Gyles Brandreth
British broadcaster and writer; Conservative MP for Chester from 1992 to 1997.
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- Gyles Brandreth is a British broadcaster, writer and former politician, born in 1948.
- He was Conservative MP for the City of Chester from 1992 to 1997.
- He is a regular on Countdown's Dictionary Corner and BBC Radio 4's Just a Minute.
- He wrote the Oscar Wilde Murder Mysteries and hosts the podcast Rosebud.
Key facts
- Born
- 8 March 1948, Wuppertal, Germany1
- Education
- Modern History and Modern Languages, New College, Oxford; President of the Oxford Union (1969)1
- Parliament
- Conservative MP for the City of Chester, 1992 to 1997; a government whip as Lord Commissioner of the Treasury1
- Broadcasting
- Countdown's Dictionary Corner, more than 300 times; Just a Minute; TV-am's Good Morning Britain; The One Show1
- Podcasts
- Something Rhymes with Purple, with Susie Dent, April 2019 to July 2024; Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth, from September 20231
- Fiction
- The Oscar Wilde Murder Mysteries, seven books1
- Oscar Wilde Society
- President, from 20151
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