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I'm trying to put together an article about my favourite TV presenter Mr John Lesley. If anybody can provide any information about him I would greatly appreciate it.

What I have so far:

1) TV's John Leslie was born John Stott.
2) TV's John Leslie is the tallest presenter of Blue Peter EVER!
3) TV's John Leslie is a big fan of potatoes.
4) TV's John Leslie says he hates pumpkin soup.
5) TV's John Leslie's favourite film is Deathwish 2.
6) TV's John Leslie loves holidaying in Spain.
7) TV's John Leslie supports Heart of Midlothian FC.
8) TV's John Leslie cannot fly a plane.
9) TV's John Leslie was a champion high jumper.
10)TV's John Leslie was once a stand-up comedian.

If anyone can add anymore to this I would be very grateful!

11)TV's John Leslie may be 6'11'' tall, but he wears children's size 9 shoes!
12)TV's John Leslie can recite the alphabet backwards in less than 5 seconds!
13)TV's John Leslie owns 14 cars but has never passed his driving test!
14)TV's John Leslie once had an audience with the Pope.
15)TV's John Leslie once rejected Catherine Zeta Jones' marriage proposal!
16)TV's John Leslie goes drinking with close pal George Alagiah in Bermondsey.
17)TV's John Leslie once lost a celebrity table-football tournament to Bergerac's John Nettles.
18)TV's John Leslie has fear of square crisps!
19)TV's John Leslie is a real smooth talker!
20)TV's John Leslie

20)TV's John Leslie is the biggest landowner in West Lothian. The next biggest is 6'4''

11) TV's John Leslie once jumped out of a plane, on 'Blue Peter'
12) TV's John Leslie was once proposed to by Welsh Lady Catherine Zeta
Jones
13) TV's John Leslie used to do a paper round, in Dunfermaline
14) TV's John Leslie says the person he would most like to meet is
Eastender, Gary Beadle
15) TV's John Leslie is allergic to Wheat. "I hate it." he says

16) TV's John Leslie once came close to death, when he contracted
Dysentery while filming for Blue Peter in the Congo. 'It was
touch and go for a while there,' said the big scot.

Oh! Marvellous! Yet again I am being 'moderated' (read censored by those fascist c***s). Is there any chance one of you faceless fascists might show your face or explain the problem with the post? If I had suggested that somebody strangled orphans fr fun, was a child abuser, a rapist, a murderer or the perpetrator of genocide I could understand it, but instead you pull my threads because I write about John Leslie.

Pathetic!!!

Anybody have any opinions on the brutal rape storylines which have appeared in Hollyoaks in the last few years?

I find it shocking, but when these things are on TV and brought out in the open, such as the storyline involving Luke and also that of his sister show both sides of the coin, the affects on thse accused, be they innocent or guilty and how those with fame and power can abuse their priviledge, likewise how people can exploit this position of fame and use it against them.

What do you think??

Ignore that last thread, it was meant to be on the soaps discussion thread and I went wrong somewhere. If someone wants to remove it I don't mind a bit.

17)TV's John Leslie once ran the London Marathon dressed as a giant syringe to promote the donation of blood.
18)TV's John Leslie was shortlisted to replace Carol Vorderman on Countdown when she quit.
19)TV's John Leslie didn't get the job because she returned!
20)TV's John Leslie once rapped with Run DMC on Blue Peter.
21)TV's John Leslie followed in the footsteps of many international playboys superstars when he got the job presenting Wheel of Fortune.
22)TV's John Leslie was a regular visitor to the Hacienda Nightclub in its last couple of years.
23)TV's John Leslie's first job was as a typist for Scottish Regional TV station Grampian.
24)TV's John Leslie beat off 1500 applicants when he got his job presenting BP, including Michaela Strachan.
25)TV's John Leslie cannot breakdance as he is too tall.
26)TV's John Leslie would be 62 feet tall if he were a giraffe.
27)TV's John Leslie hasn't had a cold in over 14 years.
28)TV's John Leslie drinks a litre of grape juice for breakfast EVERY DAY.
29)TV's John Leslie once danced with Bill Clinton at a White House party.
30)TV's John Leslie shares his name with a famous scientist who helped to invent Dolby Noise Reduction.

31)TV's John Leslie tried his best, but it wasn't until he was 11 that he learnt to swim.
32)TV's John Leslie contrary to urban legend didn't appear on 'The Hopefuls' on TV programme The Word in a bath of worms.
33)TV's John Leslie likes to drink red wine when relaxing of an evening, he says, 'I like beaujolais'
34)TV's John Leslie also likes listening to modern R&B music, especially Ashanti, JoJo and Erykah Badu.
35)TV's John Leslie's music taste is varied though, he also like Scottish folk music such as Bert Jansch.
36)TV's John Leslie's favourite band is Creedance Clearwater Revival who he says are 'better than the Beatles.'
37)TV's John Leslie once learnt to play the oboe after losing a bet with TV's Richard 'I don't believe it' Wilson.
38)TV's John Leslie once did a 3 hour handstand for Comic Relief. He only stopped when he passed out, but he still raised nearly £800!
39)TV's John Leslie is a big fan of poetry and has even written a book of acrostic poetry, but
40)TV's John Leslie says he can't stand Haiku's as they 'limit the artist so.'

Thank you for reinstating the earlier posts Moderators. I got a little angry because I have endeavoured to keep all I write strictly 'above board' and don't wish to offend upset or incur litigation. Sorry about the tone of the earlier post, I have been having a traumatic time since the accident!




Rt. Rev. Lesley Gentle

Crikey!!!

Stop getting moderated, You t*t

hohohohoho

Are you moderating everything I write?

41)TV's John Leslie is an ardent supporter of freedom of speech and campaigns tirelessly against censorship by the media by authoritarian regimes such as Nigeria.

