PANGOLIN TALENT LIMITED - Key Persons


Andy Goldstein

Andy's irresistible wit can be enjoyed on his hugely successful Drive Time show on talkSPORT Radio, where he previously hosted ANDY GOLDSTEIN'S SPORTS BAR for over a decade. He is highly regarded as a sports presenter after hosting SOCCER AM, and has presented a wide range of sports including Snooker, Pool and Football for Sky, Eurosport and Manchester United TV. He is also at home in entertainment where he has hosted shows including POPCORN for Sky Movies, I'M A CELEBRITY JUNGLE DRUMS for ITV2 and regularly guesting on THIS MORNING. He wrote and produced 2 series of the hit podcast WE'RE NOT PLYING SNOOKER alongside sports legend Ian Wright and currently hosts the talkSPORT Daily podcast.

Ben Thompson

Ben has reported from all over the world for the BBC covering stories in Asia, the Middle East, Europe and America. It's a job that's seen him interview world leaders, company bosses and a few showbiz names along the way. Ben began his BBC career in 2001 at Radio Wales in Cardiff. Whilst studying at university, he produced the network's morning news programme, Good Morning Wales. After completing a degree in International Business and French at Cardiff University, along with a postgraduate diploma in Broadcast Journalism, Ben moved to London to start work as Business Producer in the Business & Economics Unit, for BBC News and BBC World. He later joined BBC Breakfast as a producer, then in 2008, Ben moved in front of the camera to become the BBC's Middle East Business Correspondent, covering such stories as the Dubai Financial Crisis, reporting from Egypt and Tunisia during the ‘Arab Spring' uprisings and the growing tensions in Syria. From there, Ben returned to the UK to become the Business Presenter for the BBC News Channel, and then he became the BBC's North America Business Correspondent. Now based back in the UK, Ben presents on BBC Breakfast as well as co-hosting Business Live, the BBC's daily business programme broadcast around the world on the BBC News Channel and BBC World News.

Bruce Kenneth

Bruce Kenneth, originating from New Jersey, USA he has always appreciated furniture, design, architecture and art from a young age. Bruce was born without his right hand and had numerous surgeries to correct this left one, but this has never stopped him from learning to use them to create. Growing up he was more focused on Science and pottery and it wasn't until 2014 when he started woodworking and making pieces of furniture. With no formal training but harbouring sheer self taught talent, he learnt how to make his first chair, one that was inspired by woodworking legend Sam Maloof. After completing the chair, be realised not only did he have a talent but also a love for furniture making. "I am influenced by the mid-century period and I like designs that challenge the eye and take you on a journey of movement around the piece of furniture, whether that's a chair or a table. I feel that good design should do that, it should evoke emotion and make you want to touch. That is what I want when people come into contact with my work, I don't want them to be passive with how they interact with it." He moved to the UK in 2016 to pursue a career in furniture design and it wasn't long before he was spotted by the BBC and invited to be an expert restorer on the show ‘Money For Nothing', which he has been on now for 6 series. In 2021 he started two new shows for Channel 4 ‘Mend It For Money' and ‘The Great Garden Revolution' which returned for a second series. He has also appeared in two series of ‘Love Your Garden with Alan Titchmarsh' for ITV1.

