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Mike Bushell is an English

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. He presents the sport on '' BBC Breakfast'' on Thursdays, Fridays and at the weekends, and sometimes on other weekdays. Bushell holds the world record for participating in the greatest number of different sports, on his Saturday morning slot on

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. In 2019, he participated in series 17 of the television dance show ''Strictly Come Dancing'', he was the seventh contestant to be eliminated alongside his professional dance partner

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Early life, education and career

Bushell spent his teenage years in

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after growing up in northern Hertfordshire, attending Ashwell School where his father John was

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. When he was 8 he started his own newspaper, called the ''Daily Owl'' and sold it and delivered it to friends in the village for a penny. He once got into trouble for giving away his new Christmas present as a prize for a competition. He played chess for Hertfordshire and ran in the county cross country team. His ambition at a young age was to be either a zookeeper or field biologist, but after a jape with a weasel went disastrously wrong he had to change tack. Bushell wrote an

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at the age of 11 and kept alive his musical ambitions later in two bands. In 1977 his family moved to

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and he went to secondary school at

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. He sometimes took a

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to school to record the day's events. It was here during a production of '' Hobson's Choice'' that he first got the drama bug and played the part of ''Willie Mossop''. He went on to join the National Youth Theatre. Bushell obtained a 2:1 degree in Drama & Television at King Alfred's College in Winchester, now the

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. Once he left he appeared as a

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and King Arthur on the streets of Winchester, for the tourist board, and in the National Youth Theatre production of ''Good Lads at Heart'', working alongside Liza Tarbuck. In order to pay his college debts he got a job on the ''

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'' newspaper in Winchester and was posted to the

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office, and he was "hooked by the journalism bug". While training on the reporter's job, Bushell formed a band with other journalists and sang in many gigs in the East End of London, around Stratford. He later toured Europe as vocalist for Don't Push the River, forming a musical partnership with Nigel Smith, writer of the comedy series '' Teenage Kicks''. Bushell sang for the band Arthur the Stoat, alongside Tim Rafferty and Pete Babes Wilson. Arthur the Stoat was initially formed in rural Suffolk in 1992, and the music is a typically English psychedelic

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. In 1982, he took part in ''It's A Knockout'', representing Winchester in two games of a domestic heat, but his team finished bottom of three. In 1990, after stints on the ''

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'' and the '' Windsor and Slough Observer'', he got his first broadcasting job at

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as a trainee reporter. He then moved to television, as a news, sport and entertainment reporter–presenter for ''

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'' before joining the BBC News channel, and later ''BBC Breakfast''.

Career

Bushell presents the sport on '' BBC Breakfast'' on Fridays and at the weekends, and sometimes on other weekdays. Bushell holds the world record for trying different sports, on his Saturday morning slot, on BBC One, in which he tries to "inspire people off the sofa", to" be more active" and "try a new activity". He maintains there is a sport for all, and no one should feel they can't do it. He has consequently tried out and profiled over 550 sports: ranging from shin kicking, whip cracking and swamp soccer to newer more mainstream sport initiatives like Rush hockey, spike volleyball, and shopping centre squash. His features often include tips from sporting figures such as

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and

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. He has his own web page: Bushell's Best, on the pages of the

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.Mike Bushell Profile
BBC Breakfast website. Retrieved 28 September 2019. For

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in 2012, he set the world record for travelling across water in a large inflatable ball. He managed a mile in 1 hour and 57 minutes, during which time he needed 8 oxygen breaks. In June 2013, his first book ''Bushell's Best Bits'' was published. He has been with the

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since its launch in 1997, and appeared on Celebrity Mastermind on 28 December 2013. He made his pantomime debut playing a sports reporter in Aladdin in Northampton in 2010 opposite

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. On 11 April 2018, during a live broadcast at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in

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, Bushell fell into a swimming pool after misplacing a step whilst interviewing some of the English swimming team, including

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. Due to the fall, his microphone eventually stopped working and coverage had to revert to the studios. A video of the moment was shared 11.5 million times in one day. In January 2018, Bushell participated in '' And They're Off!'' in aid of

. Bushell was a contestant on series 17 of '' Strictly Come Dancing'' and was paired with

, they were the seventh couple to be eliminated from the competition after losing out in a dance-off against and . On 19 November 2021, Bushell took part in the Children In Need 'I Can See Your Voice' special alongside newsreader Kate Silverton and Final Score host Jason Mohammad. The judges(Alison Hammond, Amanda Holden and Jimmy Carr) chose Bushell as the bad singer.

Personal life

Family

Bushell has three daughters. In May 2019 he married Emily, a marketing executive, whom he met in a neighbouring village.
He has a goddaughter called Freya

Leisure

Bushell is interested in running, having run six marathons in as many days when aged 15. It was a 175-mile trip along with friend Simon Wild and they raised thousands of pounds for the ''International Year of Disabled People''. Bushell plays football and is a runner with the

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, and tries out different sports for his Saturday role weekly. He claims to have experienced over 350 different sports. Bushell is a fan of

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References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bushell, Mike Year of birth missing (living people) Living people BBC World News Alumni of the University of Winchester National Youth Theatre members People from Ashwell, Hertfordshire BBC sports presenters and reporters