or profile. More

Edward de Bono

Profile: A physician, author, inventor and consultant, Edward is widely regarded as the founder of ‘lateral thinking’, de Bono is an internationally renowned creativity expert whose concepts and teachings have been adopted throughout the public and private sector across the globe. Born in Malta. More

Mark Borkowski

Profile: Founder of Borkowski PR, one of the UK’s most innovative and dynamic public relations agencies, with clients ranging from Vodafone and Ikea to Amnesty International and American Express. More

Gyles Brandreth

Profile: We’re now taking commissions for exclusive interviews with the writer, broadcaster and former Member of Parliament, who, following a hugely successful, sellout run at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2010, toured the UK with his critically acclaimed THE ONE TO ONE SHOW. Gyles took his special blend of wit, wordplay and hilarious name-dropping all over the UK - and not a woolly jumper in sight! More

Alan Brazil

Profile: talkSPORT presenter Alan Brazil is a well regarded former professional footballer, who played for the likes of Ipswich Town, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur. An outspoken face of football, he is known for his on-air broadcast gaffs, such as: 'He held his head in his hands as it flashed past the post.' More

Ed Byrne

Profile: As seen hosting BBC 1’s Live At The Apollo and being a regular panellist on BBC 2’s Mock the Week and Have I Got News for You as well as various other new comedy shows, we’re now taking commissions for exclusive interviews with the hugely popular award-nominated Irish comedy star, who has been back on the road with his new show 'Crowd Pleaser', from March-June 2011. More

Jilly Cooper

Profile: *Pre-conducted* Jilly Cooper's new book, Jump! came out at the start of September - she talked to our journalist about Wayne and Coleen Rooney's disintegrating relationship, why she feels she can no longer write about sex at the age of 73, and how it felt to survive the Padington train crash, among lots of other anecdotes about growing up in the north of England. More

Stephen Dando-Collins

Profile: Stephen Dando-Collins is an Australian historian and novelist, with books centered around Antiquity, American history, British history, Australian history, and French history. He is also a well known proponent of Tasmanian secession and has both published works and debated on the topic. He worked in advertising in Australia and Britain and then as an independent marketing consultant for some years. He now writes full time and his latest book is entitled, Legions of Rome. Other titles from the author include, Mark Antony's Heroes, Blood of the Caesars and Nero's Killing Machine. More

Jane Davis

Profile: Author Jane Davis' debut novel Half Truths & White Lies won a national newspaper first novel award in 2009. Her success has prompted her to quit her career in insurance to focus on writing. Her novels play on the intrigue within the family that no-one outside has a clue about. She lives in Surrey. More

Omid Djalili

Profile: Chelsea-born Djalili shot to fame over 15 years ago at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Since then he has entertained packed auditoriums addicted to his irreverent brand of political satire, whilst at the same time carving for himself a successful acting career which has seen him star in blockbusters including The Mummy, Notting Hill and Pirates of the Caribbean. More

Angelos Epithemiou

Profile: We’re now taking commissions for exclusive interviews with Shooting Stars' cult hero and the world’s best ex-burger van proprietor and carrier bag collector, who completed his best-selling tour 'Angelos Epithemiou And Friends', early in 2011.  More

Ben Fogle

Profile: A TV Presenter, Writer and Adventurer whose achievements include racing in the notorious 160 mile Marathon Des Sables, rowing the Atlantic Ocean in 49 days and crossing Antarctica in a foot race to the South Pole. He has presented numerous programmes including Wild In Africa, Countryfile and Extreme Dreams. He writes regularly for the Sunday Telegraph and the Independent and has four bestselling books. He is an ambassador for WWF, Medcins Sans Frontier and Tusk, a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and the President of the Campaign for National Parks. Born in London, he attended University of Portsmouth. More

Emma Frain

Profile: Emma Frain is a professional glamour model in the UK and has appeared regularly in mens magazines such as Nuts, Zoo, FHM and Front. She is also a Page 3 model for the Daily Star. From Newcastle. More

Peter Gordon

Profile: Celebrity chef Peter Gordon shot to fame as the multi-award winning chef/co-owner of The Providores and Tapa Room in Marylebone which has won an army of admirers and a string of awards including the much coveted Square Meal Best New Restaurant award. He has written several successful books and is a food consultant for Marks & Spencers. Born in New Zealand. More

Dave Gorman

Profile: Comedian, presenter, taker-up of strange bets, he also presented the European Darts for Bravo. His took his most recent stand-up show 'PowerPoint Presentation' to the Edinburgh Fringe in 2011.  More

Jeremy Hardy

Profile: Described by The Guardian as ‘One of the sharpest comedians on the circuit’ and as regularly seen on QI, Mock The Week, Grumpy Old Men, and more, we’re now taking commissions for exclusive interviews with the award-winning alternative comic, who is currently on a UK tour.  More

Keith Harvey

Profile: Keith Harvey is founder of award-winning games and toy maker Orchard Toys. After 35 years at the helm of one of Britain's most successful toy businesses exporting worldwide, Keith has branched into children's literature. His Tiberius pre-school titles have already won awards and are enjoyed by children worldwide. More

