Opal Bonfante

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Opal Bonfante (born Torquay, Devon, England, 1982) is a British television and radio presenter. After a childhood performing career she worked as a model before moving into television, presenting various shows on British satellite TV, including on Gala Bingo television. 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 radio show on Big L 1395 called London Calling, which initially featured live interaction with the audience; she resigned while on air in January 2007, citing creative differences with the station's new management, who had reportedly been behind major alterations to the format of the show.