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Ronnie Corbett

Ronald Balfour Corbett, OBE is a Scottish comedian and actor who is best known as one of legendary double act The Two Ronnies. His first job was with the Ministry of Agriculture which was followed by his stint of National Service with the RAF. After completing his national srvice he moved to London to pursue his ambition to be on the stage.

He appeared in Crackerjack in its early days during the 1950s and played a minor part in the original version of the James Bond film "Casino Royale". During the 1960s he appeared in cabaret at Winston's, Danny La Rue's Mayfair nightclub. This was very much the 'in' place at the time and it was here that Corbett was first seen by David Frost who asked him to appear in The Frost Report.

In 2005 Corbett was re-united on screen with Ronnie Barker for a series of shows called The Two Ronnies Sketchbook, comprising selections of classic comedy sketches from their original series with original linking material. Also in 2005 Corbett appeared with comedian Peter Kay, another huge fan, in the spoof music video for the number 1 single 'Is This the Way to Amarillo?' . Corbett infamously falling over in the video.

He recently performed in Childrens Party At The Palace as Mr. Tibbs, the Queens butler,for Queen Elizabeth II's 80th birthday. In 2006, he played a starred as hyper-realised cocaine fiend version of himself in Ricky Gervais's "Extras", caught taking drugs at the BAFTA Awards. He also appeared in "Little Britain Abroad". Corbett was the "castaway" in the BBC Radio 4 show, Desert Island Discs, which was broadcast on 21 October 2007. Corbett appeared on BBC1's Jonathan Ross Salutes Dad's Army on 3 August 2008 and featured in a special Sarah Jane Adventures episode for Red Nose Day 2009.

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Philip Differ

Comedian

Born 6th May 1956, a former pupil of St.Modans High School, Stirling. Despite this excellent pedigree - same birthday as Graeme Souness, same school as Billy Bremner - he failed to make the grade as a footballer.

Left school in 1974 with a master's degree in pontoon and three card brag and settled for a career with British Telecom as an accounts clerk. Six years, one demotion, one promotion and one proposed demotion later he decided a 'career' as a Clerical Officer and a gentleman wasn't for him and sadly said farewell to Public Service

In 2005, Philip fulfilled his life's ambition and became a stand up comedian. One year on he is now a regular on the Scottish stand up circuit appearing at venues across the country. He is also currently working with Tony Roper on a play based on the life of former friend and colleague, Rikki Fulton.

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Phil Melbourne

Comedy Entertainer

Phil Melbourne has risen through the showbiz ranks quicker than a nudist through a nettle patch. From his early days as a Pontins bluecoat he entertained young and old in an attempt to learn his craft, and learn he did.

On leaving Pontins, Phil traveled to Jersey where he performed his cabaret in hotels and holiday centers throughout the island. Back at home he has quickly become one of the most sought after comedy entertainers in the country and we feel sure that with his energetic warmth and loveable style he will endear himself to everyone.

Phil loves a challenge and has adapted his comedy routines for stand-up, theatres, after dinner speaking and pantomime.

Since returning to England Phil has kept very busy performing in the, “Royal Variety Show”, at the Royal Hippodrome in Eastbourne, “The Variety Show” at the end of the pier in Cromer and the touring comedy show, “Funny Guys”, alongside Jimmy Cricket, Don MacLean and Bernie Clifton. He also achieved a lifelong dream by starring in, “Sunday Night At The London Palladium”. Not one to rest on his laurels, he also managed to fit in many visits to Ready Steady Cook as their warm up comic and film his own spot for “Sound TV”.

Phil continues to wow audiences throughout the country receiving rave reviews including this one from The Stage newspaper which said, “Every good comedian has to be topical and Phil Melbourne is bang up to date”.

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Dougie Donnelly

Television Sports Presenter & After Dinner Speaker

Dougie Donnelly is one of the BBC's top television sports presenters with over 20 years experience of live broadcasting from the country's major sporting occasions.

He was the first Scot to present Grandstand, in 1993, while Athens 2004 will mark his sixth Olympic Games, during which time he has become only the third BBC commentator to have "done the double" of a British gold medal in both Summer and Winter Games. His was the voice which described both Stephanie Cook's modern pentathlon gold in Sydney and Great Britain's women curlers, who won gold so memorably in Salt Lake City.

