Most famous people to go to your school?

The comedian and actor Karl Theobald, BBC Radio 4 newsreader and television presenter Zeb Soanes and Tim Westwood, DJ and BBC radio presenter.

Three of the founder members of the rock band The Darkness were educated in Kirkley and some of their songs feature landmarks or stories from the local area.

Lil Chris featured in Channel4s, Rock School programme.


England football captain Terry Butcher.

middleweight boxer Anthony Ogogo.

Leanne Mitchell, the winner of the first series of The Voice UK, lives in the town.
 
I was at Secondary School with Joseph Millson

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I had a few lessons with him, even Drama!!..

He's done...

Peak Practice (spectacular Death... We all cheered!),
Eastenders (dated a Slater sister... We all laughed!),
Doctors (no idea!! crap daytime soap),
New Tricks (spectacular Death... We all cheered!),
Midsummer Murders (spectacular Death... We all cheered!),
Sarah Jane Adventures (The Dad of the Maria in Series 1 and 2),
Ashes to Ashes (spectacular Death... We all cheered!),

He was even in 'Casino Royale', he was the other 'Agent' at the beginning who nearly got bitten by the snake in the pit when Bond chased the villain!!.. (We were so upsset he didn't get bitten/Die).

Now he's in Holby City!..

I wouldn't mind!, but he was crap in Drama!! :D
 
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Because of this thread I just searched & found out they closed my old slum of a school down. :D
I don't think it ever produced anybody famous but there are a few infamous people knocking about. :o

Was great to see the **** hole shut down & boarded up so Cheers OP. :p
 
I don't think there was really anybody famous who went to my secondary school, I seem to recall that one of the very naughty boys in my class went and murdered a guy at a party which made national press at the time.

The guy who did the Gorillaz artwork went to my secondary school, now I remember, and the founder of Fat Face.

Apparently these are people who went to my college.

Harry Enfield, contemporary British entertainer
Angie Hobbs, Professor of the Public Understanding of Philosophy at the University of Sheffield
Chris Nash, Sussex cricketer
Holly Willoughby, TV presenter

Saint Thomas Garnet (c.1575–1608), Jesuit Priest and martyr
Chris Aldridge, continuity announcer and newsreader for BBC Radio 4
Wilfred Brown, tenor
William Brown, president from 1951–52 of the British Psychological Society, and director from 1936–45 of the Institute of Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford
John Curtis OBE, Keeper since 1989 of the Department of the Middle East at the British Museum,[5] and Chairman from 1996–2001 of the British Association for Near Eastern Archaeology
Neil Lyndon, author and journalist
Rt.Rev. Brian John Masters, Bishop of Edmonton from 1985–98, and Bishop of Fulham from 1982–84
Simon Nye, writer of Men Behaving Badly
Paul Parker, Sussex cricketer
Rupert Parker, contemporary harpist and composer[6] (younger brother of Paul Parker)
Prof. Christopher Platt, Professor of the History of Latin America from 1972–89 at the University of Oxford, and Chairman from 1973–1975 of the Society for Latin American Studies
Prof. Colin Platt, Professor of History from 1983–99 at the University of Southampton, twin brother of Christopher
Prof. Vernon Reynolds, Professor of Biological Anthropology from 1996–2001 at the University of Oxford, and expert on chimpanzees in the Budongo Forest
Lawrence Smith, Keeper from 1987–97 of Japanese Antiquities at the British Museum, and author on Japanese art[7]
Lt.-Col. George Styles GC, commanded the 28th Commonwealth Brigade from 1958–61.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philips_High_School

Notable Students

Rodger Dalton, who is currently a research fellow at the University of Manchester, and specialises in nanotechnology and nanorobotics.
Max and Harry Mondryk - Members of the 2010 Britain's Got Talent boy band Connected and are now in a boyband called ReConnected.[1]
Jamie Lomas who is best known for his role as Warren Fox in the channel 4 soap Hollyoaks.
Charley Webb who plays the role as Debbie Dingle in the ITV soap Emmerdale.
Dilip Das who competed in Series 4 Episode 2 of BBC's Total Wipeout. Produced by the Initial team at Endemol. Originally broadcast on Saturday 15 January 2011.
Dale Speight who appeared as a contestant on Channel 4's Deal or No Deal. Produced by the Remarkable Television team at Endemol. Originally broadcast on Wednesday 26 January 2011, Speight won £100,000 from the game show.

Charley Webb was in my year, that's about it really...
 
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