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===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>
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