Matt Baker

Matt spent seven and a half years presenting Blue Peter which made him one of the best loved and most versatile presenters in the show's history. Matt won two BAFTA awards for Best Children's presenter and a Royal Television Society award.


Matt grew up on a farm and his love of countryside and animals made him the natural choice for fronting such shows as Animal Rescue Squad for Five, One Man and His Dog, Summer Countryfile Diaries, Crufts, Animal Rescue and a BBC NE natural history series. He was also a keen gymnast and was a British gymnastic and sports acrobatics champion. Later he joined the BBC Grandstand team as a world gymnastics presenter and commentator. He is also a hang-gliding world record holder. Matt provided commentary at the Women's European Gymnastics Championships in France for BBC2 earlier this year and will be presenting the BBC's coverage of the gymnastics events at the 2008 Olympic Games from Beijing.


After leaving Blue Peter, Matt went on to front BBC Daytime shows. He joined the BBC1 City Hospital presenting team and was also part of the One Show series. His other BBC credits include hosting the Evacuation series, and 2 series of The Stables Live 8. He presented Jonny Wilkinson's Hotshots rugby plus Jonny's rugby training DVD. He has also starred in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at the London Palladium and Sunderland Empire and as Prince Charming in Cinderella at the Sheffield Lyceum.

Matt has an adventurous streak and he has completed an impressive number of television challenges such as training as a stunt man in Florida; spending a gruelling week with the Royal Marine Commandos, successfully passing their recruits' course, and later completing the Para's P Company selection tests. He also made the final of BBC Sport Relief's charity show jumping series Only Fools on Horses.

Matt's credits include:
Animal Rescue Squad - Five
Evacuation Manor House - CBBC/BBC1
One Man and His Dog - BBC2
BBC Grandstand - Gymnastics - BBC1
Animal Rescue Live - BBC1
Summer Countryfile Diaries - BBC
Trooping of the Colour - BBC1
Epsom Derby - BBC1
Crufts - BBC1
Only Fools on Horses - BBC1
The One Show - BBC1
Blue Peter - BBC1
Children In Need - BBC
Family Proms - BBC
Hot Shots - CBBC
Proms from the Albert Hall - CBBC
The Stables Live 8 - BBC/CBBC
BBC National Road Shows
City Hospital - BBC1
Song for Europe - BBC1
Radio:
Radio 4 - Open Country
Radio 3 - Making Tracks Classical Concerts
Stage:
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Cinderella


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Matt Baker
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