Shaun Ryan
"The Last Eleven Years Have Flown By!"
Shaun is one of the two original presenters on Ideal World, and has seen many changes on the channel since he first joined as the "junior presenter" 11 years ago!
Before working for Ideal World Shaun had numerous performing jobs, including professional pantomime at Brighton's Theatre Royal, touring with the late Eartha Kitt, presenting the live roadshows for London's Capital FM and even singing in a boy band (quite badly by his own admission!)
Shaun was born in York and has an honours degree in Performance Arts from Middlesex University and a post graduate certificate from Mountview Theatre School.
He thrives on the buzz of live performing and on his last calculation had clocked up over 8,000 hours of live presenting on Ideal World alone.
Shaun loves gardening and cooking and these are among his favourite shows to present on Ideal World. Over the past couple of years he has also become the face of "The Amazing Cruise Holiday Show" with Planet Cruise and has a real passion and knowledge of cruise holidays.
He likes to think of himself as a fun positive person who doesn't take himself too seriously and who likes to laugh a lot!
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Q & A:
- What did you do before IW?
- Many, many jobs – mostly in performing – including working on Top of the Pops, Capital radio in London and in pantomime at the theatre royal in Brighton for three years.
- Most embarrassing on-screen moment?
- Definitely when my tooth fell out live on air – let me explain… A couple of my teeth at the front are capped. I was working on a Sunday on Ideal and had been eating a crusty baguette and one of the caps suddenly didn’t feel quite right. I then went on to present Consumer Choice and as I started speaking my front tooth cap literally broke in two and flew off leaving a massive gap at the front! All I could think of doing was covering my mouth and pretending to cough. The viewers then saw a full page graphic while I left the studio and Den then had to take over presenting the show.
- Tell us a secret
- I’ve seen one of the other Ideal world presenters naked in my bath!! – But which one?
- What’s your idea of the perfect Sunday (when you’re not working)?
- Long sleep in, coffee and papers in bed, Sunday lunch with my family, afternoon nap, BBQ and wine in the evening
- Which living person do you most admire and why?
- Richard Branson
- What is the trait you most deplore in yourself / others?
- In others I detest selfishness and in myself insecurity at times and vanity
- Aside from property, what’s the most expensive thing you've bought?
- My car
- What is your guiltiest pleasure?
- Red wine
- What keeps you awake at night?
- My cat pawing on my head for attention
- How would you like to be remembered?
- As being kind, generous and amusing
- What is the most important lesson life has taught you?
- Make the most of it, it goes way too quickly
- Favourite IW/CC product?
- Memory foam
- Which phrase do you overuse?
- "Lovely to be with you" – Its how I start nearly every show!!
- If you could travel back in time, which period would you visit?
- Ancient Greece