Spencer Kelly
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| 'Spencer Kelly' (real name Spencer Bignell) | |
 Spencer Kelly, presenter of the BBC's Click
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Spencer Kelly (real name Spencer Bignell)[1] (b. 1973)is presenter of the BBC's technology programme Click, broadcast worldwide on BBC World News and BBC News in the UK.
He studied Computer Science at the University of Cambridge for three years. [2] It was as a student that Kelly first became involved in broadcasting and he went on to run Cambridge University Radio.
After graduating he got a job as a travel presenter on the local radio station for Portsmouth and Southampton, Ocean FM. He later became the station's breakfast show host, a position he held for six years.
He joined the BBC in January 2003 as one of five iPresenters (interactive presenters). The team pioneered new forms of interactive broadcasting, using the web, digital television and digital radio. This included interactive LiveChats, which were live interviews with celebrities, streamed across the web, in which the audience had the opportunity to ask live questions to the guests.
He also began reporting for BBC World's Click Online show for two and a half years and appeared on Five's The Gadget Show.
He became the presenter of the re-named Click in January, 2006, taking over from Stephen Cole.
In his spare time he enjoys playing squash[citation needed].
[edit] References
- ^ Surge > About > Station History > Memories of Radio Glen
- ^ BBC NEWS | Programmes | Click | Meet the team
