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Jon Bentley (TV Presenter)
Jonathan David Bentley (born 30 October 1961) is a British journalist and television presenter. He was educated at Millfield in Street, Somerset from 1972 to 1978 and at Oriel College in Oxford from 1979 to 1982, where he studied geography. Bentley specialises in television production and journalism in the field of motoring. Between 1987 and 1999, he was Television producer, producer and executive producer of BBC Two's ''Top Gear (1977 TV series), Top Gear'', and was series producer of ''Fifth Gear'' from 2002 to 2004.Jon Bentley IMDB.com As a producer of ''Top Gear'', Bentley helped launch the television careers of Jeremy Clarkson [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gadget Show
''The Gadget Show'' (currently known as ''The Gadget Show: Better Tech, Better Life'') is a British television series which focuses on consumer technology. The show, which is broadcast on Channel 5, is currently presented by Ortis Deley, Georgie Barrat and Jon Bentley. Originally a thirty-minute show, it was extended to forty-five minutes, then later to sixty minutes. Repeats have also aired on the digital channel 5Star, syndicated broadcasts on Discovery Science and Dave (in edited down half-hour versions), and Channel 5's on-demand service My5. In Australia, it is aired on The Lifestyle Channel. ''The Gadget Show'' has received many Guinness World Records. Format 2004–2006: Beginnings The show previews and reviews the latest gadgets, and broadcasts the latest technology news. The show is aimed at giving the mass consumer an insight into the gadget world and in addition, it aims to give enough information for the more "geeky" or knowledgeable audience, but still making ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Two
BBC Two is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It covers a wide range of subject matter, with a remit "to broadcast programmes of depth and substance" in contrast to the more mainstream and popular BBC One. Like the BBC's other domestic TV and radio channels, it is funded by the television licence, and is therefore free of commercial advertising. It is a comparatively well-funded public-service network, regularly attaining a much higher audience share than most public-service networks worldwide. Originally styled BBC2, it was the third British television station to be launched (starting on 21 April 1964), and from 1 July 1967, Europe's first television channel to broadcast regularly in colour. It was envisaged as a home for less mainstream and more ambitious programming, and while this tendency has continued to date, most special-interest programmes of a kind previously broadcast on BBC Two, for example the BBC Proms, no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Top Gear People
A spinning top, or simply a top, is a toy with a squat body and a sharp point at the bottom, designed to be spun on its vertical axis, balancing on the tip due to the gyroscopic effect. Once set in motion, a top will usually wobble for a few seconds, spin upright for a while, then start to wobble again with increasing amplitude as it loses energy, and finally tip over and roll on its side. Tops exist in many variations and materials, chiefly wood, metal, and plastic, often with a metal tip. They may be set in motion by twirling a handle with the fingers, by pulling a rope coiled around the body, or by means of a built-in auger (spiral plunger). Such toys have been used since antiquity in solitary or competitive games, where each player tries to keep one's top spinning for as long as possible, or achieve some other goal. Some tops have faceted bodies with symbols or inscriptions, and are used like dice to inject randomness into games, or for divination and ritual purposes. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Television Presenters
English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national identity, an identity and common culture ** English language in England, a variant of the English language spoken in England * English languages (other) * English studies, the study of English language and literature * ''English'', an Amish term for non-Amish, regardless of ethnicity Individuals * English (surname), a list of notable people with the surname ''English'' * People with the given name ** English McConnell (1882–1928), Irish footballer ** English Fisher (1928–2011), American boxing coach ** English Gardner (b. 1992), American track and field sprinter Places United States * English, Indiana, a town * English, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * English, Brazoria County, Texas, an unincorporated community * Engli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachel Riley
Rachel Annabelle Riley (born 11 January 1986) is a British television presenter. She co-presents the Channel 4 daytime puzzle show ''Countdown'' and its comedy spin-off ''8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown''. She is a mathematics graduate. Her television debut came when she joined ''Countdown'' aged 22. With an interest in popularising mathematics and the sciences, she has since co-presented ''The Gadget Show'' on Channel 5 (2013–14) and '' It's Not Rocket Science'' on ITV (2016). She was also a contestant on the BBC celebrity dance show ''Strictly Come Dancing'' in 2013. Early life and early career Riley was born in Rochford, Essex. She was raised in the Thorpe Bay area of Southend-on-Sea and was educated at the independent Thorpe Hall School, and Southend High School for Girls, a grammar school, where she obtained four As at A-Level. She then completed a master's degree in mathematics at the University of Oxford. During a university holiday Riley considered a career in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twitter
