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| Born | 21 December 1970 Ditchling, East Sussex, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Hurstpierpoint College, Lancing College University of North London |
| Occupation | Television and radio presenter and producer |
| Spouse(s) | Sophie Siegle |
| Children | Sidney (b. 2008) Kit (b. 2009) |
Jamie Theakston (born 21 December 1970 in Ditchling, East Sussex) is an English television and radio presenter and producer.
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Biography
Theakston was educated at the prep school of Hurstpierpoint College, then at Lancing College. While studying for a degree in business studies at the University of North London, he read traffic bulletins on BBC GLR as he wanted to get into sports reporting.[1] Before embarking on a broadcasting career, he worked for auctioneers Christies, and was going to study art history at the Courtauld Institute.[1]
Career
Radio
After undertaking football and cricket reports for both GLR and Radio 5 Live, he was spotted by the BBC's head of sport and presented GLR's Saturday Sport Show at the age of 23.[1] He then presented numerous shows for Radio 5 Live including Sportscall, The Jamie Theakston Cricket Show and Sport on Wednesday. Theakston joined Radio 1 in April 1999 to present the Sunday Lunch show. He fronted the 'One Big Sunday' events during 2000. He moved to a Saturday morning slot in 2002.
He left Radio 1 in 2002 to pursue an acting career, his last show being broadcast on 28 September. He joined Heart 106.2, a London radio station on 18 April 2005, replacing Jonathan Coleman on Heart Breakfast with Harriet Scott, which won Gold for Best Music Personality Show at The New York Festivals, 2007 and The Silver Entertainment Award at The Sony Radio Academy Awards, 2007. In June 2009 he won the Radio Presenter of the Year Award at the Arqiva Commercial Radio Awards.
Television
On television, after presenting The O Zone with Jayne Middlemiss,[1] he has most notably hosted Top of the Pops (1999-2002), Live & Kicking (1996-1999) and The Priory. The two latter shows were presented with Zoe Ball. Other presenting work includes fronting the Glastonbury coverage for the BBC, The Oscars, The Grammys, A Question of Pop, UK Music Hall of Fame, and Guinness World Records.
He hosts the Channel 4 reality TV show, The Games alongside Kirsty Gallacher. He was also the host of a 2004 game show, 'Beg Borrow or Steal'. He presents the ITV Saturday night show With A Little Help From My Friends.
Theakston also played himself in the mock-interview series Rock Profile in which he interviews "celebrities" impersonated by Matt Lucas and David Walliams. He also appeared alongside Lucas and Walliams in an episode of Little Britain. The programme was shown on the now defunct channel UK Play.
The Priory, was commissioned by Chris Evans's then production company Ginger Productions. Despite initially strong ratings, the show failed to capitalize on the demise of TFI Friday (also a Ginger production), and figures slowly dropped. A fourth season was never commissioned, while today the show is remembered by many as a failed attempt to emulate TFI Friday's success, including the time slot it once occupied. Despite the show's relative failure, fans of Rock Profile often recall Matt Lucas's and David Walliams's appearance on the show as Danny and Noel from Hear'Say, in which they constantly sang "Monday, Monday" after Jamie asked them a question. As Jamie was the interviewer on Rock Profile, he as a result reprised his role from that show.
More recently Jamie has hosted the primetime Saturday night show 'The People's Quiz' and produced and presented on Channel 4 'The Search', which was nominated for a Rose d'Or award at the International Television Festival'.
He played himself in the episode "Video Killed the Radio Star" in the TV series FM in March 2009.
Jamie featured beside Zoe Ball once again in Channel 5's "Britain's Best Brain" series, which aired in October 2009.
Acting
Jamie has acted with Amanda Holden in 'Mad About Alice' (2004) and worked with Adam Faith on the series Murder in Mind in 2003, shortly before Faith's death. He has also starred in the West End in the plays ART Home and Beauty at the Lyric Shaftesbury Avenue and Murder in Mind. In 2004 he appeared in Agatha Christie's Miss Marple:Body in the Library.
Personal life
In 2001, Theakston apologised to friends and family after a visit to a Mayfair prostitute was exposed in The Sunday People newspaper. Theakston had attempted to block the revelation through a court injunction on the grounds of privacy, but a judge rejected this.[2]
Theakston married Sophie Siegle on 15 September 2007, and they live in West London.[3] The couple have 2 sons Sidney, born on 11 April 2008, and Kit, born on 29 September 2009 [4].
As captain of Ditchling Cricket Club,[5], Theakston was a member of the first cricket team from England to play the Afghanistan national side in Kabul.[6]
Theakston is a member of Mensa[7][dead link] and a supporter of Brighton & Hove Albion FC.
Performance Credits
Acting
- West End Theatre
- Marat/Sade – Playhouse
- Murder in the Cathedral – Spitalfields
- Art – Whitehall
- Home and Beauty – Lyric
- Television Drama
- Drive – BBC1
- Afternoon Plays - BBC1
- Murder in Mind – BBC1
- Miss Marple ‘Body in the Library’ - ITV
- Taggart
- Television Comedy
- Bob Martin – ITV
- Mad About Alice – BBC1
- Rock Profile – BBC2
- Linda Green – ITV
- Little Britain – BBC3
Television presentation
- The O-Zone – BBC2
- Live & Kicking – BBC1
- Holiday – BBC1
- The Priory – C4
- Holiday – You Call The Shots – BBC1
- Sport Relief – BBC1
- Top of the Pops – BBC1
- Wish You Were Here – ITV
- Glastonbury
- The Eclipse – BBC1
- Queen's Jubilee Concert – BBC1
- Natural Born Losers – BBC1
- A Question of Pop – BBC1
- The Millennium – BBC1
- Pick n Mix – UK Play
- The Games – C4
- Comic Relief – BBC1
- Landmarks – BBC2
- Aqua – BBC2
- Not a Lot of People Know That – BBC1
- Children in Need – BBC1
- The Brits – BBC1
- 100 Greatest Kids Shows – C4
- Behind the Music – VH1
- Traffic Cops – BBC1
- Car Wars – BBC1
- Richest Kids – ITV
- Bitesize – BBC2
- The Grammys – BBC2
- Beg Borrow or Steal – BBC2
- With a Little Help from my Friends – ITV
- The Simpsons Quiz – C4
- The UK Music Hall of Fame – C4
- 50 Years, 50 Records – ITV
- The Oscars – Live – SKY 1/SKY Movies
- Top of the Pops Awards – BBC1
- The Search - C4
- The People's Quiz (National Lottery) - BBC1
- Concert for Diana - BBC1
- Sky Cops - BBC1
Radio
- Saturday Sports Show - GLR
- Sportscall - R5
- Friday Night on 5 – R5
- Jamie Theakston's Cricket Show – R5
- Radio 5 Sport – R5
- The Sunday Lunch – R1
- The Jamie Theakston Show – R1
- Griff Rhys Jones Show – R2
- One Big Sunday – R1
- Heart Breakfast with Jamie Theakston and Harriet Scott – Heart 106.2
References
- ^ a b c d http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/jamie-theakston-my-life-in-media-520093.html
- ^ BBC News - Theakston 'sorry' over sex stories 22 January 2002
- ^ http://www.livingetc.com/showcase/houses/Jamie_Theakstons_quirky_town_house_article_277619.html
- ^ Jamie Theakston Becomes a Dad for 2nd Time
- ^ BBC News - Village cricketers lose in Kabul
- ^ [1]
- ^ Lycos Clever Celebs - Lycos Celebrity - The cleverest celebrities uncovered
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