Jon Culshaw is regarded as the best young impressionist
in the UK. His own series "The Impressionable Jon Culshaw"
was broadcast on ITV1 and he has received rave reviews for
the BBC 2 TV series "Dead Ringers" which is now
in its fifth series. As well as being a talented impressionist
and comedian, Jon is also in demand as a presenter. Most recently
he hosted the 'Countdown to the Comedy Awards 2004' which
was broadcast in December.
"Dead Ringers" transferred from Radio 4 to television
but still enjoys equal success as a Radio 4 ongoing series.
On television this programme has won the Best Political Satire
Award at the Political Studies Association Awards 2004 and
on radio it has won the British Comedy Award for 'Best Radio
Comedy', the Sony Gold Radio Academy Award and the Broadcasting
Press Guild Award for 'Best Radio Programme'. This year will
see the radio series going into its tenth series.
The unique format of "Alter Ego" was commissioned
by ITV and to date has enjoyed three specials. This is Jon's
own impressionist show in which he interviews celebrities
as themselves. As part of "Children in Need", Jon
was honoured to take part in a sketch as Ozzy Osborne along
with the real Ozzy. As well as confusing the audience, at
one point even Sharon Osborne was unsure as to which of the
Ozzy's was her husband!
Other television credits include "2DTV" (ITV1),
"The National Music Awards" (ITV1), "Christmas
with the Stars" (BBC1), "Parkinson" (BBC),
"Night of A Thousand Faces" (BBC), "The Royal
Variety Performance 2002" (BBC), "The Royal Variety
Performance 2001" (ITV) "They Think its All Over"
(BBC), "Never Mind the Buzzcocks" (BBC), "Peter
Cook, A Posthumous Tribute" (BBC) and "Spitting
Image" where he provided the voices to over forty characters.
Jon has also made his film debut playing our Prime Minister,
Tony Blair, in the movie "Churchill: The Hollywood Years".
Jon enjoys great success in the hosting of awards and was
delighted to host both the 2003 and 2004 Golden Rose Television
Awards in Montreux.
Jon first made international headlines by calling the switchboard
of no. 10 Downing Street and fooling the operators with his
'William Hague' impression. Jon then found to his delight
that he was talking directly to Prime Minster, Tony Blair,
live on London's Capital FM, from 10 Downing Street! The incident
was even reported in Hansard! Jon also provided all the impressions
for the wind up phone calls heard on Capital FM's "Steve
Penk Show", some of which have been produced on CD.
Other radio credits include "It's Been a Bad Week"
and "Chris Moyles Drive".
Jon Culshaw has a catalogue of an estimated 350 impressions.
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