Ben Shephard
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Benjamin Peter Sherrington Shephard (born 11 December 1974 (age 33) in Epping Forest) is an English television presenter.
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[edit] Early life
Shepard was educated at the independent Chigwell School, and further achieved a 2:1 BA Hons degree from the University of Birmingham in Dance, Drama & Theatre Arts.
[edit] Television career
He started off his career presenting on MTV and then went on to present The Bigger Breakfast and T4. In his early career he appeared in the video game Hardwar as the character Syd.
In 2000 he joined GMTV as a presenter on Entertainment Today. In 2008 it was announced that he would replace Andrew Castle as the main male anchor of GMTV Today, the channel's flagship show, hosting alongside Fiona Phillips every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. He previously presented Thursdays and Fridays with Kate Garraway.
He used to present The Xtra Factor on ITV2, a spin off from The X Factor before being replaced by Fearne Cotton for the 4th series.
Then, in 2006, along with co-presenter Fern Britton, he presented the reality TV show Soapstar Superstar. But Britton and Shephard were both replaced from hosting the second series of the show by Zoe Ball.
Shephard has also reported for ITV's All*Star Cup. He also presents a show for Heat Radio
During the second series of ITV's Dancing on Ice, Ben presented the spin off show, Dancing on Ice Exclusive along with Andi Peters. On a recent edition of The Paul O'Grady Show, Ben modestly admitted to have been voted as the 73rd sexiest male in the world.
Ben left The X Factor franchise to front BBC One's new show DanceX[1]
He boxed singer Lemar on the 15th March 2008 for Sport Relief after training with Ricky Hatton and Andy Mayo at Mayo's Gym. He won by decision after 3 rounds.
Ben became the host of the BBC's National lottery quiz show - 1 vs. 100 - for its third series, which began in April 2008.
Ben presents for Heat Radio on Monday nights.
Ben will present a new Saturday night entertainment series for ITV1, alongside Denise Van Outen, called Who Dares Sings. The premise of which will include 100 members of the studio audience to hitting the right notes in the largest karaoke competition on TV.[2]
According to music and football messageboards Shephard may be set to take on Cockney Rejects singer Jeff 'Stinky' Turner in a celebrity charity boxing match.
[edit] Personal life
Ben lived in North London's Islington from 2001-4 and now lives in South West London with his wife Annie and two sons Samuel (born May 28 2005) and Jack (born January 25 2007). He married Annie Perks in March 2004 in South Hams, after meeting her at university.
As well as being a huge West Ham supporter (he famously got Britney Spears to admit that she was a fan of the Hammers), he also has representative honours in both rugby & football.
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[edit] External links
- Ben Shephard at James Grant Management
- IMDb
- Ben Shephard at gm.tv
- Ben Shephard at Magic 105.4 FM
- Who Dares Sings at ITV.com
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Host of The Xtra Factor 2004-2006 |
Succeeded by Fearne Cotton |
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