The Mentors
The Mentors
From Episode 3, helping the finalists learn and rise to the weekly challenges is a group of guest Mentors who offer expert tutelage and inspiration to draw on.
The four guest Mentors are:
Deborah Meaden
Lord Spencer
Kate Silverton
Alastair Campbell
Queen of the Dragons' Den, Deborah Meaden, coaches the Speakers on how to speak with Conviction.
Lord Spencer invites the Speakers to Althorp House where they explore the craft of Information giving.
Journalist and broadcaster Kate Silverton teaches the Speakers the skills of Storytelling
Tony Blair's former Director of Communications and Speech Writer Alastair Campbell, demonstrates the subtleties of Persuasion.
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Which Speakers do the Mentors and Judges admire?
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We asked Alastair Campbell, Lord Spencer and Kate Silverton - as well as Judges John, Jo and Jeremy - which speakers they like to sit back and listen to.
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