Jeremy Spake (born 1969) is a British television personality and presenter from Colchester, England.
Jeremy Spake | |
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| Born | 1969 (age 54–55) Colchester, England, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
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| Years active | 1996–present |
| Known for | Appearing in the BBC documentary series Airport |
Career
editIn 1996, Spake featured in the BBC documentary series Airport, where he worked as the ground services manager for Russian airline Aeroflot. His appearance on the programme brought him to wider public notice and celebrity.[1] He subsequently featured in other programmes included The Toughest Job in Britain, Holiday, The Angry Pirate and City Hospital. He also appeared in Moscow for the BBC's 2000 Today programme, broadcast over the turn of 2000. In 2008 he also featured in BBC documentary Return to... Airport which revisited the people who appeared in Airport.[2]
Spake has written two books: Jeremy's Airport and The Toughest Job in Britain. Jeremy's Airport was based on his experiences working at Heathrow Airport as a Ground Services Manager for Aeroflot during the filming of the BBC series Airport. It describes a typical week in his job. Spake presented a series for BBC TV, The Toughest Job in Britain and his second book is based on the jobs he was filmed doing. Such jobs included replacing the bulbs on Blackpool Tower and work on a turkey farm.
In August 2018, Spake was confirmed as the deputy director of the Isle of Man Airport.[3] In February 2022, the BBC announced that Spake would return to Heathrow Airport to present a new six-part documentary series, The Airport: Back in the Skies, for broadcast on BBC One from May 2022.[4][5][6]
Personal life
editSpake is a fluent Russian speaker.[7] He was awarded an honorary doctorate from Colchester Institute in 2014.[8]
Bibliography
edit- Spake, Jeremy (1998). Jeremy's Airport. BBC. ISBN 978-0563384595.
- Spake, Jeremy (2002). The Toughest Job in Britain. Boxtree. ISBN 978-0752220086.
References
edit- ^ "History of the BBC - June anniversaries". BBC. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
- ^ Lawson, Mark (19 July 2008). "TV matters: Return to ... Airport". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
- ^ "Reality TV Star is new IOM Airport Ops Chief". Energy FM. 29 August 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
- ^ "BBC announces exciting new factual entertainment shows". BBC. 9 February 2022.
- ^ Middleton, Richard (9 February 2022). "BBC One boards Wonderhood Studios' Heathrow airport six-parter". TBI Vision. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- ^ "The Airport: Back in the Skies". BBC. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
- ^ BBC: History of the BBC
- ^ "Graduation Celebrations". Colchester Institute. 17 October 2014. Archived from the original on 15 September 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
External links
edit- Jeremy Spake at IMDb