Alistair Appleton

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name = Alistair Appleton


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birth_date = Birth year and age|1970
birth_place = Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, UK
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nationality = flagicon|UK British
occupation = Television presenter
religion = Buddhist
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website = [http://www.alistairappleton.com AlistairAppleton.com]
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Alistair Appleton (born 1970 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent) is a British television presenter from England.

Biography

Born to Peter Appleton and Sally Cooper, their second son, Appleton gained ten O-levels and three A-levels at St. John's Catholic School. In 1988, he went to Gonville & Caius College at the University of Cambridge, where he studied for a degree in English Literature. Whilst at university, Appleton sang in the chapel choir, rowed for his college boat club, and acted in several productions.

On graduating with a 2.1, Appleton left the UK for Poland, where he taught at the University of Gdansk. He later taught English in Eastern Germany and worked as a translator and journalist for Deutsche Welle TV. Appleton broke into television with Deutsche Welle, and eventually became the frontman of the channel's youth current-affairs show, "Heat".

In 1999, Appleton returned to the UK, where he scored roles on Sky's "Hot TV" (2000), Five's "House Doctor" (2000-2003), BBC Two's "Rhona" (2000), the Travel Channel's "Travel On" (2001), BBC One's "Garden Invaders" (2001), "Cash in the Attic" (2002-2005), BBC Food's "Stately Suppers" (2005), and had an appearance as himself on the 2006 "Doctor Who" episode "Army of Ghosts". He has also hosted several television specials, including "The Proms".

Appleton also did some acting, including a role in "Footballers' Wives" during 2002. In 2005, he completed, "The Man Who Drank the Universe", a short documentary on the entheogen "ayahuasca".

In early January 2007, Appleton appeared in BBC America promos for the fourth series of "Cash in the Attic", even though he sat that series out. He currently presents Escape to the Country on BBC One.

Personal life

Appleton is openly gay, and came out at university. In an article in "Gay Times", however, he admits he only fully accepted his sexuality when he lived in Poland and Germany.

In 2000, he converted to Buddhism, and teaches yoga and meditation in the south of England, and also on the Holy Isle, his spiritual home.

External links

* [http://www.alistairappleton.com/ Official website of Alistair Appleton]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0996378/ Alistair Appleton at the Internet Movie Database]

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NAME = Appleton, Alistair
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SHORT DESCRIPTION = British television presenter from England
DATE OF BIRTH = 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH = Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, United Kingdom
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