Dave Bradford
"I am enjoying a long and happy relationship with Ideal World."
Born in Bournemouth, Dave was one of the original shopping TV presenters to appear in the UK some 15 years ago. He joined Ideal World in 2003 and is loving his time in Peterborough.
Dave returns to his home town on his days off and presents a regular Sunday morning show on the South's biggest radio station, Wave 105.
Dave says he loves the fact that his job combines his two biggest passions - presenting and shopping!
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Q & A:
- What did you do before IW?
- I was a television announcer for ITV, introducing the programmes, and also a local radio presenter.
- Most embarrassing on-screen moment?
- Setting fire to a toaster on my first-ever IW show - the instructions were left inside the grill!
- Tell us a secret
- I’m in the Barry Manilow fan club!
- What’s your idea of the perfect Sunday?
- Pub lunch in the country with an ice-cold Chardonnay.
- Which living person do you most admire and why?
- Joan Rivers: for someone who’s gone through so many ups and downs (personal tragedy, financial problems, etc.) she bounces back, tells it like it is and says what we are probably thinking but are to afraid to say.
- What is the trait you most deplore in yourself and others?
- Insincerity and "have a nice day" falseness.
- Aside from property, what’s the most expensive thing you've bought?
- My watch, probably!
- What is your guiltiest pleasure?
- Relaxing in Skiathos, a tiny Greek Island where I escape each year.
- What keeps you awake at night?
- The foxes in my garden.
- How would you like to be remembered?
- As a genuine, nice bloke.
- What is the most important lesson life has taught you?
- Don’t live to work, work to live.
- Favourite IW product?
- That’s a tricky one: the jewellery cleaner, of course!
- Which phrase do you overuse?
- Believe you me!
- If you could travel back in time, which period would you visit?
- I would have loved to have been around Liverpool in the sixties.
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