After Dinner Speakers: Ulrika Jonsson, Jimmy Somerville, Rory McGrath
Ulrika Jonsson was born in Stockholm, Sweden and moved to England at the age of 12. She first appeared on screen in May 1989 as weather presenter for TV-am. In July 1992 she left TV-am to present LWT's Gladiators, which continued a highly successful run for 7 years. In September 1995 she joined Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer as regular team captain in their much feted comedy quiz show Shooting Stars for BBC TWO. In 1997 the show played to capacity audiences in a live version at the Hammersmith Labatts Apollo in London for three months before a sell out nation-wide tour.
Ulrika has presented The Royal Variety Club awards and hosted the Eurovision Song Contest with Terry Wogan. She is the consummate professional, always delivering a star turn