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A prolific broadcaster (in programmes
ranging from Just a Minute to Have I Got News for You and most recently
The One Show), an acclaimed interviewer (principally for the Sunday
Telegraph), a novelist, children’s author and biographer, his
best-selling diary, Breaking the Code, was described as ‘By far the best
political diary of recent years, far more perceptive and revealing than
Alan Clark’s’ (The Times) and ‘Searingly honest, wildly indiscreet, and
incredibly funny’ (Daily Mail). He is the author of two acclaimed royal
biographies: Philip & Elizabeth: Portrait of a Marriage and Charles &
Camilla: Portrait of a Love Affair and published his own diaries in
2009.
He is married to writer and publisher
Michèle Brown, with whom he co-curated the exhibition of twentieth
century children’s authors at the National Portrait Gallery and founded
the award-winning Teddy Bear Museum now based at the Polka Theatre in
Wimbledon. He is a trustee of the British Forces Foundation, and a
former chairman and now vice-president of the National Playing Fields
Association.
Gyles Brandreth’s forebears include George
R Sims (the highest-paid journalist of his day, who wrote the ballad
Christmas Day in the Workhouse) and Jeremiah Brandreth (the last man in
England to be beheaded for treason). His great-great-grandfather,
Benjamin Brandreth, promoted ‘Brandreth’s Pills’ (a medicine that cured
everything!) and was a pioneer of modern advertising and a New York
state senator. Today, Gyles Brandreth has family living in New York,
Maryland, South Carolina and California. He has been London
correspondent for “Up to the Minute” on CBS News and his books published
in the United States include the New York Times best-seller, The Joy of
Lex and, most recently, Philip & Elizabeth: Portrait of a Royal
Marriage.
"Wow, what a pro! Gyles did a really great
job ... he was a great host, very funny and couldn’t have been more
suited to the audience. He obviously works very hard and puts a lot of
effort into these events. We would definitely use him again." Gyles
hosted the British Accountancy Awards - November 2011
"From the moment we made contact with
Gyles he was enthusiastic, engaged, interested and courteous in all
matters. He clearly had taken time to see who we were and what we did
and that made all the difference to how the lunch played out." Gyles
Brandreth gave the after lunch speech at the PLASA AGM - June 2011
“Thank you for your excellent contribution
at our Lighting Industry event inStratford upon Avon. The feedback has
been better than any of us could have hoped and the audience’s
appreciation of your speech has been unanimous. Quite how you retain so
much information about an industry you must surely know little about and
then weave it into such an amusing speech, I have no idea. What
impressed me, and the rest of the audience, was the way in which you
read the tone of the evening so well.” Praise from the CEO of The
Lighting Association - July 2010
"They are all thrilled Gyles by you! It
was a brilliant professional hilarious performance. Thank you so
much." Huntsworth Group - October 2009
"Gyles was fantastic he really put a
personal touch onto all of the awards given out which was brilliant" Gyles
Brandreth hosted the Euromoney Awards - October 2008
"...particular praise was reserved for
Gyles who was most peoples' highlight. He was entertaining and relevant
and drew well on his brief...Gyles did us proud."
Copyright Licensing Association - June 2008
"thank you for acting as host for our
awards...your professionalism and wit made the evening a great
success…we have had nothing but positive comment from all who attended."
Informa - Gyles hosted 4 awards ceremonies during 2007
"The lunch went very well! The
overwhelming opinion was that Gyles is definitely one of the best
speakers we have ever had! I have received so many wonderful comments
regarding his performance." BPMA's Annual lunch - December 2005 |
