Gok Wan

‘I fancied Matt Goss. When Will I Be Famous? was an awakening’: Gok Wan’s honest playlist

The writer and presenter does a mean Elvis impression and secretly loves Guns N’ Roses, but why does Joni Mitchell make him cry?

as told to Rich Pelley

09, Sep, 2024 @6:00 AM

Time for an entirely new face or body? The chequered history of the TV makeover show

In their 2000s ‘heyday’, makeover shows sneered at guests, gave them brutal surgery and put their attractiveness to a public vote. Now they are back – and all about body positivity

Daisy Jones

24, Jul, 2023 @6:59 AM

Sunday with Gok Wan: ‘Covent Garden for coffee and a croissant’

The TV presenter tells Rachel Corcoran about dog-walking with Dolly, making the most of social media and missing his friends in lockdown

Rachel Corcoran

22, May, 2022 @5:54 AM

Forget Bake Off … now TV turns to the great British dress up

The BBC, Netflix Amazon are among those reviving style makeover shows

Priya Elan

22, Mar, 2020 @8:13 AM

Gok Wan: 'I once wore head-to-toe beige – I looked like a Ford Cortina!'

The TV presenter on his style inspirations, his love of homemade clothes and why fashion shouldn’t be taken too seriously

As told to Leah Harper

25, Feb, 2020 @1:10 PM

Gok Wan: ‘I call my family the Transformers. Once we lock together, we become a force’

The presenter talks about his parents overcoming prejudice to find love, and his young life being one big deep fat fryer

Interview by Katherine Hassell

10, Mar, 2017 @1:00 PM

Brix Smith Start: ‘Mark E Smith? He’s complicated’

Ex-Fall guitarist Brix Smith Start survived wild marriages to Mark E Smith and Nigel Kennedy. And now she’s written her memoir…

Sean O'Hagan

01, May, 2016 @7:30 AM

Channel 4 Racing confirms Nick Luck will anchor Grand National broadcast

Frankie Dettori and Gok Wan will join the presenters at Aintree for the station

Greg Wood

13, Mar, 2015 @9:54 AM

Are celebrity charity patrons a good thing?

For the kind of star endorsement that’s worth having, improving lives is payment enough, argues Ben Summerskill

Ben Summerskill

02, Mar, 2015 @11:26 AM

The 2015 Great Comic Relief Bake Off celebrity lineup is cause for celebration

In the bleak winter TV schedules, there’s nothing quite like watching celebrities being rubbish at baking. And, from Dame Edna Everage, Jennifer Saunders and Victoria Wood to Alexa Chung and Zoella, this time I’ve actually heard of all but one of them

Heidi Stephens

03, Feb, 2015 @1:35 PM