Charlie Hedges

Charlie Hedges - The host of the UK's biggest Dance Show BBC Radio 1's Dance Anthems every Saturday 4-7pm. Bringing her passion and enthusiasm for dance music, Charlie now hosts 2 hours of Classic Anthems and an hour of Today's Anthems each week. She is also the host of The Ricky, Charlie and Melvin Show from 10.30am every Mon-Thurs and the Iconic Live Lounge alongside Rickie and Melvin, a show she has so much love, respect and enthusiasm for which celebrates great artists playing their new and live music on Radio 1, a huge honour!! Having conquered the airwaves and claiming the #1 National Commercial Breakfast show in London on KISSFM, with the breakfast show's highest ever reach of 2.2 million listeners, Charlie's next chapter started in 2019 joining the BBC Radio 1 family Monday to Thursday's broadcasting 8pm till 10pm. Charlie by night has toured the globe playing some of the biggest dance events and festivals including a residency with Carl Cox in Ibiza, Amnesia Ibiza, Global Gathering, V Festival, Pacha Ibiza, Isle of Wight Fest and a residency at BH Mallorca playing alongside Craig David, Duke Dumont, Steve Aoki, Axwell and Ingrosso. This year Charlie's schedule included bringing her Dance Anthems sound to her sets including playing to full capacity arenas at Boardmasters Festival, New World Fest and Bradford Live, with those bookings already confirmed again for next year, including her debut at Snowbombing Festival. Charlie has also released various house tracks on labels such as Spinnin Records, Universal Music, Defected Records and a remix of Ella Henderson & Tom Grennan's - ‘Let's Go Home Together' released on Atlantic Records April 2021. With remixes soon to be released before end of 2021 with Rudimental and Clean Bandit. She has appeared on a variety of TV shows including such shows as The Hit List, Weakest Link, It Takes Two and Celebrity Pointless.

Danielle Perry

DANIELLE PERRY hosts on three top radio shows across three different UK radio networks; the coveted evening show on ABSOLUTE RADIO, Daytimes with Danielle Perry on JAZZ FM, and her own Saturday morning show on SCALA Radio The range of stations gives an insight into her huge musical knowledge, passion and credibility - from alternative and rock to specialist jazz, soul and blues to classical music, both traditional and contemporary Danielle has been working in the radio, music and events industry for over two decades, starting out in local radio, she then moved on to regional radio at KERRANG! before fronting the XFM flagship Evening Show. Before making the move to ABSOLUTE RADIO and the wider BAUER MEDIA family where she now has three popular shows. During the covid pandemic, Danielle branched out to TALK RADIO, hosting the news/breakfast show on BBC RADIO SUSSEX - where she single handedly covered major events from the invasion of Ukraine and Britain's exit from Afghanistan. She has also showed off her natural interview style on her podcast ELEVENSES with Danielle Perry, interviewing huge names such as Steve Coogan, Ralph Fiennes and Jeff Goldblum. Danielle is also a writer and has previously written for publications such as Q MAGAZINE and GRAZIA. Over the years on national radio, she has been recognised by the industry with a SONY AWARD where she picked up the Bronze Award for BEST MUSIC SHOW. The industries respect for her kept coming - with more nominations at the MUSIC WEEK AWARDS for BEST RADIO SHOW between the years 2015-2021. She has been highly regarded by the industry and been asked to be a part of the Judging panel for highly acclaimed awards such as the MERCURY MUSIC PRIZE - 6 years in a row and THE AIM AWARDS - as well as contributing to the annually BBC SOUNDS OF POLL and BRIT AWRDS each year. She is not just a lover of music but also a well-respected musician herself. During her time in Birmingham she started a clubnight hosting many household name bands on their first outings - she cooked for the bands, let them crash at hers and even went on to sell out huge capacity venues. She still play's gig's regularly and somehow find's the time to also tour. In 2023 she took to the road with Radiohead's Philip Selway, and Mercury nominated Gaz Coombes. Danielle lives in Brighton and Hove with her husband & two children, she also loves a gin and tonic and a good ankle boot but who doesn't. We're thrilled to be representing top radio DJ and presenter Danielle Perry (@danielle__perry)