In addition to his Olympic experiences, Dougie has worked on 2 World Cups, 3 Commonwealth Games, 8 US Masters, 15 Open Championships and no fewer than 27 consecutive Scottish Cup Finals!

Dougie has been the face of BBC Sport Scotland since 1978, where football is his main responsibility. Network viewers will also know him well through his long time involvement with golf and snooker.

A former radio deejay and twice Scottish Radio Personality of The Year, Dougie is a law graduate and a popular, humorous after-dinner speaker who has entertained a wide variety and mixture of audiences everywhere from a North Sea Oil Platform to the House of Lords!

His after-dinner performances rely heavily on his broadcasting experiences and the personalities he has encountered. At corporate golf events his anecdotes include his experiences of working with some of the biggest names in world golf: Tiger Woods, Ernie Els, Seve Ballesteros and his long time friends, Colin Montgomerie and Lee Westwood, to name just a few.

His versatility has been reflected with 2 chat show series for BBC Scotland, including a one-off special "Connolly with Donnelly" in which Billy reminisced about the early days of their friendship, when Dougie used to book him for the University Folk Club for a generous fee of £40!

Dougie has also presented quiz shows for both BBC And ITV, and recent TV appearances include "The Weakest Link", "Ready Steady Cook", "Banzai" and "The Games".

His rapport with major sporting figures has led to Dougie being asked to write and direct dozens of top-selling videos and DVDs - including biographies of Ally McCoist, Paul Gascoigne, Gavin Hastings and many others.

Nominated in 2003 for The Royal Television Society Sports Presenter of the Year, Dougie will also be honoured in October 2004 with a tribute dinner from The Variety Club of Scotland.

Married with three daughters, Dougie lives in his native Glasgow, enjoys food and wine, travelling, and playing and speaking at corporate golf days across the UK.

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Eric Thompson MBE

After Dinner Speaker

Eric began his after dinner speaking career under the Atlantic when he toasted 'The Immortal Memory' of Nelson on Trafalgar Night. As a Scot, it was not long before he was also toasting 'The Immortal Memory' at Burns suppers (but not underwater). By the time he had risen to Commodore of the Clyde submarine base at Faslane, his reputation had spread far beyond the Navy and he has now performed at dinners from Plymouth to Aberdeen including a Variety Club bash at the London Hilton and the annual dinner of the Institute of Marine Engineers at Grosvenor House.

His other grand venues include Glasgow City Chambers; Edinburgh's Signet Library; Draper's Hall in the City of London; and Lancaster's magnificent town hall where he had the honour of being the only speaker at the Submarine Centenary Banquet.

However, he still enjoys the more intimate audience and has even performed in a Glasgow comedy club. Eric is equally comfortable telling the farcical tale; reciting his own comic verse; or delivering a serious message. As he always tailors his scripts to suit the audience, he has been able to enthuse people of all ages and types from schoolchildren to senior citizens; 'stag' to 'hen'; corporate to club; and English to Scots.

He is also regularly in demand as a compere. His comic poem, 'Ally Shanter', won the BBC Radio Scotland Burns Bicentenary poetry competition. He is a graduate of the Strathclyde University Stand-Up Comedy course.

His performance in the first Glasgow International Festival of Comedy, was described as "brilliant" on BBC's Fred MacAulay Show. His first book of comic Verse, 'Colquhounsville-sur-Mer' has just been published.

Eric is a deep thinker in more ways than one. He is a Chartered Engineer; Fellow of the Institute of Electrical Engineers; post graduate nuclear engineer; Master of Science; JP; Deputy Lieutenant of Dunbartonshire; member of Strathclyde Police Board; former Non Executive Director of an NHS Trust; Freeman of the City of Glasgow and is currently Liberal Democrat Councillor for Helensburgh East. He was awarded the MBE in 1979 for leadership during a submarine emergency but, despite all that, he can't resist the funny side!

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Jackie Bird

Jackie Bird is one of Scotland’s most popular and recognised television personalities. She presents BBC Scotland's nightly regional news and magazine programme 'Reporting Scotland'. Jackie was part BBC’s marathon Millennium broadcast ‘UK 2000’ where she presented the OB from the Shetlands, including coverage of the first sunset of the old millennium seen in the UK, she then hosted BBC Scotland’s Hogmanay show for 2000/2001.