Paul Van den Heuvel

Profile: Paul Van den Heuvel is the founder of luxury publishing company VdH Books. Originally in the world of finance Paul was struck by the lack of guides on how to fill out one’s tax-return. He therefore immersed himself in the world of publishing in order to do something about the problem himself. The resulting book was, incredibly, a best seller. The publishing world was astounded and Paul very quickly found himself with a new career. Since then Paul has set up his own luxury publishing company VdH Books with the express mission to create truly beautiful books that can be sold the world over. After the success of The Most Beautiful Wine Cellars of the World Paul was commissioned by the Vatican to catalogue, in the most comprehensive and beautiful way possible, The Secret Vatican Archives. More

Sasa Jankovic

Profile: Sasa Jankovic is a freelance journalist and author. Her latest book called 'Applying for a job - the essential guide' was  published by Need2Know books, and she is available for interview on all aspects of the job hunting process, from writing CVs to negotiating salaries. More

Ross Kemp

Profile: Ross Kemp available for short-term interviews.

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Miranda Krestovnikoff

Profile: Miranda Krestovnikoff available for short-term interviews.

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A tight, polished, original and engaging interview, plus one approved high-res image for just £79
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John Lloyd

Profile: A contributing editor at the Financial Times, John Lloyd writes a weekly column for the FT Weekend as well as features for FT Magazine, of which he was founding editor. His previous FT posts include labour editor, industrial editor, east Europe editor and Moscow bureau chief. He has been a reporter and producer for LWT’s London Programme and Weekend World, and editor of Time Out and the New Statesman. He co-founded the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford, where he is Director of Journalism. He sits on the editorial board of Prospect magazine and on the board of the Moscow School of Political Studies. More

Tim Lovejoy

Profile: Tim Lovejoy is a broadcaster and presenter, made famous by the Sky show Soccer AM, but having now moved on to new projects including 6-0-6 radio and Sunday morning magazine-style show Something For The Weekend. Tim has penned three books, exploring his love for football and food. More

Jason Manford

Profile: Jason Manford available for short-term interviews.

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A tight, polished, original and engaging interview, plus one approved high-res image for just £79
Additional high-res images available at £25 each
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Desmond Morris

Profile: Desmond Morris is an internationally renowned zoologist, writer, broadcaster and surrealist painter. He is the author of many best-selling books on human and animal behaviour including People Watching, Naked Ape and Babywatching. His book Baby (published by Hamlyn in 2008) has been published in 28 languages worldwide, and he is back on the shelves with a new title, Child. More

Henry Olonga

Profile: Henry Olonga was the first black player and youngest ever cricketer to play for Zimbabwe internationally. He achieved international recognition in 2003 when he wore a black armband to protest against the policies of Zimbabwe’s government, a move which forced him into exile in the UK. He released his autobiography on July 19, 2010. More

Tony Pastor

Profile: Tony Pastor is the multi-BAFTA-nominated Head of Production at ITV Sport, overseeing ITV’s award-winning coverage of the Champions League, England games, the World Cup, F1, the FA Cup, the Championship and more. More

Garry Richardson

Profile: Radio presenter Garry Richardson is best known for his Sunday morning sports show Sportsweek on BBC Radio 5 Live. He's also the presenter of the Today show on Radio Four and is part of the BBC's Wimbledon tennis coverage team. He started off with BBC Radio Oxford and is a fierce advocate of the welfare state system having grown up in social housing. More

Levi Roots

Profile: Levi Roots is a cook, entrepreneur and musician and his rise to fame is one of the UK’s most heart-warming business success stories. He has released a book and has hosted his own cooking show on TV. More

Gaby Roslin

Profile: Popular BBC Radio London Breakfast presenter. More

Dorothy Rowe

Profile: The world's leading authority on depression, Dorothy Rowe's books have changed the lives of millions of sufferers worldwide. A former NHS psychologist, Dorothy now travels the world teaching and lecturing, and has written numerous bestselling books, including Depression: The Way Out of Your Prison and her most recent book, Why We Lie, published May 2010. She has been described as 'the calm voice of reason in an increasingly mad world' and is always passionate, engaging and clear on every aspect of depression and mental health. Born in Australia, but worked at Sheffield University. More

Barrie Rutter

Profile: Artistic director and founder of Northern Broadsides theatre company, which is based in Halifax. Rutter also directed Lenny Henry in Othello in 2009 More

David Schneider

Profile: Best known for his roles in cult comedy programmes like I'm Alan Partridge and The Day Today, David Schneider is, to his knowledge, the only comedian to have researched a Ph.D in Yiddish. An actor, writer, critic and BBC Radio 5's Twitterer of the Year, David is a familiar face from films ranging from Mission Impossible to 2010's The Infidel and numerous TV programmes, from comedies to Newsnight Review, Sky News and Big Brother's Little Brother. He describes himself as a jack-of-all-trades, master of about two. More

Andy Serkis

Profile: Very highly regarded star of the Lord Of The Rings movies and King Kong, Burke And Hare, Rise of the Planet of the Apes and the forthcoming films of The Hobbit. More