42)TV's John Leslie used to work for Hertfordshire Highways, and thought it was boring, but admits he was 'surprised' when he was sad that he was leaving.

42)TV's John Leslie has never been in a Post Office.
43)TV's John Leslie is left handed, but
46)TV's John Leslie plays guitar and golf right handed to avoid buying expensive custom made equipment.
47)TV's John Leslie can type at 145wpm.
48)TV's John Leslie owns a life-sized solid gold owl, which he keeps in one of his 26 bathrooms.
49)TV's John Leslie lives in a castle on the banks of Loch Fyne.
50)TV's John Leslie's castle has 26 bathrooms but only 2 bedrooms.
51)TV's John Leslie's 2 bedrooms are a mile apart and are both the size of football pitches.
52)TV's John Leslie's spare bedroom is carpeted in astro-turf on which,
53)TV's John Leslie likes to play violent games of football with celebrity chums including Rod Stewart, Billy Connolly, the cast of Hollyoaks and Bob Mortimer.
54)TV's John Leslie plays in goal and takes his ball away if he doesn't get to play on best friend Sting's side.
55)TV's John Leslie lost an arm-wrestling competition to Diane Louise Jordan in 1993 and hasn't spoken to her since.
56)TV's John Leslie has had a silent feud with Eastender's Dean Gaffney for 3 years.
57)TV's John Leslie has never met Dean Gaffney or spoken with or about him and the same goes for Dean Gaffney.
58)TV's John Leslie hires Arabian Sultans to polish the windows of his castle at £250000 a window.
59)TV's John Leslie owns the patents to many inventions including steam powered PC's and what he calls the 'Helicopticycle' which is actually a steam-powered dog-walking robot.
60)TV's John Leslie jointly owns a squirrel farm with Roger Daltrey.
61)TV's John Leslie pays for everything with his chequebook as he believes cash is 'silly'.
62)TV's John Leslie uses a 4 foot long chequebook because he can't pick up normal-sized cheques with his giant hands.
63)TV's John Leslie has all his clothes custom-made by George of Asda fame.
64)TV's John Leslie swallowed a dog-whistle as a child and consequently dog's within his vicinity herd sheep when he breathes.
65)TV's John Leslie once got into a Cool-Hand Luke style egg eating contest with Lenny Henry for Comic Relief.
66)TV's John Leslie managed to eat 412 hard-boiled eggs in one sitting, whilst Lenny Henry didn't eat one.
67)TV's John Leslie doesn't believe in electricity.
68)TV's John Leslie owns a vintage pig-skin football which is signed by the Nolan sisters and the Queen.
69)TV's John Leslie was an extra in Supergran as a child.
70)TV's John Leslie could have been a contender; he auditioned for A Street Car Named Desire at the Edinburgh Rep!

We are up to 80 now unless the last Great Ceasers Ghost post contains any more info. Keep them coming!!

Just realise 10-20 have been put up twice.

81)TV's John Leslie is a truly gifted all-round entertainer.
82)TV's John Leslie was asked to curate the Meltdown 2002 festival, he declined because it clashed with This Morning so they gave it to 2nd choice David Bowie.
83)TV's John Leslie once came second in a John Leslie lookalike competition in Denmark.
84)TV's John Leslie enjoys a cult following in Latvia where he is second only to Sir Clive Sinclair.
85)TV's John Leslie once swam the English Channel for 'a joke'.
86)TV's John Leslie gives 10% of all his earnings to Barnardos.
87)TV's John Leslie is the second tallest man in Scotland.
88)TV's John Leslie is only shorter than Marillion's Fish who is 11'8''
89)TV's John Leslie's legs represent a stunning 92% of his body-mass!
90)TV's John Leslie can hold his breath underwater indefinitely as he is amphibeous!
91)TV's John Leslie can impersonate the grunt of a bison with alarming accuracy!
92)TV's John Leslie was given an honourary knighthood by the people of India for his work with the sick and maimed.
93)TV's John Leslie cannot see in the dark, consequently he only presents programmes in the daytime when he can go outside.

94)TV's John Leslie believed until the age of 6 that animals grew on trees!
95)TV's John Leslie paid for the renovation to Southend pier that prevented it falling into the sea or being bought by Starbucks.
96)TV's John Leslie wasn't born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
97)TV's John Leslie is a highly competent barn dancer.
98)TV's John Leslie once threw a tennis ball over 620 metres, and that was under-arm!
99)TV's John Leslie once threw a tennis ball over-arm in Glasgow, it was last seen flying over the Isle of Man at an altitude of 16000 feet!
100)TV's John Leslie declined an offer of £16m from the Sultan of Brunei to read the news out loud to him at bedtime from the Times newspaper for one night, because he disagrees with Rupert Murdoch's attempts to create a monopoly of the world's gutter press!

Oh joy! Oh rapture! We have reached 100 posts on the mighty and the great John Leslie. I couldn't have done it without the help (or the hindrance) of the moderators, who tried their best (yet failed) to block my every move like the rotten devilish spoil-sports they are, at every move.

I'd just like to thank John's agent martin for the information he provided and also Great Ceasers Ghost for the eye-opening facts he has provided.

I have decided to keep this thread alive, and attempt to reach 1000 Leslie-facts, do I will need the help of whoever is willing to offer their services, be they Martin, McCarthy, Arkan or Shipman, I am not fussy.

Thank you all, love, peace and many bowls of fruit to you all, you lovely bunch of things. Yes.

John Lesley used to be found riding on a double decker (for instance) by that curly haired bloke on TFI Friday 'Ooh look its T.V's John Leslie'.

Sorry to have been away during your attempt to reach the hundred,Rev.