Jamie Theakston

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Jamie Theakston (born 21 December 1970 in Ditchling, East Sussex) is a popular English television and radio presenter and producer. He was educated at the prep school of Hurstpierpoint College, then at Lancing College (from which he was expelled for credit card fraud) and the University of North London, which has now amalgamated into the London Metropolitan University. Before embarking on a broadcasting career, he worked for Christies Auctioneers. He is a supporter of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C..

Career

Radio

Jamie Theakston joined the BBC radio station 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 September 28. He has presented numerous shows for Radio 5 Live including 'Sportscall', 'The Jamie Theakston Cricket Show' and 'Sport on Wednesday'. He joined Heart 106.2, a London radio station on 18 April 2005, replacing Jonathan Coleman on Heart Breakfast with Jamie Theakston and 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

Radio Shows Presented
* Saturday Sports Show - GLR
* Sportscall - R5
* Friday Night on 5 – R5
* Jamie Theakstons 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

Television

On television, he has most notably hosted Top of the Pops (1999-2002), The O Zone (which he co-presented with Jayne Middlemiss), 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.

"'Full presenting credits
* 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
* Queens 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
* [Grammy Award|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

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 and Murder in Mind. In 2004 he appeared in Agatha Christie's "Miss Marple:Body in the Library".

Acting Credits

* West End Theatre
** Marat/Sade – Playhouse
** Murder in the Cathedral – Spitalfields
** Art – Whitehall
** Home and Beauty – Lyric

* Television Drama
** Drive – BBC1Afternoon Plays - BBC1
** Murder in Mind – BBC1
** Miss Marple ‘Body in the Library’ - ITV

*Television Comedy
** Bob Martin – ITV
** Mad About Alice – BBC1
** Rock Profile – BBC2
** Linda Green – ITV
** Little Britain – BBC3

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. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1785264.stm Theakston 'sorry' over sex stories - BBC News 22 January 2002] ]

Jamie married Sophie Siegle on 15th September 2007 and have a son named Sidney, born on the 11th April 2008.

Jamie shared a flat with the EastEnders star Adam Woodyatt

Trivia

In 2006 Theakston played as goalkeeper in a celebrity charity football match where retired footballers such as Diego Maradona played against English celebrities. The money raised was for the boxing day Tsunami. Theakston notably tried to save a penalty from Maradona but failed to do so.

Theakston is a member of Mensa [ [http://www.lycos.co.uk/celebrity/clevercelebs.html Lycos Clever Celebs - Lycos Celebrity - The cleverest celebrities uncovered ] ] .

Theakston has recently branched out into playing live music and is currently the live touring drummer for indie/folktronica act Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly

He was once romantically linked with Kelis.

Jamie Theakston was also once the voice of a character in the popular children's television programme Bananaman.

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