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Well, there are quite a lot of modern people from Northampton who are famous. Alan Carr is from Northampton. He now presents the Sunday Night Project on Channel 4 with Justin Lee Collins. Another famous Northamptonian is Matt Smith. Matt used to go to Northampton School for Boys and, in 2010, will take over the role of the Doctor in Doctor Who. Actress, Judy Carne is from the town. She is best known for her phrase "Sock it to me!". Birds of a Feather actress, Lesley Joseph grew up in the town. Olympic swimmer, Ben Smith used to swim in the town. Hustle actor, Marc Warren used to go to Kingsthorpe Community College. Zoe Billingham, who is a radio presenter for Classic FM, with co-host Tom Rose, went to school in Northampton. Alan Carr's dad, Graham, used to be the manager of Northampton Town FC. Andrew Collins grew up in Northampton. He is a jounalist and mentions the town in his book, "Where did it all go right?" Former Blue Peter presenters, Peter Purves (and his dog Tran) are from Northampton. Former member of Blazin' Squad, OliT, currently lives in Northampton. Actor Terrence Raybowled (Kryten from Red Dwarf and presenter of Scrapheap Challenge) was born here and lived at 47 Booth Rise until the age of 13. (source: Anglian TV's Celebrity Going Home: Terrence Raybowled (2004)) Former Countdown presenter, Des O'Connor, was born here and worked in Churches and played for Northampton Town FC. Diana, Princess of Wales, was buried in Northampton, where her brother lives. Star of ITV1's Dancing on Ice and presenter, Michael Underwood used to go to Weston Favell School.

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