The Hairy Bikers Home for Christmas: Jon Culshaw/Unexpected Guests


12:00 pm - 1:00 pm, Monday, December 22 on Food Network (43)

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Jon Culshaw/Unexpected Guests
Season 1, Episode 6

Dave Myers and Si King create dishes for unexpected guests, with impressionist Jon Culshaw joining them to make a last-minute Christmas cake, and orange and honey glazed salmon


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Cooking Leisure Hobbies

Cast & Crew

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Dave Myers (Presenter)
Si King (Presenter)
Pete Lawrence (Executive producer)
Will Knott (Series editor)
Natasha Hayes (Series producer)

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Dave Myers (Presenter)
Best Known For: Being one half of TV's hell-raisers of haute cuisine.
Early-life: Born in 1967 in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, Dave was the son a foreman at the local paper mill and the family did not have much income. He had a difficult adolescence - losing his hair to alopecia brought on when his mother was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. He worked as a furnace-man in a steelworks while a student, to finance a degree and postgraduate studies in Fine Arts at Goldsmiths, where he studied egg tempera and the work of the Old Masters. On graduating, Dave joined the BBC as a make-up artist, specialising in prosthetics.
Career: Having met Si King on the set of a Catherine Cookson adaptation on which they were both working, the pair struck up a friendship and stumbled into the front of the cameras. For BBC Two they have made endless Hairy Bikers series and spin-offs and become bona fide assets for the corporation. Dave even dressed in silver Lycra for an appearance on the cult hit Hole in the Wall. Together with King, he has also penned several cookbooks. His recent TV work with Si King includes The Hairy Bikers: Mums Know Best, The Hairy Bikers' Cook Off, The Hairy Biker's Bakeation, and The Hairy Bikers: Restoration Road Trip. In September 2013, he became a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing.
Quote: "Motorbiking isn't about getting from A to B. It's about the journey in between."
Trivia: He lives on Roa Island, Morecambe Bay.
Si King (Presenter)
Best Known For: Being one half of the Hairy Bikers.
Early-life: Simon King was born in 1967 in Washington, Tyne and Wear. His passion for food was encouraged from an early age when his father would bring him back exotic ingredients from his trips with the Royal Navy.
Career: He was working as a first assistant director and locations manager for film and TV when he met Dave Myers on the set of a Catherine Cookson adaptation. The pair struck up a friendship and ended up in front of the cameras. For BBC Two they have made endless Hairy Bikers series and spin-offs and become bona fide assets for the corporation. Together with Myers, he has penned several cookbooks as well. His recent TV work with Myers includes The Hairy Bikers: Mums Know Best, The Hairy Bikers' Cook Off, The Hairy Biker's Bakeation, and The Hairy Bikers: Restoration Road Trip
Quote: On working with Dave Myers: "I love him like he is my brother. The only difference is he's not my blood."
Trivia: In 2009, filming on a TV show was halted after King came off his bike when a car pulled out in front of him. He received treatment for brusing to his right leg and ribs.
Jon Culshaw (Guest)
Born: June 02, 1968 in Ormskirk, Lancashire
Best Known For: Dead Ringers and The Impressions Show with Culshaw and Stephenson.
Early-life: Jonathan Peter Culshaw was born in Ormskirk, Lancashire, on June 2, 1968. He was educated at St Bede's RC High School, Ormskirk, and St John Rigby RC Sixth Form College, Orrell. His radio career began in hospital radio in his home town. His first job was at Red Rose Radio (now Rock FM) in Preston in 1987, where even then he used to occasionally read the weather in the voice of Frank Bruno. He did voice-over work but was catapulted to prominence with Spitting Image, where he voiced around 40 characters.
Career: After hospital radio, Culshaw served his media apprenticeship as a DJ at several commercial stations, but rose to fame in January 1998 during his time at Capital Radio when his phone call got put through to then-prime minister Tony Blair while impersonating Tory leader of the time William Hague. The two had a lengthy conversation before the penny dropped. Between 2001 and 2002 he had a programme on ITV called Alter Ego where he interviewed male celebrities in their own style of speaking. On ITV he also appeared on 2DTV, then The Impressionable Jon Culshaw, before finding his real niche with the BBC series Dead Ringers. He took part in Celebrity Fame Academy in 2005, where he met Debra Stephenson, with whom he starred in The Impressions Show.
Quote: "By 16 I realised my occupation would be something to do with performance. It was clear I'd be rubbish at a proper job."
Trivia: In 2013, Culshaw appeared in The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot, a comedy homage to Doctor Who.
Pete Lawrence (Executive producer)
Will Knott (Series editor)
Natasha Hayes (Series producer)