British actor, broadcaster and writer
Gyles Daubeney Brandreth
(born 8 March 1948) is a British broadcaster, writer and former politician. He has worked as a television presenter, theatre producer, journalist, author and publisher.
He was a presenter for
TV-am
's
Good Morning Britain
in the 1980s, and has been regularly featured on Channel 4's game show
Countdown
and the BBC's
The One Show
. On radio, he makes frequent appearances on the BBC Radio 4 programme
Just a Minute
.
In
1992
, Brandreth was elected to the
House of Commons
as the
Conservative
Member of Parliament
(MP) for the
City of Chester
constituency. He served until he was defeated in
1997
, and resumed his career in the media. He has written both fiction and non-fiction books, and makes appearances as a public speaker.
Early life
[
edit
]
Brandreth was born on 8 March 1948 in
Wuppertal
, in
Allied-occupied Germany
, where his father, Charles Brandreth, was serving as a legal officer with the
Allied Control Commission
.
[2]
He is the great-great-great-grandson of
Benjamin Brandreth
.
[3]
He has stated that he is a descendant of
Jeremiah Brandreth
.
He moved to London with his parents at the age of three and was educated at the
Lycee Francais
in
South Kensington
, and
Bedales School
in
Petersfield
, Hampshire, where he befriended
Simon Cadell
.
[4]
Brandreth studied Modern History and Modern Languages at
New College, Oxford
,
[5]
where he met
Rick Stein
.
[2]
While at Oxford, he directed the
Oxford University Dramatic Society
and was President of the
Oxford Union
[5]
in
Michaelmas term
, 1969, and was a regular contributor to the university magazine
Isis
. He was described in a contemporaneous publication as "Oxford's Lord High Everything Else".
[6]
[
full citation needed
]
Christopher Hitchens
suggested that Brandreth "set out to make himself into a
Ken Tynan
. Wore a cloak."
[7]
Television
[
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]
Brandreth has appeared in the Dictionary Corner on the game show
Countdown
more than 300 times, including
Carol Vorderman
's final edition in 2008, making more appearances than any other guest. He appeared on
TV-am
's
Good Morning Britain
. He was known for his collection of
jumpers
, of which some were sold in a charity auction in 1993.
Brandreth hosted the short-lived game show
Public Opinion
in 2004.
[8]
In 2006, he appeared on the television series
That Mitchell and Webb Look
, on the fictional game show "
Numberwang
", satirising his appearances in
Countdown
'
s Dictionary Corner. In 2007, he guest-starred in the
Doctor Who
audio play
I.D.
. From July to August 2009, he hosted the game show
Knowitalls
on
BBC Two
. In April 2010, he appeared on
BBC Radio 4
's
Vote Now Show
. He made a cameo appearance as himself in Channel 4 sitcom
The IT Crowd
, in the episode "The Final Countdown".
A frequent guest on BBC television panel shows, he has appeared on eight episodes of
QI
and six episodes of
Have I Got News for You
. He has appeared in episodes of Channel 5's
The Gadget Show
, and is a contributor to the BBC's early evening programme
The One Show
.
He appeared on
Room 101
in 2005, while
Paul Merton
was host, successfully banishing the
Royal Variety Performance
and the
British honours system
into Room 101, saying that he would never accept an honour himself.
[9]
In 2013, he clarified that position, stating that he had "no fundamental objection to the honours system", and that he selected the honours system for Room 101 because he could "tell funny stories about it".
[10]
In October 2019, Brandreth appeared in series 3 of
Richard Osman's House of Games
, winning two of the five episodes.
Also in 2019, Brandreth appeared on series 1 of
Celebrity Gogglebox
alongside
Sheila Hancock
.
[11]
In 2020 and 2021, Brandreth returned for Series 2 and 3, alongside
Maureen Lipman
.
[12]
In 2022, he appeared in the series with
Joanna Lumley
and
Carol Vorderman
.
[13]
[14]
In 2023, he returned with Lumley for Series 5, as well as
Susie Dent
.
In 2020, Brandreth and actor Sheila Hancock replaced
Timothy West
and
Prunella Scales
in a two-episode series of
Great Canal Journeys
, travelling down the
River Thames
.
[15]
In the first episode Timothy West gave the two novice canal boaters a crash course in barging.
