Edward Alan Chamberlin (born 6 February 1974) is an English
sports
Sport is a physical activity or game, often competitive and organized, that maintains or improves physical ability and skills. Sport may provide enjoyment to participants and entertainment to spectators. The number of participants in ...
broadcaster who has been working for
ITV since January 2017.
Presenting career
Chamberlin was born in
Shepton Mallet
Shepton Mallet is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Somerset, England, some southwest of Bath, Somerset, Bath, south of Bristol and east of Wells, Somerset, Wells. It had an estimated population of 10,810 in 2019. ...
,
Somerset
Somerset ( , ), Archaism, archaically Somersetshire ( , , ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by the Bristol Channel, Gloucestershire, and Bristol to the north, Wiltshire to the east ...
. As a boy he attended
Ludgrove School
Ludgrove School is an English independent school, independent boys' Preparatory school (UK), preparatory boarding school. Ludgrove was founded in 1892 at Ludgrove Hall in Middlesex by the Old Etonian sportsman Arthur Dunn. Dunn had been employed ...
, where he captained the cricket first eleven. A former bookmaker and journalist, he first appeared on Sky Sports in 1999. He co-hosted the betting show, ''The Full SP'', with
Jeff Stelling
Robert Jeffrey Stelling (born 18 March 1955) is an English television presenter. He presented '' Gillette Soccer Saturday'' for Sky Sports from 1994 until 2023 and hosted coverage of the Champions League between 2011 and 2015.
He also present ...
before joining the
Sky Sports News
Sky Sports News (SSN) is a British pay television, paid television sports news channel run by Sky Group, Sky, a division of Comcast.
History
Sky Sports first started broadcasting sports news bulletins when it began broadcasting the Premi ...
team on a full-time basis. Chamberlin has presented coverage of the
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League (UCL) is an annual club association football competition organised by the UEFA, Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) that is contested by List of top-division football clubs in UEFA countries, top-divisio ...
and the
World Cup
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draws.
In 2011, Chamberlin became the main football presenter for Sky Sports, replacing
Richard Keys
Richard Keys (born 23 April 1957) is an English sports presenter who has worked for BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Sky, Talksport, Al Jazeera, Fox Sports, ESPN Star Sports and BeIN Sports; he has presented many top-level football matches.
Career
His ...
. Chamberlin hosted coverage of Premier League matches on the ''
Super Sunday'' and ''
Monday Night Football
''Monday Night Football'' (often abbreviated as ''MNF'') is the branding used for broadcasts of National Football League (NFL) games that air on Monday nights. It originally ran on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from 1970 NFL season, 1970 t ...
'' shows. Chamberlin presented his final coverage of a Premier League match for Sky on Tuesday 17 May 2016, a re-arranged fixture between Manchester United and Bournemouth.
Chamberlin became the main presenter of ITV's Horse Racing coverage when it moved to the channel in 2017.
Personal life
In 2013, Chamberlin became an ambassador for
WellChild, a British charity for sick children. Ed was a committee member of A Night For Life
in aid of The National Brain Appeal which took place in June 2017 at The Park Lane Hotel.
References
Sources
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Ed ChamberlinTV Newsroom
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1974 births
Living people
English television presenters
Sky Sports presenters and reporters
ITV people
People from Shepton Mallet
People educated at Ludgrove School
Television personalities from Somerset