Holds the Guinness World Records for the longest after-dinner speech (twelve-and-a-half hours) and previously held the longest on-screen kiss record (three-and-a-half minutes, performed with/upon Cheryl Baker on the 14th February 1984 episode of Good Morning Britain (1983)).
Conservative MP for Chester 1992-1997.
He and his wife Michelle are founders of the Teddy Bear Museum in
Stratford-upon-Avon.
Has been honorary president of the Association of British Scrabble
Players since 2002.
Is related to Jeremiah Brandreth, one of the leaders of the Pentrich
Revolution, 1817.
As a teenager, comedian Jack Whitehall was commissioned to paint a picture of Gyles' cat.
When he appeared as a presenter on Good Morning Britain (1983) he was famous/notorious for
his chunky woollen jumpers with very bold patterns or pictures on them.
Viewers used to knit them for him.