Paul John Ross (born December 31, 1956) is an English journalist, television editor, and media personality. He is the elder brother of presenter Jonathan Ross and is also an up and coming film reviewer. He has also been presenting Most Haunted Live from May 2006 onwards.
Biography
Ross was born John Ross in Leytonstone, London trained as a journalist, and worked as an editor on Channel 4's controversial youth show The Word, having originally started as a researcher at London Weekend Television. He worked as an 'on-your-doorstep' outside broadcaster, and also as co-host in The Big Breakfast. In the mid 1990s, he also worked as a game show host on Telly Stack and the British version of the popular American game show Jeopardy!. From 1997 to 1998 he hosted The Paul Ross Show, a late-night programme on ITV. He also made appearances on programmes such as Bo' Selecta and Never Mind the Buzzcocks. Ross was one of the launch presenters at the then-innovative satellite shopping broadcaster Bid-up.tv, and fronted the BBC1 lunchtime quizshow No Win No Fee, where contestants would directly compete with Paul for his four-thousand pound fee for the show. He took part in the third series of popular ITV1 reality show, Celebrity Fit Club, losing 2 stone and a pound, and was made team captain. Ross was the first contestant to be eliminated on Comic Relief does Fame Academy (2003) after his singing failed to impress voters. His film roles have included "Mr Sit-up Britain" in Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) and Colonel Mattel in Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death (1989). In 2003 he joined the newly-relaunched London radio station LBC 97.3, taking on the Saturday morning show and later weekend breakfast. In January 2007, Paul Ross moved to drivetime 4pm-6:30pm, Monday to Thursday, replacing Iain Lee in new year shake-up.Where he carries on with his untalented shouty barrowboy style that irritates so many people. Paul continues to present the Saturday Morning Breakfast Show on LBC 97.3. He currently also appears as a show-business reporter for the television programme, This Morning. He also writes a weekly column, Paul Ross at the Movies, for a leading Sunday tabloid newspaper, which has been widely criticized for "quote whoring". He also introduced movies on the short lived Sit-up Ltd movie channels on Sky TV, matinee movies and 'bad movies. In 2005 Paul was also one of the main presenters for ChoicesUK TV, a film review/shopping channel also hosted by Rustie Lee. He has a Dogue de Bordeaux called Gracie Paul Ross has also appeared on a celebrity edition of Mastermind where his specialist subject was "The Life and Works of Ezra Pound". He has been the presenter of Most Haunted Live since the nineteenth edition filmed at Portsmouth in May 2006. Ross has been married twice and has five children. In November 2006, he caused controversy by announcing an upcoming EastEnders Christmas storyline on his LBC radio show, causing his mother Martha, who told him the storyline, to be fired from her job as an extra on Eastenders.[1]
References
- ^ "Jonathan Ross's mum fired after 'Enders leak", Digital Spy. URL last accessed 2006-11-18
