Hannah Murray

Hannah is a very talented up and coming actress. She will be well known to tv show Skins fans as Cassie.

I wrote to Hannah on April 18th and received a reply on May 19th which is a turnaround time of 4 weeks.
I sent 2 pictures which were prints of Screencaps from the show and I received back both pictures signed and also a signed copy of her official management promo photo.


Address used
C/O Troika
3rd Floor
74 Clerkenwell Road
London
EC1M 5QA

Steven Gerrard

Quite disappointed about this one.

I wrote to Stevie G at about the same time as Stuart Pearce. As he is Captain of the Liverpool team and also of the England team I did expect a bit of a wait.

Sent April 20th - Received May 3rd

I was impressed with the turn around time only 2 weeks.
I guess Liverpool have someone to deal with fanmail though as the picture I sent was returned unsigned and I got with it it a pre-signed Liverpool/Adidas photocard. I believe the picture isn't a pre-print though as there was some transfer of ink so it would have either been a pre-signed pic or maybe "secretarial"

I will call this a success.


Address used

C/O Liverpool FC
Anfield road
Liverpool
Merseyside
L4 OTH

Stuart Pearce

This is the quickest turnaround I have had in a long time.

Stuart Pearce is the Legendary England Defender. He is also probably most known as stalwart defender for Notts Forest but we will gloss over that. I managed to get hold of some pics of him playing for Derby County and couldn't resist asking him to sign them for me and my sister.

Stuart is now manager of Man City so that is where I wrote to him. He is also Manager of the England U21 squad.

I sent my request with 3 photos on Friday April 20th.
I received the reply on Thursday April 26th - That is just 6 days even with a 2nd class stamp.

Thank you!

Address used
C/O Manchester City FC
City of Manchester Stadium
Sportcity
Rowsley Street
Manchester
M11 3FF

WILL YOUNG

Yes you read it right. Will Young as in the gorgeous popstar with the wonderful voice.
I went to see Will on tour back in September in Notts with my 2 sisters. When I got my pictures printed out I decided to have a go at writing to him care of one of the venues he was yet to visit. I had never bothered before as I heard that he doesn't often sign but I had to give it a shot.

I sent my letter to Will on the 20th September care of Newcastle metro arena. I didn't know what to expect really and after a month or so I forgot all about it...Until today when I was jumping all around the room when I opened up the envelope.
Will had very kindly signed all 4 pictures and the page from last year's calendar that I sent and he had also signed a picture for my sister as I asked him to. At the time it was because her birthday was in December and I was hoping if I got a reply in time I could frame it for her as a present but now it will just be a gift out of the blue for her.

I worked out the turn around time to be 19 weeks and 1 day
I will only post 2 of the pictures.

Jo Whiley

Jo is the first lady of Radio 1 with her revolutionary morning show with the infamous Live Lounge sessions and also with a Wednesday "In new music we trust" evening show.

I wrote to Jo on the 23rd August and reply came back on the 10th Jan which leaves a hefty 20 weeks turn around time. Hence the lovely message Jo has written on her Radio 1 photo card.

Well worth the wait though.



Usual Radio 1 address applies
C/O Radio 1
London
W1N 4DJ

Sara Cox

Sara Cox is the Zany Weekend DJ that does Radio 1's afternoon show on Saturday and Sunday.
She started off on TV presenting The Girlie show

As well as doing her own show Sara often covers for the likes of Jo Whiley and Edith Bowman.
Her most recent triumph was taking part in the BBC charity reality show Only fools on horses.

I sent my request to Sara on 20/11/2006 and recieved the reply on 16/12/2007. This is a 4 week turn around which is turning out to be the average for Radio 1.

I am very pleased as Sara has made a point of writing special message on each photo which makes it all the more individual.



Usual Radio 1 address applies

C/O Radio 1
London
W1N 4DJ

Max Beesley

Max Beesley is one of my favourite actors. I absolutely loved Bodies and Hotel Babylon so I thought it was about time I wrote to him. I sent a picture of him as Captain of the Celebrity England team from Soccer aid and also a still shot from BODIES.

Request was sent on 23/08/06 and recieved back on 16/11/06 which gives a turn around of 11 weeks and 4 days.




Address I used is

c/o I C M
Oxford House,
76 Oxford Street,
London
W1D 1BS

David Tennant

David Tennant is the current star of Doctor Who but has starred in a number of other great tv shows and Movies. He is most known for his role as Casanova and to children as Barty Crouch jnr in Harry Potter and the Goblet of fire.

I sent 3 pics to David on July 13th and recieved all 3 pictures signed back on September 14th. 2 of the pics were signed to me and the other to my daughter as I requested.

Request took 70 days but all worth the wait.
Pictures from david-tennant.com



Address used was:-

c/o I C M
Oxford House,
76 Oxford Street,
London
W1D 1BS

"Comedy" Dave Vitty

This is the one reply that has taken the longest time from Radio 1 but I will give Dave a break after seeing the state of his desk...

Dave is the infamous comedy side-kick of Breakfast show host Chris Moyles and is also the other half of touring partnership Chappers and Dave.

