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Bradley John Walsh (born 4 June 1960)[1][2] is an English actor, comedian, singer, television presenter,[3] and former professional footballer.

Bradley Walsh
Walsh in 2012
Born	Bradley John Walsh (1960-06-04) 4 June 1960 (age 62) Watford, Hertfordshire, England
Occupation	Actor comedian singer television presenter
Years active	1988–present
Employer	ITV
Spouse	Donna Derby ​ (m. 1997)​
Children	2

Walsh is known for his roles as Danny Baldwin in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street (2004–2006), as DS Ronnie Brooks in the police procedural series Law & Order: UK (2009–2014), and as Graham O'Brien in the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who (2018–2021). He has also presented various television game shows for ITV, including Wheel of Fortune (1997), The Chase (2009–present), Odd One In (2010–2011), Keep It in the Family (2014–2015), and Cash Trapped (2016–2019).

Walsh hosted the ITV variety show Tonight at the London Palladium (2016–2019) and was a team captain on the sports-themed panel show Play to the Whistle (2015–2017). He appeared as the coach in the 2001 comedy film Mike Bassett: England Manager. Since 2019, Walsh has starred in Bradley Walsh & Son: Breaking Dad, alongside his son Barney Walsh.

In addition to his television career, Walsh often appears in theatre shows, particularly pantomimes. As a singer, he has released two studio albums, Chasing Dreams (2016) and When You're Smiling (2017), that reached 10 and 11 in the UK Albums Chart respectively.

Early life

Bradley John Walsh was born on 4 June 1960 in Watford, Hertfordshire, to a Scottish mother, Margaret, and her English husband Daniel. He grew up near Watford, in Leavesden, with his parents and sister Kerri. Walsh attended Francis Combe School, a comprehensive school in Garston, Hertfordshire where he was voted most likely to become a TV host.[4][5] Leaving school at 16, Walsh got a job as an apprentice at Rolls-Royce's aircraft engine factory in Watford.[6]

Career

Football career

Walsh started his youth football career at Wormley Rovers. In late 1979, at the age of 18, Walsh became a professional football player for Brentford although he failed to make the first team and was regularly a member of the reserves.[7] While Walsh was at Brentford he also played for Barnet on loan, making five Southern Football League appearances in the 1979–80 season. He also played for Tring Town, Boreham Wood and Chalfont St Peter.[8] Ankle fractures ended his football career at the age of 22, in 1982.[9] He categorically denies reports[10][11] that he played for Dunstable Town.[12]

Walsh often participates in Soccer Aid, a charity football match where England takes on The Rest of the World with teams made up of celebrities and football legends.[13] He helped England win the 2006 events as a player and the 2012 and 2016 events as a coach. Walsh has also made an episode for Soccer Aid in June 2022.

Television career

Following his football career, Walsh had a variety of jobs including working as a bluecoat at Pontins[14] in Morecambe for three months.[15] In October 1982, performing as a newcomer comedian, he came second in a talent contest at the Rolls-Royce Sports and Social Club in his home town of Leavesden.[16]

Walsh was recruited by television channel ITV, who offered him the role as presenter on one of the network's new game shows, Midas Touch. In 1997, Walsh was asked to front the British adaptation of the popular US game show Wheel of Fortune following the decision of long-time presenter Nicky Campbell to leave the show after more than eight years.

Walsh's tenure on Wheel of Fortune lasted just one year, when he decided to turn his hand to acting. He also appeared on Lily Savage's Blankety Blank.[17]

Acting

Walsh's first acting job was a minor role in the Channel 4 series, Lock, Stock.... He also appeared as Dave Dodds in the 2001 Channel 4 TV film Mike Bassett: England Manager.

Walsh returned to ITV in 2002, after landing a regular role in the short lived British soap opera Night and Day. He featured in a total of 52 episodes. In 2003, Walsh played a minor role in an episode of The Bill spin-off M.I.T.: Murder Investigation Team. While filming this, he appeared in the musical Les Miserables in London's West End.

