Actors - Jamie Theakston

Home > Listing Index > Actors > Jamie Theakston

	Actors - Jamie Theakston

James "Jamie" Theakston (born 21 December 1970 in Ditchling, East Sussex) is a popular British television and radio presenter and producer. He was educated at Hurstpierpoint College, Lancing College and North London University. Before embarking on a broadcasting career, he worked for Christies Auctioneers. He is a supporter of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C..

Radio career

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 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.

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 – Heart 106.2

Television career

On television, he has most notably hosted Top of the Pops (1999-2002), 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 Guiness 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.

Full presenting credits

The O-Zone – BBC2
Live and 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 – BBC1
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
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

Acting career

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 – BBC1
* Murder in Mind – BBC1
* Miss Marple ‘Body in the Library’ - ITV

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

Personal life

In 2001 Theakston spent some time in the tabloids after a personal testimony from a Mayfair prostitute were released, allegations that were later proved untrue.

[ Visit the complete Wikipedia entry for Jamie Theakston ]

This page is based on the copyrighted Wikipedia article Jamie Theakston; it is used under the GNU Free Documentation License. You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.

Searches on eBay