She has presented location reports on the BBC 1 series Holiday and a weekly show on BBC Radio 2 ‘Early Bird’, an early morning show each Saturday and is a mixture of music, chat, news and views

As part of her anchor role with BBC Scotland Jackie frequently goes on location to cover major stories and events. This has involved a wide variety of presentations from the opening of the Scottish Parliament and the Skye Bridge to the 1998 Oscar ceremony where she interviewed the stars, directors and producers of 'Rob Roy' and 'Braveheart'.

Jackie has produced and presented a number of documentaries for BBC Scotland including the story of a Scot who lives with an African tribe in Kenya, another on the hand over of Hong Kong from Britain to the Chinese in 1997.

She has also written, produced and directed documentary feature programmes for BBC Network such as the highly acclaimed documentary 'Personal Best' on the fight back of an international athlete left brain damaged after a car crash and 'The Lives of Brian' for BBC 2's Public Eye focusing on the story of a 32 year old man deceiving school authorities and students by returning to his old school as a pupil.

Since joining BBC Scotland in 1990 Jackie has presented a variety of programming including a light entertainment quiz series 'Superscots'. She has also presented a number of programmes on BBC Radio Scotland and for two years hosted her own three-hour Saturday morning show comprising of music, quizzes, phone-ins and celebrity interviews.

When not broadcasting Jackie is a self-confessed 'obsessed athlete'. She is a qualified aerobics teacher and swim coach, a triathlete competitor and keen half marathon runner, a qualified dinghy sailor and water-skier. She is also in demand as a presenter, writer and producer of corporate videos, and presenter of conferences, fashion shows, award ceremonies and debates.

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Joe Camay

“Camay is a dry, Erudite and extremely articulate comedian: He is naturally and irresistibly funny – a highly original comedian who deserves nothing but success.”
This was part of a recent review in the stage newspaper.

Joe Camay has been a full time professional comedian since 1992, working predominantly in mainstream club land in Scotland i.e. Bowling Clubs, Golf Clubs, Social Clubs etc… He is also one of the most popular after dinner speakers in the country. He participates regularly in corporate Golf Days (Joe plays to a Handicap of 8).

He has also worked in England, N.Ireland & Germany and appeared on the oil rigs in the North Sea, H.M Forces bases around Britain and in HM Prisons. He has toured the theatres with “The Drifters”, “The Inkspots”, “The Commitments” and most recently with “Dr Hook”.

Joe has appeared on television:
“The Patter Merchants” with Allan Stewart
“The Funny Farm” with Fred McCauly
“Comedy Rules”, a late night comedy show for Sky TV
and also appeared on ITV’s talent show “Pot of Gold” hosted by Des O’Connor.

Joe was the highest scoring comedian ever on a T.V talent show and also featured in a series of three commercials for Belhaven Beer.

Since the halcyon days of Chic Murray or Billy Connolly there has not been a comedian who has made a similar impact: Joe Camay is doing that now!

Stan Boardman

Comedian

Stan Boardman was born on Merseyside and his great ambition was to play professional football for Liverpool. After failing to make the grade in football he eventually entered the world of show business by entering a talent show when he was on holiday at a Butlin's Holiday Camp.

He won first prize. Further appearances in talent shows saw him winning first prize at the London Palladium final, which, subsequently launched him on his new career as a Comedian. Since then he has has numerous television appearances on 'The Comedians' and 'Video Entertainers' before headlining his own TV special 'Success with Stan'. He is as popular as ever, flying all over the world working in cabaret and theatre.

He is available for any type of event from the smallest function to a large corporate event. His style is unique and he has many admirers worldwide, many people say that he is the best stand-up comedian to date and has been for many years.

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John Simonett

Corporate Entertainer and After Dinner Speaker

John Simonett is a former schoolmaster and sportsman. He was a member of the Scottish Rugby Union squad and played in the Gloucester team, which won the John Player Cup at Twickenham in 1978. He holds a first class honours degree from Bristol University. In 1985 he left teaching to become a professional corporate entertainer and after-dinner speaker, and is now firmly established as one of the most original and entertaining Speakers on the "circuit".

He has appeared at many conferences and other corporate events, both in the U.K. and abroad. His clients include major multinational corporations, many of whom have used his services on a number of occasions. He has also appeared on television, both on BBC and ITV.

