Jon Culshaw
Birth name	Jonathan Peter Culshaw
Born	2 June 1968 (1968-06-02) (age 39) Ormskirk, Lancashire, England

Jonathan Peter Culshaw (born 2 June 1968 in Ormskirk, Lancashire) is a British impressionist and comedian. He was educated at St Bede's RC Comprehensive, Ormskirk, and St John Rigby College, Orrell. is the 153rd day of the year (154th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... Ormskirk is a market town in North West England, situated thirteen miles north of Liverpool and fifteen miles south of Preston. ... Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem - the United Kingdom anthem God Save the Queen is commonly used England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto)1 Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Monarch Queen Elizabeth II... is the 153rd day of the year (154th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ormskirk is a market town in North West England, situated thirteen miles north of Liverpool and fifteen miles south of Preston. ... Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ... An impressionist is a performer whose act consists of giving the impression of being someone else by imitating the other persons voice and mannerisms. ... A comedian, or comic, is an entertainer who amuses an audience by making them laugh. ...

He is famous for his work on BBC Radio 4 and BBC2's Dead Ringers , ITV's 2DTV and his contributions to BBC Radio 1, particularly on The Chris Moyles Show. He also appeared in ITV's Heartbeat on 26 November. BBC Radio 4 is a UK domestic radio station which broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history. ... BBC Two (or BBC2 as it was formerly styled) was the second UK television station to be aired by the BBC. History The channel was scheduled to begin at 7:20pm on April 20, 1964 and show an evening of light entertainment, starting with the comedy show The Alberts and... Dead Ringers is a UK radio and television comedy impressions show broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Two. ... Independent Television (generally known as ITV, but also as ITV Network) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority (ITA) to provide competition to the BBC. ITV is the oldest commercial television network in the UK. Since 1990 and the Broadcasting... 2DTV is a satirical animated television show broadcast on ITV in the United Kingdom. ... This page redirects from Radio 1. See Radio 1 (disambiguation). ... The Chris Moyles Show is the current BBC Radio 1 breakfast show in the UK, and has been since Chris Moyles became the stations breakfast show presenter in 5 January 2004. ... Independent Television (generally known as ITV, but also as ITV Network) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority (ITA) to provide competition to the BBC. ITV is the oldest commercial television network in the UK. Since 1990 and the Broadcasting... Heartbeat is a long-running British TV police drama series set in 1960s Yorkshire. ... is the 330th day of the year (331st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Broadcasting career

His radio career began in hospital radio in Ormskirk. His first job was at Red Rose Radio (now Rock FM) in Preston in 1987, where even then he used to occasionally read the weather in the voice of Frank Bruno. He did voice-over work then was catapulted to notoriety with Spitting Image, where he voiced around forty characters, including John Major, the then Prime Minister. For around four years in the late 1980s, he was a DJ on the commercial radio station Viking FM, based in Hull, and also had a breakfast show on Pennine Radio (now The Pulse of West Yorkshire) and Radio Wave in Blackpool. It was a receptionist at Viking FM who persuaded Culshaw he should go onstage with his impressions and make it his living. He later appeared on BBC Radio 2's It's Been a Bad Week, appeared as a guest on the BBC2 Star Trek Night Quiz in August 1996, and was also a regular guest on the Chris Moyles afternoon show on BBC Radio 1 in 2001-2, where he would phone up commercial organisations such as a Kwik-Fit garage in the voice of Patrick Moore or Obi-Wan Kenobi, politely requesting whether they could service his X-wing fighter, and how much time it would take. Typical hospital radio studio Hospital radio stations provide radio entertainment to patients in UK hospitals. ... 97. ... Preston, a city and local government district in Lancashire, England, is located on the River Ribble. ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... Franklin Ray Bruno (born November 16, 1961) is an English former boxer whose career highlight was winning the WBC world heavyweight championship in 1995. ... Spitting Image was a satirical puppet show that ran on the United Kingdoms ITV television network from 1984 to 1996. ... Sir John Major, KG, CH (born 29 March 1943) is a former British politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and leader of the British Conservative Party from 1990 to 1997. ... The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is, in practice, the political leader of the United Kingdom. ... Viking FM is a commercial radio station which has broadcast music and local information to the East Yorkshire, North Lincolnshire and North-East Lincolnshire counties of England since 1984. ... Hull or Kingston upon Hull is a British city situated on the north bank of the Humber estuary. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Pulse is an Independent Local Radio station broadcasting from Bradford. ... Radio Wave 96. ... It has been suggested that South Shore, Blackpool be merged into this article or section. ... BBC Radio 2 is one of the BBCs national radio stations and is the most popular station in the UK. It broadcasts throughout the UK on FM radio between 88 and 91 MHz from its studios in Western House, adjacent to Broadcasting House in central London. ... It’s Been a Bad Week is a British radio comedy on BBC Radio 2, that started in February 11th 1999. ... The subject of this article may not satisfy the notability guideline or one of the following guidelines for inclusion on Wikipedia: Biographies, Books, Companies, Fiction, Music, Neologisms, Numbers, Web content, or several proposals for new guidelines. ... This page redirects from Radio 1. See Radio 1 (disambiguation). ... Kwik-Fit is a Scottish car servicing company. ... Sir Patrick Moore presenting The Sky at Night, October 2005 Sir Alfred Patrick Caldwell-Moore, CBE, HonFRS, FRAS (born 4 March 1923), known as Patrick Moore, is an English amateur astronomer who has attained legendary status in British astronomy as a writer and television presenter of the subject and who... Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi or Ben Kenobi is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe. ... X-wing fighters on their way into battle in a still from Star Wars. ...