Dave Berry

Dave Berry hosts Absolute Radio's flagship DAVE BERRY BREAKFAST SHOW reaching 2.5 Million listeners daily and frequently attracting the biggest names in global entertainment. He has won two GOLD Radio Academy Awards for Best Breakfast Show and two TRIC Awards. Dave started his career as part of an unlikely kids tv duo alongside Simon Amstel on Nickelodeon. His work earned him a BAFTA nomination for Best Presenter and he was snapped up by MTV to host their daily live music/celebrity/comedy and chat extravaganza TRL. His career went from strength to strength working with all the main terrestrial channels on such shows as DEADLY KNOWLEDGE SHOW, TAKE AWAY MY TAKEAWAY, SURPRISE SURPRISE, THROUGH THE KEYHOLE, THE ITUNES FESTIVAL, REAL STORIES, CARLING LIVE 24, VODAFONE TBA, BEAT TV, and THE HOT DESK. Dave has also appeared on such shows as CELEBRITY JUICE and NEVER MIND THE BUZZCOCKS and made his TV acting debut in Greg Davies hit comedy series MAN DOWN. Before his move to Absolute Radio, Dave spent six years at the helm of The Capital Breakfast Show. Dave also spent many happy years causing chaos at XFM. As well as the BREAKFAST SHOW podcast, he has also devised and created two further successful podcasts DAVE BERRY'S DADPOD and THE DOCTOR NEXT DOOR. He contributes to both The iPaper and The Guardian as well as Empire Magazine. He has a combined social media following of over 200k and is a fun loving Virgo.

Dylan Hearn

Dylan Hearn has worked in the entertainment world for over 25 years, but looks fucking great despite that. He has worked at small, medium and large agencies representing some of the UK's top talent, and in 2021 started a small boutique, client focussed agency, specialising in presenters, covering all aspects of their careers.

Fern Britton

Fern is a renowned presenter, writer and journalist who obtained her national treasure status by presenting such shows as ITV's THIS MORNING for over a decade. She began her career in Current Affairs and News, covering everything from the Queens Birthday Celebrations to reporting live from Basra during the Gulf War. Her light entertainment credits include such iconic shows as READY STEADY COOK, ALL STAR MR AND MRS and STRICTLY COME DANCING. She presented nine series of FERN MEETS where past guests have included Tony Blair, Desmond Tutu and Dolly Parton. Recent shows have included two series of THE BIG ALLOTMENT CHALLENGE for BBC2, FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, an antiques based quiz show for BBC1 and CULINARY GENIUS for ITV. She starred in the nationwide tour of CALENDAR GIRLS THE MUSICAL and hosted WATERCOLOUR CHALLENGE for Channel 5. She recently presented two series of FERNS CORNWALL for Channel 5. Fern Britton is the highly acclaimed author of ten Sunday Times bestselling novels, her most recent, THE GOOD SERVANT released in 2022.

Harriet Scott

Harriet is one of the most experienced and recognised names in British radio with an award winning career spanning 30 years. She one of the few presenters to feel equally at home at both BBC and commercial radio. Starting her career with a Summer job in local BBC radio, she proceeded to work for a number of local stations, including heading up the first female led Breakfast Show in commercial ration at 2-Ten FM. She moved to London to continue her career, hosting the Drive Time show on the original Virgin Radio. A decade at Heart FM followed, including hosting the hugely successful Heart Breakfast show. She then spent some time at BBC Radio London before moving to her new home Magic Radio. She has hosted a number of shows there before taking the helm at Magic Breakfast with Ronan Keating, smashing the stations listening figures. She has worked extensively in Television in a variety of genres including Entertainment, Factual and Current Affairs. She is a Sony, Arquiva and ARIA Award winner, has a History Degree from Hull University and is the proud mum of two boys. We're very excited to be representing legendary radio DJ and presenter Harriet Scott (@harrietscott_) Harriet co-hosts @magicfm's flagship Magic Breakfast show with @rokeating, following an incredible broadcasting career spanning over 30 years on TV and radio, covering everything from Entertainment to Factual and Current Affairs. A Sony, Arqiva and ARIA Award winner, Harriet started on local BBC stations, moving on to head up the first female led breakfast show in commercial radio at 2-Ten FM, before settling in to the drive time slot at the original Virgin Radio. Ten years at Heart followed, leaving the station in 2012 for BBC Radio London and finally, @magicfm, where she's been ever since, seriously smashing the station's listening figures.

