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| | accessdate = 2008-01-04}}</ref> He would go on to present ''SMart'' with various co-presenters from its start in ] to the present day. He achieved further fame while starring in ]-nominated ITV Saturday morning show '']'' in the mid 1990s.<ref>{{cite news | | accessdate = 2008-01-04}}</ref> He would go on to present ''SMart'' with various co-presenters from its start in ] to the present day. He achieved further fame while starring in ]-nominated ITV Saturday morning show '']'' in the mid 1990s.<ref>{{cite news | ||
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| | accessdate = 2008-01-05}}</ref> and has made appearances on '']'', '']'', '']'' and '']'', and was also a contestant in ITV's '']''.<ref>{{cite news | | accessdate = 2008-01-05}}</ref> and has made appearances on '']'', '']'', '']'' and '']'', and was also a contestant in ITV's '']''.<ref>{{cite news | ||
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| | accessdate = 2008-01-05}}</ref> in connection with the death of his fiancée and former colleague on ''See It Saw It'', ], whose body he found in the bathroom of their London flat. He was released on bail the next day until the first week of February.<ref name="BBCa">{{cite news | | accessdate = 2008-01-05}}</ref> in connection with the death of his fiancée and former colleague on ''See It Saw It'', ], whose body he found in the bathroom of their London flat. He was released on bail the next day until the first week of February.<ref name="BBCa">{{cite news | ||
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| | accessdate = 2008-01-04}}</ref> Police are treating her death as "unexplained"<ref name="Times"/> and are awaiting results of a ] examination.<ref name="FT"/> Speight denies any involvement with Collins's death.<ref name="BBCa"/> | | accessdate = 2008-01-04}}</ref> Police are treating her death as "unexplained"<ref name="Times"/> and are awaiting results of a ] examination.<ref name="FT"/> Speight denies any involvement with Collins's death.<ref name="BBCa"/> | ||
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| Mark Speight | |
|---|---|
| Born | Wolverhampton |
| Occupation | TV presenter |
| Website | SMart Website |
Mark Warwick Speight, born in Wolverhampton, England is a British TV presenter. He is best known for presenting the long-running BBC children's art programme SMart.
Biography
Television
After an unremarkable school career, Speight achieved a degree in commercial and graphic art. He made his entry into television presenting after hearing about auditions for SMart while working on the set of a television production. He would go on to present SMart with various co-presenters from its start in 1994 to the present day. He achieved further fame while starring in BAFTA-nominated ITV Saturday morning show Scratchy & Co. in the mid 1990s.
Speight has worked on numerous other shows, ranging from children's television to adult factual programmes. He hosted the series Beat the Cyborgs, See It Saw It, SMarteenies and, for Discovery Kids, History Busters, which won a Royal Television Society Award, and has made appearances on Blue Peter, The Saturday Show, This Morning and The Heaven and Earth Show, and was also a contestant in ITV's Celebrity Wrestling.
Other work
Speight has regularly toured with Speight of the Art, art workshops he runs for children, and is involved in charity work, notably as President of the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign. During the Christmas period, he usually becomes involved in pantomime, and performed in Cinderella at the Watersmeet, Rickmansworth in December 2007.
Arrest
On Thursday January 3, 2008, Speight was arrested on suspicion of murder and of supplying class A drugs in connection with the death of his fiancée and former colleague on See It Saw It, Natasha Collins, whose body he found in the bathroom of their London flat. He was released on bail the next day until the first week of February. Police are treating her death as "unexplained" and are awaiting results of a postmortem examination. Speight denies any involvement with Collins's death.
The BBC have cancelled the Saturday showing of the new series of SMart, though a decision about further broadcasts has not been taken.
References
- "21 October 2007". SMart. 2007-10-21.
{{cite episode}}: Unknown parameter|serieslink=ignored (|series-link=suggested) (help) - ^ "CBBC star 'distraught' over death". BBC News. BBC. 2008-01-04. Retrieved 2008-01-04.
- ^ Dakin, Melanie (2007-12-06). "CBBC SMart host Mark Speight draws the crowds at The Watersmeet". Bucks Free Press. Newsquest Media Group. Retrieved 2008-01-04.
- Stratton, Allegra (2008-01-04). "BBC star bailed after death of girlfriend". Guardian Unlimited. Guardian News and Media. Retrieved 2008-01-05.
- "RTS Awards - the winners". Manchester Evening News. M.E.N. media. 2003-11-17. Retrieved 2008-01-05.
- Bishop, Tom (2005-04-14). "ITV wrestles for Saturday ratings". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 2008-01-04.
- "Mark Speight". Billy Marsh Associates. Retrieved 2008-01-05.
- ^ Fenton, Ben (2008-01-05). "BBC presenter arrested". The Financial Times. Retrieved 2008-01-05.
- ^ Sherwin, Adam (2008-01-05). "Children's TV presenter arrested on suspicion of his fiancee's murder". Times Online. Times Newspapers. Retrieved 2008-01-05.
External links
- Mark Speight at Billy Marsh Associates
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- Mark Speight at TV.com
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