Andrew Dan-Jumbo (born 25 June 1965) is a builder and co-host on the home improvement reality television series

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. He previously co-starred as a carpenter on the TV home makeover show '' While You Were Out'', and is the current host of ''Take Home Handyman'' on

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. Dan-Jumbo is also host of the

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''Talk with Your Mouth Full'' on

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. Dan-Jumbo was voted one of

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's ''100 Most Beautiful People''.TLC :: WYWO :: Andrew Dan-Jumbo
He also occasionally appeared as a carpenter on ''

Trading Spaces ''Trading Spaces'' is an hour-long American television reality program that originally aired from 2000 to 2008 on the cable channels TLC and Discovery Home. The format of the show was based on the BBC TV series '' Changing Rooms''. The first ...

'', where designer

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insisted on calling him "Jambo". He has been featured on ''

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'' and other television programs.

Personal life

Dan-Jumbo was born in

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, and raised in

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, England. As an adult, he moved to

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, and lived in

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, as of 2008. He returned to Buffalo in 2017.

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* Nigerian television personalities British television personalities Nigerian emigrants to the United Kingdom Nigerian emigrants to the United States Nigerian expatriates in Spain Living people Black British television personalities 1965 births {{UK-tv-bio-stub