Jacob "Jake" Humphrey (born in
PeterboroughPeterborough is a cathedral city and unitary authority area in the East of England, with an estimated population of as of June 2006. For ceremonial purposes it is in the county of Cambridgeshire. The Town Hall is north of London at Charing Cross...
,
CambridgeshireCambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west...
,
United KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
) is an
EnglishEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
televisionTelevision is a widely used telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images, either monochromatic or color, usually accompanied by sound. "Television" may also refer specifically to a television set, television programming or television transmission...
presenterA presenter, or host , is a person or organization responsible for running an event. A museum or university, for example, may be the presenter or host of an exhibit. Likewise, a master of ceremonies is a person that hosts or presents a show...
, currently best known for his work with
BBC SportBBC Sport is the sports division of the BBC. It became a fully dedicated division of the BBC in 2000. It incorporates programmes such as Match of the Day, Grandstand , Test Match Special, Ski Sunday, Rugby Special and coverage of Formula One motor racing and the Wimbledon Tennis Championships.BBC...
, being the youngest ever presenter to host
Football FocusFootball Focus is a BBC television show, broadcast on BBC One on Saturday lunchtimes, covering football, presented from the 2009/2010 season by Dan Walker....
,
Match of the DayMatch of the Day is the BBC's main football television programme. Typically, it is shown on BBC One on Saturday evenings during the English football season, showing highlights of the day's matches in the Barclays Premier League...
and
Final ScoreFinal Score is a BBC TV programme produced by BBC Sport. The programme is broadcast on late Saturday afternoons in England. Final Score is also broadcast on days such as Wednesday and Tuesday evenings, New Years and Boxing Day, the programme is usually only available on those day on the BBC Red...
. He currently presents the
BBC's Formula OneFormula One, also known as Formula 1 or F1, and currently officially referred to as the FIA Formula One World Championship, is the highest class of auto racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . The "formula" in the name refers to a set of rules to which all participants...
coverage for the
2009 seasonThe 2009 Formula One season is the 60th FIA Formula One World Championship season. There are ten teams signed up to compete in the championship.Jenson Button and Brawn GP secured the driver and constructor titles respectively with one race to spare....
. He also hosted
Super Bowl XLIISuper Bowl XLII was an American football game that featured the National Football Conference champion New York Giants and the American Football Conference champion New England Patriots to decide the National Football League champion for the 2007 season...
, the Africa Cup of Nations in January 2008, and the
Beijing OlympicsThe 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, were a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 302 events in 28 sports, one...
in August 2008.
Born in
PeterboroughPeterborough is a cathedral city and unitary authority area in the East of England, with an estimated population of as of June 2006. For ceremonial purposes it is in the county of Cambridgeshire. The Town Hall is north of London at Charing Cross...
, in the
English countyCounties of England are areas used for the purposes of administrative, geographical and political demarcation. All of England is divided into one of 48 ceremonial counties, which are also known as geographic counties. Many of these counties have their origins in antiquity, although some were...
of
CambridgeshireCambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west...
,
EnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, he moved to
NorwichNorwich is a city in Norfolk, East Anglia which is in Eastern England. It is the regional administrative centre and county city of Norfolk...
,
NorfolkNorfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast, including The Wash. The county town is Norwich...
at age nine with the rest of his family, and attended
Framingham Earl High SchoolFramingham Earl High School is located in Framingham Earl, Norfolk, England to the south of Norwich. It is a Secondary School with specialist Sports College status. The school enrolls pupils aged 11 - 16, typically with around 800 students.....
and the Sixth Form at
The Hewett School, NorwichThis secondary school is based on a 64 acre site in Norwich, England. The school has Arts Mark Gold, Eco School Silver and is a Creative Partnership School.The Hewett School is a member of OpenOpportunity, a partnership of eight schools and City College, Norwich...
.
Jacob "Jake" Humphrey (born in
PeterboroughPeterborough is a cathedral city and unitary authority area in the East of England, with an estimated population of as of June 2006. For ceremonial purposes it is in the county of Cambridgeshire. The Town Hall is north of London at Charing Cross...
,
CambridgeshireCambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west...
