Jon Culshaw - Honorary Degree - University of Leicester
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A short clip of Jon
A short clip of Jon Culshaw receiving and responding to the presentation of the Honorary Degree (Doctor of Laws) from the University of Leicester.
Jon Culshaw was born in Ormskirk, Lancashire and educated at St Bede's Roman Catholic High School, Ormskirk, and St John Rigby College, Wigan, His radio career began in hospital radio in Ormskirk and his first job was at Red Rose Studio (now Rock Fm) in Preston in 1987. He did voice-over work before coming to prominence as an impressionist in Spitting Image, where he voiced around forty characters, including John Major, then the Prime Minister. His work included BBC Radio 4 and BBC 2's Dead Ringers, which ran for eight years, ITV's 2DTV, BBC One's The impressions Show with Culshaw and Stephenson and contributions to BBC Radio 1, particularly on The Chris Moyles Show. His most famous impressions include former Prime Minister Tony Blair and President George W. Bush. He acted in mainstream television drams, and has participated in charitable TV fundraising events such as Comic Relief and Celebrity Who Wants to be a Millionaire. He has been a keen amateur astronomer since childhood, inspired by the late Sir Patrick Moore a Distinguished Honorary Fellow and honorary gradate of this University, and by the BBC TV programme The Sky at Night. In recent yars he has appeared regularly on the programme alongside members of the University's Physics and Astronomy Department; in Novermber 2001 and again in December 2008, he impersonated a younger version of Sir Patrick.
In March 2011, he appeared on the 700th epidode of the programme, reading viewers' questions to the panel of experts. He appeared again the May edition, reporting on the Northern Lights.
He also makes use of his media fame and comedy skills to promote astronomy in other ways, in January 2012 he appeared on the BBC2 astronomy programme Stargazing Live and more recently spoke on the BBC Radio 4's Saturday Live about his passion for the subject.
This film was produced by External Relations, University of Leicester.
Edited by Hayley Evans
Jon Culshaw was born in Ormskirk, Lancashire and educated at St Bede's Roman Catholic High School, Ormskirk, and St John Rigby College, Wigan, His radio career began in hospital radio in Ormskirk and his first job was at Red Rose Studio (now Rock Fm) in Preston in 1987. He did voice-over work before coming to prominence as an impressionist in Spitting Image, where he voiced around forty characters, including John Major, then the Prime Minister. His work included BBC Radio 4 and BBC 2's Dead Ringers, which ran for eight years, ITV's 2DTV, BBC One's The impressions Show with Culshaw and Stephenson and contributions to BBC Radio 1, particularly on The Chris Moyles Show. His most famous impressions include former Prime Minister Tony Blair and President George W. Bush. He acted in mainstream television drams, and has participated in charitable TV fundraising events such as Comic Relief and Celebrity Who Wants to be a Millionaire. He has been a keen amateur astronomer since childhood, inspired by the late Sir Patrick Moore a Distinguished Honorary Fellow and honorary gradate of this University, and by the BBC TV programme The Sky at Night. In recent yars he has appeared regularly on the programme alongside members of the University's Physics and Astronomy Department; in Novermber 2001 and again in December 2008, he impersonated a younger version of Sir Patrick.
In March 2011, he appeared on the 700th epidode of the programme, reading viewers' questions to the panel of experts. He appeared again the May edition, reporting on the Northern Lights.
He also makes use of his media fame and comedy skills to promote astronomy in other ways, in January 2012 he appeared on the BBC2 astronomy programme Stargazing Live and more recently spoke on the BBC Radio 4's Saturday Live about his passion for the subject.
This film was produced by External Relations, University of Leicester.
Edited by Hayley Evans
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