Artistes of the Month
Also featured: Julia Bradbury, Josceline Dimbleby
Beverley
Turner
Beverley
Turner built a reputation presenting "Taste" - a daily food
and drink show for Sky One & Sky Three.
On her days off, Beverley filmed three one-hour documentary "Across the Line" for Sky One's prestigious Sport Matters series.
She also enjoyed co presenting with Eamonn Holmes their successful two-hour sport-showbiz radio show on BBC Radio Five Live on Saturday mornings.
Her interest in the culture of sport led her to write her first book, 'The Pits: the Real World of Formula One'. Reviews included: "Highly entertaining" - The Daily Telegraph; and "Incredibly well researched. The Pits Confirms Beverley Turner is not just a pretty face"- The Observer.
She now squeezes in bi-weekly features for The Independent and her interest in women-centred issues sees her writing for both The Observer and The Daily Mail.
Beverley works as a patron for the 75-year-old Chairty FPA which led to her delivering a speech on the topic of health education at The House of Lords!
She is one of the few women to be regularly asked back onto the BBC's comedy quiz "They Think It's All Over". She believes this is a happy consequence of being very difficult to offend.
Other guest appearances include Radio 4's "Woman's Hour", Anita Anand's 5 LIve debate show and ITV's "Loose Women". However as the wife of Olympic oarsman James Cracknell she particularly enjoyed being featured on "Family Fortunes"
"Beverley was absolutely the right choice. The audience, crew
and client all loved her...we'll be using her again."
Beverley hosted the Curry's Peak Season conference in October
2006
Click
here to see Beverley's online video showreel
Julia
Bradbury
Julia Bradbury is one of television's most experienced and versatile presenters.
She is co presenter of Are We Being Served on BBC 1 television and also co-hosts the BBC1 consumer affairs programme Watchdog with Nicky Campbell which regularly pulls in over 5 million viewers. Watchdog is broadcast live every Tuesday at 7pm and is on air from September to April.
In the summer Julia can be seen around the country with The Animal Roadshow for ITV1 with GMTV's Richard Arnold. Her passion for competitive outdoor sports is satisfied working alongside Class 1 Powerboat Champion Steve Curtis fronting the 225 Honda Formula 4-Stroke Powerboat Championships for Channel 4
A well known face on our screens, Julia has also been the Los Angeles
Correspondent for GMTV, the host of EXCLUSIVE! for Channel 5, worked alongside
Jeremy Clarkson on Top Gear, presented The National Lottery for BBC1 and
travelled the world for Wish You Were Here.
Josceline Dimbleby
Josceline
Dimbleby has been one of Britain's most popular food writers for nearly
thirty years. Her inventive cookery books have sold well over 2 million
copies in the UK alone, and been translated into many languages.
Josceline's diplomatic childhood meant that she travelled widely and developed a taste for a wide range of cuisines at a young age. At school she enjoyed writing and singing most of all and studied singing at a conservatoire in Switzerland followed by three years at the Guildhall of Music in London. In 1967 she married the television presenter David Dimbleby and subsequently put a singing career on hold in order to dedicate herself to bringing up their three young children. With artists and musicians going back several generation on both sides of her family and herself a singer and photographer, Josceline's inherited creativity extended to her cooking, inspired by dishes and flavours she had enjoyed on her travels. Encouraged to write her recipes down, she discovered work which combined well with family life.
Josceline has published sixteen cookery books and was cookery correspondent for the Sunday Telegraph newspaper for 15 years. She continues to travel widely, writes on travel and food for various publications, does live talks and contributes to television and radio programmes.
Her recent challenge was a complete change from anything she had done before; a biographical family mystery story spanning 100 years, which included her great grandmother's secret relationship with the Pre-Raphaelite artist Edward Burne-Jones. She found the research and writing the most enjoyable work of her life and 'A Profound Secret' was published in March 2004 to great critical acclaim. The book was Radio 4's Book of the Week, with Josceline as narrator. She gave talks on how she gradually unearthed the intriguing story at all the major literary festivals and is still asked to speak about it at regional ones. The book inspired the creation of a romantic evening of words and music The Artist's Muse, which has been performed to enthusiastic audiences in London and at country house events.
Josceline is also actively involved with her son Henry Dimbleby's award
winning new chain of restaurants Leon, contributing ideas and recipes.
She and her singer daughter Kate Dimbleby appeared together at a large
charity event in Worcester Cathedral; Josceline talking and Kate singing.
She is currently working on a memoir of her young childhood in 1950's
Syria, the country which first awakened her taste buds and love of travel.
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