Editing Jon Culshaw (section)

==Career==
===Radio===
Culshaw rose to fame in January 1998 while working with [[Steve Penk]] on [[Capital Radio]], by impersonating [[William Hague]] and succeeding in contacting [[Number 10 Downing Street]]. He was put through to [[Tony Blair]] who, despite instantly discovering the ruse, had a lengthy conversation with him until a member of Blair's staff ended the call.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/jon-culshaw-a-very-good-impression-of-a-man-who-wants-to-outdo-rory-bremner-172930.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220614/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/jon-culshaw-a-very-good-impression-of-a-man-who-wants-to-outdo-rory-bremner-172930.html |archive-date=14 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Jon Culshaw: A very good impression of a man who wants to outdo Rory Bremner |date=11 August 2002 |access-date=28 March 2009 |first=Jenny |last=Gilbert|work=[[The Independent]]}}</ref>

Culshaw was one of the stars of the [[BBC Radio 4]] comedy series ''[[Dead Ringers (comedy)|Dead Ringers]]'', which ran from 2000 to 2007 as well as the [[BBC Two]] television series of the same name, from 2002 until 2007. The radio series of ''Dead Ringers'' made a return to [[BBC Radio 4]] in 2014.

In 2018, Culshaw gave a rare dramatic performance as [[David Bowie]] in the BBC radio play ''The Final Take: Bowie in the Studio'', an imagined account of Bowie as he works on [[Blackstar (album)|his final album]] and looks back over his life.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswcd7|work=[[BBC World Service]]|title=The Final Take: Bowie in the Studio|date=3 January 2018|access-date=4 February 2018}}</ref>

===Television===
Between 2001 and 2002, Culshaw hosted a programme on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] called ''Alter Ego'', where he interviewed male celebrities in their own style of speaking, a form of simultaneous translation. Culshaw also appeared on ''[[2DTV]]'', a cartoon version of ''Dead Ringers''. In early 2004, using the same production team, he had his own programme, ''[[The Impressionable Jon Culshaw]]'' commissioned for [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]].

In 2005, Culshaw was a celebrity contestant on ''[[Comic Relief Does Fame Academy]]'' and was the fourth person to become eliminated. In the same year, he also appeared in the BBC General Election coverage, in the guises of [[Tony Blair]] and [[George W. Bush]]. In January 2006, Culshaw presented one series of the [[BBC]] programme ''[[Commercial Breakdown|Jon Culshaw's Commercial Breakdown]]''. In November 2007 and December 2008, Culshaw, a keen [[amateur astronomer]], appeared on ''[[The Sky at Night]]'' impersonating a young [[Sir Patrick Moore]]. In March 2011, he appeared again on the 700th episode of ''[[The Sky at Night]]'', reading viewer questions to the panel of experts. Culshaw later appeared two months later reporting on the [[Aurora (astronomy)|Northern Lights]].

In January 2008, he appeared on ''[[Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack]]'', as part of a [[Pub quiz|pub-quiz]] team with [[Chris Moyles]]. In May 2008, Culshaw appeared in the [[BBC]] documentary series ''[[Comedy Map of Britain]]''.

Since 2009, Culshaw has starred in the [[BBC One]] comedy sketch show ''[[The Impressions Show]]'' alongside [[Debra Stephenson]].

On 13 March 2010, Jon was a guest judge on the [[BBC One]] charity programme ''[[Let's Dance for Comic Relief]]''. In 2013, he appeared as a contestant on the show, where he performed a routine to "[[Praise You]]" by [[Fatboy Slim]]. However, he was eliminated by the public vote.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p015hscq |title=Let's Dance for Comic Relief, Jon Culshaw performs "Praise You" |work=[[BBC One]] |date=23 February 2013 |access-date=8 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/02/24/corrie-star-antony-cotton_n_2752161.html |title=Corrie Star Antony Cotton Breezes into Let's Dance Finals |date=24 February 2013 |work=[[The Huffington Post]] UK |access-date=8 February 2016}}</ref>

In 2010, Culshaw appeared in the television series, ''[[Missing (2009 TV series)|Missing]]'' as Des Martin. In November 2013, Culshaw appeared in the one-off 50th anniversary comedy homage ''[[The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03lv3mj |title=The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot |website=BBC |year=2013 |access-date=8 February 2016}}</ref>

Since 2015, he has voiced a number of characters alongside [[Debra Stephenson]] for the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] sketch show ''[[Newzoids]]''. A second series aired in 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a628117/itv-commissions-jon-culshaw-debra-stephenson-puppet-sketch-show-newzoids.html#~p3Yuq7Orntj5YR |title=ITV commissions Jon Culshaw, Debra Stephenson puppet sketch show Newzoids |first=Ryan |last=Love |date=11 February 2015 |work=Digital Spy |access-date=8 February 2016}}</ref><ref>[http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/news/a793329/zayn-malik-and-adele-will-get-the-puppet-treatment-as-newzoids-returns-for-season-two/ Zayn Malik and Adele will get the puppet treatment as Newzoids returns for season two<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/newzoids-returns-second-series Newzoids returns for second series<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

In 2017, Jon was one of the minor hosts of the [[Channel 5 (UK)|Channel 5]] documentary series ''[[Secrets of the National Trust]]''.{{CN|date=August 2024}} In February 2021, Culshaw appeared on [[Celebrity Mastermind]], doing "Doctor Who  – the Jon Pertwee Years" for his specialist subject.

In 2021, Jon appeared as a guest on Celebrity Yorkshire Auction House, series 1 episode 2. He entertained the auction company's staff when they collected his sale items, and the buyers that attended the auction.  He also donated all of the proceeds of the sale to charity.

Until 2023, Culshaw narrated the Channel 4 property series 'Sun, Sea, and Selling Houses'.

===Film===
In film, Culshaw appeared as [[Tony Blair]] in the 2004 film ''[[Churchill: The Hollywood Years]]'' and voiced Piston Pete in the 2008 film ''Agent Crush''.

===Impressions===
Some of Culshaw's most famous impressions include former British Prime Ministers [[Tony Blair]] and [[Boris Johnson]], [[Obi-Wan Kenobi]] (as portrayed by [[Alec Guinness]]), [[Russell Crowe]], Presidents [[George W. Bush]] and [[Donald Trump]], [[Ozzy Osbourne]], comedian [[Michael McIntyre]], presenter [[Dale Winton]], newsreader [[Brian Perkins]], [[Sir Patrick Moore]], [[Tom Baker]] and [[Les Dawson]].

===''Doctor Who''===
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Culshaw has appeared in numerous ''[[Doctor Who]]'' related productions in various roles. This first came to fruition with his impersonation of [[Tom Baker]]'s [[Fourth Doctor]] for both the TV and radio versions of ''Dead Ringers''.

He has also appeared in the webcast "[[Death Comes to Time]]" and audio drama ''[[The Kingmaker (audio drama)|The Kingmaker]]''. In the latter, he got to perform his Tom Baker impression "for real" (voicing tape recordings of the fourth Doctor), although his nominal part was that of [[Earl Rivers]]. In 2019, he appeared in a trilogy of Doctor Who audio dramas alongside Fifth Doctor [[Peter Davison]], playing the shape-shifting android [[Kamelion]]. He later started playing [[Brigadier Lethbridge Stewart]] alongside [[Tim Treloar]] as the Third Doctor.