Opal Bonfante

Who is Opal Bonfante?

Opal Bonfante is a British television and radio presenter.

Opal currently hosts various shows on British satellite TV, including Gala TV, the television channel of Gala Bingo. 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 national radio show on Big L 1395 called London Calling, which initially featured live interaction with the audience; she resigned while on air in 2007, citing creative differences with the station's new management, who had reportedly been behind major alterations to the format of the show.

She can currently be heard on Hull radio station KCFM presenting the weekday late show.She is also one of the spellmasters on the Times Spelling Bee, Britain's first national spelling competition for schools.

Opal is a staunch animal rights activist and vegetarian. Opal supports charities such as the RSPCA and PETA and gave away the valuable fur coats left to her by relatives to London's homeless community.