,
United KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
) is an
EnglishEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
televisionTelevision is a widely used telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images, either monochromatic or color, usually accompanied by sound. "Television" may also refer specifically to a television set, television programming or television transmission...
presenterA presenter, or host , is a person or organization responsible for running an event. A museum or university, for example, may be the presenter or host of an exhibit. Likewise, a master of ceremonies is a person that hosts or presents a show...
, currently best known for his work with
BBC SportBBC Sport is the sports division of the BBC. It became a fully dedicated division of the BBC in 2000. It incorporates programmes such as Match of the Day, Grandstand , Test Match Special, Ski Sunday, Rugby Special and coverage of Formula One motor racing and the Wimbledon Tennis Championships.BBC...
, being the youngest ever presenter to host
Football FocusFootball Focus is a BBC television show, broadcast on BBC One on Saturday lunchtimes, covering football, presented from the 2009/2010 season by Dan Walker....
,
Match of the DayMatch of the Day is the BBC's main football television programme. Typically, it is shown on BBC One on Saturday evenings during the English football season, showing highlights of the day's matches in the Barclays Premier League...
and
Final ScoreFinal Score is a BBC TV programme produced by BBC Sport. The programme is broadcast on late Saturday afternoons in England. Final Score is also broadcast on days such as Wednesday and Tuesday evenings, New Years and Boxing Day, the programme is usually only available on those day on the BBC Red...
. He currently presents the
BBC's Formula OneFormula One, also known as Formula 1 or F1, and currently officially referred to as the FIA Formula One World Championship, is the highest class of auto racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . The "formula" in the name refers to a set of rules to which all participants...
coverage for the
2009 seasonThe 2009 Formula One season is the 60th FIA Formula One World Championship season. There are ten teams signed up to compete in the championship.Jenson Button and Brawn GP secured the driver and constructor titles respectively with one race to spare....
. He also hosted
Super Bowl XLIISuper Bowl XLII was an American football game that featured the National Football Conference champion New York Giants and the American Football Conference champion New England Patriots to decide the National Football League champion for the 2007 season...
, the Africa Cup of Nations in January 2008, and the
Beijing OlympicsThe 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, were a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 302 events in 28 sports, one...
in August 2008.
Early life
Born in
PeterboroughPeterborough is a cathedral city and unitary authority area in the East of England, with an estimated population of as of June 2006. For ceremonial purposes it is in the county of Cambridgeshire. The Town Hall is north of London at Charing Cross...
, in the
English countyCounties of England are areas used for the purposes of administrative, geographical and political demarcation. All of England is divided into one of 48 ceremonial counties, which are also known as geographic counties. Many of these counties have their origins in antiquity, although some were...
of
CambridgeshireCambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west...
,
EnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, he moved to
NorwichNorwich is a city in Norfolk, East Anglia which is in Eastern England. It is the regional administrative centre and county city of Norfolk...
,
NorfolkNorfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast, including The Wash. The county town is Norwich...
at age nine with the rest of his family, and attended
Framingham Earl High SchoolFramingham Earl High School is located in Framingham Earl, Norfolk, England to the south of Norwich. It is a Secondary School with specialist Sports College status. The school enrolls pupils aged 11 - 16, typically with around 800 students.....
and the Sixth Form at
The Hewett School, NorwichThis secondary school is based on a 64 acre site in Norwich, England. The school has Arts Mark Gold, Eco School Silver and is a Creative Partnership School.The Hewett School is a member of OpenOpportunity, a partnership of eight schools and City College, Norwich...
. During his time at school he also worked as a
paperboyA paperboy is the general name for a person employed by a newspaper, a news agent or even an official postal service to deliver newspapers to the homes of subscribers, as assigned by streets and routes. Paperboys traditionally were and are still often portrayed on television and movies as preteen...
and became interested in
the mediaMass media denotes a section of the media specifically designed to reach a very large audience such as the population of a nation state. The term was coined in the 1920s with the advent of nationwide radio networks, mass-circulation newspapers and magazines. However, some forms of mass media such...
.
Early career
His first proper job was working for
ITVITV is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC. ITV is the oldest commercial television network in the UK...
subsidy
Anglia TelevisionAnglia Television is the ITV franchise holder for the East Anglia franchise region. Although Anglia Television takes its name from East Anglia, its transmission coverage extends beyond the generally accepted boundaries of that region. The station is based at Anglia House in Norwich, with regional...
as a runner, followed by transferring to
Rapture TVRapture TV was a previously free-to-air satellite television station operated from the United Kingdom, founded in 1997...
where he presented the original incarnation of
G@mersG@mers is a computer and video games television show, produced by and shown on Rapture TV. The show is currently presented by Matt Cuttle, a former presenter on Sky One's "Gamezville", and Kate Heavenor, a former children's TV presenter...