[16]
They went down the Staffordshire Waterways in 2021 for another two-episode series.
[17]
On 16 October 2021, Brandreth appeared alongside
Anne Hegerty
as a celebrity contestant on the
ITV
show
Beat the Chasers
?
described as
Gogglebox
in celebrity guise?in aid of
Great Ormond Street Hospital
.
[18]
On 24 October 2022, Brandreth appeared on
Bargain Hunt: BBC 100th Birthday Special
to commemorate the BBC's 100th Anniversary. His team mate was
Tony Blackburn
.
[19]
[20]
Radio
[
edit
]
Brandreth has presented programmes on London's
LBC
radio at various times since its launch in 1973.
[21]
He has frequently appeared on
BBC Radio 4
's comedy panel game
Just a Minute
.
[2]
On several episodes of Radio 4's political programme
The Westminster Hour
, Brandreth has shared his thoughts on how to make the most of being a government minister.
[22]
From 2003 to 2005 Brandreth hosted the Radio 4 comedy panel game
Whispers
.
[23]
[24]
In 2006, Brandreth appeared in the Radio 4 comedy programme
Living with the Enemy
which he co-wrote with comedian
Nick Revell
, in which they appear as a former Conservative government minister and a former comedian.
[25]
[26]
In 2010 he broadcast a Radio 4 documentary about his great-great-great-grandfather,
Benjamin Brandreth
, the inventor of a medicine called "Brandreth's Pills."
[27]
For a period he was the host of the Radio 4 comedy
panel show
Wordaholics
, first aired on 20 February 2012.
[28]
[29]
He appeared on the Radio 4 programme
The Museum of Curiosity
in August 2017, to which he donated a button that was once owned by a famous actor.
[30]
In April 2019, Brandreth began co-hosting a podcast titled
Something Rhymes With Purple
alongside friend and colleague
Susie Dent
.
[31]
The podcast discusses aspects of the English language such as historic or unusual words and their origins, as well as the origins of popular phrases and sayings.
[32]
Writing
[
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]
Since the 1970s, Brandreth has written books for adults and children about
Scrabble
, words, puzzles and jokes, and co-founded the
Games & Puzzles
magazine. He wrote an authorised biography of actor
John Gielgud
, and
lipogrammic
reworks of Shakespeare. In the 1980s, Brandreth wrote scripts for
Dear Ladies
, a television programme featuring
Hinge and Bracket
.
[33]
Brandreth created the stage show
Zipp!
, which enjoyed success at the
Edinburgh Festival
and had a short run in the West End.
[34]
In 1999, he published diaries chronicling his days as a politician between 1990 and 1997, called
Breaking the Code.
[35]
In September 2004, Brandreth's book on the marriage of Queen
Elizabeth II
and
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
,
Philip and Elizabeth: Portrait of a Marriage
was published.
[2]
In July 2005, he published a second book on the royal family, entitled
Charles and Camilla: Portrait of a Love Affair
, which concerns the three-decade love affair between the then-
Prince Charles
and
Camilla Parker Bowles
.
[2]
In 2021, following the
death of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
, Brandreth wrote, "The duke showed me great friendliness over 40 years but royalty offer you friendliness, not friendship, and you have to remember the difference."
[36]
Brandreth has written a series of seven works of historical fiction called
The Oscar Wilde Murder Mysteries
, in which
Oscar Wilde
works with both
Robert Sherard
and
Arthur Conan Doyle
.
[37]
Brandreth has written and toured in a number of comedic one-man shows, including
The One-to-One Show
in 2010?2011,
Looking for Happiness
in 2013?2014 and
Word Power
in 2015?2016.
[38]
Brandreth has written a book entitled
Have You Eaten Grandma?
, about the English language and correct grammar.
[39]
Politics
[
edit
]
Brandreth was a
Conservative
MP, representing the
City of Chester
, from 1992 to 1997. He proposed a
private member's bill
which became law as the
Marriage Act 1994
. In 1995, he was appointed to a
junior ministerial
position as a
Lord of the Treasury
, with his role being essentially that of a
whip
.
[22]
[40]
He broadcast reminiscences of his parliamentary career on
BBC
radio as
Brandreth on Office
and
The Brandreth Rules
in 2001, 2003 and 2005.
