Cash Peters
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Cashman "Cash" Peters is a British author, television, and radio host who writes on travel and show business.
Cashman Peters was born in Stockport, England. By the age of 15, while still in school, he had written material for some of Britain's most popular radio and TV shows, including The Two Ronnies and The News Huddlines. After graduating from university with a law degree he worked at the High Court of Justice in London, and in his spare time worked as a reporter on Capital Radio's The Way It Is news magazine show. With the show's success he became a full-time journalist, winning a number of awards for his travel reporting. This became a series of travel specials called Wildfire on BBC Radio. In 1987 he won the Best Light Entertainment Writer Award at the New York Radio Festival for his series; Around the World in Ninety Seconds. In 1997 he moved to Los Angeles, California. He lives with his partner in Hollywood, California.
Cash appeared for two seasons in the tv show Stranded with Cash Peters before low ratings cancelled the series. Cash also presents a short segment on show business on Wednesday mornings every week on BBC Radio Five Live's Up All Night, with host Rhod Sharp. He also appears as a commentator on American Public Media's Marketplace radio programme.
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[edit] Books authored
- The Telltale Alphabet
- Gullible's Travels
[edit] Television shows
[edit] Radio shows
- Savvy Traveler
[edit] Awards
- Peabody Award for Excellence in Journalism (2002 with American Public Media's Marketplace)
- Benjamin Franklin Literary Award for Humor
- New York Radio Festival for Best Light Entertainment Writer Award (1987)
