Matt Baker

Most people will remember Matt as Presenter of Blue Peter back in the day.
Before that he was a medal winning Gymnast.

Today Matt Baker is most well known as presenter of The One Show, Countryfile, Oh and of course competing in Strictly Come Dancing.

This is the 2nd time I have written to Matt. I did write to him last year but the letter must have gone astray as I didn't get a reply.

I am very pleased that I got a success this time and a good turnaround time too.

Sent           21/7/15
Received   18/9/15

Address Used
C/O Talent4Media
 LG16 Shepherds Building Central
Charecroft Way
London
W14 0EH

Sir John Hurt

Its a real honour to have received this from Sir John Hurt. As well as all the amazing stuff, Sir John is from my neck of the woods. It was awesome to see him as the Doctor in DrWho so I knew I had to get that first photo signed to go in my DW collection.

I was quite alarmed when I learned about Sir John's Cancer Diagnosis. He has the same cancer as my Father had. I am hoping he manages to get through it as we will be losing a major Legend !!

Sent           05/05/15
Received   09/07/15

Address used
C/O Independent Talent Group
40 Whitfield Street
London
W1T 2RH

Tom Hardy

Tom Hardy has had a great career so far. His roles have been so varied which shows just what a creative and talented actor he is.

I guess He is probably most known for his role as Bain in Batman

I wrote to Tom in April and received a reply in July so not a bad turnaround at all for a major Hollywood actor!

Sent           24/4/15
Received   01/07/15

Address Used
C/O United Agents Ltd
12-26 Lexington street
London
W1F 0LE

Steve Coogan

Everyone knows Steve Coogan as the great Norfolk presenter Alan Partridge Knowing me Knowing you etc...

However, he has done loads of movies such as Around the world in 80 days, Percy Jackson, Night at the museum, Tropic Thunder, 24 hour Party People where he played the legend that is Tony Wilson.

Steve has also done tons of other characters in TV and in radio. He has also writen and directed tons of tv and radio too.

I wrote to Steve as I really wanted his autograph on a Percy Jackson poster but he didn't sign that he sent one of his own pics of Alan Partridge instead. Great return time though, just 2 weeks!!

Sent           05/05/15
Received   16/05/15

Address used ...

Steve Coogan
C/O Independent Talent Group
40 Whitfield St
London
W1T 2RH

Miranda Hart

I have been a fan of Miranda for many years. I think she is a great role model for girls.
Miranda is immensely talented, very funny and does a hell of a lot for charity.

I wrote to Miranda in May, sending 2 photos and the usual Stamped addressed Envelope.
I received a reply back 3 weeks later. That is fabulous as I had written to her before - a couple of years ago and I didn't get a reply back.

Miranda has written her own shows but it is her role in Call the Midwife that has brought her international fame and now she is a Hollywood Movie star alongside Melissa McCarthy, Jude Law and 50 cent LOL! in the movie SPY!

Sent           05/05/15
Received   26/04/15

Address Used :-
C/O Troika
10A Christina St,
 London
 EC2A 4PA

Sophie Thompson

Sophie is such a lovely lady. She is a great actress too. Many people may remember her from the role she played in Eastenders of evil Stella who almost married Phil Mitchell until he killed her.

She has also been in Harry Potter and is the sister of actress Emma Thompson.

As you can see by the first pic, Sophie was this years celebrity Masterchef. 

I thought she was amazing on the show and really did deserve to win.

This was another quick turnaround of 2 weeks. Well Happy!!

Sent          28 April 2015

Received  16 May 2015

Address used

Sophie Thompson

C/O Independent Talent Group Ltd.

40 Whitfield Street

London

W1T 2RH

Tom Daley

Tom Daley is our Great British Diving Legend. Although it is easy to forget he is still so young as he seems to have been around so long. He has had great success as a diver since winning his first medal in 2007.

I wanted to write to him ages ago but I wanted to let the excitement die down after the last olympics.
So glad I did as this was the fastest turnaround I have ever had even though I put a 2nd class stamp on the return envelope.

Well happy with this!!

Sent             05/05/2015
Received    09/05/2015

Address used

Tom Daley
C/O 7-9 Baker Street,
 Weybridge,
Surrey
 KT13 8AF

A couple more Derby County Players.

I did not succeed in my mission to get signed photos of the whole DCFC squad and management this season but I did get a few more to add to the collection.

Cyrus Christie

Craig Forsyth

Kelle Roos

Derby County Players Part 2

I have been trying to complete my mission of collecting the entire Derby County squad before the end of the season...

Almost there.

Derby County Players

After hanging out around the players entrance at the iPro stadium every week I actually managed to work up the nerve to get a few players autographs.

I really wanted to try and get all the 1st team and as much of the rest of them as possible but with only 2 more home games I doubt that is going to happen. Damn these anxiety issues that stop me doing the simplest things.

Anyhow Very happy with what I have so far...

Robert Englund

Robert Englund is most known to all as Freddy Krueger from the Nightmare on Elm Street Movies. The first Horror film I ever watched and I became hooked!

I don't know why it took me so long to write to Robert for his autograph. He's been such a hero of mine for so long.

I sent 2 copies of the photo and asked him to sign one to my sister. She isn't a big fan but it is a bit of a family joke so I was over the moon when he did return the other photo for my sis. I can't say she was happy LOL!!

I wrote to Robert in October and got the return on 10th January.

