- Spencer Kelly
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name = Spencer Kelly (real name Spencer Bignell)
caption = Spencer Kelly, presenter of the BBC's "Click"
occupation = Television presenter / journalistSpencer Kelly (real name Spencer Bignell) [ [http://www.surgeradio.co.uk/about/history/correspondence.html Surge > About > Station History > Memories of Radio Glen ] ] (b. 1973) is presenter of the
BBC 's technology programme "Click", broadcast worldwide onBBC World News and BBC News in the UK.He studied
Computer Science at theUniversity of Cambridge for three years. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/meet_the_team/default.stm#spencer BBC NEWS | Programmes | Click | Meet the team ] ] It was as a student that Kelly first became involved in broadcasting and he went on to run Cambridge University Radio.After graduating he got a job as a travel presenter on the local radio station for
Portsmouth andSouthampton , Ocean FM. He later became the station's breakfast show host, a position he held for six years.He joined the BBC in January 2003 as one of five "iPresenters" (interactive presenters). The team pioneered new forms of interactive broadcasting, using the web,
digital television anddigital radio . This included interactive LiveChats, which were live interviews with celebrities, streamed across the web, in which the audience had the opportunity to ask live questions to the guests.He also began reporting for BBC World's "Click Online" show for two and a half years and appeared on Five's "
The Gadget Show ".He became the presenter of the re-named "Click" in January, 2006, taking over from
Stephen Cole .In his spare time he enjoys playing squash.Fact|date=February 2007
References
External links
* [http://www.spencerkelly.com/ Spencer Kelly ]
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