Paul John Ross (born John Ross on December 31, 1956 in Leytonstone, London) is an English journalist, television editor, and media personality. He is the elder brother of presenter Jonathan Ross and is also an up and coming film reviewer. He has also been presenting Most Haunted Live from May 2006 onwards. is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Leytonstone is a place in East London, England in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem specific to England — the anthem of the United Kingdom is God Save the Queen. See also Proposed English National Anthems. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Official Most Haunted logo Most Haunted is a programme based on investigating purported paranormal activity that is shown on the satellite and cable channels LIVINGtv, LIVINGtv2 and ftn, primarily for the UK market. ...

Biography

Ross was trained as a journalist, and worked as an editor on Channel 4's controversial youth show The Word, having originally started as a researcher at London Weekend Television. He worked as an 'on-your-doorstep' outside broadcaster, and also as co-host in The Big Breakfast. In the mid 1990s, he also worked as a game show host on Telly Stacks and the British version of the popular American game show Jeopardy!. This does not cite any references or sources. ... Channel 4 is a public-service British television station, broadcast to all areas of the United Kingdom (and also the Republic of Ireland), which began transmissions in 1982. ... The Word may mean: The Word (television) The Word (song) by The Beatles The Wørd, a recurring segument on Stephen Colberts The Colbert Report The Word (magazine) The Bible Ordet (aka The Word), the 1955 Danish film The Word (band) The Word & the Void This is a disambiguation... For the suburb of Melbourne, Australia, see Research, Victoria. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Lockkeepers Cottages, in Old Ford Lock, used as the studio for The Big Breakfast The Big Breakfast was a British light entertainment television show shown on Channel 4 each weekday morning from 28 September 1992 until 29 March 2002. ... “Quiz show” redirects here. ... Jeopardy! is an international television quiz game show, originally devised by Merv Griffin. ...

From 1997 to 1998 he hosted The Paul Ross Show, a late-night programme on ITV. He also made appearances on programs such as Bo' Selecta and Never Mind the Buzzcocks. Ross was one of the launch presenters at the then-innovative satellite shopping broadcaster Bid-up.tv, and fronted the BBC1 lunchtime quizshow No Win No Fee, where contestants would directly compete with Paul for his four-thousand pound fee for the show. He took part in the third series of popular ITV1 reality show, Celebrity Fit Club, losing 2 stone and a pound, and was made team captain. Ross was the first contestant to be eliminated on Comic Relief does Fame Academy (2003) after his singing failed to impress voters. 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... Bo Selecta! (title taken from Craig Davids song, Re-Wind) is a British TV comedy sketch show and the brainchild of writer/performer, Leigh Francis. ... Never Mind the Buzzcocks is a comedy panel game show with a pop and rock music theme, presented by Simon Amstell and produced by talkbackTHAMES for the BBC. It is usually aired on BBC Two. ... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... 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. ... Reality television is a genre of television programming in which the fortunes of real life people (as opposed to fictional characters played by actors) are followed. ... It has been suggested that Celebrity Fit Club (British) be merged into this article or section. ... Comic Relief Does Fame Academy is a spin-off of the original Fame Academy show where celebrities (students) sing as students of the Academy. ...

His film roles have included "Mr Sit-up Britain" in Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) and Colonel Mattel in Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death (1989). Bridget Joness Diary is a 1996 novel by Helen Fielding. ... Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death is a 1989 cult classic film and starring Shannon Tweed and Bill Maher. ...

In 2003 he joined the newly-relaunched London radio station LBC 97.3, taking on the Saturday morning show and later weekend breakfast. In January 2007, Paul Ross moved to drivetime 4pm-6:30pm, Monday to Thursday, replacing Iain Lee in new year shake-up. Paul continues to present the Saturday Morning Breakfast Show on LBC 97.3. He currently also appears as a show-business reporter for the television programme, This Morning. He also writes a weekly column, Paul Ross at the Movies, for a leading Sunday tabloid newspaper, which has been widely criticized for "quote whoring". He also introduced movies on the short lived Sky movie channels, Matinee and Bad Movies. LBC 97. ... Iain Lee (born 9 June 1973) is a radio and television presenter. ... LBC 97. ... This Morning logo This Morning is a British, ITV daytime television programme that was started on 3 October 1988 and includes celebrity guests, entertainment, advice, competitions and features. ... A columnist is a journalist who produces a specific form of writing for publication called a column. Columns appear in newspapers, magazines and the Internet. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For other uses, see Sky (disambiguation). ... sit-up Ltd (or commonly sit-up) is a UK based broadcaster which launched in 2000. ...

In 2005 Paul was also one of the main presenters for ChoicesUK TV on Sky TV a film review/shopping channel also hosted by Rustie Lee. British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB - formerly two companies, Sky Television and British Satellite Broadcasting, which merged) is a company that operates the most popular subscription television service in the UK and Ireland. ... Rustie Lee was a famous TV chef in the 1980s on UK morning show, TV-AM. She was born in Jamaica. ...

Paul Ross has also appeared on a celebrity edition of Mastermind where his specialist subject was "The Life and Works of Ezra Pound". He is been the presenter of Most Haunted Live since the nineteenth edition filmed at Portsmouth in May 2006. Most Haunted is a British paranormal television programme based on investigating purported paranormal activity. ... This is a list of television-related events in 2006. ...

Ross has been married twice and has five children. In November 2006, he caused controversy by announcing an upcoming EastEnders Christmas storyline on his LBC radio show, causing his mother Martha, who told him the storyline, to be fired from her job as an extra on Eastenders.^[1] EastEnders is a popular BBC television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC1 on 19 February 1985[4] and continuing to date. ... LBC Radio (originally the London Broadcasting Company) operates two London-based radio stations, with news and talk formats. ... Martha Ross (born 1939) is a British actress and radio presenter, and mother of television presenters Jonathan and Paul Ross. ... Fired and Firing redirect here. ...

References

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External links

• Paul Ross at the Internet Movie Database
• Paul Ross at TV.com
• Film Star Search
• LBC
• bbc comic relief