Posted on 08.01.14 by Rob Black

Richard Kay at the Daily Mail

After-dinner speaking agency JLA has published a list of MPs, businessmen, TV presenters and sports stars on its books, offering a useful guide to what they consider their market worth to be…. Read More

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Posted on 17.01.13 by Rob Black

Funny Business, BBC Two, Review

Michael McIntyre: £40,000. Ricky Gervais: £25,000. Jason Manford: £25,000. Jo Brand: £10,000-£25,000. Barry Cryer – who after that lot looks an absolute steal – is £2,000-£5,000. This, according to Funny Business (BBC… Read More

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Posted on 27.11.08 by Rob Black

Prezza The TV Star Makes The Grade

By Alice-Azania Jarvis John Prescott’s brief stint on television appears to have paid off. The former deputy prime minister won praise for his BBC2 documentary Prescott: The Class System And Me –… Read More

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Posted on 21.01.05 by Rob Black

Blunkett Junket

By Martin Waller IT HAS not taken him long. David Blunkett, still enjoying his £3 million grace-and-favour Belgravia mansion despite losing his job as Home Secretary, has signed up with an agency… Read More

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Posted on 24.04.01 by Rob Black

What TV Stars Get For Dinner

By Rhymer Rigby and Jade Garrett So Angus Deayton can earn £50,000 for hosting an awards ceremony. He’s not the only one. A famous face and a nice line in after-dinner patter… Read More

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