Awards Hosts

Channel 4 and BBC Sport broadcaster with more than 15 years experience in TV. He has memorably commentated on snooker, the 2012 Paralympics and 2016 Rio Olympics.

Rob Walker

Dan was a BBC sports presenter and anchor of BBC Breakfast before moving to Channel 5. He has also appeared on Celebrity Mastermind and is a regular guest on A Question of Sport.

Dan Walker

Award-winning journalist and writer, whose book Yes Man was turned into a film with Jim Carrey. A comedy scriptwriter and producer, he has written and produced for TV, radio and the stage, and contributed to dozens of publications, including the Independent and the Guardian.

Danny Wallace

Actor, Comedian, Writer, and Television personality. Best known for his partnership with Matt Lucas on the BBC One sketch comedy shows Little Britain. Also a very successful children's book author too.

David Walliams

Up and coming stand up comedian and writer. Holly is a regular on Mock the Week, The Now Show and The Unbelievable Truth, as well as chairing her own comedy panel show based around manners on Radio 4. Co-creator of the hit BBC sitcom, Motherland.

Holly Walsh

A regular Radio 4 broadcaster on You've Got To Be Joking, Adrian is a great after dinner speaker and stand up comedian.

Adrian Walsh

David Walsh is chief sports writer at The Sunday Times, who helped to expose Lance Armstrong as a Drugs Cheat. The story of his exposing Armstrong is one for the ages!

David Walsh

Charming and charismatic, a natural motor-mouth, Brighton's Seann Walsh is the most frighteningly precocious talent to emerge from the UK comedy circuit in ages.

Seann Walsh

Malaysian born, Cambridge educated. Now a regular on TV and at International comedy festivals and has even been on Live At The Apollo.

Phil Wang

Sharon Wanjohi is an up and coming stand up comedian with a varied act ranging from hilariously relatable to absurd comedy

Sharon Wanjohi

Sam Warburton is best known for captaining Wales at two Rugby World Cups and the youngest player to Captain the Lions, leading them to two unbeaten Test series in 2013 and 2017. Sam Warburton OBE has had a rugby career like no other, setting records and achievements that will likely never be broken or matched.

Sam Warburton

Observational comedian, writer and presenter Danny Ward's humour is up-beat and well honed, and his manic style of delivery is both endearing and very funny.

Danny Ward

Comedian, writer, filmmaker and voice-over artist who has made a name for himself in comedy. Winner of Chortle Best Newcomer Award 2017 and official support for Joe Lycett, 2018.

Tom Ward

One of Britain's most highly regarded and versatile journalists and presenters, best known for Newsnight from which she recently stood down from. On a lighter note, she was a finalist on Celebrity Masterchef and also hosted BBC cookery quiz A Question of Taste. In an after dinner setting she is remarkably lighthearted and amusing, drawing on broadcast anecdotes and experiences of the people she has interviewed over the years.

Kirsty Wark

Richard Watson successfully predicted the '08/09 crash in his book What's Next and the Global Pandemic in 2019 to the Sunday Times. Richard focuses particularly on scenario planning and the impact of trends on long-term strategy. His book, Digital vs Human looks at how the internet, and data driven world we live in, has changed the way we think and work. His latest talks tackle the growing epidemic of debilitating busyness. Richard can also do a light hearted after dinner on some of the less plausible, and frankly risible predictions of the future.

Richard Watson