Address Used
Robert Englund
1278 Glenneyr
PMB 73
Laguna Beach
CA 92651
USA

Sent           01/10/14
Received   10/01/15

Henry Winkler

I don't think there is anyone in the world that isn't a fan of Henry Winkler! People of my age will remember him most fondly as The Fonz in Happy Days. He has done hundreds of films and other TV roles since then and has most recently featured as Dr Saperstein in Parks & Recreation and my daughter's favourite, Eddie R Lawson in Royal Pains.

I knew that Henry was a prolific signer through the Mail but I left it so long as usually I am the one that slips through the net.

I sent 2 photos to Henry back in November. He dated the photos when he signed on 28/12/14 and I received them back on 08/01/15 Great turn around time.

Address used...
Henry Winkler
PO Box 49914
Los Angeles, CA 90049
USA


Sent            17/11/14
Received     08/01/15

Arthur Darvill

Arthur Darvill is most known to everyone as Rory in the Matt Smith reign as Doctor Who.
Since Dr Who Arthur went on to star in Broadchurch as Rev Paul Coates.

Arthur is a tricky one to get as it took 3 years to receive this success. He must have been really busy or he is a great procrastinator like me lol.

Sent ---            22/11/11

Received ---    06/11/14

Address Used

  

C/O Arthur Darvill

Independent Talent Group Ltd.

Oxford House

76 Oxford Street

London 

W1D 1BS

Aidan Turner

Aidan Turner is best known to most from the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit movies. To me he will always be Mitchell from Being Human.

I can't even remember when I wrote to Aiden as I don't seem to have recorded the sending date. I did send to his Irish address though and I attached stamps of Eire.

The Address that I used was this...

C/O Lisa Richards Agency

108 Upper Leeson Street

Dublin 4 

Ireland 

Jamie Ward

Jamie Ward is one of my favourite players for Derby County Football club (The Rams).
Ultimately I would like to be standing at the players entrance after the game on a Saturday afternoon to get the autographs of all the Rams players in Person. However my working hours don't allow me to do that, This is the reason I have been writing to each of the players to get their autographs thru the mail.

Here's a video of Jamie in action for the Rams

I wrote to Jamie at the beginning of October. It wasn't the best timing as Jmie was just about to go off on International duty with Northern Ireland. With that in mind the 20 day turn around was good as he was away for 2 weeks,

Sent ---   03/10/14
Reply --- 23/10/14

Address Used

C/O Derby County Training ground
Moore Farm
Morley Road
Derby
DE21 4TB

Leighton Meester

Leighton is most known for her role as Blair Waldorf on Gossip Girl. I have attempted to write to her several times over the years to various different addresses including through the GG production address. I never got any success from those attempts. I had all but given up.

Leighton is currently performing on Broadway in Of Mice and Men as Curley's wife. I decided to try one more time and write to her care of the theatre (Via Venue)

I was ecstatic when postie called yesterday with finally a success from one of my favourite actresses!!

I The turnaround was just 2 months which is a great time really to the states and back.

Sent -        30/04/2014
Received - 2/07/2014

Address used :-
C/O Longacre Theatre
220 W 48th St
New York
NY 10036
22

Chris Martin

No Not that Chris Martin...

Chris Martin Derby County No.9

Derby County are about to embark on their play-off journey 2014 so the fact that Chris signed my photos and replied by return is both excellent and exciting news!! He is my No.1 Favourite Rams player and this season's Top goal scorer. Lets hope that he can increase his tally in the coming 2 (Hopefully 3) games and we can celebrate Top flight Football for 2014/2015.

I know I could just have easily gone down to Pride Park and got the photos signed In Person but for me it's the personalisation that matters and you don't get that when jostling with hundreds of others at the players' Entrance :)

Sent - 30/4/14 Received - 7/5/14

Address used : -

Derby County Training ground

Moor Farm

Morley Road

Derby

DE21 4TB

#COYR!!!

Mark Gatiss

I first knew of Mark when I became a big fan of the League of Gentlemen. It is my goal to collect the autographs of all 4 members of the team. I watched All 3 seasons of LOG in a week on DVD from Lovefilm.

If you look at IMDB it is actually amazing at how much Mark has done. Of course at the moment he is known mostly for his involvement with writing Doctor Who and of course Sherlock

I wrote to Mark 2 years ago and had just about given up on ever receiving a reply so it just goes to show that you should never give up waiting!

Sent :- 14/11/2011

Received - 17/01/2014

A massive wait of over 2 years but well worth it!

Address Used...

Curtis Brown Group Ltd.

Haymarket House

5th Floor

28-29 Haymarket

London

SW1Y 4SP 

John Bishop

John Bishop is a very funny Stand-up comedian from Liverpool.
John does a lot for charity too, having made major sporting achievements for Sport Relief and Comic Relief.
John is such a busy guy these days. He has a show on Sky Only Joking. Also a show on the BBC John Bishop's Britain. He is a regular panelist on the Sky show - A League Of Their Own. He also tours regularly having now reached the heady heights of major UK stadiums.

I wrote to John at the end of May and it took about a month for a reply. John signed all the photos I sent him which was great.


Address used:-
C/O PO Box 300, 
RUNCORN 
WA7 9BE

Sent           27/5/13
Received   28/06/13

Andrew Lee Potts

This is a special one.
I have written to Andrew but that was over a year ago and I never received a reply.

This wonderful signed photo was collected for me by the partner of a very good friend who was working at a convention earlier this year.
It was a very tough time for me and this made me very happy :)