Opal Bonfante

Opal Bonfante
Born	19 March 1982 (1982-03-19) Devon, England, United Kingdom
Occupation	Television presenter
Known for	Television Presenter and Radio Presenter
Website
iamopal.com

Opal Bonfante (born 19 March 1982, Devon, England) is a British television and radio presenter.

Opal currently hosts various shows on British satellite TV, including Gala TV, the television channel of Gala Bingo. She was a pioneer of podcasting, presenting a series of interviews titled Living Legends; among her interview subjects were former member of The Monkees, Davy Jones, illusionist Uri Geller and, in his first interview for fifteen years, Peter Townshend from The Who. She also presented a national radio show on Big L 1395 called London Calling, which initially featured live interaction with the audience; she resigned while on air in 2007, citing creative differences with the station's new management, who had reportedly been behind major alterations to the format of the show.

She can currently be heard on Hull radio station KCFM presenting the weekday late show.She is also one of the spellmasters on the Times Spelling Bee, Britain's first national spelling competition for schools.

Opal is a staunch animal rights activist and vegetarian. Opal supports charities such as the RSPCA and PETA and gave away the valuable fur coats left to her by relatives to London's homeless community.

Celebrity interviews

During Opal's time at Big L 1395 on her show, London Calling, she arranged a number of interviews with well known legends from the last fifty years of music, film and television. The section of her show became known as Living Legends and also became available as a podcast.

Guests Opal has Interviewed on Living Legends

• Pete Townshend from The Who
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• Richard Carpenter from The Carpenters
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• Dave Davies from The Kinks
• Davy Jones from The Monkees
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• Susanna Hoffs from The Bangles
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• Uri Geller a good friend of Michael Jackson
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• Peter Tork from The Monkees
• Peter Falk from television's Columbo
• Bernard Manning from television's The Comedians
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• Marty Wilde
• Dave Berry
• Andy Williams
• Wayne Fontana from The Mindbenders
• Reg Presley from The Troggs
• Frankie Laine
• Tony Barrow press officer for The Beatles
• John Walker from The Walker Brothers
• Bobby Rydell
• Kenny Thomas
• Chip Hawkes from The Tremeloes
• Dawn Porter author of Diaries of an Internet Lover
• Jim Bowen from Bullseye
• Stan Boardman from television's The Comedians
• Lance Burton
• The Amazing Jonathan

External links

• Official website
• Podcasting News
• [1] The Times Spelling Bee
• Gala Bingo TV
• Merry Media News Details of resignation from Big L.