Grub Smith

Grub Smith is an English television presenter and journalist for "FHM" and "Poker Player" magazines. Born Michael Smith, he adopted the name Grub when at Downside School, effectively a promotion after being given the nickname Maggot by a master at his prep school.

Grub Smith is a graduate of Cambridge University with a Masters Degree in history and anthropology.

After beginning his career on the "Literary Review", he worked as a journalist on a series of men's magazines in the UK, starting with "GQ".

He hosted the comedy-travel show "Travel Sick" on Bravo, where he visited a different region of the world in each episode. Once he reached his destination, he was asked to complete five undesirable challenges. If he failed a task, he was forced to perform something extra and even more unpleasant. The series aired on Comedy Central in the United States.

He also hosted the first season of another humorous travel series on Bravo called "Sin Cities" in 2000. The series looked at sexual entertainment options around the world, and as part of one episode filmed in Los Angeles, Smith appeared in a porn film featuring the famous porn star Mrs. B. Smith co-hosts a spinoff of the sexually-oriented travel series, "Sin Cities Unleashed," with Ashley Hames.

In March 2004 he presented a fascinating 2 part Channel 4 television series on human attitiudes to killing and how military training get around it called [http://www.channel4.com/science/microsites/S/science/society/killing.html The Truth About Killing] . The programme was seen as covering a hidden important topic but the tone of presentation, which veered between light-hearted banter and extremely graphic images of war, was criticised by many who saw it. It has not been repeated in the UK.

In 2005 he appeared on the chatshow "Heads Up with Richard Herring" to discuss his life, career and his love of poker. He also commentated on the "PartyPoker Poker Den", PokerHeaven.com online series and the "Celebrity Poker Club" series.

On the 10th March 2007 Grub hosted a BBC3 programme "Eaten Alive". This was a programme that used his Cambridge degree and his previous experience in "Travel Sick" to present a serious programme about the disease called Bilharzia and the risks tourist take when visiting parts of Africa.

Grub hosted a show on ITV in 2008 called, 'Bouncers', a show about the bouncers of various clubs in Britain.

External links

* [http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=28116 Hendon Mob tournament results]
* [http://www.my-bbc.com/program/Eaten+Alive/ "Eaten Alive"]
* [http://www.biggerdeal.com/author/smithg/ Grub's blog]

Grub currently lives in London and had a pug.