I wrote on June 30th and reply recieved August 17th which is a turn around of 48 days

As usual the pictures were downloaded from radio 1 online







Usual address for Radio 1

C/O Radio 1
London
W1N 4DJ

Mark "Chappers" Chapman

I recieved a lovely note from Chappers today.
Mark Chapman is a man with many talents.

He is a radio 1 sports journalist, He also does sports reports for 5Live/channel5 and Sky TV. He is one half of Chappers and Dave the great club DJ pairing and of course he is part of the team on the Scott Mills show on Radio 1. (You might also have seen him getting a little worked up on the Sports Relief Cricket tour)

Sent on July 4th and recieved back on July 28th so took 24 days
I sent Mark this picture from Radio 1 online
















He wrote a little note and signed the pic on the back

















Same old Radio 1 address

Radio 1
London
W1N 4DJ

Joel Ross

All good things come to those who wait.
Joel ross is the other half of radio 1 partnership - JK and Joel.

I wrote on June 30th and was worrying that my letter had got lost somehow as I had replies from all the other Radio 1 DJs that were in the same batch.

An excellent success which was worth all 25 days of waiting.

Some pictures are from online, some are screenshots and there are a few taken by myself and Nik when we went to a gig a couple of months ago.



















































Usual Radio 1 address applies

c/o Radio1
London
W1N 4DJ

Annie Mac

Annie Mac is Radio 1's Utility player. She has her own show but she also stands in for other shows when presenters are off. recently she has been standing in for JK and Joel on early breakfast, Sara Cox on Saturday and Sunday afternoons and also did 2 shows for Jo Whiley last week.

I sent the request on June 30th and received it back on July 19th making it 19 days.
I sent Annie this picture which I printed off of Radio 1 online

She didn't sign the front of it but she did write a lovely little note on the back of it



Usual Radio 1 address applies

C/O Radio 1
London
W1N 4DJ

Colin Murray

Another success from radio 1 today.
Colin Murray is the other half of Radio coupling Colin and Edith (Not for much longer though)
I sent it on June 30th and recieved it back on July 19th so that took 19 days

The picture is yet another one that I printed off from Radio 1 online


Address used was the good old Radio 1 address

C/O Radio 1
London
W1N 4DJ

Edith Bowman

I have recently sent a lot of requests out to Radio 1 DJs and today I received back my first reply from Edith Bowman.
It took 12 days which is good as Edith has been away in Scotland for the T in the Park festival.
I sent it on June 30th and recieved it back today July 12th.

The picture is one that I printed off from Radio 1 online














Address was the simple Radio 1 addy

Radio 1
London
W1N 4DJ

Peter Duncan (and JK)

I already had this picture signed by JK when he came out of The Games in March so I decided to send it off to Peter and ask him to sign it too.

It is a still from The Games live streaming when Peter and Jason dressed up as each other.

I sent the pic to Peter on 3/05/06 and I got it back on the 24/06/06 which is a turn around of 7 weeks. I am happy with that.



Address used -
C/O International Artistes
Lopley Hall
Lopley
Staffs
ST19 9JR

From the archives - Chris Moyles

I found this today. It will have been from when Chris first joined Radio 1.
He has changed a lot since then hasn't he?

I wrote to him again recently but sadly no reply yet.

Kym Marsh

I am extremely happy with todays success.

I wrote to Kym Marsh 2 weeks ago and sent some pictures from OK mag. I received them back today . Both pics were signed With Love Kym Marsh. I was extra surprised though that she had also signed another picture that was on the other side of one of them.

Unfortunately the pictures had to be folded as I couldn't get an envelope big enough but Once they are framed that will be OK.

Here are 2 of the pics she signed for me






Address Used:-

C/O Vivien Wild
2a 59-61 Brewer St
London
W1F 9UN

Special mention

Replies are being pretty slow just now so I thought I would share with you a recent success I had before I started this blog.

It is from the rather delicious JK (Jason King) of Radio One's Chart Duo JK & Joel. Hoping to to complete the set soon by getting some signed photos of Joel too so watch this space.

The reply from JK took one week exactly and I wrote to him using the Radio 1 address which is just Radio 1, London, W1N 4DJ

Jordan

Well unfortunately my first success to be reported on here is a disappointing one.

I wrote to Katie Price a while back but as I didn't get a reply I decided to write again on Monday and sent some pics from a recent magazine shoot she did. Now I was impressed at the fast turnover of the reply but unfortunately my pics were returned unsigned with a small signed photocard. It isn't the kind of pic I can put on my wall either...

I want to keep trying and see If i can get her autograph as Katie though on a nice pic instead of a Jordan Glamour pic :-)

The address I used was:-

Katie Price
c/o Can Associates
PO Box 602
Horsham
Sussex
RH13 8WE

Welcome

Hi, I decided to start this blog to discuss my autograph collection.
I will be posting about requests I have made and most importantly all my Autograph successes.
I will also post scans and reports if they are In Person Autographs.

A Quickie to start the ball rolling

My first ever autograph was of the Blue Peter presenters in 1983 when I was just 13.