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Johnny Vaughan

Johnny Randall Vaughan (born 16th July 1966) is a television and radio presenter. He is currently the presenter of the weekday breakfast show on Capital FM.

Vaughan's big break into television was on Channel 4 in 1993 where the public first saw his blend of quick-fire humour and impressions on the movie review show Moviewatch. Channel producers decided he was a natural in front of the camera and he fronted The Big Breakfast from 1997 until 2001, forming a partnership with Denise van Outen which proved very successful in terms of audience figures. In parallel he presented another movie show, The Johnny Vaughan Film Show. In 2001 he transferred to the BBC to present a late-night chat show, Johnny Vaughan Tonight in the same vein of American shows by David Letterman and Jay Leno. Viewing figures were not good, especially considering the wonders Vaughan had done for The Big Breakfast, and commentators suggested that the format was not best suited to the free-wheeling Vaughan. A sitcom vehicle 'Oribble was even more poorly received by the critics. In April 2004 he returned to the "zoo" format when he replaced Chris Tarrant as the presenter of the Capital FM breakfast show.

Vaughan has also been heavily involved with telethon charity drives such as Children in Need, Comic Relief and Sport Relief. He also presented part of UK Radio Aid in 2005.

In 2005, Vaughan became the host of the American reality/game show My Kind of Town on ABC. The show was cancelled after four episodes due to poor ratings. He also hosted Channel 4 reality TV show Space Cadets, which was an elaborate hoax where contestants were fooled into believing they were on a space mission.

Vaughan is an avid supporter of Chelsea F.C. He is married to Antonia, whom he met aged 19 whilst working in a video store. They are married with two children.

External Links

The World of Johnny Vaughan (http://www.geocities.com/jess_mcmahon/)

Some or all material in this page has been adapted from the Johnny Vaughan entry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Vaughan), or others, in Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org), the free encyclopedia.