Jeremy Spake (born 1969) is a British television personality and presenter from

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, England.

Career

In 1996, Spake featured in the

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documentary series ''

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'', where he worked as the ground services manager for Russian airline

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. His appearance on the programme brought him to wider public notice and celebrity. He subsequently featured in other programmes included ''The Toughest Job in Britain'', ''

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'', ''The Angry Pirate'' and '' City Hospital''. He also appeared in

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for the

's '' 2000 Today'' programme, broadcast over the turn of 2000. In 2008 he also featured in BBC documentary ''Return to... Airport'' which revisited the people who appeared in ''Airport''. Spake has written two books: ''Jeremy's Airport'' and ''The Toughest Job in Britain''. ''Jeremy's Airport'' was based on his experiences working at

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as a Ground Services Manager for Aeroflot during the filming of the BBC series ''Airport''. It describes a typical week in his job. Spake presented a series for BBC TV, ''The Toughest Job in Britain'' and his second book is based on the jobs he was filmed doing. Such jobs included replacing the bulbs on Blackpool Tower and work on a turkey farm. In August 2018, Spake was confirmed as the deputy director of the

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. In February 2022, the BBC announced that Spake would return to

to present a new six-part documentary series, ''The Airport: Back in the Skies'', for broadcast on

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from May 2022.

Personal life

Spake is a fluent

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speaker.BBC: History of the BBC He was awarded an honorary doctorate from Colchester Institute in 2014.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Spake, Jeremy British television presenters British television personalities Living people 1969 births Aeroflot People from Colchester