John specialises in the "tailored" presentation and requires a full briefing before each speech so that he can personalise his delivery. He is well known for his ability to remember numerous names and details of people in the audience, and the nature of their business, and is able to refer to these in a positive, non-offensive manner. His talks often have a motivational theme, and he is able to highlight important messages such as teamwork, leadership, problem solving and personal achievement, depending on the nature of the event

His main objective, however, is always to be funny, clean and entertaining. As a "spoor' he is often introduced as a "consultant" (or other business expert) about to give a serious talk, until it gradually dawns on the audience that all is not quite what it seems ! As well as speaking at dinners John has often made presentations to enliven a long day in conference, either with a slot to open the proceedings, or as a "summariser" at the end. He has also acted as a host or facilitator to ensure the smooth running of the whole event.

In addition, as a silver star member of the Inner Magic Circle, John also makes use of some clever magic as a "visual aid" halfway through his talks, introduced gently, as a surprise, and which he relates to the theme of the event. Presented as a demonstration of "creative thinking", his routines involve the audience in a series of amusing exercises in "problem solving" and the "use of logic".

Equally at home with an audience of 500 or at a board meeting for twelve, John's charismatic personality and presence, together with his combination of humour, memory and magic -tailored to a client's specific brief- provides a unique and refreshingly different alternative to the traditional after-dinner speaker.

Previous clients include: Oracle / Nat West / Unilever / Shell / Glaxo / IBM / Sony / ICI / 3M / Porsche Cars / BT / Cadbury Schweppes / Cellnet / Lucas Aerospace / Aon / Hewlett Packard / Reed Business Publishing / Merrill Lynch / Whitbread / Esso / British Airways / Volvo / Canon / British Aerospace / Price Waterhouse Coopers / Fuji / Citibank / The CBI / Reuters / Dunn

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KRISS KEZIE UCHE CHUKWU DURU AKABUSI MBE MA

Kriss is famous for his achievements in athletics where his greatest individual triumph was his Gold Medal in the 1990 European Championships when he also beat David Hemery’s 22 year old British Record.

He began his international athletic career in 1983 as a member of the 4x400 metre relay squad and will probably always be remembered for helping Britain clinch the Gold and beat the Americans in the World Championships 4x400 metre relay in Tokyo in 1991. In 1992 as 3 x Olympic medallist, World, European and Commonwealth Champion Kriss was awarded the MBE by Her Majesty The Queen in her Birthday Honours List in recognition of his services to the country through athletics.

From 1992 to 1998 Kriss's TV career began with a period as presenter of THE BIG BREAKFAST which was quickly followed by a full time position as co-host of the BBC’S flagship programme RECORD BREAKERS.

Kriss is currently the CEO of The Akabusi Company, a corporate communications and training company where his marvellous personality and reputation as a fantastic public speaker has made him a very popular and attractive advocate. He is also an accredited personal coach, having qualified at the Hudson Institute of Santa Barbara. He is one of only 4 qualified Hudson Institute coaches in the UK.

Kriss Akabusi was born in London in 1958 of Nigerian parents. Currently living in Buckinghamshire he can be found Teeing off at the local Golf Clubs or avidly supporting his favourite football team West Ham United.

He is the founding Director and Chairman of REACH (Rural Empowerment and Community Health) and a NGO (Non-governmental organisation) in Nigeria, designed to prevent water born diseases, and develop social cohesion. This is done by providing potable water by drilling bore holes and providing workshops and training around health issues and social responsibility.

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Perry McCarthy

At the age of 42, Perry McCarthy is one of Britains top racing drivers and is already part of motor racing folklore. McCarthy’s rise through the ranks along with close friends Damon Hill, Johnny Herbert and Mark Blundell, has been against all odds and in a sport dominated by finance he recalls how he started with nothing and then lost it all!

Perry’s 10-year fight to reach the sports elite paid off in 1992 when he was chosen to drive for the fledgling Andrea Moda Formula One organisation. The dream however turned into a nightmare as the team stumbled from one disaster to the next and in recent years he has turned his attention away from Grand Prix to Le Mans and the demands of Sports Prototype racing.

As always, Perry’s exploits are well chronicled but when he is on the track his talent and determination shine through. His sense of humour is legendary and is frequently aired in his articles for leading publications and in his work as a TV commentator and programme presenter.

