Jacob John Humphrey (born 7 October 1978) is an English television presenter, best known for formerly hosting Champions League football on BT Sport, CBBC's '' Bamzooki'' and BBC Sport's coverage of Formula 1 Grand Prix.

Early life

Born in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England. His father is retired chief executive of Age Concern Norfolk. The family moved to

Norwich Norwich () is a cathedral city and district of the county of Norfolk, England, of which it is the county town. It lies by the River Wensum, about north-east of London, north of Ipswich and east of Peterborough. The population of the Norwich ...

, Norfolk, when Humphrey was nine.

Career

Early career

Humphrey took a work experience job at ITV East of England contractor Anglia Television. Humphrey began presenting on CBBC in 2001.

Sports presenting

Humphrey started presenting as a match reporter with BBC Radio 5 Live in 2005. He acted as cover for ''Football Focus'' in November 2006, during the 2007 Cricket World Cup, and ''Final Score''. At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Humphrey presented daytime coverage of events for the BBC. That year he also started presenting the BBC Sports Personality of the Year, which he continued to do until 2011. In 2009, he became the anchor for the BBC's Grand Prix coverage. It was widely considered a highly successful switch for Humphrey, with his hero Des Lynam naming him 2009's best sports broadcaster in his annual 'Desmonds' awards in December 2009. For the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games, Humphrey was one of the main presenters of the BBC coverage. At the London 2012 Olympics, Humphrey presented live from the velodrome, as well as the evening coverage on BBC Three. Humphrey left the BBC in 2012 to join BT Sport. The 2013–14 football season saw the start of Humphrey's live coverage of BT Sport's Premier League programming. As well as hosting live coverage of the

Premier League The Premier League is a professional association football league in England and the highest level of the English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Football Lea ...

games, Humphrey was also involved with the new channel's other football programming, working to mould the style of the new football programme. In 2015, having hosted BT Sport's exclusively live

football matches for the past two seasons, Humphrey continued to host the channel's Premier League and FA Cup coverage and extended his role to include presenting exclusively live UEFA Champions League and

UEFA Europa League The UEFA Europa League (UEL), usually known simply as the Europa League, is an annual association football, football club competition organised since 1971 by the UEFA, Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European footb ...

games. Humphrey left BT Sport in 2023.

Other presenting

Humphrey also briefly hosted coverage of the 2011 Royal Wedding from a 66-year-old Lancaster bomber; however, he was cut off due to technical difficulties with his audio.

Personal life

He married production manager Harriet in August 2007. They have two children. He is a supporter of Norwich City and received an Honorary Doctorate of Civil Law from the University of East Anglia in July 2012.

References

External links

Official website
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Jake Humphrey at the BBC
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