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'''Duncan Harrison''' is a schoolchild[[Secondary_schools#England_and_Wales|secondary school]] student from [[Horfield]], [[Bristol]], who came first place in the [[BBC]]'s [[The Speaker]] competition, winning the title of Britain's best young speaker.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/bristol/hi/people_and_places/newsid_8026000/8026513.stm |publisher=[[BBC News]] |title=Bristol boy wins speaker contest |date=30 April 2009}} </ref>
 
Duncan attends [[St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School]] in Bristol <ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/news/Teenagers-ready-speak/article-941030-detail/article.html |title=Teenagers are ready to speak up |publisher=[[Bristol Evening Post]] |date=April 28, 2009}}</ref>, and is currently in year 10. Another speaker in the competition final, Irene Carter, attends the sixth form for the same school. Duncan is proactive in the community, often performing in drama activities and cultural celebrations. He is also a member of the lower school debating club, seen briefly in the seventh episode of the Speaker.
 
On his Speaker profile <ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/speaker/speakers/duncan Duncan's speaker profile]</ref>, Duncan describes himself as ''"a team player... so long as he's the leader!"'' During the early stages of the contest, Duncan was very active with his body language and particularly his hands, this being his main level of criticism from the judges. As the competition proceeded, Duncan became more reserved, until he managed to produce a perfectlymore balanced speech on Children's right to Education in [[Malawi]].
 
== The Speaker ==