Matt Baker Biography
Matt Baker MBE is a television presenter from the United Kingdom who co-hosted the children’s television show Blue Peter, since 2009, BBC One’s Countryfile, and from 2011 to 2020, The One Show with Alex Jones.
How old is Matt Baker? – Age
He is 45 years old as of 23 December 2022. He was born in 1977 in Easington, United Kingdom. His real name is Matthew James Baker.
What does Matt Baker’s dad do? – Family – Education
Baker’s father owned a newsagent and his parents owned a smallholding in the village. He has one sibling and two half-siblings. Matt attended Easington Village School until his parents purchased and rebuilt a farm west of Durham when he was ten years old. Baker was a keen dancer at the age of five and began competing as a gymnast while still in school.
He completed his studies at Belmont Comprehensive School in Durham and was a promising gymnast until being diagnosed with anaemia at the age of 14. At Durham Sixth Form Centre, he studied Drama, Biology, and Sports Science. He studied theater at Queen Margaret University College in Edinburgh.
Who is Matt Baker’s wife? – Wife
Baker met his wife Nicola, a physiotherapist while playing in a disco show at Cleethorpes’ Pier 39. In 2004, the pair married in Winston, Teesdale, and now live in Buckinghamshire with their son and daughter.
Matt Baker Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $10 Million.
Matt Baker The One Show
Baker appeared as a substitute for Jason Manford on BBC One’s magazine show The One Show from May to August 2010. Following Manford’s resignation on November 18, 2010, Baker joined the show as a guest co-host. He later took over as the show’s permanent presenter, co-hosting alongside Alex Jones from Monday through Thursday.
Baker earned international prominence on March 8, 2011, when he asked then-Prime Minister David Cameron, “How on earth do you sleep at night?” “Was this the unearthing of a true Northern lefty?” wrote Will Heaven, Deputy Editor of Telegraph Blogs. Or did Baker simply misspoken?”
Baker stated on The One Show on December 4, 2019, that he would be leaving in the spring of 2020. He made the announcement in an emotional message to the camera, thanking everyone for their support, particularly the money donated to The Rickshaw Challenges. Matt’s last appearance on “The One Show” was on Tuesday, March 31, 2020, when he was not on the couch with co-host Alex Jones, but was at home alone.
Matt Baker Blue Peter
Dough puncher, a previous physiotherapist, at first sought after show school however battled with scholastics. After a school creation of Oil, he was recommended to go to show school. In the wake of finishing Sovereign Margaret College’s three-year course, Pastry specialist was welcome to join Blue Peter, where he showed up on the show on 25 June 1999. His gymnastic foundation assisted him with actual difficulties, including stand-in preparing and passing enlistment courses for the Imperial Marines and Parachute Regiment.
In 2003, Cook figured out how to fly hang lightweight planes and made a fruitful pair world record-breaking trip with Aviation routes Airsports teacher Judy Leden MBE. Pastry specialist’s partners included Katy Slope, Konnie Huq, Simon Thomas, Liz Barker, Zöe Salmon, and Gethin Jones.
He won two BAFTAs for Best Kids’ Moderator two times and an Illustrious TV Society grant. Dough puncher left Blue Peter toward the finish of its 2005-06 series, and his canine Meg, who was seen close by him on the show from 2000 onwards, likewise left with him.
Matt Baker Countryfile
Baker co-hosted Countryfile Summer Diaries on BBC One on weekday mornings, as well as Open Country on Radio 4, and Animal Rescue Squad and Animal Rescue Squad International on Channel 5. He has co-presented BBC One’s Countryfile on Sunday evenings since 2009. Baker co-presented the inaugural season of Secret Britain with Julia Bradbury and One Man and His Dog with Kate Humble in August 2010.
Matt Baker Strictly Come Dancing
Baker competed in the eighth series of Strictly Come Dancing in 2010, partnering with professional ballroom dancer Aliona Vilani, placing second in the final to winners Kara Tointon and Artem Chigvintsev. Baker and Vilani were also on the 2011 Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour. They won twenty-six times out of thirty-five shows on the tour in arenas across the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Matt Baker TV Shows
♦ 1999–2006 – Blue Peter
♦ 2005 – Doctor Who
♦ 2006 – The Famous Five
♦ 2006–2008 – Evacuation
♦ 2007 – Crufts
♦ 2008 – Countryfile Summer Diaries
♦ 2008 Summer Olympics
♦ 2009 – Around The World in 80 Days
♦ 2009– – Countryfile
♦ 2010 – The One Show
♦ 2011–2020 – The One Show
♦ 2012 – 2012 Summer Olympics
♦ 2014 – The Sport Relief Games Show
♦ 2014 Commonwealth Games
♦ 2015 – The Gift
♦ 2016 – 2016 Summer Olympics