1. Clive Stuart Anderson was born on 10 December 1952 and is an English television and radio presenter, comedian, writer and former barrister.
19 Facts About Clive Anderson
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Winner of a British Comedy Award in 1991, Anderson began experimenting with comedy and writing comedic scripts during his 15-year legal career.
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Clive Anderson has hosted many radio programmes and made guest appearances on Have I Got News for You, Mock the Week and QI.
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Clive Anderson's mother was English and his parents met while serving in the RAF.
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Clive Anderson was educated at Stanburn Primary School and Harrow County School for Boys then a grammar school which closed in 1975.
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Clive Anderson attended Selwyn College, Cambridge, where, from 1974 to 1975, he was President of the Cambridge Footlights.
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Clive Anderson was called to the bar at the Middle Temple in 1976 and became a practising barrister, specialising in criminal law.
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Clive Anderson was involved in the fledgling alternative comedy scene in the early 1980s and was the first act to appear at The Comedy Store when it opened in 1979.
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In one incident in 1997, Clive Anderson was deserted by his guests, the Bee Gees, after he made several digs at them and their music.
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Clive Anderson has made ten appearances on Have I Got News for You.
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In 2009, Clive Anderson was the television host of the BBC's Last Night of the Proms.
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In November 2023, Clive Anderson appeared on TV game show Richard Osman's House of Games, winning the show by one point.
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Clive Anderson hosted six series of Clive Anderson's Chat Room on BBC Radio 2 from 2004 to 2009.
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Clive Anderson has appeared on BBC Radio 4's The Unbelievable Truth hosted by David Mitchell.
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Clive Anderson presented the radio show The Guessing Game on BBC Radio Scotland.
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Clive Anderson has appeared on BBC Radio 5 Live's Fighting Talk.
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Clive Anderson is a comedy sketch writer who has written for Frankie Howerd, Not the Nine O'Clock News, and Griff Rhys Jones and Mel Smith.
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Clive Anderson is President of the Woodland Trust and became Vice Patron of the Solicitors' Benevolent Association, a registered charity.
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Later, Clive Anderson won both the "Top Entertainment Presenter" and "Top Radio Comedy Personality" at the British Comedy Awards in 1991.