JJ Chalmers is a TV Presenter with a remarkable story. The career of the former Royal Marine Commando was cut short after he suffered life-changing injuries following an IED explosion in Afghanistan. After years of rehabilitation, JJ went on to compete in the 2014 Invictus Games where he captained the Trike Cycling team and took home three medals. As a spokesperson for this inaugural Invictus Games JJ got an insight into TV during the publicity rounds and seeking a new and thrilling adventure led JJ to embark on a broadcasting career.
He hit the ground running in 2016 with a Studio Presenter role for the Rio Paralympics and since 2017 has anchored BBC1's coverage of the Invictus Games. JJ has become a key part of the BBC's sports team with highlights including The Commonwealth Games and The London Marathon. As part of the BBC's Ceremonial coverage JJ commentates on The Lord Mayor's Show and considers himself privileged to have been involved in the D Day Memorial coverage, Trooping The Colour, The Duke of Edinburgh's and Her Majesty The Queen's funeral programming. Other BBC credits include The One Show, BBC Breakfast, Getaways, Wild Escapes, Pilgrimage, The People Remember and the acclaimed documentary for Radio 5 Live From Helmand and Back.
2020 saw JJ join the cast of Strictly Come Dancing on BBC1 dancing all the way to the Quarter Finals. Swapping the dance floor for his workshop JJ joined BBC1's Money For Nothing showcasing his crafting and design skills. He was an integral part of the BBC1's Olympic presenter squad and Channel Four's Paralympics coverage. For Channel 5 JJ has fronted the 3 part series Dunkirk plus he joined The Chelsea Flower Show and Gardeners World Team for the BBC. This year sees JJ hosting Scotland's Greatest Escapes for the BBC in which he showcases the best places to stay.
JJ is a Patron for Help For Heroes.
Lorraine reveals the latest Strictly Come Dancing contestant, JJ Chalmers and she is very excited! He talks to Lorraine all about how he is feeling about heading to the Strictly ballroom, whether he believes his injuries will hold him back and how his daughter is seemingly more excited than him!
Mariella is a Broadcaster, Journalist and Campaigner.
Firmly established at the very pinnacle of the UK’s opinion-forming journalists and TV presenters, Mariella Frostrup has defied every attempt to pigeonhole her skills and talents. As a result, she has been free to work on a variety of programmes and for a number of publications.
Having enjoyed a long career in television, Mariella has has interviewed some of the biggest names in film, music, literature and politics from Paul McCartney to Salman Rushdie to Desmond Tutu and Hilary Clinton. Her groundbreaking documentary in 2018 on the menopause helped to start a national discourse. While her Panorama investigation into peer pressure raised the question of whether we should be doing more to protect our children.
A force for menopause activism in the UK, Mariella was recently named one of Vogue’s 25 most influential women in the UK, she is a co-founder of campaign group Menopause Mandate, and has spoken and written widely about the importance of menopause education, equality, and informed choice around the subject.
Mariella published her book Cracking The Menopause: While Keeping Yourself Together last year. Prior to this she co-edited Desire: 100 of Literature's Sexiest Stories alongside the Erotic Review and edited Wild Women & Their Amazing Adventures over Land, Sea & Air; a collection of more than 50 of the greatest escapades ever experienced and told by women.
Currently hosting her own daily afternoon show on Times Radio Mariella combines her TV and radio careers with that of a prolific journalist. As a respected arts critic, she has sat on the judging panel for various awards, including the Booker Prize, the Orange Prize for Fiction and the Evening Standard Film Awards, among others.
Amongst a number of charities and causes Mariella supports she is a Trustee of The Great Initiative; a charity which promotes gender equality and an Ambassador for Save The Children.
Michael Pawlyn established Exploration Architecture in 2007 and has built a reputation as a thought leader in biomimicry.
He has lectured internationally on biomimicry and innovative approaches to sustainability. In 2007 Michael Pawlyn delivered a talk at Google’s annual ‘Zeitgeist’ conference and, in 2011, became one of only a small handful of architects to have a talk posted on TED.com.
In the same year, his book Biomimicry in Architecture was published by the Royal Institute of British Architects.
Prior to setting up the company Michael Pawlyn worked with Grimshaw for ten years and was central to the team that radically re-invented horticultural architecture for the Eden Project. He was responsible for leading the design of the Warm Temperate and Humid Tropics Biomes and the subsequent phases.
TED Salon London 2010
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