On 31 May 2004, Walsh made his first appearance in Coronation Street as factory boss Danny Baldwin. It was originally envisaged that Walsh's character would be called Vic, however, Walsh asked for the character's name to be changed to Danny after his late father.[18]

In December 2006, Walsh was written out of Coronation Street at his own request.[19]

In October 2007, he appeared in TV drama Torn. In 2008, Walsh appeared in two episodes of Doctor Who spin-off The Sarah Jane Adventures, in the second story of series two, The Day of the Clown, as a sinister entity that fed off other people's fear. In his role, he played three parts of the same ego – a sinister American-sounding clown called Odd Bob, a mysterious European-sounding ringmaster called Elijah Spellman, and the infamous Pied Piper of Hamelin.[20][21]

In January 2009, Walsh began appearing in ITV crime drama Law & Order: UK. Walsh plays the character of DS Ronnie Brooks, a recovering alcoholic who has been in the police force for more than twenty years. From 2009 until 2014, Walsh starred in a total of 53 episodes. After the eighth series, Walsh decided to take a break from the programme and ITV decided to rest the show, but it has not been cancelled and is simply on a hiatus. Walsh said he would "like the opportunity to pursue other drama projects which ITV are developing".[22]

In May 2014, Walsh was cast as Brutus in a BBC One comedy series called SunTrap, starring alongside Kayvan Novak and Keith Allen. The show premiered on 27 May 2015.[23][24]

In October 2017, the BBC announced that Walsh had been cast as a companion, Graham O'Brien, in the eleventh series of Doctor Who.[25] He reprised the role for the twelfth series in 2020 and departed the programme in the 2021 New Year's Day special "Revolution of the Daleks".[26]

In December 2020, it was announced that Walsh had been cast as Pop Larkin in The Larkins, a new six-part adaptation of The Darling Buds of May. He started appearing on The Larkins in October 2021.[27][28]

Presenting

On 9 September 2007, Walsh hosted the countdown 50 Greatest Stars Polls on ITV, in which people had to vote for their favourite polls on celebrities. Later that year, on 29 December 2007, Walsh hosted the countdown for the No. 1 Soap Fan on ITV.

In August 2008, Walsh fronted his own ITV series entitled My Little Soldier, in which young contestants are required to do "grown-up things" such as travelling on their own by train. In November and December 2008, Walsh hosted another game show for ITV, called Spin Star.[29]

In June 2009, Walsh became the presenter of ITV game show The Chase, as well as the celebrity editions of the programme.[30] The Chase has become popular, beating rival BBC quiz show Pointless regularly. The show features contestants who take on the "Chaser" in a series of general knowledge quiz rounds. There have also been a number of series of celebrity versions of the show, also hosted by Walsh.

Walsh hosted a pilot for an American version of The Chase in 2012. However, it was decided that Brooke Burns would host the show instead.[31]

Between 2010 and 2011, Walsh was the presenter of Saturday panel show Odd One In, with regular panellists Peter Andre and Jason Manford.[32]

Since 2012, Walsh has hosted the Crime Thriller Awards on ITV3. He also hosted the Crime Thriller Club on ITV3 in 2013.[33] Walsh also narrated a one-off documentary for ITV called The Circus.

In August 2014, Walsh hosted an ITV series called Come on Down! The Game Show Story, which looks back on the history of British game shows.[34]

On 26 October 2014, after two successful pilots, Walsh began hosting the first series of Keep It in the Family. He returned to host a second series in 2015.[35][36]

In 2014, Walsh presented an episode of Sunday Night at the Palladium. He returned to the show to present another episode in 2015. In 2016, he presented eight episodes of Tonight at the London Palladium, a spin-off from the Sunday night series.[37] A second series began airing in April 2017. On 26 December 2014, Walsh hosted an entertainment special called A Christmas Cracker, filmed at the Hammersmith Apollo in London.[38]

In May 2016, Walsh guest presented an episode of The One Show with Alex Jones.^{[citation needed]} Also in 2016, Walsh began presenting Cash Trapped, a daytime game show for ITV. A second and third series aired in 2017 and 2019, respectively.

In 2017, Walsh guest-hosted five episodes of The Nightly Show on ITV, which aired from 3 to 7 April. On 1 May 2019, it was announced that Walsh would host a new late-night talk show on ITV, titled Bradley Walsh's Late Night Guestlist. The pilot episode, featuring guests Holly Willoughby, Maya Jama and Piers Morgan, aired on 11 May 2019. A full series was not commissioned.

In 2020, Walsh was announced as the host of a one-off festive revival of the game show Blankety Blank for the BBC.[39][40][41] He has, from 2022. been the regular presenter of Blankety Blank.

Other appearances

In 1997, Walsh had spot in the Royal Gala celebrating 21 years of the Prince's Trust.

In 2005, Walsh was one of the victims of an Undercover in Series 5 of Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway. At the end of that Undercover, he "stormed off".

In 2007, Walsh took part in Northern Rock's All Star Golf Tournament on ITV, in which his team, Team Europe, won. Walsh stated that he has been playing golf since he was twenty years old.

