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Ask: Jim Bowen

JIM BOWEN is best known for presenting ITV game show Bullseye for 15 years. He was born in Cheshire in 1937 and grew up in Lancashire. Before embarking on his showbusiness career, he worked as a teacher and deputy headmaster.Read

Ask: Nigel Planer

ACTOR Nigel Planer is best known for his role as the hippy Neil in the legendary sitcom The Young Ones.Read

Ask: Faye Tozer

FAYE Tozer shot to fame as one fifth of manufactured pop group Steps. Born in 1975 she spent much of her childhood in the theatre.Read

Ask: Billy Bragg

BILLY Bragg is well known as a performer who concentrates on politically-inspired folk music. Born in Essex in 1957 as Stephen William Bragg, he first entered the music industry aged 19 with punk band Riff Raff.Read

Ask: Tommy Steele

TOMMY STEELE is widely regarded as Britain’s first pop idol. Born in London in 1936, he was christened Thomas William Hicks.Read

Ask: Phill Jupitus

PHILL Jupitus will be known to both fans of comedy and music. The 45-year-old comedian and broadcaster combines his two passions in panel gameshow Never Mind the Buzzcocks. But he is also a regular on BBC Radio 4’s I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue and BBC2’s QI.Read

Ask: Andy Scott-Lee

SINGER Andy Scott-Lee first came to public prominence when he competed in the ITV1 hit show Pop Idol. The singer came seventh in the competition which was eventually won by Glasgow based Michelle McManus.Read

Ask: John Grundy

JOHN GRUNDY is a familiar face on the region’s television screens. Working on a number of different series broadcast on both BBC and Tyne Tees, he has brought the architectural and industrial history of the region to life with an obvious passion.Read

Ask: Les Dennis

LES DENNIS is one of the most famous faces on British TV. Born in Liverpool in 1954 the performer worked the working men’s clubs circuit before hitting the big time and making his foray into TV in the 1980s.Read

Ask: Phil Oakey

PHIL OAKEY is best known as the lead singer of electro-pop group The Human League. Born in Leicestershire in 1955, his family moved to Sheffield, where he met up with the other members of the group.Read

Ask: Mickey Rooney

MICKEY ROONEY is a Hollywood legend. The 87-year-old has starred in more than 300 films during a career which has seen him awarded an Oscar, and nominated a further four times.Read

Ask: Sid Waddell

SID WADDELL is best known as the voice of darts. The sports commentator was born in Alnwick, Northumberland in 1940 and now lives in Leeds. The son of a coal miner, Sid attended St John’s College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a modern history degree.Read

Ask: Bobby Ball

COMEDIAN Bobby Ball made his name in Britain’s longest running comedy double act, Cannon and Ball.Read

Ask: Sir Chris Bonington

SIR CHRIS BONINGTON is Britain’s foremost mountaineer. Born in 1934 and educated at University College London and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, he commanded a troop of tanks in Germany for three years before becoming interested in mountaineering.Read

Ask: Francis Rossi

FRANCIS ROSSI is the front man of legendary rockers Status Quo.Read

Ask: Ross Noble

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NORTH comedian Ross Noble is one of the most popular stand ups on the comedy circuit today.Read

Ask: Charley Boorman & Patsy Quick

ACTOR and adventurer Charley Boorman shot to fame when he completed a round the world motorcycle adventure with his best friend and fellow actor Ewan McGregor.Read

Ask: Dean Gaffney

DEAN Gaffney came to public attention playing street cleaner Robbie Jackson in the BBC1 soap EastEnders.Read

Ask: Kris Kristofferson

KRIS Kristofferson is a performer who is equally at home in the recording studio or on a film set. Read

Ask: Keith Floyd

KEITH FLOYD is known to millions of people world wide for knocking together some great food with a glass of wine in one hand.Read

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