Twitter is an online social media and social networking service owned and operated by American company Twitter, Inc., on which users post and interact with 280-character-long messages known as "tweets". Registered users can post, like, and 'Reblogging, retweet' tweets, while unregistered users only have the ability to read public tweets. Users interact with Twitter through browser or mobile Frontend and backend, frontend software, or programmatically via its APIs. Twitter was created by Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams (Internet entrepreneur), Evan Williams in March 2006 and launched in July of that year. Twitter, Inc. is based in San Francisco, California and has more than 25 offices around the world. , more than 100 million users posted 340 million tweets a day, and the service handled an average of 1.6 billion Web search query, search queries per day. In 2013, it was one of the ten List of most popular websites, most-visited websites and has been de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Tour
World Tour may refer to: Sports International sports world tours and series * IAAF Diamond League, Athletics * BWF Super Series, Badminton * FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour, Beach volleyball * World Tour (bodyboarding) * Rugby sevens **IRB Sevens World Series, men **IRB Women's Sevens World Series * ASP World Tour, Surfing * Squash **PSA World Tour, men **WSA World Tour, women ** World Junior Squash Circuit * ITTF World Tour, Table tennis * Tennis **ATP World Tour, men **WTA Tour, women * FINA Swimming World Cup, Swimming * UCI World Tour, the premier annual male elite road cycling tour * World Tour (bodyboarding), the men's international bodyboarding tour, which started at 1994 and has undergone a few changes in names and regulations since Music Tours * World Tour (Bananarama), the second concert tour by British girl group Bananarama * World Tour (Mary J. Blige), 2010/2011 world tour by R&B singer Mary J. Blige * World Tour (Deep Purple), Deep Purple pop music group's planne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Bradbury
Jason Alan Bradbury (born 10 April 1969) is a British television presenter and children's author, best known for presenting shows such as the Channel 5 (UK), Channel 5 technology programme ''The Gadget Show'' and the BBC One game show ''Don't Scare the Hare''. In 2016, Bradbury presented several rounds of the Tour Series cycling competition for ITV4. His first book, ''Dot Robot'', was published on 5 February 2009 and his second novel in the ''Dot Robot'' series of techno-thrillers, ''Atomic Swarm'', was published on 1 February 2010. The third book, ''Cyber Gold'' was published on 7 April 2011. He is on the judging panels for the BAFTA Video Games Awards and the ''Media Guardian Innovation Awards''. Television Bradbury's first ever television show was a cable show called ''Tellywest'', where he worked alongside Sacha Baron Cohen. He has also hosted shows on ''Bravo (UK TV channel)'' including ''Mercenaries'' in 2001/2002 (later repeated on the Virgin Channel some years later) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pollyanna Woodward
Pollyanna Woodward (born 11 June 1982) is a British television presenter, best known for being a co-presenter on Channel 5's ''The Gadget Show''. Career The youngest of six children, aged 16 she was offered a place at the Carlton Television Junior Workshop in Nottingham. She then studied performing arts to gain an HND, training as a singer, actress and presenter. She was named ''Miss Mansfield and Sherwood Forest'' in 2001. After graduation, she featured in television shows including '' Ghost Squad'' and '' Doctors'', and performed as a stunt-double in ''Eleventh Hour''. She also competed in '' Popstars: The Rivals'' in 2002, sharing a room with Sarah Harding, getting down to the last 13 female competitors. Transferring to television presenting, after a period on QVC, from 2008–2011 she was the "Booth Girl" on ''The Wright Stuff'', and motorsport presentation for the British Touring Car Championship and British Superbike Championship. Specialising in technology, she is a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzi Perry
Suzi Perry (born 3 May 1970) is a British television presenter, currently covering MotoGP for BT Sport. She is best known for covering MotoGP for the BBC for 13 years, ''The Gadget Show'' on Channel 5 for 8 years and the BBC's Formula One coverage from 2013 to 2015. Early life Perry was born in an RAF hospital in Cosford, Shropshire, the daughter of a music promoter, and her godfather was guitarist Mel Galley. Brought up in Finchfield, she attended Smestow School in Wolverhampton, and had a school job as a lighting technician at the Wolverhampton Grand Theatre. Perry went on to study business studies and finance at Wolverhampton Polytechnic, now the University of Wolverhampton. After graduation, Perry spent 12 months in Japan working as a model, then as an advertising model following her return to Britain. Broadcasting career BBC Sport Perry is mainly known as a motor sports correspondent, reporting on motorbike racing for BBC News as well as presenting other sports ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ortis Deley
Ortis Deley ( ) (born 2 June 1973) is a British television presenter, comedian, singer, radio DJ and actor of Ghanaian and Nigerian descent, best known for presenting the Children's BBC Saturday morning flagship series ''Live & Kicking''. As of November 2021, he is a presenter on ''The Gadget Show''. He has also co-presented ''Police Interceptors'' in the UK, with Rick Edwards. He also appeared on Police Interceptors special edition where he drove around with the Cleveland and Durham specialist operations unit as well as observing the operations of the control centre. Early life Deley went to Ernest Bevin College in Tooting Bec, London. Deley studied for a degree in pharmacy at the University of Sunderland and graduated in 1995. During an appearance as a contestant on London Weekend Television's ''Blind Date'', he was talent-spotted by industry manager Jan Simmonds. Career Acting Deley had a cameo in the 2006 feature film '' Derailed'' alongside Clive Owen and Jennifer Aniston ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
