Ben
Douglas
Ben
started out in show business at the age of six, working in the
theatre, on advertisements and as a television presenter. He won
rave reviews playing the Butler Drake in 'Annie' and presented Owl
TV with Michaela Strachan as well as acting in 'The Labours of
Erica' with Brenda Blethyn. After training at Arts Educational and
the Rambert School of Ballet he worked as a dancer before being
snapped up by Granada to be their social commentator on Livetime and
co-present Sixtalk with Esther Mcvey. He also presented Perfect
Parenting with Sharon Davis. In 1999 Ben expanded into the printed
media and is now a fixture on the international party circuit,
reporting from such glittering events as the Oscars, the Venice Film
Festival and the Baftas. He is a regular contributor to the Daily
Mail, Mail on Sunday, OK! Magazine, Hello, the Sunday Times and many
others.
As a lifestyle commentator and friend of the stars
he has been the subject of articles in numerous magazines including
Elle, In Style and The Stage. Along with 'It Girl' Clare Beckwith he
was an Ambassador for the British Luxury Council.
A
passionate campaigner on youth issues, he is a long-time supporter
of children’s charities and was until recently a member of the
London Appeals Board of the NSPCC.
Ben Douglas was adopted by
white parents, his adoptive father, Eric, a businessman, and his
mother Barbara, a teacher. Ben's birth mother, Judy, 'had given me
up as an act of love and returned to Barbados alone. She knew taking
me back as an illegitimate child would blight my life because of the
religious feeling on the island'
Ben Douglas wrote about his work on being black with white parents
in an article in the
Daily Mail in February 2011.
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