. Humphrey began presenting on
CBBCCBBC is the brand name used for the BBC's children's television programmes, and currently specifically refers to those programmes aimed at children between the ages of 6 and 12...
as assistant host in
Against All Odds and then main host of
Rule the SchoolCBBC's Rule the School is a modern role-reversal, reality TV show for teenagers. The basis of the show was to take five talented school pupils and 10 school teachers and swap roles. The pupils became the teachers and the teachers became the pupils...
in 2001. Success in these roles led to him becoming main presenter of
Against All Odds and then a studio presenter for CBBC the following year.
Children's TV
In late 2002, he hosted CBBC's coverage of
Fame AcademyFame Academy was a televised competition to search for and educate new musical talents. The winner received a chance to become a successful music artist. The prize consisted of a £1m recording contract with a major record company, plus the use of a luxury apartment in London and a sports car for...
, along with
Holly WilloughbyHolly Marie Willoughby is an English television presenter, known for her work in presenting children's TV and entertainment shows. In 2006, she won a BAFTA and was chosen to present Dancing on Ice, a highly popular UK celebrity talent show, shown on ITV which drew in an average of 8.9m million...
. Such was the duo's success, they became an integral part of the show, also presenting the 2003 series, and the 2003 celebrity edition for
Comic ReliefComic Relief is a British charity organisation which was founded in the United Kingdom in 1985 by the comedy scriptwriter Richard Curtis in response to famine in Ethiopia. It was launched live on Noel Edmonds's Late, Late Breakfast Show on BBC1, on Christmas Day 1985 from a refugee camp in Sudan...
. He also presented the 2005 and 2007 Comic Relief editions of
Fame Academy, with
Sophie McDonnellSophie McDonnell was a presenter for CBBC until 2006. She was in Precious, the UK entry for the Eurovision Song Contest in 1999.-Biography:...
and
Caroline FlackCaroline Louise Flack is a British television presenter.She first became known for presenting the International Pepsi Chart Show before moving to Channel 4 and starring in Bo' Selecta! playing Michael Jackson's long-suffering girlfriend Bubbles...
respectively.
Beginning in 2004, Humphrey started hosting
The Saturday ShowThe Saturday Show is a BBC children's Saturday morning show that first aired in 2001, replacing the popular Live & Kicking. It had a mix of audience participation, cartoons, games and gunge. Initially it was presented by Dani Behr and Joe Mace. They left in 2002 and were replaced by Fearne Cotton...
and
BAMZOOKiBamzooki is a mixed Reality television gameshow on the BBC which features a toolkit developed by Gameware Development. The first series aired in March 2004 on CBBC. The show is currently presented by Jake Humphrey and Richie Webb. It has occasionally featured specials with Sophie McDonnell...
, but these roles ended in 2005 and 2006 respectively. He was named anchorman of children's sports show
SportsroundSportsround is a weekly spin-off from CBBC children's news programme Newsround. Presented by Ore Oduba with reporters Jon Franks and Des Clarke, the sports magazine show broadcasts every Friday evening at 6:30pm on CBBC Channel and on Saturdays mornings on BBC 2 at 7.25am.Sportsround is the only...
in September 2005, beginning a series of roles related to
sportSport is an activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively. Sports commonly refer to activities where the physical capabilities of the competitor are the sole or primary determinant of the outcome , but the term is also used to include activities such as...
s.
Sports presenting
He started presenting as a match reporter with BBC Radio 5 Live in 2005 and then presented coverage of the
2006 Commonwealth GamesThe 2006 Commonwealth Games were held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia between 15 March and 26 March 2006. It was the largest sporting event to be staged in Melbourne, eclipsing the 1956 Summer Olympics in terms of the number of teams competing, athletes competing, and events being held.The site...
in
AustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the continental mainland , the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans...
.
