Jamie Theakston Biography
Jamie Theakston is a television presenter, producer, and actor from England. Between 1996 and 1999, he co-hosted the old Saturday morning BBC One children’s show Live & Kicking with Zoe Ball.
How old is Jamie Theakston? – Age
He is 52 years old as of 21 December 2023. He was born in 1970 in Cuckfield, United Kingdom. His real name is James Paul Theakston.
Jamie Theakston Parents – Education
He is the son of Graham Theakston. He left with nine O-Levels and one GCSE in Maths, which he retook at BHASVIC, and went on to North London Polytechnic (now London Metropolitan University), where he earned a first-class degree in business studies. He read traffic reports on BBC GLR while at university because he wanted to work in sports reporting.
Jamie Theakston Wife
On September 15, 2007, Theakston married Sophie Siegle in Ditchling, and the couple now lives in west London. They have two kids. He previously had romantic relationships with socialite Lady Victoria Hervey, actor Joely Richardson, and models Erin O’Connor and Sophie Dahl.
Jamie Theakston Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $2.5 Million.
How tall is Jamie Theakston? – Height
He stands at a height of 6 feet 4 inches(1.93 m).
Jamie Theakston House
After submitting plans to create a state-of-the-art gym and office in the rear garden of his £6.5 million property, Theakston is at odds with his wealthy neighbors once more. Theakston did not sell the beautiful three-story property, which is thought to be worth £3 million, and it is currently rented to a family of four.
Rents in the region for comparable residences start at roughly £6,000 per month. Prior to its approval, Theakston and his wife Sophie failed an earlier bid to build a gym and indoor pool at the back of their property, which similarly enraged neighbors. They are even more enraged now that his fresh plans for a gym and office have been filed to Hounslow Council.
Jamie Theakston Heart Radio
He and Amanda Holden co-host Heart Radio’s national breakfast show at the moment. Heart is a British radio network and brand that consists of thirteen adult contemporary local stations that are owned and operated by Global throughout the United Kingdom. These stations broadcast a mix of local and networked programming. Global owns ten of the Heart stations, while the remaining three are operated under franchise agreements. Global Player, Freeview, Sky, Freesat, Virgin Media, and Digital One DAB all offer access to the network’s national version.
The Heart radio broadcasts have a joined reach of 8.8 million audience members as of Walk 2023, making it the third most-famous radio organization in the UK after BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 4. The all out go after all Heart-marked stations is over 11.2 million.
Jamie Theakston Soccer Aid
In June 2014, he appeared in his fifth consecutive Soccer Aid match at Old Trafford. Soccer Aid is a British yearly (previously bi-ennial) charity event that has earned more than £38 million for UNICEF UK through ticket sales and public donations. The televised event is a friendly football match between two teams, England and the Soccer Aid World XI (previously Rest of the World (ROW) until 2018), both of which are made up of celebrities and former professional players from their respective nations.
Jamie Theakston Traffic Cops
He narrated every episode of Traffic Cops and its spin-off show Motorway Cops, and he has been narrating episodes of Caught on Camera since 2015. Traffic Cops is a Channel 5 (and earlier BBC One) documentary series that follows Roads Policing Units from several UK police departments. It has continuously been one of the most popular factual shows on British television.
Jamie Theakston Charity
In 2003, Theakston took a break to visit Uganda and meet with former child soldiers. He is a patron of CANCERVIVE, a charity that was founded to meet the needs of anyone whose relatives or friends are cancer patients. In June 2014, he appeared in his fifth consecutive Soccer Aid match at Old Trafford. In 2010, he was voted man of the match for his efforts in goal after saving four penalties for England against the Rest of the World in a penalty shoot-out before missing a penalty himself in a defeat.
On October 4, 2019, Theakston took an 8-day vacation from Heart Breakfast to embark on his Bike Britain Challenge, a cycling race benefiting Global’s Make Some Noise foundation. The challenge lasted eight days, with Theakston cycling 650 miles from Edinburgh to London on the eleventh. Along the trip, he stopped at Newcastle upon Tyne, Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham, Cardiff, and Bristol, where he met a slew of critically ill children and their families. In June 2022, Theakston gave his wicket to Ricky Boardman of Kew Cricket Club’s 3rd XI, a move Theakston described as “pure theatre.”