Paul Ross Biography
Paul Ross is a television and radio broadcaster, journalist, and media figure from England. Ross appeared in the second series of ITV’s celebrity diving show Splash! in January 2014.
How old is Paul Ross? – Age
He is 66 years old as of 31 December 2022. He was born in 1956 in Romford, United Kingdom.
Paul Ross Family – Education
Ross grew up in east London and attended Norlington School for Boys before going on to study English at the University of Kent. Recognizing that he would be unable to pursue his preferred academic career as “an English lecturer at a polytechnic,” he began studying as a journalist at the University of Exeter and began his work with the Western Times in Exeter in 1982.
Is Paul Ross Married? – Wife
Ross has three marriages, five children, and two grandchildren. He lives in Hertfordshire, near Tring. Ross revealed on August 31, 2014, that he had developed a mephedrone addiction during the previous year and had an affair with a male English teacher. His wife supported him.
Paul Ross Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $15 Million.
Paul Ross The Big Breakfast
Ross made his television debut in 1993, as a reporter and later as a studio presenter on Channel 4’s The Big Breakfast. Mike Tyson, Sandra Bullock, and Arnold Schwarzenegger are among the celebrities Ross has interviewed.
In 1995, Ross was chosen to host the game show Jeopardy!, which had recently been acquired by Sky One. Ross had a busy year, presenting (along with episodes of The Big Breakfast), the ITV programs Big City, and Good Sex Guide Abroad.
Paul Ross BBC 2
Ross appeared as a guest on BBC Two’s renowned comic panel show Never Mind the Buzzcocks in October 2001. The following month, he returned to his now-familiar job as host of No Win, No Fee, a new BBC One game show. The show would go on to become one of Ross’ biggest successes, airing from 29 October 2001 to 29 August 2003 across three series and 70 episodes.
Paul Ross LBC – Radio
Ross was a presenter for Virgin Radio, Talk Radio, and GLR by the late 1990s. Ross also hosted a radio show for LBC, but he left at the beginning of 2008 to host the Breakfast Show on BBC London 94.9, initially with JoAnne Good, until Joanne Good got her own late-night show, The Late Show with Joanne Good, in January 2010. From January 2010 until January 2013, when schedule changes occurred and Penny Smith, a former GMTV presenter, was announced as his new co-presenter, Gaby Roslin co-hosted with Ross. Since Paul and Penny has been introducing BBC London 94.9 Breakfast show, its listenership, as per RAJAR have expanded by 99,000. Every so often he covers for Robert Elms on a similar station.
From 2008 to 2011 he likewise introduced a show on Saturday mornings on BBC Sussex and BBC Surrey (previously BBC Southern Provinces Radio).
Notwithstanding his Morning meal show with Penny Smith on BBC London 94.9, since late 2013 Paul has been introducing the Saturday early in the day show on BBC Radio Berkshire, 8 am till 11 am.
He caused controversy in November 2006 when he announced on his LBC show about an upcoming EastEnders Christmas storyline. Martha Ross, his mother, who told him the storyline, was fired from her job as an extra on EastEnders. As she stated in an interview with Radio Times in 2007, his mother has since jokingly refused to speak with Paul unless he presents her with Ann Summers lingerie.
From 6 a.m. to 10 a.m., Ross hosted “Paul Ross Full Set Breakfast” on talkRADIO, a brand-new talk radio station that debuted on March 21, 2016. In January 2018, as a feature of timetable changes to the station, Ross moved to expedites in the prior season of 1-5 am. In September 2019, he left talkRADIO to work as a presenter on Talksport, a sister station, in the same overnight time slot. This kept on being simulcast on talkRADIO until the send off of the new timetables in April 2022.
Paul Ross Career
For The Family Channel in April 1996, he hosted a celebrity-themed show called The Very Famous Paul Ross Show. On the show, he interviewed actors Adam West, Lynne Perrie, and Cannon and Ball. Together with Sarah Greene, he launched a Sky One afternoon chat show called “1 to 3” in September of the same year. The show featured a mix of movies, music, celebrities, current events, lifestyle, and entertainment, primarily for women.
The first episode of Ross’s panel game show about consumer issues, All Over the Shop, aired in January 1997. The show, which was shown on BBC One, was well-liked, and it ran for three seasons until July 1999, when 85 episodes had already been made. All Over the Shop received positive feedback from a Gameshow.com reviewer. That very year Ross fronted Perseverance UK, what might be compared to the clique Japanese show Za Gaman for the Test Television slot, and it was dispatched briefly series the next year. Ross also managed to host Tellystack for UK Gold, a second game show. Tellystack was Ross’s third of four well-known shows in 1997; the fourth was his late-night entertainment show The Paul Ross Show, which aired on ITV and received a second season in 1998.
When Ross presented the game shows Mind The Gap, which was broadcast on ITV, Life’s a Punt, which was broadcast on LIVE TV, A Slice of the Action, which was broadcast on Carlton Food Network, and the celebrity quiz It’s Anybody’s Guess, which was commissioned for 40 episodes in the Carlton London region, in 1999, he was once again playing the role of quizmaster.
He hosted the Living TV game show Mystic Challenge in the year 2000. Ross has continued to present television shows ever since, most notably Most Haunted Live! Ross became the new host of Most Haunted Live from the May 2006 live event in Portsmouth and would remain host until Most Haunted Live ended on Living TV in March 2010. Ross took over the hosting role for Living TV from Dr. David Bull, who left the show after the event on Halloween 2005. Ross was also one of the original faces of the shopping channel Bid TV when it first launched in October 2000, where he hosted.
Ross continues to perform his role as a showbiz correspondent on This Morning to this day. He likewise contributes routinely on The Alan Titchmarsh Show, and periodically on the Channel 5 show Elder sibling’s Piece as an afterthought.
