SHAUN WALLACE – MEDIA STAR
In 2004, Shaun Wallace became a champion of the long-running BBC quiz show Mastermind, where he answered questions on his special subject: FA Cup Finals. Shaun is best known now for his appearances on The Chase, as “The Dark Destroyer”. He has also appeared on the celebrity version of the show, and The Chase Australia (2018). He has also been a finalist on the first series of Are You An Egghead? (2008), appeared on Fifteen to One, and Greed.
In 2019 he appeared on the celebrity version of Catchphrase and as a guest in Dictionary Corner in Countdown. He has also appeared as a guest star on Daybreak (2011), Let’s Sing and Dance for Comic Relief (2017), When Gameshows Go Horribly Wrong (2017), The Wright Stuff (2018), Jeremy Vine (2019), Lorraine (2018-20), Good Morning Britain (2018-20), and This Morning (2016-21).
Away from being a quizzer, Shaun has appeared on The Junk Food Experiment (2019), where alongside singer Peter Andre, former MP Nadine Dorries, and actress Sally Ann Matthews, he underwent an extreme junk food eating regime in a ground-breaking experiment. Then in 2019, he appeared on DNA Journey, where he discovered all about his ancestors.
In 2018, Shaun released his autobiography Chasing the Dream, which looked at his childhood, his ancestry, his career – both legal and quizzing – and his social enterprise commitments.
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SHAUN WALLACE – SPEAKING AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISE
Shaun devotes a lot of his time to social enterprise work speaking in schools, colleges and other institutions. He conducts debates at schools and colleges around the country. His aim is to inspire others and to share his experiences and successes. Shaun is very passionate about helping disadvantaged people join the legal industry, saying that legal fees should be increased to encourage young people form a wide range of backgrounds to become barristers.
Shaun spends most of his evenings dedicating his time to charity events, often hosting quiz nights and moots to raise money for many charities. One of his most poignant speaking topics is on racism, and it comes after he starred in the channel 5 programme Racism: My Story (2020), which responded to the rising racial tensions across the globe. He shared his own experiences of racism through emotive interviews.
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SPEAKING TOPICS
The Black British Experience: Shaun relays his own lived experience as a black man growing up in Britain. He talks about the different forms of discrimination he has had to overcome, and how he managed to achieve prominence in his professional field. His response to “defeating prejudice is to defeat it with intelligence.”
Black History: Shaun is a popular keynote speaker, especially during Black History Month. He actively campaigns for children to be taught more about black history in order to foster an inclusive environment for all British citizens.
Stop & Search: Shaun provides an insight into the experience of being stopped and searched by police – something that happens more to black individuals than white. He explores how young black people can better handle the experience of a stop and search, and respond in a way that will foster peace rather than friction.
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