In August 2008, Walsh appeared in talent show Maestro on BBC Two, where he was placed sixth.

Since 2015, Walsh has been a team captain on the sports-based panel show Play to the Whistle. Hosted by Holly Willoughby, the first series lasted for seven episodes, beginning in April 2015. The second series began in April 2016, followed by a third in 2017.

In 2020, Walsh was the "first ever double Undercover victim" in Series 16 of Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway.

In May 2022, Walsh appeared on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs.[42]

Singing career

Walsh approached rival game show host Alexander Armstrong to ask him for singing advice in 2016.[43] The result, in November, was Walsh's release of his debut album, Chasing Dreams, which peaked at 10 on the UK Albums Chart. It consists of covers of jazz standards such as "That's Life" and "Mr. Bojangles" as well as the title track, an original song written by Walsh.[3] It became the biggest-selling debut album by a British artist in 2016, selling 111,650 copies.[44]

A year later, due to the success of Chasing Dreams, Walsh released a second album, When You're Smiling, consisting of more covers of traditional pop songs, and one original track. It reached 11 in the charts.

Personal life

Walsh married the dancer Donna Derby in 1997. Together they have a son, Barney, with whom Walsh appeared in the travel series Bradley Walsh & Son: Breaking Dad.[45]

Walsh also has a daughter born 1982 from a previous relationship.[46] He has one grandson, born in 2021.

Walsh lives in Epping, Essex.[6]

Walsh describes himself as "very spiritual" and attends Church.[47]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Mike Bassett: England Manager	Dave Dodds
	The Glow	George
2005	Coronation Street: Pantomime	Prince Charming/Danny Baldwin	Coronation Street Spin-Off film
2007	To Each His Own Cinema	Father	Segment: "Happy Ending"
2013	Imagine Africa	Himself
2016	Mike Bassett: Interim Manager	Dave Dodds
	The Lights	Mr. Elliott	Short film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995–1996	Midas Touch	Presenter
1997	Wheel of Fortune		50 episodes
2000	Lock, Stock...	Larry Harmless
	The Thing About Vince	Perry
2001	Hotel!	Henry
2002–2003	Night and Day	Eddie "Woody" Dexter
2003	Reps	Terry Arnold
	M.I.T.: Murder Investigation Team	Phil Seagrove
2004	The Basil Brush Show	Mr. Savage
	Murder City	Ken Hill
2004–2006	Coronation Street	Danny Baldwin	Regular role; 391 episodes
2005, 2020	Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway	Himself	Undercover victim; 2 episodes
2007	Torn	Steven Taylor
	The Old Curiosity Shop	Mr. Liggers
2007–2008	The National Lottery Draws	Presenter	Occasional episodes
2008	The Sarah Jane Adventures	Odd Bob Elijah Spellman The Pied Piper	2 episodes; The Day of the Clown
	Spin Star	Presenter	1 series
2009–2014	Law & Order: UK	DS Ronnie Brooks	8 series
2009–present	The Chase	Presenter	15 series (Regular) 12 series (Celebrity) 2 series (Family)
2010–2011	Odd One In		2 series
2012	The Revolting World of Stanley Brown	Headmaster	1 episode
2012–2014	The Crime Thriller Awards	Presenter	Annually
2013	Crime Thriller Club		One-off special
2014	Come On Down! The Game Show Story		1 series
	A Christmas Cracker		One-off special
2014–2015	Sunday Night at the Palladium		2 episodes
	Keep It in the Family		2 series
2015	SunTrap	Brutus	1 series
2015–2017[48]	Play to the Whistle	Team captain	1 series
2016–2017	Tonight at the London Palladium	Presenter	2 series
2016–2019	Cash Trapped		3 series
2016	Drunk History	Arthur Conan Doyle	1 episode
	The One Show	Guest presenter	1 episode
2017	The Nightly Show		5 episodes
2018	The London Palladium: The Greatest Stage on Earth	Presenter	One-off special
2018–2021, 2022	Doctor Who[49]	Graham O'Brien[50]	Main role; 22 Episodes (Series 11–12) Guest role: 1 Episode (2022 Specials)
2018	When Dummies Took Over The World	Presenter	One-off special
2019–present	Bradley Walsh & Son: Breaking Dad	Himself	4 series; 1 Christmas Special
2019	Bradley Walsh's Late Night Guestlist	Presenter	1 episode
2019–2021	Take Off with Bradley & Holly'		1 Christmas special; 1 series
2020–present	Beat the Chasers		5 series
	Blankety Blank		2 series
2020	Bradley Walsh’s How To Win A Gameshow[51]		One-off special
2021–present	The Larkins[52]	Pop Larkin	Main role

