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Nat Coombs Born Nathaniel Coombs
London, England, UKOther names Nat Coombs Occupation Television & radio presenter, comedian, producer, writer Years active 2005–present Nathaniel 'Nat' Coombs is a British television & radio presenter & writer.
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Education
Coombs was educated at the boys' independent school Dulwich College in Dulwich, South London, and at University College London.[citation needed]
Television and Radio
Coombs has presented the live studio football show Talk of the Terrace on ESPN since 2010 alongside Kelly Cates.[1] The show takes a relaxed, often comical look back at the week’s big stories and action with celebrity guests and roving reporters and is to return for a 3rd season in 2011/12. Alongside Talk of the Terrace Coombs often interviews players and provides features for other ESPN football output.
As well as his work for ESPN, Coombs is known as one of the leading US Sports broadcasters in the UK. He works mainly for the BBC, presenting both live NFL and MLB coverage (including the World Series ) on BBC Radio since 2010.[2].
Between 2007-2010 he presented Channel 5's live NFL American Football coverage alongside analyst Mike Carlson broadcasting all Sunday Night Football and some Monday Night Football games. In 2010 he also co-presented NFL: UK, a weekly magazine show, also on Channel 5 that was shown on Saturday mornings, alongside Trevor Nelson and Natalie Pinkham. He was reunited with Carlson in 2011 on the Americarnage podcast which they co-host, along with comedian Dan Louw.
Other notable TV work includes University Clash, a poker tournament for students, on the Bravo channel and in 2008, Coombs was cast as one of The Invincibles, in the ITV1 show of the same name, where a crack team of professionals pranked deserving members of the public who'd be nominated by friends.[citation needed]
He has worked on many television shows as a talking head or panelist. He regularly appears on Radio 5 Live, TalkSport and ESPN in this capacity.
Acting
Coombs is also an accomplished actor, most notably appearing in the BAFTA-nominated BBC drama Can You Hear Me Thinking? alongside Judi Dench.[citation needed] Early in his career, he appeared in music promos for bands including 808 State & Everything But The Girl and advertising campaigns for Doctor Martens, Levi Strauss and Microsoft.[citation needed]
Comedy
He began his career as a stand up comedian, performing at leading venues across the UK and appearing regularly on radio and TV.[citation needed] As an emerging act, he had reasonable success in stand up competitions. He was a semi-finalist at the BBC New Comedy Awards and a runner-up of Stand-up Britain on ITV.[citation needed]. He was also a Regional Finalist of the Jongleurs J20 competition and a Semi Finalist in both the Amused Moose & Laughing Horse New Act competitions. Early in his career appeared on the BBC Radio comedy program 'Spanking New' alongside comedians including Rhod Gilbert and Shappi Khorsandi which featured live performances from some of the UK's best new comedy talent.
His stand up work has been variously described as “incredibly stylish, with up-to-the-minute stuff” by John Pidgeon and “like The Strokes beating the s*** out of Westlife in a car park” in Time Out magazine, though he received criticism for an overly "Americanised" style. In June 2006, he took part in the Just for Pitching competition at the Just For Laughs comedy festival in Montreal, where journalist Tamsen Tillson from Variety magazine described him as "setting tongues wagging".
Writing
Coombs regularly writes or contributes US Sports content to the UK print & online media including the UK website of ESPN [3] and has his own column on the ESPN America website. He started a column on the men's lifestyle site Blokely in Autumn 2011 writing about American culture & politics.
He also writes Tea With Tony La Russa, an indpendent blog which focuses on American sports & culture from a British perspective.
Coombs created the innovative digital comedy show Chelsey OMG[4] which he wrote and co-produced. The first series of the show, based on his character Chelsey Pucks, which originally appeared on Radio 1 comedy sketch show The Milk Run, debuted on the online social networking site Bebo[5] and was watched by over 3 million people.[citation needed] It also drew critical acclaim for its interactive format, whereby the characters interact with the shows fans. Coombs appears in the show as Jens, a German fashion photographer.
Personal life
Coombs has followed the National Football League since he was a child and is a fan of the Miami Dolphins.[citation needed] He is a fan of the English football team West Ham United who he watches regularly and is the top ranked celebrity fan of ESPN's Two Time Award Winning "Fantasy Focus: Football 06010" daily podcast, hosted by Nate Ravitz and Matthew Berry. Coombs makes an annual appearance on the podcast, usually during the week of which an NFL game will be played in England. He's married and lives in London, England.
References
- ^ Talk Of The Terrace ESPN UK
- ^ Baseball on the BBC BBC Sport
- ^ Tips for the NFL Draft ESPN, 21 April 2010
- ^ http://www.chelseyomg.com
- ^ Bebo launches Chelsey: OMG! Now Magazine, 6 November 2008
External links
- Vivienne Clore Talent Agency
- Nat Coombs Official Website
- Stardoll to launch video channel with comedy series New Media Age 4 June 2009
- Nat Coombs Group Facebook
- Nat Coombs Twitter
- [1] Tea With Tony La Russa (blog)
Categories:- British television presenters
- British comedians
- Living people
- Old Alleynians
- English television presenters
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