Aric Sigman

Profile: One of Britain's leading psychologists, Aric Sigman is not afraid of controversy. He took on the broadcast industry in Remotely Controlled: How Television is Damaging Our Lives. And his most recent book, The Spoilt Generation, argued that 'middle-class parenting' was producing a generation of spoilt, over-entitled, unhappy children. His views are always powerful, well-argued and impassioned and he has plenty to say about every aspect of psychology, child-rearing and life in modern-day Britain. More

John Simpson

Profile: *Pre-conducted* John Simpson is an acclaimed BBC journalist who has travelled all over the world and got himself into some rather hair-raising situations: he spoke to our journalist about having a gun put to the back of his neck and the trigger being pulled when he was a young man; dressing up in a burqa, disguised as a woman in Afghanistan; taking hallucinogenic drugs in the jungle and becoming a father again at the age of 63... More

Iain Sinclair

Profile: Iain Sinclair is the critically accclaimed author of 31 books of fiction, non-fiction and poetry. His observations delve deep into history, nuances and unearthing many secrets. He describes himself as a british writer, documentarist, film maker, poet, flaneur, metropolitan prophet and urban shaman, keeper of lost cultures and futurologist. His famous London Orbital project showcased, amongst other things, the madness of the M25. Born in Cardiff. More

Peter Sissons

Profile: After being born in Liverpool, Peter Sissons attended school with John Lennon and Jimmy Tarbuck and later with Bill Kenwright, George Harrison and Paul McCartney. After that he studied at University College, Oxford, and went on to be present the BBC’s flagship Nine O’Clock News and BBC News at Ten, in addition to being a highly-respected figure at ITN, ITV, Channel Four and as presenter of BBC’s Question Time. More

Peter Stanford

Profile: Award-winning author Peter Stanford is the former editor of The Catholic Herald and has broadcasted and presented various TV religious documentaries including the award-winning Channel 4 series, Catholics and Sex, BBC 1's The She Pope and Channel 5's The Mission.  He now has a column in The Tablet and writes regularly for The Guardian, The Independent on Sunday, The Observer and the Daily Mail. He has written numerous books on religion and his latest title Religion: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know was released in 2010. More

Mark Steel

Profile: We’re now taking commissions for exclusive interviews with the popular author, presenter, stand-up comedian and socialist columnist and has a highly acclaimed, Sony Award winning and Writers Guild Award winning Radio 4 comedy show, Mark Steel’s In Town. More

Cyanide and Happiness comic strip

Profile: Meet Kris, Rob, Matt & Dave, the lads behind Cyanide & Happiness, the bad taste internet comic, as they explain the secrets to their extraordinary success... They're big, and they're gonna get BIGGER... More

Ray Stubbs

Profile: Ray Stubbs is a broadcaster and former footballer, currently working for ESPN having ended a 23-year stint with the BBC in 2009. A popular face on the small screen, he hails from Merseyside and spent five years as a professional with Tranmere Rovers. More

John Suchet

Profile: Widely respected award-winning ITN newscaster John Suchet has enjoyed a fantastic career covering a wide range of defining news events. As well as a charity message, the amicable Scottish-born journalist hosts a high-profile weekday morning radio show on Classic FM. He attended the University of Dundee. More

Alan Titchmarsh

Profile: Britain's best-loved gardener is also a novelist, keen sailor, tireless charity worker, celebrity interviewer and much more. His sheer work-rate puts many of his TV contemporaries to shame, with a string of bestselling gardening books and novels to his name. He's also great value as an interview subject, reeling off anecdote after anecdote and happy to discuss every aspect of his life and career. More

Paul Trevillion

Profile: Paul Trevillion is a celebrated artist, the creator of the Roy Of The Rovers football series, illustrator of more than 20 books, and creator of the Gary Player Golf Class which appeared in more than 1,000 newspapers. He has also been a stand-up artist (alongside the likes of Tommy Cooper) and is most recently famous for his 'You Are The Ref' series of drawings which have recently made it into hardback book form. More

Tim Vine

Profile: We’re now taking commissions for exclusive interviews with the award-winning actor, writer, comedian and king of the one-liners, whose 'The Joke-Amotive' tour has been appearing up and down the UK in 2011. More

Zita West

Profile: Zita West is maybe the UK's best-known fertility and pregnancy expert, having offered advice and guidance in assisted conception to thousands of couples. A very well established author as well, her warm yet deeply knowledgable approach has led to extensive television work, as well as a best-selling book. More

Sam Willis

Profile: Sam Willis is a maritime and naval historian and is an Honorary Fellow of the University of Exeter. He has lectured at Bristol University and at the National Martitime Museum in Greenwhich. He spent 18 months as a Square Rig Able Seaman, sailing the tall ships used in the Hornblower television series and Channel 4’s award-winning film Shackleton, and is a consultant to the BBC series Coast. Sam’s latest book Fighting Ships 1750-1850 is the third in this popular series. His other titles include Fighting at Sea in the Eighteenth Century: The Art of Sailing Warfare; Shipwreck and The Fighting Temeraire. More