Celebrity guests and experts

Nick is a television presenter, company director and former public relations consultant. He was educated at Clongowes Wood College in Ireland and move to London in the 1960s to join a PR consultancy as a trainee. Within six years he had joined the board and eventually became the company’s sole shareholder.

In 1983, Nick’s PR consultancy added the Amstrad Group, founded by Alan Sugar, to its client list and he became responsible for the media handling and promotion of all his expanding activities. In 1998 Nick sold his PR consultancy, but continued to represent Lord Sugar’s interests and those of the Secretariat of HH the Aga Khan, another long-term client, until his retirement in 2004, when he moved to France.

However, having become good friends with Lord Sugar, Nick was persuaded to join him as his on-screen advisor on BBC One’s The Apprentice. Nick has a host of television credits, including Countdown, BBC’s Bake Off and The Pilgrimage.

After leaving school Wayne went on to become a specialist in the restoration of historic and listed buildings. He has run an art gallery for over two decades and is an independent consultant. Though Wayne specialises in Art Deco, Art Nouveau and the Applied Arts he also has a general knowledge with over 30 years’ experience.

In 2015 Wayne became a specialist on the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow. One of the things that Wayne would dearly love to find on the Antiques Roadshow would be a bronze panther by the sculptor Rembrant Bugatti. During your cruise Wayne will give two on-board talks.

Fred Dinenage is one of Britain’s longest-serving television presenters – sixty years non-stop – and he’s still at it, with Evil Killers on Sky Crime and a new BBC radio show. Fred’s credits include ‘HOW?’, ‘World of Sport’, ‘Gambit’, and more. Fred has interviewed numerous important figures, including several prime ministers.

He wrote the official autobiography of the Kray twins and has been touring theatres across the country with his presentation: Ronnie, Reggie and Me. Stories of his times with the Kray twins. He has won a handful of television awards and was awarded an MBE for charitable work and services to broadcasting. Fred will give two on-board talks during your cruise

Horticulturalist Anne Swithinbank’s fascination with plants and nature began at a young age and led her to study for her Kew Diploma in Horticulture. For the last 30 years she has been a regular panellist on Radio 4’s Gardeners’ Question Time, and she continues to write for Amateur Gardening magazine.

Anne will give two on-board talks, one talk will focus on how to make your garden wildlife friendly and the second will include tips on how to introduce scent to your garden.

Oz Clarke is one of the world’s leading wine experts, whose formidable reputation is based on his extensive wine knowledge and abundant enthusiasm. His passion for the subject dates from his student days at Oxford University, where he won tasting competitions at an early age.

Since then his tasting skills have won him an international reputation, and he is acknowledged as having one of the finest palates of anyone writing about wine today. Oz’s frequent BBC television and radio appearances are broadcast around the world. Before wine took over his life in 1984, Oz was a full-time actor and singer, appearing in West End hit shows such as ‘Evita’, ‘Sweeney Todd’ and ‘The Mitford Girls’, and touring with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Oz will entertain you with two on-board talks during your cruise.