After two great years on Bid tv, Paul has left the company to pursue other creative outlets working as a freelance presenter and voice over artist.   Biography Paul Becque (pronounced Beck) was born in Dover, England and has been on stage since the age of 10. For 3 summers he travelled Europe in various productions for the National Youth Theatre and continued to study his craft by working for a Repertory Theatre Company. In 1986 Paul joined Costa Cruise Lines where passengers enjoyed his enthusiastic and charismatic personality. After completing a 2-year apprenticeship, at just 22, he became the world's youngest Cruise Director. After 6 enjoyable years at sea, Paul took his webbed-feet ashore and moved to Los Angeles, to study at the American Academy of Dramatic Art. He appearing in various theatre productions, including a six-month run of "Wuthering Heights" and his own production of August Strindberg's "Miss Julie" whilst working on two projects for Universal Studios. In 1996, Paul flew to Greece to troubleshoot a new cruise ship project. With his "Hollywood education", Paul took his career to new heights and achieved unprecedented results for 4 cruise lines. He was challenged by new and longer itineraries, which culminated in a 60-day circumnavigation of South America. Paul success lead to an invitation from Cunard, to become Cruise Director aboard the world's most famous ocean liners; the QE2 and Queen Mary 2, during her inaugural year. It was here that Paul achieved the pinnacle of his career at sea, working with the finest entertainers and equipment in the industry. Having found himself at the very top of his field, Paul retired from the world of cruising to enjoy a new arena of challenges in television. After appearances on NTL, ITV and Sky, Paul joined the award winning team of Bid tv, a fast, fun and interactive auction channel owned by Virgin Media. After two years as a fulltime presenter, offering 15 hours of live television each week, Paul has attained more than 1,500 hours on tv.