Jason Bradbury
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Jason Bradbury | |
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Born | Jason Alan Bradbury 10 April 1969 Birmingham, England |
Occupation(s) | Television presenter, children's author, Guinness world record holder, Lecturer |
Television | The Gadget Show (2004–2016) |
Spouse | Claire Craddock (m. 2012) |
Children | 3 |
Website | Official website |
Jason Alan Bradbury (born 10 April 1969) is a British television presenter and
His first book, Dot Robot, was published on 5 February 2009 and his second novel in the Dot Robot series of techno-thrillers, Atomic Swarm, was published on 1 February 2010. The third book, Cyber Gold was published on 7 April 2011.
He is on the judging panels for the
Television
Bradbury's first ever television show was a cable show called Tellywest, where he worked alongside
The Gadget Show
Bradbury was a presenter on
Don't Scare the Hare
Jason was the host of the primetime BBC One game show Don't Scare the Hare which made its debut on 23 April 2011. The show was presented by Jason and narrated by Sue Perkins, and was scheduled to run for 9 episodes (including a compilation show), however it was axed after just a few episodes due to poor ratings.
Motor Morphers
Bradbury hosted the
Guinness World Records
- The fastest speed reached by an internal combustion powered radio-controlled model car is 137.86 km/h (85.66 mph) on the set of The Gadget Show on 29 October 2008.
- The fastest speed in a water jet–powered car is 26.8 km/h (16.65 mph) and was achieved on the set of The Gadget Show on 15 March 2010.
- The longest ramp jump performed by a remote controlled model car is 26.18 m achieved by an HPI Vorza on the set of The Gadget Show on 25 March 2010. (He has since been beaten by Thomas Strobel from Germany on 30 July 2011 with a distance of 36.9 m.)
- The fastest speed attained on a jet-powered street luge is 186.41 km/h (115.83 mph), achieved on the set of The Gadget Show's 200th episode on 9 August 2011.
Books
Bradbury has written a series of techno-thrillers for 8- to 13-year-olds called Dot Robot. The first in the trilogy, Dot Robot, tells the story of a twelve-year-old mathematics and computer gaming genius, recruited into a top-secret robot defence-force. He has also been touring schools in the UK since publication of the series with an interactive robot experience called The Dot Robot Roadshow. His second book Atomic Swarm, was published by Puffin on 1 February 2010 and the last in the trilogy, Cyber Gold, was published on 7 April 2011.
Personal life
Bradbury was born in Birmingham but grew up in Lincolnshire, attending New York, Lincolnshire Primary School and Gartree Community School. He later moved to London.
Bradbury has been married to Claire since 8 April 2012; they have three children.
References
- ^ Bains, Sanjeeta (4 January 2017). "The Gadget Show presenter Jason Bradbury quits Channel 5 programme". Birmingham Live. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ^ Bains, Sanjeeta (6 January 2017). "The Gadget Show Live axed as presenter Jason Bradbury reveals he is leaving TV show". Birmingham Live. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ^ Bradley, David (15 February 2009). "Author Q&A: Jason Bradbury". Bath BA1 2BW, United Kingdom: SFX Magazine / Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 7 December 2009.
SFX: You maintain an interest in popular science then? [Jason Bradbury:] 'Controlling stuff with your mind is another interesting place. I've used just about every thought-operated control device going in America, Japan and recently in Germany. I made one out of a computer mouse using galvanic skin response.'
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: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ "Former Gadget Show host Jason Bradbury on why he loves triathlon". 220Triathlon. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ CelebsWhoTwitter Archived 5 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine - Jason Bradbury on Twitter