The Radio 4 years

In 2001-2 he had a programme on ITV called Alter Ego where he interviewed male celebrities in their own style of speaking, a form of simultaneous translation. On ITV he also appeared on 2DTV, a cartoon version of what Dead Ringers would do when transposed to TV. Using the same production team, in early 2004, he had his own programme, The Impressionable Jon Culshaw which was commissioned for ITV1. His most famous cult impressions are British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Obi-Wan Kenobi (in the Alec Guinness persona), Russell Crowe, President George W. Bush, Ozzy Osbourne, Dale Winton, Radio 4's very own Godfather Brian Perkins, Sir Patrick Moore and Tom Baker (who played the fourth Doctor in Doctor Who). Independent Television (generally known as ITV, but also as ITV Network) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority (ITA) to provide competition to the BBC. ITV is the oldest commercial television network in the UK. Since 1990 and the Broadcasting... 2DTV is a satirical animated television show broadcast on ITV in the United Kingdom. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Impressionable Jon Culshaw (2004) is a sketch show, created by David Albon, and starring the impressionist Jon Culshaw. ... ITV1 is the name, in England, Wales and the Scottish borders, for a terrestrial, free-to-air television channel, broadcast in the United Kingdom by the ITV network. ... For other people of the same name, see Tony Blair (disambiguation) Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born May 6, 1953)[1] is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, Leader of the Labour Party, and Member of Parliament for the constituency... Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi or Ben Kenobi is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe. ... Russell Ira Crowe (born April 7, 1964) is a New Zealand-Australian[1] actor. ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States, inaugurated on January 20, 2001. ... Ozzy Osbourne (born John Michael Osbourne, December 3, 1948 in Aston, Birmingham, England) is the lead vocalist of the pioneering heavy metal band Black Sabbath, a popular solo artist, and the star of the reality show, The Osbournes. ... Dale Winton (born 22 May 1955 in London) is an English radio DJ and television presenter. ... Brian Perkins (born 1943 in Wanganui, New Zealand) is a senior newsreader on BBC Radio 4. ... Sir Patrick Moore presenting The Sky at Night, October 2005 Sir Alfred Patrick Caldwell-Moore, CBE, HonFRS, FRAS (born 4 March 1923), known as Patrick Moore, is an English amateur astronomer who has attained legendary status in British astronomy as a writer and television presenter of the subject and who... For other persons named Tom Baker, see Tom Baker (disambiguation). ... Doctor Who is a long-running award-winning British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The series depicts the adventures of a mysterious time-traveller known as the Doctor who travels in his TARDIS (Time And Relative Dimension(s) In Space) time ship, which appears from the exterior...

He rose to fame in 1998 by impersonating William Hague while working for Capital Radio, and succeeding in contacting Number 10 Downing Street. He was put through to Tony Blair, and had a lengthy conversation with him. Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... William Jefferson Hague (born 26 March 1961) is a British politician, the Member of Parliament for Richmond, North Yorkshire, former leader of the Conservative Party, and current Conservative Shadow Foreign Secretary. ... This article is about the British radio station. ... 10 Downing Street (commonly known as Number 10), is the most famous London street address. ... For other people of the same name, see Tony Blair (disambiguation) Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born May 6, 1953)[1] is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, Leader of the Labour Party, and Member of Parliament for the constituency...

He also appeared in the Doctor Who webcast Death Comes to Time and audio drama The Kingmaker. In the latter, he got to perform his Tom Baker impression, although his actual part was that of Earl Rivers. Death Comes to Time is a webcast audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who, produced by the BBC and first broadcast in five episodes on the BBCi Cult website from 12 July 2001. ... The Kingmaker is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Earl Rivers was an English title held in succession by the families of Woodville or Wydeville, Darcy and Savage. ...

In 2005, John was a celebrity contestant on Comic Relief does Fame Academy. Comic Relief Does Fame Academy is a spin-off of the original Fame Academy show where celebrities (students) sing as students of the Academy. ...

In January 2006, he began presenting the BBC show Jon Culshaw's Commercial Breakdown shown on Friday Nights. In 2006, he received an honorary fellowship from the University of Central Lancashire in Preston. The British Broadcasting Corporation, which is usually known as the BBC, is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion. ... Commercial Breakdown is a BBC/Celador light entertainment television programme which shows humorous television advertisements from around the world. ... An honorary degree (Latin: honoris causa ad gradum, not to be confused with an honors degree) is an academic degree awarded to an individual as a decoration, rather than as the result of matriculating and studying for several years. ... The University of Central Lancashire (or UCLan) is a university based in Preston, UK, with additional campuses in Carlisle and Penrith. ... This article is about Preston in Lancashire, England. ...

External links

• Jon Culshaw at the Internet Movie Database
• Alter Ego.
• Article in The Stage
• Dead Ringers.
• Honorary fellowship
• Viking FM photo

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Audio clips

• Prank call.
• The Time Lord contacts terrestrial organisations by telephone.
• Voice over work.
• Viking FM jingle
• Talking about his work on Dead Ringers.
• Interviewed on Radio Lancashire in July 2006
• Helping out with Budget 2005 on Radio Five Live
• Would You featuring celebrity vocals
• Talking on Danny Baker's programme.
• This is the Radio Four News with Brian Perkins.
• Are you sitting comfortably? It's time for Dead Ringers to begin.

Video clips

• Receiving his honorary degree in Preston (YouTube)
• Interviewed by the Lancashire Evening Post (YouTube)