Edwina Currie
Edwina has had three successful careers - so far
After a decade
of public office in the city of Birmingham, she stood for Parliament
in 1983 and represented a Midlands seat for 14 years and became one
of the nation's best known MPs serving in Margaret Thatcher's
government 1986-88, in the Department of Health.
She became famous
for her campaigns on heart disease, women's cancer screening and the
promotion of healthy lifestyles. She was also involved in the first
AIDS campaign in the UK.
Edwina was voted
"Speaker of the Year 1990" and awarded "Campaigner of the Year 1994"
in the Spectator Parliamentarian Awards. She resigned over food
safety (salmonella) in December 1988, and turned down John Major's
request to return to government in 1992.
By then she was involved with career number two - writing. This
has turned out to be a lot easier than politics, and in some ways
more fun. In all she has published ten books.
Career number three started after the General Election in 1997 which
trashed the Tories and brought Mr Blair to power. Edwina lost her
seat, and was promptly offered a job by the BBC. For five years she
had her own very successful radio programme, "Late Night Currie,"
with live phone-ins and reportage on topical issues. She is also a
well-known TV presenter and performer. In 2004 Edwina appeared in
"Hell's Kitchen" and was also winner of BBC TV's "Celebrity
Mastermind 2004." In ITV's The Big Call July 2005 she helped one
contestant win £20,000 and another almost £50,000 on Britain's
National Lottery. In 2006 Edwina recorded Celebrity Stars in their
Eyes (as Edith Piaf), and appeared in Celebrity Wife Swap with
Channel 4 racing commentator John McCririck. In September 2007 on
the This Morning programme she lived for a week on the roof of the
ITV building on London's South Bank with only a laptop for company.
In late 2008 she presented a BBC special on the 40th anniversary of
Dr Beeching's railway cuts. In 2009 the whole family appeared on All
Star Family Fortunes (January 3 2009) winning a substantial sum for
their chosen charities, while other programmes this year include
Cash in the Attic, Bargain Hunt, Come Dine with Me, and Ant and
Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway. Later in 2009 Edwina appears with
James May for James May’s Toy Stories.
Edwina has been called "the best communicator the Tories have," and
"a brash and energetic life force."
Her life to date has been summed
up by fellow writer and MP Sir Julian Critchley: "Edwina Currie has
a brass neck, a silver tongue and a golden pen."
Past Client Comments
"Frank and funny, you can't put her down"
Time Out
"She is a talented, brave and thoughtful woman, and one of
the best communicators the Tories have"
Matthew Parris, The Times, 11.28.97