Theatre credits

Year	Title	Role	Location
1988	Aladdin	Wishee Washee	Theatre Royal, Norwich
1991–1992			Liverpool Empire Theatre
1994–1996	Peter Pan	Smee	The Alban Arena, St Albans
1996–1997	Cash on Delivery		Whitehall Theatre
1997–1998	Cinderella	Buttons	Theatre Royal, Nottingham
1998			Wimbledon Theatre
1999	Run For Your Wife		Churchill Theatre
2000–2001	Dick Whittington	Dick	Orchard Theatre, Dartford
2001–2002	Snow White	Muddles	White Rock Theatre, Hastings
2002–2003	Cinderella	Buttons	The Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage
2003	Tom, Dick and Harry		Theatre Royal, Windsor
2003–2004	Jack & the Beanstalk		The Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage
2006–2007	Cinderella	Buttons	Milton Keynes Theatre
2007–2008	Aladdin	Wishee Washee
2008–2009			New Victoria Theatre, Woking
2010–2011	Peter Pan	Smee	Cliffs Pavilion, Southend
2013–2014	Cinderella	Buttons	Orchard Theatre, Dartford
2014–2015	Peter Pan[53]	Smee	Milton Keynes Theatre
2015	Peter Pan: A Musical Adventure	Captain Hook	Adelphi Theatre, London (one-off concert)
	Cinderella – The World's Biggest Panto[54]	Buttons	Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham
2017	Peter Pan – The World's Biggest Panto[55]	Smee	Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham
			SSE Arena, Wembley

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions	Certifications
		UK
Chasing Dreams	Released: 25 November 2016 Label: Sony Music Format: CD, digital download	10	BPI: Gold
When You're Smiling	Released: 10 November 2017 Label: Sony Music Format: CD, digital download	11

Awards and nominations

Year	Award		Work	Result	Notes
2005	National Television Awards	Most Popular Actor	Coronation Street	Nominated
2006				Nominated
	British Soap Awards	Best Dramatic Performance		Won
		Best Actor		Nominated
		Best Storyline		Nominated	Shared with Jane Danson and Johnny Briggs
2014	National Television Awards	Radio Times – TV Detective	Law & Order: UK	Nominated
2015		Most Popular Entertainment Presenter	—	Nominated
2018		Most Popular TV Presenter	—	Nominated
2019			—	Nominated
2020			—	Nominated
2021	British Academy Television Awards	Best Entertainment Performance	Beat the Chasers	Nominated

References

External links

• Official website
• Bradley Walsh at IMDb
• Bradley Walsh at British Comedy Guide
• Bradley Walsh Management – Debi Allen

Media offices
Preceded by Nicky Campbell	Host of Wheel of Fortune 1997	Succeeded by John Leslie
Preceded by David Walliams	Host of Blankety Blank 2020 – present	Incumbent
Acting roles
Preceded by David Jason	'Pop' Larkin actor 2021 – present	Incumbent

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[de] Bradley Walsh

Bradley John Walsh (* 4. Juni 1960 in Watford, England, Vereinigtes Königreich[1]) ist ein britischer Schauspieler, Sänger[2] und ehemaliger Fußballer. Im deutschsprachigen Raum ist er hauptsächlich durch seine Hauptrolle als Detective Sergeant Ronnie Brooks aus der Serie Law & Order: UK bekannt. Von 2018 bis 2021 spielte er Graham O’Brien, einen der Begleiter des 13. Doktors in der Serie Doctor Who, gespielt von Jodie Whittaker, der ersten Frau in dieser Rolle.[3]

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[es] Bradley Walsh

Bradley John Walsh (Watford, Hertfordshire, 4 de junio de 1960) es un actor y futbolista inglés, más conocido por haber interpretado a Danny Baldwin en Coronation Street y a Ronnie Brooks en Law & Order: UK y por interpretar actualmente Graham O'Brien en Doctor Who.

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[it] Bradley Walsh

Bradley Walsh (Watford, 4 giugno 1960) è un attore, comico, conduttore televisivo ed ex calciatore britannico, salito alla ribalta a metà degli anni '90 come conduttore della Lotteria Nazionale del Regno Unito. Attualmente è conosciuto principalmente come conduttore del quiz televisivo The Chase, sulla rete ITV.

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[ru] Уолш, Брэдли

Брэдли Джон Уолш (англ. Bradley John Walsh, род. 4 июня 1960 года)[1][2] ― английский актер, комик, певец, телеведущий[3] и бывший профессиональный футболист.

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