McCarthy’s bubbly personality and absolute refusal to concede defeat have made him popular with the press; The Telegraph headlined him as a new cult hero The Times called him the worlds unluckiest racing driver and Americas Sunday Express described him as a comedian locked inside a racing drivers body.

In a career spanning over twenty years, McCarthy is still smiling and still fighting. Along with Germanys Frank Biela and Finlands Mika Salo, Perry was recently chosen as a works driver for Audi UKs high profile 2003 assault on the famous Le Mans 24 Hour race. However, away from the track, Perry has used his experiences to become a superb after dinner and motivational speaker who gives a highly amusing insight to the worlds most glamorous sport.

Testimonials

Bang & Olufsen UK have used Perry McCarthy on many occasions as a guest speaker for our highly discerning customer network. Perry's talks never fail to impress, amuse and delight the audience ... is there no end to this man's library of tales?
Graeme Taylor, Marketing Manager, Bang & Olufsen

With Perry you can always guarantee that your guests are going to have a fun time. His ability to grab everyone's attention and make them laugh has ensured that we book him on a regular basis
David Ingram - Audi PR Manager

If Perry's motor sport successes mirrored his guest speaking acumen he would have been a world champion many times over! I have been delighted to work with Perry on a number of very high profile events for Auto Express magazine and he's always delivered the goods professionally and above all entertainingly, prepared to do that little bit extra to make things work. We'll be working together again soon and I look forward to it!
Phil Parker, Group Publishing Director, Auto Express

I just wanted to drop you a line to thank you so much for the brilliant drivers' briefing you did for the Revival. You had everyone in stitches and as far as Stirling Moss was concerned, it was definitely the highlight of his whole weekend - he talked about nothing else. Your future as an entertainer is definitely assured! Thanks so much for bringing such a light touch to the proceedings and very much hope to see you soon.
Charles March, Goodwood

Perry is a one-off when it comes to TV. He's one of life's bubbly characters and is a real plus for a programme maker. Add to the mix his knowledge of Motor Racing, and he was certainly one of the stars of our show.
Charles Balchin, Executive Producer, Sky Sports F1 Digital +,

Thanks Perry: like all good men, you rose to the occasion on the night! A spot-on speech, beautifully crafted with just the right amount of humour. Not only did an international audience welcome having you there as 'anchor-man', but our client appreciated the way you understood the message they wanted to deliver, and integrated this with top audience entertainment. And from our point of view, you were a (diamond) pleasure to work with."
Juliet Jarvis, Director of RSM ref Automobili Lamborghini event

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SIR MATTHEW PINSENT CBE

Matthew Pinsent is an extremely authoritative and accomplished motivational and after dinner speaker.

His speeches are always tailored to the client's brief and audience's requirements with special emphasis on teamwork, motivation and communication. His description of the dynamics of teamwork in a rowing crew are outstanding and mirror those that businesses aspire to achieve.

Matthew has spoken at corporate events for some of our most prestigious companies such as Camelot, Marks and Spencer, Procter & Gamble, IBM, Lombard, BT, NatWest, RBS to name a few.

Testimonials

'Matthew's speech was excellent and extremely motivational. He commanded the stage and captivated the audience. I would like to use him for every conference'.
IBM

'On behalf of the Management Team at SCA, I would like to thank you for attending our annual conference. Your excellent presentation was most appropriate for our theme of Delivering Excellence. You told us most clearly, the many aspects to doing just that when you achieved your goals. Our delegates are still talking about your presentation'.
SCA UK

'Our thanks for your professional and inspirational contribution to our conference, the combination of your team and individual achievements was entirely appropriate and hit all the right notes'.
Alliance & Leicester

'Matthew was excellent, he really helped get across the team spirit to achieve success which the client was very happy about. He chatted and spent a great deal of time with the guests. I would certainly recommend him to anyone'.
Royal Bank of Scotland

'All our senior Chief Executives had great things to say about Matthew, he was a fantastic speaker'.
NatWest

'Thank you so much for speaking at our annual conference, it was a privilege to hear you speak. The delegates were inspired and captured listening to you. You deserved the standing ovation, congratulations.'
Consignia

