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Matt Allwright interviews the Prime Minister
Oscars for Dolphin
Douglas Chalmers
Matt Allwright
Matt Allwright
Christian Bale
Simon Crawford-Phillips
Nick Denton
Thea Follett
Jesse Johnson
Tamsin Morse
Blake Ritson
Claire Taylor
Hugh Welchman
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Matt Allwright interviews the Prime Minister




Matt Allwright
interviewed David Cameron on The One Show on 8 March, 2011.

Matt has just made a film about the Court of European Human Rights.  He interviewed an MP for the government's view and then went to Brussels to film the rest of the documentary.  He then faced the Prime Minister on The One Show and questioned him about the dilemma facing a government who wants to have the final say on internal matters while a court made up of 47 judges is ruling on almost everything. 

Oscars for Dolphin

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Old Delphinian, Christian Bale won an Oscar in 2011 for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Fighter to bring Dolphin's Oscar tally to four He starred in Empire of the Sun in 1987 which was nominated for a number of Oscars.  Christian won Best Juvenile Actor, an award especially created for him by the National Board for Review of Motion Pictures.  The role won him international acclaim.

Old D's Hugh Welchman and Simon Bysshe (two) have also recently won Oscars!   ( See Old Delphinians in the News)


Douglas Chalmers

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Douglas Chalmers, Class of '81, who was one of the original 25 pupils at Dolphin, has been awarded an O.B.E. in March 2010 for his work in Afghanistan. Douglas is now a Colonel in the army in command of the 2nd Battalion of the Princess of Wales Royal Regiment of 750 men.  In 2003 he received an MBE for Iraq.  In 2011 Douglas made Brigadier.


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Matt Allwright

MATT ALLWRIGHT hosts new television series The Secret Tourist.

Matt Allwright is hosting The Secret Tourist, his latest series for BBC1, a holiday investigations programme where he uncovers the worst that foreign resorts have to offer.  He’s also fronting ‘Watchdog’ with Anne Robinson and a host of other projects and appears frequently on the One Show.

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For more about Matt see Old  D's Making Headlines


Matt Allwright

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Matt, best known for fronting the BBC consumer investigation programme, Rogue Traders, was a captivating Master of Ceremonies at Heather Brough's retirement concert.  he is presently presenting a new series, Secret Tourist, and often presents The One Show.


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Christian Bale

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The new Batman is an Old Delphinian!


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Simon Crawford-Phillips

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Simon, an international concert pianist, delighted an audience of Old D's and their families to celebrate Heather Brough's Dolphin career.


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Nick Denton
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Nick Denton was featured in the Sunday Times Rich List 2007 in position 502 based on the sale of his previous companies and the current value of Gawker Media.  He has recently been in the international news for taking on Apple in a legal case involving the new iphone.

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Thea Follett
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Thea Follett, Class of '98, has become not only the youngest, but also the only female tandem sky diving instructor in the UK. Thea, who read engineering at Loughborough, was a lieutenant in the Territorial Army (engineers) but is now in the RAF.

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Jesse Johnson

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Jesse Johnson is working with some of the biggest names in Hollywood. On July 30th his latest film, Charlie Valentine, which he both wrote and directed, won Best Picture, Best Action Film, Best Cinematography and Best Score at the Action on Film International Festival 2009 held in Pasadena, California. To learn more visit Charlie Valentine on Facebook.  In 2009 and 2010 it went to over 25 film festivals and won over thirty awards including best writer and best director. 


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Tamsin Morse

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Tamsin has been identified by The Art Review as one of Britain's top twenty five young artists.


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Blake Ritson
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Blake Ritson is a West End and television actor who appeared as Mr Elton in the BBC adaptation of Jane Austen's Emma in October 2009. Blake also appeared as Edmund Bertram in the ITV dramatisation of Mansfield Park and recently as Idek in a star studded cast for God on Trial. He starred in Rope, a grisly chiller made into a film by Hitchcock, at the Almeida in 2010.

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Claire Taylor

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During the February 2008 England Women's Cricket tour to Australia and New Zealand Claire was the batsman who secured England's victory in both the Ashes match and the one day series against New Zeland.  England only needed to draw with Australia to retain the Ashes but they won in style with six wickets.  Claire followed her first-innings 79 with an unbeaten 64, striking the winning runs. In the two wins  against New Zealand it was Claire again who was vital.  Having lost the first match they went on to win the second by nine wickets with 32 balls remaining.  Claire hit 111 not out in as many balls.  In the third match England won by six wickets with Claire making 70. Claire was named Player of the Series for her consistent form throughout. 
 
In 2008 Claire made history by being first woman to be named one of the five cricketers of the year.  In 2009 she was named one of the five international players of the year and in 2010 she received an MBE for her services to cricket.
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Hugh Welchman

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Hugh Welchman has won a 2008 Oscar for the Best Animated Short Film for
his film  Peter and the Wolf which first appeared on Christmas Eve 2006
on Channel 4. 


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