Joe Mace (born 10 October 1971)BBC 6 Music website Retrieved 15 April 2007. is a British
television
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producer and presenter.
Professional life
After co-devising and producing ''
Mighty Truck of Stuff
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'', a children's TV show for independent UK producer
Endemol
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, Mace then undertook the role of head of Entertainment Development for Children's BBC, where his credits included '' Hotel Trubble'', ''
Copycats
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, where highlights included ''
Tonight's the Night Tonight's the Night may refer to:
Films
* ''Tonight's the Night'' (1932 film), a 1932 British film starring Leslie Fuller
* ''Tonight's the Night'', American title of the 1954 film '' Happy Ever After'', a British comedy starring David Niven
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'', ''
Totally Saturday
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Production
The seven-part series, produced by BBC Vision, Unl ...
Get Your Act Together
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One Hundred and Eighty
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'' for Sky1. In April 2016, Mace was promoted to Commissioner, Entertainment, ITV, where his commissions have included
The Masked Singer
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and
Beat The Chasers
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The six chasers ar ...
The Holiday Show
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, and
The Album Chart Show
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. In 1999, Mace co-wrote and co-starred alongside best friend Ben Dunn in a six-part sitcom, ''
Joe's Pop Shop
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UK Play
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channel.
Personal life
Mace was born one of two children in October 1971 in
Kennington
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,
London
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and is a lifelong fan of the football club West Ham United. He currently resides in Clapham,
London
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and is married with two children. In 2014 he achieved a life ambition by completing the Bospherous Cross Continental Swim, a 6.5 km race, while dressed in full West Ham kit. Mace is related to the famous bare-knuckle fighter Gypsy
Jem Mace
James "Jem" Mace (8 April 1831 – 30 November 1910) was an English boxing champion, primarily during the bare-knuckle era. He was born at Beeston, Norfolk, Beeston, Norfolk. Although nicknamed "The Gypsy", he denied Romani people, Romani ethn ...
, the reputed father of boxing, and is one of the U.K.'s foremost amateur leather turners.