From local newspapers and cricket to a landmark television chat show, Michael Parkinson built a broadcasting career around curiosity, patience and a formidable range of guests.
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From Scottish radio and Channel 5 News to Crimewatch and Desert Island Discs, Young has built a career across British television and radio.
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From Cardiff newspapers to the BBC’s Today programme and Mastermind, the Welsh broadcaster built a public career around reporting, interviewing and argument.
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From That's Life! to Childline and The Silver Line, Esther Rantzen has used broadcasting to bring public attention to social concerns.
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The Plymouth-born journalist became the first woman to read the news regularly on British national television, then built a career across news, entertainment and public-service broadcasting.
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From reporting on famine and political change to presenting Any Questions?, Dimbleby has made current affairs and history central to a long career in British broadcasting.
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From 26 years on Countdown to educational projects and a broad broadcasting career, Vorderman brought mathematical problem-solving into British popular culture.
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The actor and writer co-created Gavin & Stacey, led A League of Their Own and took Carpool Karaoke to a worldwide audience.
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From breakfast news and daytime quizzes to sport and charity challenges, Shephard has built a varied career as a television presenter and journalist.
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The Oldham-born physicist moved from the bands Dare and D:Ream into particle research, then made science a fixture of British television and radio.
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A partnership with Sue Perkins brought Giedroyc to a broad television audience, but her career has ranged from radio and theatre to Eurovision and fiction.
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From racing yards to Olympic arenas, Clare Balding has made live sport, its people and its place in British life her subject.
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The comedian and broadcaster built a career across stand-up, chat shows, radio and television, with The Friday Night Project and Chatty Man bringing his conversational style to a national audience.
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From BBC Radio 5 Live to Newsnight, Victoria Derbyshire has built a broadcasting career around news, interviews and current affairs.
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The Welsh presenter built a career across S4C and BBC television, becoming a familiar face on The One Show while continuing to work in a wide range of formats.
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From Panorama researcher to presenter of flagship news, arts and political programmes, Bruce has worked across several defining strands of BBC television.
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From This Morning’s Liverpool launch to a television book club, Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan built a long-running on-screen partnership.
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An acclaimed television career has ranged from British drama and comedy to travel documentaries and a high-profile campaign for Gurkha veterans.
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From New Faces and Tiswas to Comic Relief, Shakespeare and research into representation, Henry has built a career across British entertainment.
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From reporting for TV-am to presenting GMTV and her own programme, Kelly has worked across several eras of the morning schedule.
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The Warrington-born presenter built a career across British radio and television, moving from Piccadilly Radio to Channel 4, Radio 1, Radio 2 and Virgin Radio.
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From political correspondent to presenter of Radio 4’s Today programme, Robinson’s career has spanned broadcasting’s newsroom, Westminster and the campaign trail.
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From children’s television to Radio 1, panel shows and a wellbeing podcast, Cotton has built a varied broadcasting career.
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From Channel 4’s The Last Resort to long-running BBC and ITV programmes, Ross built a varied broadcasting career shaped by interviews, film and comedy.
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From offbeat American subcultures to British celebrities, Theroux has built a BBC career around close observation and difficult questions.
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A Grand Slam singles title began one distinguished career; decades of presenting brought her to British viewers across tennis and many other sports.
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From Radio 1 and Multi-Coloured Swap Shop to Noel’s House Party and Deal or No Deal, Edmonds built a long career in British broadcasting.
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O'Leary is known for hosting "The X Factor" and "BBC Radio 2's Saturday Breakfast Show."
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From tabloid newsrooms to breakfast television and international interviews, Morgan has built a career around confrontational journalism—and the arguments it provokes.
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From pirate radio to BBC Radio 1, Peel used an unusually open-minded programme to bring unfamiliar sounds and artists to listeners across Britain.
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From Holiday and Strictly Come Dancing to The Traitors, Winkleman has built a varied career across television, radio and journalism.
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From Saturday-morning television and London breakfast radio to a quiz show sold around the world, Chris Tarrant built a career on direct, energetic communication.
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A performer formed by Britain’s variety circuit became one of television’s most familiar presenters, from The Generation Game to Strictly Come Dancing.
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A decade presenting Big Brother made McCall a familiar face; later work in factual television brought personal stories and women’s health to a wider audience.
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From children’s programmes to daytime television and entertainment formats, Willoughby built a varied presenting career across ITV and the BBC.
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From Children’s BBC to This Morning and Dancing on Ice, Schofield became a familiar face on British screens before a public career-ending scandal and a brief return to television.
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Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly built a long-running partnership across children’s television, pop music and some of ITV’s biggest entertainment shows.
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From Radio 2’s breakfast show to Eurovision and Children in Need, Wogan made a distinctive style of broadcasting part of everyday life in Britain.
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The Irish-born comedian became a defining voice in British television through his chat show, Eurovision commentary and a varied broadcasting career.
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From local newspaper reporting to Top Gear, The Grand Tour and Clarkson’s Farm, Clarkson has made a distinctive career across British broadcasting and journalism.
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