Jenny Powell

Jenny Powell is one of the UK's most experienced and recognisable presenters, having appeared in some of the most loved TV shows in the UK. She hosts her own weekend Breakfast Show on Greatest Hits Radio Saturday and Sunday mornings, the critically acclaimed Hot Mess Mums podcast and is developing a TV show looking at her Cape Coloured heritage and her ethnic roots in South Africa. She first came to prominence presenting the cult music show No Limits for BBC 2 and then quickly became a firm favourite on children's TV, hosting such shows as UP2U, Ghost Train and Gimme 5. She went on to host a huge range of TV shows such as Top of the Pops, To Buy or Not To Buy, Soap Fever, Live Talk, Wordplay, Jenny Powell's Luxury Uncovered, Food and Wine Adventures, and the hilarious Saturday night show ITV1 BIGHEADS with Jason Manford and Kris Akabussi. She has also appeared in numerous other shows including Celebrity MasterChef, Come Dine With Me, Lemon La Vida Loca, Loose Women, Pointless and a regular on Through The Keyhole as well as her iconic role on Wheel of Fortune. Jenny is a fantastic live event host, compering several events a week and her professionalism, passion and sense of fun is evidenced by the number of repeat bookings she receives. Jenny lives in Cheshire with her family.

John Thomson

An award-winning actor, writer, comedian and presenter, John has been at the forefront of British television, film and theatre for over 3 decades. John began his career voicing the puppets on the satirical SPITTING IMAGE. After winning the Perrier award in 1992 with Steve Coogan, John went on to work and write with Steve in the popular PAUL CALF VIDEO DIARIES (BAFTA Winner) and has starred in many TV productions including MEN BEHAVING BADLY, CORONATION STREET, WATERLOO ROAD and NEW STREET LAW (RTS nominated for best actor). Also who can forget the iconic THE FAST SHOW for BBC2. Nice! However, John is properly best remembered for his role as Pete Gifford in the multi-award-winning COLD FEET for ITV. John has starred in numerous film credits including WALLACE AND GROMIT: CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT, 24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE and GRIMSBY. John is a renowned vocal artist and has voiced a range of shows and films, including DOG LOVES BOOKS for CBBC, POLICE INTERCEPTORS as well as BARGIN LOVING BRITS IN THE SUN and BARGIAN LOVING BRITS BY THE SEA. He has also been a staple of Light Entertainment appearing in ZONE OF CHAMPIONS, THE KEITH LEMON SKETCH SHOW, THE KEITH AND PADDY FILM SHOW, MASTERCHEF and who can forget his fantastic performance as Bush Baby in THE MASKED SINGER. John occasionally still dabbles in the dark art of stand-up comedy, selling out venues across the country. He is also a professional drummer in his free time can be found playing his Gretsch and Roland V drums, as seen on GARETH MALONES ALL STAR MUSIC QUIZ. In October 2013, John received a "Legend of Industry" award from the Variety Club of Great Britain for his contributions to Comedy, Film, Television and Theatre.

Kate Thornton

Kate is a talented and versatile broadcaster and journalist who first rose to public prominence as the first female and youngest ever Editor of Smash Hits at the age of 21. As a writer she's also worked as a Contributing Editor at The Sunday Times and Marie Claire Magazine, but is probably best known for her work as a television and radio presenter on some of the most high-profile programmes on British television including Top of the Pops, Holiday, Pop Idol Extra, The Royal Variety Performance, The One Show, Comic Relief, This Morning, Loose Women and The Brits, as well as presenting the first three series of ITV's The X Factor. She currently hosts The Royal Beat which goes to 55 Million homes in the US on Amazon Prime and two years ago joined Greatest Hits Radio - now the UK's most successful commercial radio station - where she broadcasts every Saturday and Sunday. In 2019 Kate launched White Wine Question Time, her critically acclaimed podcast, that sees her sit down with a celebrity guest each week to ask them three thought provoking questions over three glasses of wine.