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Although best known for his woolly jumpers, Author, broadcaster, former Oxford Scholar and President of the Oxford Union, - Gyles Brandreth is one of Britain’s most sought-after public speakers. The former Member of Parliament for the City of Chester, a Government Whip and Lord Commissioner of The Treasury, Gyles Brandreth’s private member’s bills included the 1994 Marriage Act.

Since leaving Parliament Gyles Brandreth has been making headlines of a very different type. In the summer of 2002 he wrote and appeared in his own award-winning West End show Zipp! 100 Musicals in 100 Minutes – a hilarious breakneck journey through a century of musicals, Brandreth described the show as the \'Ryanair of musical theatre\'.

Perhaps better-known as a television presenter which started with TV-am and countless game shows in the 1970s and1980s, Gyles Brandreth now appears on Channel Four’s word game Countdown, Breakfast with Frost BBC 1 and as a presenter for CBS News in the United States. He has presented numerous radio shows on BBC Radio 4 including Whispers, Brandreth’s Rules, and Pick of the Week.

A successful author, Gyles Brandreth’s many books include The Complete Public Speaker, an autobiography called Under the Jumper, his political diaries, Breaking the Code, are said to be ’by far the best political diary of recent years, far more perceptive and revealing than Alan Clark’s.’ The Times. His most recent publication Philip & Elizabeth: Portrait of a Marriage was serialised in Sunday Telegraph and BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week.

As well as being an award-winning after-dinner speaker, Gyles was once featured in the Guinness Book of Records for making the longest-ever after-dinner speech - lasting twelve and a half hours! He has performed in venues as varied as the Waldorf-Astoria, the Albert Hall, Buckingham Palace and Strangeways Prison. As well as providing keynote addresses and individual tailored after-dinner speeches, Gyles Brandreth has many with unique tales to tell from his unlikely life in the theatre, television, journalism and politics.

A wonderfully witty speaker, Gyles is a popular choice for both light hearted and serious After Dinner Speeches.



‘Not merely, like all the best after-dinner speakers, does he know how to spin a yarn - he has a touching access to the secrets of the human heart’ The Times

‘Probably the best speaker I have heard - Brandreth is brilliant’ Daily Express.



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