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| Mark Speight | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1965 Wolverhampton |
| Occupation | TV presenter |
| Website | SMart Website |
Mark Warwick Speight, born in Wolverhampton, England in 1965, is a British TV presenter. He is best known for presenting the BBC children's art programme SMart.
Biography
Speight has a degree in commercial and graphic art. He is left-handed.
Television presenting
Speight has worked on numerous shows for the BBC, CITV and The Discovery Channel. The programmes he has presented have ranged from children's TV to adult factual programmes. Speight has hosted the series Beat the Cyborgs, SMarteenies and the Saturday morning show Scratchy and Co, and has made appearances on Blue Peter, The Saturday Show and The Heaven and Earth Show. He is probably best known for presenting SMart, which he has hosted with various co-presenters since it began in 1994.
A very friendly man who wouldnt hert a fly and would NEVER kill another person! All the time i spent with him made you feel very wanted and to my dismay findout he was a killer! or well ment to be a killer! i was in FUMES!
Arrest
On Thursday January 3, 2008, Speight was arrested in connection with the death of his fiancée and co-worker, television presenter Natasha Collins, whom he found dead in the bathroom of their London flat. He was released on bail the next day, until the first week of February.
The Metropolitan Police released the following statement: "Police were called at 13.20 on January 3 to reports of a sudden death of a woman at a residential address in St John's Wood. The woman, aged in her 30s, was pronounced dead at the scene. A man in his 40s was arrested at the scene. He has been bailed to return to a central London police station on a date in February."
External links
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- Mark Speight at TV.com
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.
- Bishop, Tom (2005-04-14). "ITV wrestles for Saturday ratings". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 2008-01-04.
- "BBC Presenter Quizzed Over Body In Bath". Sky News. BSkyB. 2008-01-04. Retrieved 2008-01-04.
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