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Gyles Brandreth's varied career has ranged from playing Baron Hardup in Cinderella (with Bonnie Langford, Barbara Windsor and Brian Conley) to being a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury in John Major's Government. He has been a Member of Parliament, editor-at-large of the Sunday Telegraph Review, and a London correspondent for CBS News. In the US (where his great-great-grandfather was a New York senator) he is a regular presenter with the Home Shopping Network. In the UK (where his forebears include the last person to be beheaded in England for treason), his recent TV credits range from Countdown to Have I Got News for You. On BBC Radio Four his recent credits include Broadcasting House, The Motion Show and Just A Minute. On BBC TV he has been the subject of This Is Your Life. In this, Gyles' latest venture, he regales us with anecdotes and reminiscences from his highly entertaining and fascinatingly interesting life.