Mark Durden-Smith
Mark Durden-Smith | |
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Born | Mark Durden-Smith 1 October 1968 |
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Television presenter |
Years active | 1993–present |
Spouse | Rachel Morse (m. 2004) |
Children | 3 |
Parent(s) | Judith Chalmers Neil Durden-Smith |
Mark Durden-Smith (born 1 October 1968 in
Early life
Durden-Smith was educated at Radley College.[1] He then studied at Durham University.[2] At Durham he made one appearance as a full-back for the rugby team first XV[3] and was a squad member for the 1991 tour to Zimbabwe.[4]
Career
After university Durden-Smith worked from 1993 to 1996 as a researcher for Clive Anderson Talks Back.[5] He began his presenting career at the now-defunct London station Channel One, before moving on to front the rugby coverage at Sky Sports in August 1997.[6]
He was one of the original presenters of Channel 4 breakfast show RI:SE, launched in April 2002 as a successor to The Big Breakfast, but was sacked at the start of the following year as part of an ultimately failed revamp.[7]
Sky
Durden-Smith has hosted the annual The Police Bravery Awards, The Match and the game show Double or Nothing, all for
ITV
Durden-Smith presented Package Holidays Undercover for
In 2010, Durden-Smith began presenting ITV's reality series All at Sea.
In 2013, he began presenting ITV's
Channel 5
Durden-Smith presented Premiership Rugby programmes alongside
Amazon Prime Video
In 2021, Durden-Smith presented Amazon Prime Video's coverage of the Autumn Nations Series. He will return to present the coverage in 2022.
Personal life
Mark is the only son of Judith Chalmers and sports commentator Neil Durden-Smith.[10] He married Rachel Morse on 11 December 2004; the couple have three children, twin sons Archie and Freddie, as well as a daughter Rosie.
Filmography
- Package Holidays Undercover – Presenter
- Hell's Kitchen: Extra Portions – Presenter, for ITV2
- I'm a Celebrity... Get Me out of Here! Now(2003–2004, 2006–2008) – Co-presenter
- Junior Eurovision Song Contest: The British Final (2003) – Co-presenter
- Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003 – Co-commentator
- Millionaire Manor (2005–2006) – Presenter, 14-part series on BBC One
- Wish You Were Here...? Now and Then (2007) – Presenter
- The Underdog Show (2008) – Co-presenter
- This Morning (2010–2011, 2013) – Guest presenter
- Lorraine (2010–2014) – Regular newspaper reviewer
- Odd One In (2010) – Guest
- All at Sea (2010) – Participant, ITV series
- 3@Three (2011) – Regular panellist
- The Chase: Celebrity Special (2011) – Contestant
- Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (2013) – Participant
- Aviva PremiershipRugby Highlights (2013–14) – Presenter
- Sport Relief's Top Dog (2014) – Guest team captain
- Pointless Celebrities: Sport Relief Special(2014) – Contestant
- Freeze Out (2015) – Presenter, 10-part series
References
- ^ "Previous RS events Radley College". www.radley.org.uk. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- ^ "Hatfield College : Alumni - Durham University". 16 June 2006. Archived from the original on 16 June 2006. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- ^ "Mark Durden-Smith". Metro. 27 October 2009. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- ^ "Annual Sporting Review 2011/12". Issuu. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- ^ "Mark Durden-Smith". IMDb. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- ^ Deans, Jason (11 April 2002). "Durden-Smith is Channel 4's early riser". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- ^ Born, Matt (2003). "Channel 4 sacks its breakfast show host". The Telegraph. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- ^ "Mark Durden-Smith". BBC Good Food Show. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- ^ "Channel 5 confirms presenter and pundit for their Premiership coverage Ruck". Ruck. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- ^ "Mark Durden-Smith". IMDb. Retrieved 30 April 2018.