The Oxford educated son of the acclaimed painter Felix Topolski, Daniel Topolski was a champion rower and rowing coach. As finishing coach for the Oxford University Boat Race crew between 1973 and 1987 and British Olympic rowing team coach in 1980 and 1984, Topolski had great success and subsequently won the William Hill Sports Book of the Year in 1989 with his book True Blue: The Oxford Boat Race Mutiny. He also won a Travelex Radio Award in 1993 for his BBC series Topolski’s Travels, was married to the Howards’ Way actress Susan Gilmore and had three children.

The Roll Call - PRESENTERS AND POLITICOS

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Sharon Hodgson MP

2

Betsy DeVos (née Elisabeth Prince)

3

The Rt. Hon. The Lord Ashdown GCMG, CH, KBE, PC (better known as Paddy Ashdown)

4

Baroness Pidding CBE (AKA, “The Bet Lynch Baroness”, born Emma Pidding)

5

Diane Sawyer (born Lila Diane Sawyer)

6

Ashley Mote

7

Victoria Borwick MP (AKA “VB” and “Lady Borwick”, née Victoria Poore)

8

Christine Walkden

9

Mhairi Black MP

10

The Rt. Hon. The Lord Boothby KBE (born Robert Boothby, also known as Bob Boothby, 1900 – 1986)

11

Jack Duffin

12

Daniel Topolski (1945 – 2015)

13

Julia Hartley-Brewer

14

Dr Hyacinth Morgan (1885 – 1956)

15

Joanne Coburn (AKA “Jo” Coburn)

16

Kate Williams

17

Jon Favreau (AKA “Favs” Favreau)

18

Matt Forde

19

Anna Soubry MP

20

Dame Elaine Kellett-Bowman DBE (1923 – 2014)

21

The Rt. Hon. Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller DCB

22

Gavin Newsom

23

Sir Bernard Ingham

24

Stella Creasy MP

25

Paul Staines (AKA Guido Fawkes)

26

The Rt. Hon. the Baroness Neville-Jones DCMG PC

27

The Rt. Hon. The Lady Garden of Frognal

28

Jean Barker, Baroness Trumpington DCVO, PC

29

Martha Kearney

30

Giulio Andreotti (1919 – 2013)

31

Brian Coleman

32

Kathy Clugston

33

Barbara Walters

34

Clare Balding

35

The Rt. Hon. Margaret Hodge MBE MP (also known as Lady Hodge)

36

Dan Penteado

37

Esther McVey MP

38

The Rt. Hon. Theresa May MP

39

The Rt. Hon. Gregory Barker (AKA “Greg Barker”)

40

John Simpson CBE

41

Terry Venables

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Sir David Frost, Kt., OBE (1939 - 2013)

43

Lizo Mzimba