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'''Adrian Mills''' (born 16 July 1956) is a British television presenter and actor. He appeared on ''[[That's Life!]]'' with [[Esther Rantzen]] for seven years until |
'''Adrian Mills''' (born 16 July 1956) is a British television presenter and actor. He appeared on ''[[That's Life!]]'' with [[Esther Rantzen]] for seven years until 1994. The programme regularly attracted 20 million viewers. Since then, he has presented talk show ''Central Weekend Live'', reported for BBC viewer feedback programme ''Bite Back'' and appeared as a location reporter on the TV series ''[[Surprise Surprise with Cilla Black.(British TV series)|Surprise, Surprise]]''. He was later a host on [[TV Travel Shop]] and [[Sky Travel]], having become the new face of the BBC's daytime schedule, hosting Daytime UK and People today. He is currently the consumer expert on Talk TV. |
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Since then, he has presented talk show ''Central Weekend Live'', reported for BBC viewer feedback programme ''Bite Back'', appeared as a location reporter on (TV series)|Surprise, Surprise]]'', and in later years was a host on Getaways ,''[[TV Travel Shop]]. Sky Travel, Cruise First, and the LBC radio travel clinic. All of adds to his interest in travel writing and photography.{{cn|date=November 2016}} For two years, he co/presented the number one programme ''The AM Show'' on Global Radio. |
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Mills attended the [[National Youth Theatre]] for four years and graduated from The Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama in 1977. In 1982, he played the main villain, Aris in a series of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' with Peter Davison. He has appeared on various television programmes such as ''[[Minder (TV series)|Minder]]'', ''[[Brookside (TV series)|Brookside]]'', ''[[Play for Today]]'', ''[[Waiting for God (TV series)|Waiting for God]]'' and the ITV detective series [[Vera (TV series)|Vera]]. |
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In 2019, Mills appeared in the West End as the narrator of the musical 'Call me Diana' based on the life of the Princess. In 2022 he hosted ‘Sunday at the Musicals’ in London, Eastbourne and Windsor as well as being reunited with Dame Esther Rantzen presenting a successful series of podcasts entitled ''That's After Life''. |
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Adrian Mills is the co-owner of Thai Tho, a chain of Thai restaurants located in London; including a site in Ealing, which was damaged in the riots of 2011.<ref>http://audioboo.fm/boos/434792</ref> |
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Mills is the co-owner of Thai Tho, a chain of Thai restaurants located in London; which included a site in Ealing, which was damaged in the [[2011 England riots]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://audioboo.fm/boos/434792 |title=BBC Radio London News / Empassioned call from Adrian Mills, who's wife's restaurant was attacked in Ealing last night. Talking to Jeni Barnett #LondonRiots |access-date=9 August 2011 |archive-date=10 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200410221402/http://audioboo.fm/boos/434792 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He is a patron of The Holly Lodge Centre in [[Richmond Park]] and Chairman of The Wimbledon Village Business Association.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}} |
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Adrian Mills (born 16 July 1956) is a British television presenter and actor. He appeared on That's Life! with Esther Rantzen for seven years until 1994. The programme regularly attracted 20 million viewers. Since then, he has presented talk show Central Weekend Live, reported for BBC viewer feedback programme Bite Back and appeared as a location reporter on the TV series Surprise, Surprise. He was later a host on TV Travel Shop and Sky Travel, having become the new face of the BBC's daytime schedule, hosting Daytime UK and People today. He is currently the consumer expert on Talk TV.
Mills attended the National Youth Theatre for four years and graduated from The Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama in 1977. In 1982, he played the main villain, Aris in a series of Doctor Who with Peter Davison. He has appeared on various television programmes such as Minder, Brookside, Play for Today, Waiting for God and the ITV detective series Vera.
In 2019, Mills appeared in the West End as the narrator of the musical 'Call me Diana' based on the life of the Princess. In 2022 he hosted ‘Sunday at the Musicals’ in London, Eastbourne and Windsor as well as being reunited with Dame Esther Rantzen presenting a successful series of podcasts entitled That's After Life.
Mills is the co-owner of Thai Tho, a chain of Thai restaurants located in London; which included a site in Ealing, which was damaged in the 2011 England riots.[1] He is a patron of The Holly Lodge Centre in Richmond Park and Chairman of The Wimbledon Village Business Association.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ "BBC Radio London News / Empassioned call from Adrian Mills, who's wife's restaurant was attacked in Ealing last night. Talking to Jeni Barnett #LondonRiots". Archived from the original on 10 April 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
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