Paul Daniels doesn’t claim to have a great interest in private number plates, but many years ago, while working as a civil servant, he worked out the number plate combination MAG 1C. Daniels tells the story, "I asked if it was for sale and who owned it. I even offered £1,000 for it. The answer was a definite no." When Paul started to enjoy some success as a magician, he was offered the plate on a Mini. He turned it down believing it couldn’t possibly be genuine. It wasn’t until 1985 that a friend told Paul that MAG 1C was for sale, on a Ferrari. He says, "When I answered the advertisement in The Times, I discovered the plate had indeed been issued - to a Scottish Councillor, who’d had it on a Mini! I went ahead and bought the plate with the Ferrari. The previous owner told me that he was so glad I was buying the car and plate because he was sick of people asking if it belonged to Paul Daniels."

Jimmy Tarbuck was born in Liverpool on February 6 1940, the son of a bookmaker. He’s the envy of every comedian in the UK with his number plate COM 1C. Oh the irony.

In the competitive, fashion-conscious world of hairstyling, Nicky Clarke stands head and shoulders above the rest. He is hairstylist to the stars, and for the film, TV, fashion and music industries. To reflect this Nicky tracked down the perfect registration - H41 RDO. The ultimate hair stylist now has the ultimate number plate!

Tommy Walsh is probaby the UK's best loved DIY TV presenter, so what better number plate for him than MRD 1Y. The registration is still on the Tommy’s famous Ground Force lorry, even though the programme has ended. Tommy is now hoping to sell the registration to another Mr DIY.

Engelbert Humperdinck has been the proud owner of EH 1 for many years now and the registration is displayed on his classic Rolls Royce Corniche. In 2005, his wife Patricia and friend David Spradbury bought the registration 25 AGD for Engelbert’s birthday, to represent his real name – Arnold George Dorsey. Initially, they were worried that the '25' added up to potentially unlucky seven but they needn’t have worried, Engelbert was delighted with his present. Especially as the 25 coincides with his birthday, May 2.

S8 RRY was sold to Robbie Williams to put on his new Ferrari. 'Sorry' was a message to his fans for spending so much money on a car. In the end Robbie decided to buy a moped instead.

John Madejski is listed number 168 in the latest Sunday Times Rich List. He is the owner of Reading Football Club and property deals are becoming a major part of his portfolio. In 1977, Madejski launched a magazine selling cars by classified ads. In 1998 he netted £174m from the sale of Autotrader. As well as property and hotel developments, his other business interests include publishing ventures around the world and the Goodhead group, which publishes every telephone directory in Britain. Recently, his beloved Reading Football Club has been promoted to the Premiership for the first time in the club’s history. He is worth £325m and has the number plates to match his status. He says, "I'm certainly not fanatical about number plates, but I do see them as an essential finishing touch to prestigious cars."

Sir Alan Sugar, the son of a Hackney tailor, is estimated to be worth £760m. A former chairman of Tottenham Hotspur FC, Sir Alan founded Amstrad, a consumer electronics group, in 1968. Although the brand’s profile is not as prominent as it was in the early 1980s decades, Amstrad currently supplies BSkyB with set-top boxes for the UK market, including Sky +, and also provides digital satellite receivers for the Sky Italia service. Sir Alan is now probably best known for fronting the reality show "The Apprentice" which is currently being shown on BBC 2. His personal number plate, AMS 1, can be seen on his Rolls-Royce in the programme’s opening sequence.