Who Am I?

Today's Who Am I? puzzle asks you to study the ten clues given below and try and identify the mystery celebrity who they refer to.

01 I was born 1 April 1966.
02 My place of birth was Warrington, Lancashire, England.
03 My father, Martin, was a bookmaker and my mother Minnie managed a corner shop.
04 I attended Padgate High School, where I ran an alternative tuck-shop.
05 I started my professional broadcasting career at Manchester Piccadilly Radio in 1983.
06 I began as assistant to Timmy Mallet.
07 I worked as a producer on Richard Branson's service The Superstation, where I produced material for Jonathan Ross.
08 I joined the BBC London radio station, where I produced 'Weekend Breakfast' with Danny Baker.
09 I co-hosted Channel 4's 'The Big Breakfast', with Gaby Roslin, in 1992.
10 In 1994 I formed my own television production company, Ginger Productions, its first major programme being 'Don't Forget Your Toothbrush'.

Who do you think our mystery celebrity is? Answer in tomorrow's Journal.