He first hosted
Football Focus in November 2006, covering for regular host
Manish BhasinManish Bhasin is a football and cricket presenter for the BBC. He presents The Football League Show as well as League Cup highlights, both on BBC One...
who was presenting coverage of the 2006 Ashes. His first show was praised by
Martin KelnerMartin Kelner is a British journalist, author, comedian and radio presenter, educated at Stand Grammar School, in Whitefield.Kelner studied Arts and at Strathclyde University in Glasgow, but dropped out, and he was employed as a reporter on the Western Daily Press in Bristol and for the Oxford Mail...
in
The GuardianThe Guardian is a British daily newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. Founded in 1821, it is unique among major British newspapers in being owned by a foundation .The Guardian Weekly, which circulates worldwide, provides a compact digest of four newspapers...
as being '...very assured and credible...'. He later covered for Bhasin again during the
2007 Cricket World CupThe 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup was the ninth edition of the tournament and took place in the West Indies from 13 March to 28 April 2007, using the sport's One Day International format...
. Humphrey has since hosted
Final Score when regular presenter
Ray StubbsRaymond "Ray" Stubbs is a broadcaster and former footballer. He currently works for ESPN, presenting live Premier League and Scottish Premier League matches, having joined the satellite sports channel from the BBC in 2009....
is unable to do so. He first hosted
Match of the Day for the
FA Women's CupThe Football Association Women’s Challenge Cup Competition, commonly referred to as the FA Women's Cup, is the top cup competition for women's football clubs in England - designed as an exact equivalent to the FA Cup created 99 years earlier....
final in May 2007, and then presented coverage of the 2007 Women's World Cup.
In October 2007, he became the BBC's first ever
American FootballAmerican football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, and often as Gridiron or Tackle football outside North America, is a competitive team sport known for combining strategy with physical play. The objective of the game is to score points by advancing the ball into the...
host, subsequently presenting
Super Bowl XLIISuper Bowl XLII was an American football game that featured the National Football Conference champion New York Giants and the American Football Conference champion New England Patriots to decide the National Football League champion for the 2007 season...
and
Super Bowl XLIIISuper Bowl XLIII was an American football game pitting the American Football Conference champion Pittsburgh Steelers against the National Football Conference champion Arizona Cardinals to decide the National Football League champion for the 2008 season...
live. Humphrey has also presented the BBC's highlights shows for the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations and he presented the
FA Women's CupThe Football Association Women’s Challenge Cup Competition, commonly referred to as the FA Women's Cup, is the top cup competition for women's football clubs in England - designed as an exact equivalent to the FA Cup created 99 years earlier....
final in 2008, the final Women's Cup Final on the BBC due to the end of the FA contract. Humphrey also hosted the afternoon show at the Olympics for the BBC in Beijing in 2008, and co-hosted
BBC Sports Personality of the YearThe BBC Sports Personality of the Year is an awards ceremony that takes place annually in December. Devised by Paul Fox in 1954, it originally consisted of one titular award. Several new awards have been introduced, and , eight awards are presented. The oldest of these are the Team of the Year and...
2008 with
Gary LinekerGary Winston Lineker OBE is a retired English international football striker and is currently a sports broadcaster for the BBC and Eredivisie Live...
and
Sue BarkerSusan Barker, MBE is a television presenter and former professional tennis player. During her tennis career, she won the women's singles title at the French Open and reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 3...
.
In 2009 he became the anchor for the
BBC's Formula OneFormula One, also known as Formula 1 or F1, and currently officially referred to as the FIA Formula One World Championship, is the highest class of auto racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . The "formula" in the name refers to a set of rules to which all participants...
coverage.
Personal life
He lives in south-west
London[]London is the capital of England and the United Kingdom. It has been a major settlement for two millennia, and the history of London goes back to its founding by the Romans, when it was named Londinium. London's core, the ancient City of London, the 'square mile', retains its medieval boundaries...
, and married his childhood sweetheart, Harriet, in a ceremony in his home village just outside Norwich in August 2007.
Filmography
| Show |
Year(s) |
G@mersG@mers is a computer and video games television show, produced by and shown on Rapture TV. The show is currently presented by Matt Cuttle, a former presenter on Sky One's "Gamezville", and Kate Heavenor, a former children's TV presenter...
(Rapture TV) |
1999–2000 |
| Against All Odds (CBBC) |
2001–2004 |
| Rule the School CBBC's Rule the School is a modern role-reversal, reality TV show for teenagers. The basis of the show was to take five talented school pupils and 10 school teachers and swap roles. The pupils became the teachers and the teachers became the pupils...