[22]
In August 2014, Brandreth was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to
The Guardian
opposing
Scottish independence
in the run-up to September's
referendum on that issue
.
[41]
In May 2016, Brandreth told
The Spectator
that he was likely to vote for the UK to stay in the European Union in the following month's
referendum on the issue
.
[42]
In 2019, Brandreth confirmed that he had voted to remain, but accepted the result of the referendum and believed that the government had to "get
Brexit
done".
[43]
Gyles and George Knitwear
[
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]
Brandreth is known for the colourful, humorous
jumpers
he has designed and worn throughout his career. He has stated on the BBC that "it's all I'm really known for."
[9]
Collaborating with artist and knitwear designer George Hostler, Brandreth created hundreds of jumper designs that appear in books he and Hostler authored and produced under their knitwear label, Gyles & George.
[44]
Brandreth has a room in his London home devoted to his jumpers, and claims to have one for almost every occasion. To name just a few examples: he has a knitted jumper emblazoned with a green frog that he has worn for appointments with princes (Philip and Charles); on other royal occasions, he has worn sweaters featuring
corgis
and
crowns
. He has appeared on television talking about rail strikes wearing a jumper that features a steam locomotive, and wore a sweater bearing the words "The End" on the day
Boris Johnson
resigned. And he has a Scrabble-themed jumper which he wears in his capacity as president of the
Association of British Scrabble Players
.
[45]
[46]
To strike a more serious note, he wore
lounge suits
rather than novelty jumpers when serving in Parliament, though he has stated: "The first time I spoke in the House of Commons, I heard
John Prescott
on the bench opposite me muttering 'woolly jumpers ha ha ha.' He could see I was thrown and he carried on. Eventually I had to pause and point out to Mr Prescott that the joy of a woolly jumper is that you can take it off at will. Whereas the blight of a woolly mind is that you're lumbered with it for life."
[47]
[22]
In 2020, Brandreth partnered with American designer
Jack Carlson
to revive the label for the 21st century, with Gyles & George joining Carlson's collective of brands, Blazer Group. They have collaborated to re-release many of Brandreth's original designs, including a jumper with the words "I'm a Luxury" across the front, famously worn by
Diana, Princess of Wales
, and another featuring the words "What the **** is going on?" (the back reads: "Don't ask me"). They have also released a popular collection of sweaters themed around the
Signs of the Zodiac
.
[44]
[48]
Aside from Brandreth himself, the brand's models and prominent customers have included
Joanna Lumley
,
Floella Benjamin
,
Hugh Bonneville
,
Jane Asher
,
Elton John
,
Pete Davidson
,
Ziwe Fumudoh
, Blanca Miro,
Dwyane Wade
,
Keith Richards
, and
Diana, Princess of Wales
.
[47]
In 2023, the
Petersfield Museum
opened an exhibition dedicated to Gyles & George and Brandreth's personal collection of jumpers.
[49]
[50]
Other activities
[
edit
]
Brandreth is a former European
Monopoly
champion,
[51]
and president of the
Association of British Scrabble Players
,
[52]
having organised the first
British National Scrabble Championship
in 1971. Since 2015 he has been the president of the
Oscar Wilde
Society, which was founded in 1990.
[53]
He is an
after-dinner speaker
and held the world record for the longest continuous after-dinner speech, twelve-and-a-half hours, done as a charity stunt. With his wife, he founded a
Teddy bear museum
. Located in
Stratford-upon-Avon
for 18 years, it was relocated to the Polka Theatre in
Wimbledon
, London.
[54]
In 2016, the museum moved to
Newby Hall
in Yorkshire.
[55]
He is a patron of the
National Piers Society
and vice-president of charity
Fields in Trust
(formerly the
National Playing Fields Association
).
In 2014, Brandreth was awarded the honorary degree of
Doctor of Letters
(DLitt) from the
University of Chester
.
[56]
In December 2016, he was named the university's
chancellor
,
[57]
and officially took the role in March 2017.
[
citation needed
]
Personal life
[
edit
]
Brandreth met his future wife, Michele Brown, at Oxford. Five years later, with Brown working as a television reporter and Brandreth in theatre, the couple decided to have a "quiet wedding". They were married at
Marylebone
Register Office on 8 June 1973, with actor
Simon Cadell
, Brandreth's best friend from school, as a witness.
