When Charlie Anson appeared on BBC Two’s Dragons’ Den in February 2015 to raise funds for his cartoon business, Charlie’s Cartoons, he was unsuccessful but praised by Deborah Meaden for his “passionate pitch”. Born in Geneva, Switzerland but based in London, Charlie Anson is also an actor has appeared in BBC Two’s Peaky Blinders once and ITV1’s Downton Abbey twice. He loves fondue, fishing and films.
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Ted Richards
Having removed his ears, had 110 tattoos, 50 piercings and a split tongue, parrot obsessive Ted Richards told The Sun of his desire to find a surgeon prepared to turn his nose into a beak in October 2015.
Terry Deary
Best known for his Horrible Histories series, Deary has sold over 25 million books in over 40 languages but was described by David Starkey as a “parasite”. This Sunderland born butcher’s son is the tenth most borrowed author in British libraries yet views historians as “seedy and devious”. Schools, he has commented, have “no relevance […]
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Can they please bring him back? He has done his best to cause havoc but we need a little more in Downton Abbey.
I swoon when I see him on the screen.