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Jake Humphrey
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Humphrey at the 2014 Goodwood Festival of Speed
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Jacob John Humphrey
7 October 1978 Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England
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| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Television presenter, journalist, businessman |
| Employer | BBC, Channel 4, ITV, BBC Sport Whisper Group |
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Spouse(s) | Harriet Humphrey (m. 2007) |
| Children | 2 |
Jacob John Humphrey DL (born 7 October 1978) is an English television presenter, best known for hosting Champions League and Premier League football on BT Sport, CBBC's Bamzooki, and BBC Sport's coverage of Formula 1 Grand Prix. He is the co-founder and Director of Whisper Group, and hosts the High Performance Podcast.
Humphrey's career in television began after leaving school. Initially working for the BBC on their children's channel CBBC, he later switched to sport from 2006, hosting their football shows Football Focus, and later Match of the Day and Final Score. Outside of football, he has also presented BBC coverage of the Commonwealth Games and Summer Olympics, and of American Football in the Super Bowl and NFL International Series.
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Early life
Born in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England to Liz, a retired teacher and Rex, a retired chief executive of Age Concern Norfolk. He has one sister, Rachel and a brother, Thomas. The family moved to Norwich, Norfolk when Humphrey was nine and attended Framingham Earl High School and the Sixth Form at the Hewett School, Norwich. During his time at school he also worked as a paperboy and became interested in the media. When he was 16, Humphrey got a job at McDonald's and was sacked for poor communication skills. Later he worked in the position of a waiter.
Career
Early career
While studying for his A Level resits, Humphrey took a work experience job at ITV East of England contractor Anglia Television. Humphrey began presenting on CBBC in 2001.
Sports presenting
BBC Sport
Humphrey started presenting as a match reporter with BBC Radio 5 Live in 2005. He acted as cover for Football Focus in November 2006, during the 2007 Cricket World Cup, and Final Score.
In 2009, he became the anchor for the BBC's Grand Prix coverage. It was widely considered a highly successful switch for Humphrey, with his hero Des Lynam naming him 2009's best sports broadcaster in his annual 'Desmonds' awards in December 2009.
In June 2012, he presented the BBC's coverage of the Euros with Alan Shearer. In July and August, Humphrey presented coverage of the 2012 Summer Olympics. He anchored slots on BBC One and BBC Three, and presented coverage from the Velodrome with Chris Boardman and Mark Cavendish.
BT Sport
The 2013–14 football season saw the start of Humphrey's live coverage of BT Sport's Premier League programming. As well as hosting live coverage of the Premier League games, Humphrey would also be involved with the new channel's other football programming, working to mould the style of the new football programme.
In 2015 having hosted BT Sport's exclusively live Barclays Premier League football matches for the past two seasons. Humphrey would continue to host the channel's Premier League and FA Cup coverage and extend his role to include presenting exclusively live UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League games.
Other presenting
Humphrey presented the 2011 & 2012 New Year Live countdown programme. He also appeared in BBC One HD's 'BBC One Never Looked So Good' ad, kicking a disco ball then smiling to the camera. Humphrey also briefly hosted coverage of the 2011 Royal Wedding from a 66-year-old Lancaster bomber however was cut off due to technical difficulties with his audio.
Personal life
He married production manager Harriet, in August 2007. Together they have 2 children: Florence Aurelia Alice Humphrey and Sebastian Alexander James.
He is a supporter of the football team Norwich City, is colour-blind and received an Honorary Doctorate of Civil Law from the University of East Anglia in July 2012.
