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Mark Warwick Speight, born in Wolverhampton, England 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.

Other work

In 1997 Speight appeared for the celebrities on the "Celebrities vs Jockeys Special" of the ITV show Gladiators, and was also a contestant in Celebrity Wrestling, which aired in April 2005. He is highly involved in various charities. During the Christmas period, Speight 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 in connection with the death of his fiancée and former co-worker, 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."

The BBC have since suspended broadcast of shows which feature Speight.

External links

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• Mark Speight at TV.com

References

1. "21 October 2007". SMart. 2007-10-21. {{cite episode}}: Unknown parameter |serieslink= ignored (|series-link= suggested) (help)
2. ^ "CBBC star 'distraught' over death". BBC News. BBC. 2008-01-04. Retrieved 2008-01-04.
3. ^ 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.
4. Bishop, Tom (2005-04-14). "ITV wrestles for Saturday ratings". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 2008-01-04.
5. http://forum.gladiatorszone.com/YaBB.pl?num=1092670834/11#11
6. "BBC Presenter Quizzed Over Body In Bath". Sky News. BSkyB. 2008-01-04. Retrieved 2008-01-04.
7. Brook, Stephen (2008-01-04). "Kids' shows off air after Speight arrest". Guardian Unlimited. Guardian News and Media. Retrieved 2008-01-04.

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