Settled married life Brandreth has lived a settled married life for decades, meeting his future wife Michèle while studying at Oxford, and enjoying a quiet wedding in 1973.The couple have lived ...

Speaking before his Poetry Together event in central London, Brandreth echoed the concerns, saying the rapid downturn is “why we’re having to do this”. “The truth is, people need people ...

Oscar Wilde makes a stylish sleuth in this clever series debut from Brandreth, a British author best known as a biographer (John Gielgud: An Actor's Life , etc.). Narrating the tale from his old ...

For Gyles Brandreth, the tree-lined avenues and wide, green sports pitches of Barn Elms playing fields are much more than the local park. It may be where he walks Mabel the family Chug – a Pug ...

Gyles Brandreth is a British broadcaster and former Conservative MP for Chester. He is known for presenting Good Morning Britain in the 1980s and his many appearances in the Dictionary Corner on ...

BBC's famously obscure quiz show Pointless has returned for another instalment without fan favourite Richard Osman - but it seems one replacement is dividing viewers. Gyles Brandreth, a former ...

This Morning host Alison Hammond suddenly paused the chat with her co-stars Dermot O'Leary, Alison Phillips, and Gyles Brandreth on Monday to share some urgent news. In the middle of the ...

Broadcaster and writer Gyles Brandreth nominates Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as his "Great Life". Matthew Parris chairs, assisted by biographer Andrew Lycett. Conan Doyle is best known as the creator ...

Panto-aficionado Gyles will immerse himself in every aspect of the genre, from its roots in commedia dell’arte and Victorian music hall to scene painting, slapstick and the making of a pantomime ...

This is Brandreth unleashed on the stars he's known and the theatre stories that have made him laugh – and, occasionally, cry. Without hesitation or repetition (and just a touch of deviation), Just A ...