This blog post will act as a phone numbers resource, for those hard to find English speaking numbers in France, AND for direct numbers in the UK. Most English companies now use 0800 or 0500 numbers which obviously you can’t dial from here and don’t advertise or publicise the alternative. If you find a useful number, please leave it as a comment and I will try to keep the post updated. Thanks! And thanks to Teresa for the suggestion!
For starters:
Orange France English speaking phone service
01 55 78 60 56
EDF English phone service
05 62 16 49 08
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HMRC - tax office
0044 135 535 9022
also 0044 151 210 2222
British Gas
0044 113 298 0900
Vodaphone uk
0044 7836 191 191
Legal and general insurance
0044 1737 370 370
Direct line insurance
0044 208 686 3313
BT
0044 120 229 0246
David - you’re right - and see @kerry giroud post too below. I’m not sure why they feel so secretive about the actual phone number… anyways… we too are on the orange “fire away, call who you like, it’s free!” package, thought i have my doubts. when we moved from ireland to england it nearly bankrupted the calls home… and i slightly worry about the 30 min calls to the ma in dubin. still…
I love hearing comment like that 
is has been an absolute life saver for me the site !!!
i’m so proud - this is going to be brilliant!
kerry - that is a great site - oh the hours i could have saved…
Orange Internet Help Line in English:
09 69 36 39 00
i find this website very helpful when trying to find a number of a company in the uk from france. http://www.saynoto0870.com/
Thanks Catherine/Theresa, very useful!
I have a couple of numbers to add (for calling within France):
English-speaking line for Crédit Agricole bank - 04 66 70 30 96
English-speaking line for France Telecom - 09 69 36 39 00