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Adil Ray (Presenter)

Born: April 26, 1974 in Birmingham

Best Known For: Citizen Khan and being a radio host.

Early-life: Adil was born in Birmingham on April 26, 1974 to a Pakistani father and Kenyan mother. His father worked as a bus driver for almost 40 years, his mother worked for the Civil Service. His parents divorced when he was in his mid teens. Adil went on to study marketing at the University of Huddersfield. During his time at university, he worked as a host on a small Asian radio station in Birmingham before moving on to Choice FM. Other radio work followed at Galaxy 105, Century Radio, Aire FM Leeds and Ministry of Sound Radio.

Career: In 2002, Ray joined the BBC Asian Network to present the late night Adil Ray Show. He presented other slots on the station before leaving in June 2010. He has since been a regular on BBC Radio 5 Live. Since 2012, he has co-written and starred in the BBC sitcom Citizen Khan. He has also presented Desi DNA and Inside Out. In 2015, he guest presented three episodes of The One Show.

Quote: 'It doesn't matter what religion you are or what background, we all have the same problems, highs and lows.'

Trivia: As a keen cricketer, Ray represented West Bromwich Dartmouth during the late 1980s and early 1990s. He supports Aston Villa FC.

Cathy Newman (Contestant)

Born: July 14, 1974 in Guildford, Surrey

Best Known For: Presenting Channel 4 News.

Early-life: Born on July 14, 1974 in Guildford, Surrey to two chemistry teachers. Cathy was planning to become a violinist or join the legal profession until she saw BBC journalist Kate Adie on TV and decided to become a journalist herself. She graduated from Oxford University with a first, after studying English at Lady Margaret Hall.

Career: Newman worked briefly at Media Week and as a business correspondent for The Independent before joining the Financial Times as a media correspondent and later a political correspondent. She worked at The Washington Post for four months in 2000 after gaining a Laurence Stern fellowship. In 2006, she joined Channel 4 News as a political correspondent. She became the first female co-presenter of the programme in 2011. Newman has since worked on the Channel 4 TV series Dispatches, been a guest panelist on Have I Got News For You and written blogs for The Daily Telegraph and Economia magazine.

Quote: 'Women who have a public profile should speak out to help other women.'

Trivia: She has spoken openly about her decision to have an abortion. This decision was made after she discovered her baby had a rare condition that made it unlikely to have survived to term.

Gyles Brandreth (Contestant)

Kaye Adams (Contestant)

Born: December 28, 1962 in Grangemouth

Best Known For: Anchoring Loose Women.

Early-life: Kaye was born in Grangemouth on December 28, 1962. Her parents ran a family road haulage business. She went on to study Economics and Politics at the University of Edinburgh. Her media career started as a graduate trainee at Central Television and her initial focus was political and news programming. In 1988, she began working on ITV's nightly news programme, Scotland Today.

Career: In 1992, Adams began hosting the discussion programme Scottish Women and it marked the start of her career as a talk show host. Following the success of Scottish Women, Adams co-presented ITV Weekend Live, Central Weekend Live and This Morning, and was a reporter on the first series of I'm a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! Between 1999 and 2006, Adams anchored the popular ITV daytime talk show Loose Women. She returned to the show in 2013. She has also guest hosted The Wright Stuff on Channel 5 and co-hosted Scottish lifestyle programme The Hour with Stephen Jardine.

Quote: 'There's a certain group of celebrity that I don't get excited about.'

Trivia: Adams writes a weekly column for the Daily Record newspaper and presents phone-in show Call Kaye on Radio Scotland.

Dr Ranj Singh (Contestant)

Toby Baker (Series director)

Pam Cavannagh (Executive producer)

Ben Shephard (Executive producer)

Born: December 11, 1974 in Epping, Essex

Best Known For: Hosting The Xtra Factor

Early-life: Benjamin Peter Sherrington Shephard was born in Essex on December 11, 1974. He has a brother and sister. He studied dance, drama and theatre arts at Birmingham University. As a teenager he loved sport, and played for South-East England's Under 16 and Under 18 football teams, and for the Senior Eastern Counties rugby team. After graduating, he spent time in France, working in a chateu. He returned to the UK and landed jobs at various production companies, before getting his big break in 1998, hosting Channel 4 series Control Freaks.

Career: He co-hosted The Bigger Breakfast and T4 on Channel 4, before signing up to ITV2's Bedrock. Among his presenting credits are EastEnders Revealed, Channel 4's Planet Pop, MTV Select with Kelly Brook and Exclusive with Lisa Rogers. As well as presenting GMTV Today and Entertainment Today, Ben also fronted the station's lifestyle series Inch-loss Beach in 2003 and took a road trip from San Francisco to LA in Ben's Road to Hollywood. He presented the ITV2 show The Xtra Factor since 2004 but quit - reportedly being angry that Dermot O'Leary was brought in to replace Kate Thornton on the main show, instead of him. He has since presented several high-profile shows for ITV and is the face of The Krypton Factor.

Quote: 'My experiences as a backpacker have taught me that decent toilet paper is a luxury you just can't afford to be without.'

Trivia: Shephard holds the world record for the most pumpkins smashed in one minute - 11.

Julie Kelling (Executive producer)

Neale Simpson (Executive producer)

07:00 am - 07:30 am, Saturday, April 11 on ITV1 London +1 (35)

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