Building Better Healthcare is thrilled to announce that the celebrity presenter for this year’s Building Better Healthcare Awards will be the popular writer, broadcaster, former MP and Government whip, Gyles Brandreth.
One of the country’s most-sought-after hosts and after-dinner speakers, Brandreth is currently a reporter on The One Show, a regular on Radio 4’s Just a Minute, and his acclaimed Victorian detective stories – The Oscar While Murder Mysteries – have been published in 21 countries around the world.
And you could meet him when he mingles with guests at this year’s awards ceremony on 5 November at The Brewery in Central London, before taking to the stage to announce the winners of the hard-fought competition.
A former Oxford scholar, president of the Oxford Union and MP for the City of Chester, Brandreth’s career has ranged from being a whip and Lord Commissioner of the Treasury in John Major’s government to starring in his own award-winning musical revue in London’s West End.
A prolific broadcaster on programmes ranging from Just a Minute to Have I Got News for You, novelist, children’s author and biographer, he has published two volumes of diaries: Breaking the Code: Westminster Diaries and Something Sensational to Read in the Train: The Diary of a Lifetime. He is also the author of two acclaimed royal biographies: Philip & Elizabeth: Portrait of a Marriage, and Charles & Camilla: Portrait of a Love Affair.
As a performer, he has been seen in the West End in Zipp! and as Malvolio and the Sea Captain in Twelfth Night: The Musical at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. 2010 saw him back in Edinburgh and on a 60-date tour with The One to One Show. That year also saw his play, Wonderland, staged in London and Edinburgh. Most recently, Brandreth has been appearing as Lady Bracknell in a new musical version of The Importance of Being Earnest, and in 2013 he returns to Edinburgh with a new one-man show, Looking for Happiness.
He is married to writer and publisher, Michèle Brown, with whom he co-curated the exhibition of 20th-century children’s authors at the National Portrait Gallery and founded the award-winning Teddy Bear Museum, now based at the Polka Theatre in Wimbledon. He is also former chairman and now vice-president of the Fields in Trust.
For your opportunity to meet him, and be among the first people to find out who the winners of the 2014 BBH Awards are, book your seat at this year’s ceremony. Email BBHAwards@hpcimedia.com to find out more.