24 Facts About Paul Ross

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Paul Ross was born on 31 December 1956 and is an English television and radio presenter, journalist and media personality.

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Paul Ross is the son of Martha Ross and the elder brother of Jonathan Ross.

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Paul Ross became a researcher at London Weekend Television before becoming an editor for The Six O'Clock Show and The London Programme.

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Paul Ross worked as the series editor on series 3 and 4 of Channel 4's magazine style programme The Word, and became executive producer for series 5.

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Paul Ross fronted the police appeals show Crime Monthly for ITV.

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Celebrities Paul Ross has interviewed include Mike Tyson, Sandra Bullock and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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In January 1997, Paul Ross presented the first episode of All Over the Shop, his celebrity based panel game show based on consumer issues.

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Paul Ross found the time to present yet another game show, Tellystack for UK Gold.

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Tellystack was the third of four high-profile shows Ross would have to his name in 1997, the fourth was his late night entertainment programme The Paul Ross Show, broadcast on ITV, which again saw a second series transmitted in 1998.

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In 1999, Paul Ross was again playing quizmaster when he presented the game shows Mind The Gap, transmitted on ITV, Life's a Punt for LIVE TV, A Slice of the Action for Carlton Food Network, and the celebrity quiz It's Anybody's Guess, which was commissioned for 40 episodes in the Carlton London region.

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In October 2001, Paul Ross appeared as a guest on BBC Two's popular comedy panel show Never Mind the Buzzcocks.

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Paul Ross hosted on the shopping channel Bid TV, where he was one of its original faces when it first launched in October 2000.

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Paul Ross appears regularly as a showbiz correspondent on This Morning, a role he still carries to this day.

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Paul Ross contributes regularly on The Alan Titchmarsh Show, and occasionally on the Channel 5 show Big Brother's Bit on the Side.

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Paul Ross presented a radio show for LBC but left in early 2008, to present the Breakfast Show on BBC London 94.9, initially with JoAnne Good till January 2010 when Jo was given her own late night show The Late Show with Joanne Good.

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In November 2006, he caused controversy by announcing an upcoming EastEnders Christmas storyline on his LBC show, causing his mother, Martha Paul Ross, who told him the storyline, to be sacked from her job as an extra on EastEnders.

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Paul Ross left talkRADIO in September 2019 to join sister station Talksport, presenting in the same overnight timeslot.

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Paul Ross was the first contestant to be eliminated on 2003's Comic Relief does Fame Academy after his singing failed to impress the public voters.

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In 2004, Paul Ross presented a series of DVD programmes focusing on the news and fashions of the three decades before the 1990s.

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Paul Ross appeared on a celebrity edition of Mastermind, choosing "The Life and Works of Ezra Pound" as his specialist subject.

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Paul Ross appeared in the film Bridget Jones's Diary as "Mr Sit-up Britain".

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Paul Ross lost two stone on ITV's Celebrity Fit Club, won the top prize on an episode of All Star Family Fortunes, which was donated to the Alzheimer's Society, and performed as Tommy Steele on Stars in Their Eyes.

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Paul Ross has been married three times and has five children and two grandchildren.

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On 31 August 2014, Paul Ross revealed that he had developed an addiction to mephedrone over the previous year and had an affair with a male English teacher.