Andrew Ian Jacobs (born 26 November 1952) is a British sports radio personality who presents the ''Hawksbee and Jacobs'' show alongside

Paul Hawksbee Paul Hawksbee (born 1 October 1961) is an English sports radio presenter and comedy writer. He has presented the ''Hawksbee and Jacobs show'' alongside Andy Jacobs on talkSPORT since the station's inception in 2000. He also contributed to the ...

Talksport Talksport (styled as talkSPORT) is a sports radio station in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, owned by News Broadcasting. Its content includes live coverage of sporting events, interviews with the leading names in sport and entertai ...

in the UK, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays live from 13:00-16:00. He also writes and presents 'The Birthday Spread' feature on Thursdays at 15:30. They have been presenters on talkSPORT since the station's inception in 2000; having worked for the station when it was known as Talk Radio in 1999. Jacobs was the founding editor of '' FHM magazine'', and the head of development at

Avalon Television Jonathan Murray Thoday (born May 1961) is a British television executive and businessman. He is the joint founder and managing director of Avalon Entertainment. Shows As a producer, he has been responsible for a number of shows, including ''Ha ...

, producing series '' Fantasy Football League'' for

BBC2 BBC Two is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's second flagship channel, and it covers a wide range of subject matter, incorporating genres such as comedy, drama and ...

, and '' Fantasy World Cup'' for ITV.

Personal life

Jacobs is a fan of

Chelsea FC Chelsea Football Club is a professional football club based in Fulham, West London, England. The club was founded in 1905 and named after neighbouring area Chelsea. They compete in the Premier League, the top tier of English football, pl ...

. The singer, entertainer and broadcaster

Sam Costa Samuel Gabriel Costa (17 June 1910 – 23 September 1981) was an English singer, entertainer and broadcaster. Initially a popular singer in the dance band era and a comic actor on the show ''Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh'', he was later a disc ...

was his great-uncle.

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* British radio presenters 1952 births Living people English Jews {{UK-radio-bio-stub