Howard Donald

FULL NAME: Howard Paul Donald

DATE OF BIRTH: April 28, 1968

BIRTHPLACE: Manchester, England

STAR SIGN: Taurus

HEIGHT: 6'

EYES: Green

FAMILY DETAILS: Mum Kathleen, Stepdad Mike, Dad Keith, brothers Colin, Michael, and Glenn and a sister Samantha

BAD HABITS: Not bothering to cut nails, oversleeping

QUALITIES: Gunuine, honest, grateful, excellent sense of humour - Jason thinks Howard is the funniest person he knows. Also does a good impression of a tortoise.

FOOD: Italian, Indian (He and Jason had a stupid competition to see who could eat the hottest curry once. Whoever won would be King Na'an. Howard lost.) and custard

SHOES: "My Army and Navy boots, I've had 'em for years, and they were dead cheap."

LIKES: Seal, Level 42, Prince, Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon", Only Fools and Horses, dancing, nice underwear, Seabrooks' salt and vinegar crinkle cut crisps

DISLIKES: Smoking, dog pooh, fake people

FILLINGS: four

PETS: Tortoise called Winston and a cat called Jack

DISTINGUISHING MARKS: Birthmark on back of leg

HOWARD ON HIS MUM: "She's just so lovely. She supported me from the beginning. One day I want to really spoil her just to say think you mum for, you know, just being my mother really."

HOWARD ON DOING INTERVIEWS: "It's funny because we've sort of got our interview technique sorted. It's not so bad in this country, but in the places like America where they don't understand the British sense of humour, we'll find what we say really funny, and they'll just look at us like we're really sad."

HOWARD ON SWIMMING: "I like to swim as often as possible because apart from dancing, it's the only stamina building thing I do. I wish I could run more, but I find running so boring. I can swim quite far. I've got a badge on my trunks for three miles."

HOWARD ON HIMSELF: "I think I'm very caring. Maybe not as much as Mark, but I always said right from the start that I would never change if we became famous, and I honestly think I haven't changed at all. And I think if you asked people who know me, they would agree."

HOWARD ON SCHOOL DAYS: "A couple of weeks after I started school, I got this disease called Impetigo. When I was off school, this wicked teacher put this big sign on my desk saying "DON'T GO NEAR THIS DESK!" When I told my mum, she went up to the school and went mad!"

A THING TO REMEMBER ABOUT HOWARD: When he was a baby, he kept throwing his bottle out of his cot!