(CBBC) |
2001–2005 |
CBBCCBBC is the brand name used for the BBC's children's television programmes, and currently specifically refers to those programmes aimed at children between the ages of 6 and 12...
(studio presenter) |
2002–2007 |
CBBC At The Fame AcademyFame Academy was a televised competition to search for and educate new musical talents. The winner received a chance to become a successful music artist. The prize consisted of a £1m recording contract with a major record company, plus the use of a luxury apartment in London and a sports car for...
(BBC) |
2002–2005, 2007 |
| The Saturday Show The Saturday Show is a BBC children's Saturday morning show that first aired in 2001, replacing the popular Live & Kicking. It had a mix of audience participation, cartoons, games and gunge. Initially it was presented by Dani Behr and Joe Mace. They left in 2002 and were replaced by Fearne Cotton...
(BBC) |
2004–2005 |
BAMZOOKiBamzooki is a mixed Reality television gameshow on the BBC which features a toolkit developed by Gameware Development. The first series aired in March 2004 on CBBC. The show is currently presented by Jake Humphrey and Richie Webb. It has occasionally featured specials with Sophie McDonnell...
(BBC) |
2004–2006 |
| BBC Radio 5 Live |
2005–present |
| Sportsround Sportsround is a weekly spin-off from CBBC children's news programme Newsround. Presented by Ore Oduba with reporters Jon Franks and Des Clarke, the sports magazine show broadcasts every Friday evening at 6:30pm on CBBC Channel and on Saturdays mornings on BBC 2 at 7.25am.Sportsround is the only...
(CBBC) |
2005–2008 |
| Sport Relief Sport Relief is a biennial charity event from Comic Relief, in association with BBC Sport, which brings together the worlds of sport and entertainment to raise money to help vulnerable people in both the UK and the world's poorest countries...
(BBC) |
2005–present |
| Football Focus Football Focus is a BBC television show, broadcast on BBC One on Saturday lunchtimes, covering football, presented from the 2009/2010 season by Dan Walker....
(BBC) |
2006–present |
Final ScoreFinal Score is a BBC TV programme produced by BBC Sport. The programme is broadcast on late Saturday afternoons in England. Final Score is also broadcast on days such as Wednesday and Tuesday evenings, New Years and Boxing Day, the programme is usually only available on those day on the BBC Red...
(BBC) |
2006–present |
Match of the DayMatch of the Day is the BBC's main football television programme. Typically, it is shown on BBC One on Saturday evenings during the English football season, showing highlights of the day's matches in the Barclays Premier League...
(BBC) |
2007–present |
2008 African Cup of NationsThe 2008 Africa Cup of Nations, also known as the MTN Africa Cup of Nations due to the competition's sponsorship by MTN, was the 26th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial football tournament for nations affiliated to the Confederation of African Football . The tournament was staged at...
(BBC Highlights) |
2008 |
| Super Bowl XLII Super Bowl XLII was an American football game that featured the National Football Conference champion New York Giants and the American Football Conference champion New England Patriots to decide the National Football League champion for the 2007 season...
(BBC) |
2008 |
NewsroundNewsround is a BBC children's news programme, which has run continuously since 4 April 1972, and was one of the world's first television news magazines aimed specifically at children...
(BBC) |
2008 |
| UEFA Euro 2008 (BBC) |
2008 |
2008 Summer OlympicsThe 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, were a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 302 events in 28 sports, one...
(BBC) |
2008 |
| BBC Sports Personality of the Year The BBC Sports Personality of the Year is an awards ceremony that takes place annually in December. Devised by Paul Fox in 1954, it originally consisted of one titular award. Several new awards have been introduced, and , eight awards are presented. The oldest of these are the Team of the Year and...
(BBC) |
2008 |
Super Bowl XLIIISuper Bowl XLIII was an American football game pitting the American Football Conference champion Pittsburgh Steelers against the National Football Conference champion Arizona Cardinals to decide the National Football League champion for the 2008 season...
(BBC) |
2009 |
| Formula One Formula One, also known as Formula 1 or F1, and currently officially referred to as the FIA Formula One World Championship, is the highest class of auto racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . The "formula" in the name refers to a set of rules to which all participants...
(BBC) |
2009–present |
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