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• “On the front, Mariella Frostrup, who presumably didn't have to sign a non-disclosure form for her role as an official "compere" for the leaders 'spouses, has plenty of observations from inside the tent, but there's nothing about her emotional speech about the value of education.”

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• “• Royal wedding news now, and wasn't it kind of Alton Towers to give the Duchess of Fergie the chance to compere its wedding coverage on April 29, especially as pointedly, and poignantly, she hasn't been invited to the much awaited love-in?”

  The Guardian: Hugh Muir's diary

• “Davies pops up a lot – as a compere and on Ready Steady Go!”

  The Guardian: Meltdown round-up – review

• “He even mimed this to delegates, presumably on the advice of conference compere and former Play School presenter Baroness Benjamin.”

  The Guardian: Liberal Democrat conference delegates enjoy a day of living quite dangerously

• “Lest we miss the fact this is an essentially French story, Rice has also imported a roguish compere in the shape of a cabaret diva called Meow Meow, and adds a chorus of matelots in striped vests.”

  The Guardian: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg - review

• “The bride immediately swapped her L-plate for a pair of glasses, revealed she was a lawyer, and pointed out the contract wasn't legally binding – before downing yet another sambuca and shrieking for the compere to take his top off.”

  The Guardian: Isy Suttie: My Edinburgh

• “And an attempt by the compere to soften the boos by insisting that we're "all friends here", an appeal that only made things worse.”

  The Guardian: Hugh Muir's diary

• “Everybody's favourite air hostess, Pam Ann, will compere the main stage, and guests include Chrissy Darling hosting gay bingo, cabaret performer Dusty O, and hip-hop dance company Slum Civilians.”

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• “Those tuning in for an extended set from the Daily Show star, be warned: John Oliver's role here is firmly that of compere, with a rather laboured skit on US excesses his sole foray into standup.”

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• “Consistently engaging, Shearer acts as compere, supplying the glue in a crazy-paved roster of artists that includes the Waterson-Carthy clan, an 86-year-old exiled Nicaraguan poet (who turns out to be musical director Kate St John's ex-mother-in-law) and Boris Grebenshchikov, a Russian singer-songwriter.”

  The Guardian: An Evening of Political Song; The Duckworth Lewis Method; Seasick Steve

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