[2][3] According to Purden, "I was surrounded by beautiful people so I remember laughing my head off that they thought I looked exotic.

[4] Purden was a presenter on BBC's Cash in the Attic, visiting family homes to find out what they need to raise money for.

[4][6] Purden, alongside Lorraine Kelly presented the six-part psychology series, Make Me Happier for STV, which was broadcast in November/December 2009,[2] then appeared as a guest presenter on STV's daily lifestyle show The Hour on occasion – his first show being in February 2010, alongside main anchor Michelle McManus.

In April 2010, he presented STV gameshow Postcode Challenge, replacing Carol Smillie until the show was cancelled.

[citation needed] Some information in this table was obtained from Angus Purden: Filmography, Internet Movie Database (IMDb), retrieved 16 November 2007.

[4] In January 2004 it was reported that he and his partner owned a 1722 five-storey Georgian townhouse in the East End of London which had taken seven years to renovate and furnish from its original near-derelict state.

[2] Purden lists his other main interests as including food, travel (he speaks fluent Italian) and consumer issues.

[4] However, in February 2008 he was branded a 'kitchen calamity' after recording the lowest-ever score on the BBC programme Ready Steady Cook.