User:Raina Emberson/sandbox/Richard J Hannah

Background information
Richard J Hannah was born 'Ulric Samuel Caramba-Coker' on a british military base in the UK. He is the 3rd Child of Six to west African immigrants, Edwin and Rosaline Caramba- Coker, who came to the UK to join the military. Hannah has been married three times - to Nancy Jean Bathgate(1982 to 1996), Wendy Lintern (2000 to 2007) and Vicki Candlish (2008 to 2015). He has two children with Nancy - Hannah Bangura and Simon William Caramba-Coker. He also has a step son Jonathan Gibson through his first marriage.

The Phat Boy, the Big H. Late and Later with Richard J Hannah, The Richard J Hannah Show, The Big H Radio Show, The Magic of the Musicals,  The Afternoon Shift,  'One Voice', "Calder's Confessions' ..... the list goes on Radio Shows that have been presented by, produced by or featured the talents of Richard J Hannah. He has also written and produced award nominated Radio ad campaign on Choice FM "Your Future Your Call" and TV ad "Ordinary People, doing extraordinary things" for HP EDS.  He was Executive Producer of ground breaking news show "The Spoken World".

In 1994 the former stand up with a talent for mimicry started working with Voice Over Coach, Musician and BBC TV Presenter - Michael Groth ( BBC's "That's Life")  and it is Groth that trained Hannah, bringing discipline to his presentation style. Hannah went on to produce radio shows online and carry out voice over assignments for independent radio.

As successful as Hannah has proven to be on  TV and Radio, the  one time stand up comic and comedy compere,  is a capable Cabaret Singer and  still performs regularly at music festivals and large venues. He gives his time to host charity events, mentors new musicians and is a regular judge on  the myriad of X- Factor type big money regional spin-off competitions. In 2004, he reached the finals of Search for a Star, winning a number of talent competitions and Karaoke competitions as he took up singing again. He compered Warborough Festival for three years from 2006 to 2009. In 2009, he came to the rescue of Warborough Festival when headliners 'Fascinating Aida' were forced to pull out producing and compering a three hour blockbuster of a night. The show featured 'Divine Divas' who were at Henley Fringe, Singer Helen Remblance and Lesley Anne Knight, who topped the bill. Hannah produced the show, compered the night and performed a set to end the night. From then on Lesley Anne Knight and Hannah became both firm friends,  Hannah edited and co-presented Knight's show 'The Magic of the Musicals' and Lesley Anne returns the favour as special presenter/reporter on 'The Big H Radio Show'. To coincide with a career on Stage spanning some 40 years, Hannah is planning a release of covers of songs from the heart in 2016.

Category:1961 births Category:Living people Category:People from Wendover, Buckinghamshire Category:British male voice actors Category:British stand-up comedians Category:British male Radio Presenters