[58]
The couple have lived in
Barnes
, southwest London, since 1986.
[59]
[60]
They have three children, including Aphra, a former
Conservative
councillor in Richmond.
[61]
She is deputy chair of the
Conservative Women's Organisation
and was the party's unsuccessful candidate for
Kingston and Surbiton
at the
2019 United Kingdom general election
.
[62]
[63]
In October 2023, Aphra was selected as a parliamentary candidate again for the
2024 general election
, this time for the constituency of
Chester South and Eddisbury
.
[64]
Brandreth is a vegetarian, and stopped drinking alcohol in 1997 to lose weight.
[60]
Selected bibliography
[
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]
Non-fiction
[
edit
]
- Created in Captivity
(1972), a study of prison reform
- The Funniest Man on Earth
(1974), a biography of
Dan Leno
- The Joy of Lex: How to Have Fun with 860,341,500 Words
(1980),
ISBN
0-688-01397-X
- The Complete Home Entertainer
(1981)
ISBN
0-7091-9145-6
,
978-0-7091-9145-2
- Everyman's Indoor Games
(1981),
ISBN
0-460-04456-7
- The World's Best Indoor Games
(1981),
ISBN
978-0394524771
- 871 Famous Last Words, and Put-downs, Insults, Squelches, Compliments, Rejoinders, Epigrams, and Epitaphs of Famous People
(1982)
ISBN
0-5173-8349-7
,
978-0-5173-8349-0
- The Book of Mistaikes
(1982),
ISBN
0-7088-2194-4
- Wordplay
(1982),
ISBN
0-7278-2017-6
,
978-0-7278-2017-4
- John Gielgud: A Celebration
(1984)
ISBN
0-907-51638-6
- The Scrabble Brand Puzzle Book
(1984),
ISBN
0-671-50536-X
- The Book of Solo Games
(1984),
ISBN
091174553X
- A Guide to Playing the Scrabble Brand Crossword Game
(1985),
ISBN
0-671-50652-8
- Wit knits: Lively and original hand-knitting designs
(1985),
ISBN
978-0-0021-8168-6
(with George Hostler)
- The Great Book of Optical Illusions
(1985),
ISBN
0-8069-6258-5
- Everyman's Classic Puzzles
(1986),
ISBN
0-4600-2466-3
- The Scrabble Companion
(1988),
ISBN
0-09-172698-0
(with
Darryl Francis
)
- Knitability: fun knits for all the family
(1988),
ISBN
978-0-0041-1-1988
(with Linda O'Brien)
- World Championship Scrabble
(1992),
ISBN
0-550-19028-7
(with Darryl Francis)
- Under the Jumper: Autobiographical Excursions
(1993).
ISBN
0-86051-894-9
- Breaking the Code: Westminster Diaries, 1992?97
(1999),
ISBN
0-297-64311-8
- Brief Encounters: Meetings with Remarkable People
(2001),
ISBN
1-902301-95-1
- John Gielgud: An Actor's Life
(2001),
ISBN
0-7509-2690-2
- The Biggest Kids Joke Book Ever!
(2002),
ISBN
0-233-05062-0
- The Joy of Lex: An Amazing and Amusing Z to A and A to Z of Words
(2002),
ISBN
1-86105-399-1
- The Word Book
(2002),
ISBN
1-86105-398-3
- Philip and Elizabeth: Portrait of a Marriage
(2004),
ISBN
0-7126-6103-4
- Charles and Camilla: Portrait of a Love Affair
(2005),
ISBN
1-84413-845-3
- The 7 Secrets of Happiness
(2013)
ISBN
978-1780722047
- Word Play
(2015)
ISBN
978-1-473-62029-2
- Messing About in Quotes
(2018)
ISBN
978-0-19-881318-7
- Novelty knits: 35 fun & fabulous jumpers
(2019),
ISBN
978-0-8578-3-8476
(with Saethryd Brandreth)
- The Oxford Book of Theatrical Anecdotes
(2020)
ISBN
978-0-19-874958-5
- Philip: The Final Portrait
(2021)
ISBN
978-1-44-476960-9
- Odd Boy Out
(2021)
ISBN
978-0-24-148371-8
- Elizabeth: An Intimate Portrait
(2022)
ISBN
978-0-24-158258-9
Fiction
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]
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]
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