Career: Martin eventually returned to the UK, where he was employed by Antony Worrall Thompson at his Kensington restaurant. He went on to work at various other London eateries before becoming head chef, aged just 22, at Hotel Du Vin in Winchester. He made his TV debut in 1996 with James Martin: Yorkshire's Finest, in which he demonstrated the county's cuisine. Other food-related shows include Stately Suppers, Sweet Baby James, Saturday Kitchen, Operation Hospital Food, The Roux Scholarship, United States of Cakes and The Great British Budget Menu. A keen motorist, Martin has also written a motoring column and co-hosted Racing Legends with Sir Jackie Stewart. He came fourth in Strictly Come Dancing in 2005, narrowly missing out on a place in the final with his partner, Camilla Dallerup.

Career: Parkinson's first TV job was as a producer at Granada. In 1969 he began hosting the channel's Cinema programme. By 1971 he was working for Thames TV, presenting Teabreak with wife Mary, before getting his own chat show at the BBC which saw him interview such stars as Ingrid Bergman, Orson Welles, James Stewart and John Wayne. More than a decade later the series was dropped. He had a short-lived term at TV-am and appeared on the shows Give Us A Clue, one-off drama Ghostwatch and Going for A Song. In 1998, his chat show was revived and proved an instant hit. It switched from the Beeb to ITV1 in 2004 and ran until 2007 - the same year he retired from his Sunday morning Radio 2 programme.