'A big 'Thank you' to Matthew for yesterday, it was great to meet him. The whole day went well and Matthew's talk was fantastic! I hope he enjoyed himself too and I hope I have the opportunity to work with him again soon.'
Procter & Gamble

'Many thanks for attending our Business Excellence Awards, you proved to be an extremely popular guest speaker'.
Cambridge Newspapers

'Manpower was delighted to have Matthew present at the CIPD conference last year. He helped to attract a great deal of attention to our stand and went out of his way to talk to both prospective and existing clients thereby giving a good impression on behalf of Manpower. We would like to thank Matthew for his support and professionalism on the day.'
ManPower

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Bill BARCLAY

Edinburgh-based (Leith-bred), singer and comedian and after dinner speaker Bill Barclay has learned his trade over years of hard and, for audiences world-wide, extremely entertaining work. Bill Barclay is second-to-none with the comic's stock-in-trade, "one-liner", and has compered many events drawing upon his immense fund of "cracks" as well as taking the stage in his own right to produce side-splitting responses world-wide, from Abu Dhabi to Ascension Island.

In the course of an illustrious career spanning more than 30 years, Bill has appeared supporting the likes of Rod Stewart, Elton John, Bill Haley and Dusty Springfield and has played to huge audiences at rock festivals like Reading, White City and Lincoln.

Bill can be regularly seen in his sergeant's uniform popping up in Taggart (Scottish Television) and Rab C. Nesbitt (BBC TV Scotland). Over the years he has played various characters in Take The High Road (Scottish Television), in which he has now a regular part as the local bobby.

For the past 20 years Bill Barclay has presented his own radio show on Edinburgh's premier commercial radio station, Radio Forth. He is currently the lunchtime show presenter on Forth's Max AM station from 1200 - 1400 Monday to Saturday.

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Bill Copeland

Bill Copeland is a lawyer practising in Lanarkshire. Until recently he specialised in criminal defence work, but, following the swingeing cuts in Legal Aid, he has become a conveyancer - there is now more money in acting for those buying houses than those breaking into them!

Born in Govan, a quaint fishing village on the banks of the Clyde, home to Sir Alex Ferguson and Billy Connelly, Bill attended the local primary school. It was so rough there was a boy in his class who was allergic to peanuts and they used to take him round the back of the bike shed and make him play Russian roulette with a packet of Revels! There Bill learned the three R’s - Rangers and Rangers Reserves!

Thereafter he attended Allan Glen’s School, which was selective; as he wasn’t not doing too well he was selected to go only on Fridays! Eventually he left with 6 A Levels - but was caught at the gate and made to return them to the Headmaster! He then studied at Strathclyde University, graduating B.A., LL.B. - which his criminal clients think stand for “buy us a lager and a large Bacardi!”

Bill is married to Marilyn from Larkhall. It’s a mixed marriage - she’s a human being and he’s a lawyer! - and he dotes on his daughter, 12½. It’s a daft name but Marilyn chose it! At Bothwell Castle Golf Club he plays a mean game of golf – he won’t pay the green fees!

Bill has been a regular outstanding performer on the after-dinner speaking circuit for several years now, building up an unrivalled portfolio of experience in handling the entire range of speaking assignments. He has travelled the length and breadth of the country from Wick to the Channel Islands – and even ventured out into the North Sea to the oil rigs off Norway! - entertaining clients. Corporate events for leading government bodies, major national and multi-national businesses, professional bodies and trade associations; sporting dinners for football clubs, major and minor; rugby dinners, posh and proletarian; golf club prize givings, annual dinners and days out, prestigious and humble; Burns Nights; Rotary Clubs, and countless charitable organizations – all have warmed to the unique brand of Copeland humour. Bill is equally at home addressing audiences of 70 as 700, and he’s happy to tailor and customise his speech to any specific requirements.

Bill’s mission statement as a speaker is to follow his grandfathers old adage - “Always leave them begging for more!” - which was the very attitude that led to granddad being struck off as the world’s worst anaesthetist! A recent newspaper review stated that Bill Copeland was pushing back the frontiers of comedy and reaching into new and hitherto undiscovered areas of humour - or rather the critic’s actual words were: “That Bill Copeland’s getting beyond a joke!!”

Bill’s wit has also hit the airwaves as a guest on BBC Radio Scotland’s early morning topical news and chat programme “The Fred McAulay Show.”

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