Simon Thomas Biography
Simon Thomas is an English television broadcaster who worked on Blue Peter for six years before moving on to Sky Sports to present live Premier League football from 2016 to 2018.
How old is Simon Thomas? – Age
He is 50 years old as of 26 January 2023. He was born in 1973 in Norfolk, United Kingdom.
Simon Thomas Family – Education
Andrew and Gill Thomas have a son named Thomas. Hannah and Rebecca are his two sisters. Although Thomas grew up in Cromer and subsequently Grimston, where he attended Grimston Primary and Middle School, his family eventually relocated to Surrey, where he attended Aberdour School in Tadworth and St. John’s School in Leatherhead. He attended Birmingham University after graduating from high school, where he earned a 2:1 BA Hons degree in history.
Simon Thomas Wife
Gemma, Thomas’s first wife, died on November 24, 2017, only three days after being diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia. Thomas married his girlfriend Derrina Jebb at Norwich Cathedral in July 2021. He announced the preterm birth of a daughter on October 6, 2022.
Simon Thomas Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $5 Million.
Simon Thomas BBC
Thomas co-hosted CBBC Proms in the Park in Hyde Park with Matt Baker and Faye Tozer in 2001, and Fearne Cotton in 2002. He also co-hosted Making Tracks with Matt Baker on BBC Radio 3.
Simon Thomas This Morning
Thomas appeared in a three-part miniseries called ‘Pursuits of Happiness’ on This Morning in May 2019. The series depicted three different activities in which people participated in order to conquer and deal with their mental health concerns. Thomas came on the show in September 2019 to raise awareness about blood cancer symptoms.
Simon Thomas Blue Peter
Having gone after the position multiple times, Thomas started introducing the kids’ program Blue Peter on 8 January 1999 supplanting the fired moderator Richard Bacon. Beforehand he had filled in as a sprinter at Kids’ BBC and the radio broadcast LBC. During his residency at Blue Peter, he ran in the London Long distance race two times and two Extraordinary North Runs, climbed Mount Kilimanjaro and Mont Blanc, finished more than 40 performance sky jumps with the Regal Flying corps, introduced a decoration at the Republic Games, ran in the 60 meters run at the Norwich Association Indoor Sports against Frankie Fredericks and Darren Campbell and, surprisingly, coordinated a release of the show. He likewise gave the Sovereign a Gold Blue Peter identification when she visited the studio and commented on giving Her Highness the identification that “she could get into the Pinnacle of London free with it.”
Thomas co-gave Stuart Miles, Katy Slope, Konnie Huq, Matt Pastry specialist, Liz Barker and Zöe Salmon. Thomas reported his goal to leave Blue Peter in January 2005, and his last live show was broadcasted on 25 April of that year.
Simon Thomas Sky Sports
Subsequent to leaving the BBC, Thomas joined Sky Sports in June 2005 and introduced the 15:00-19:00 shift on Sky Sports News, close by Georgie Thompson. He additionally introduced Cricket AM throughout the mid year on Sky Sports 1 with Sarah-Jane Mee and has introduced the Sky Sports Triumph Safeguard, Britain’s U21s games, Centennial Safeguard, Global Cricket, Sky Sports News Cricket World Cup Report, the Mosconi Cup from Las Vegas, Sky Sports World Cup report from Cape Town 2010 and Sky Sports News’ inclusion of the 2010 Ryder Cup.
Toward the beginning of the 2010/2011 Football Season, Thomas turned into the lead moderator of Sky Sports’ live Football Association inclusion, leaving his situation on Sky Sports News. From 2014, Thomas started introducing live Association Cup football on Sky Sports, following Ben Shephard venturing down from all live match introducing obligations. From August 2016, Thomas has introduced live Chief Association inclusion, most prominently on Saturday lunch times and bank occasions, following the flight of Ed Chamberlin to ITV Dashing, and David Jones’ ensuing advancement to Super Sunday and Monday Night Football lead moderator. Thomas consistently works close by savants like Graeme Souness, Jamie Redknapp and Thierry Henry.