Mike Bushell
Mike Bushell is a sports presenter for the BBC. He presents the sport on BBC Breakfast on Fridays and at the weekends, and also presents sports bulletins throughout the week on BBC News and BBC World News. On Saturdays, during his Breakfast shift, Mike also has a regular report on an unusual sport, which he has tried out during the week.He has tried out over 120 sports ranging from the bizarre, shin kicking and swamp soccer to learning from the stars, like Serena Williams, Colin Montgomerie and Ben Ainslie. He now has his own web page: Bushell's Best, on the pages of the BBC News website.
[1] He also sometimes present Breakfast during the week if Chris Hollins is away. He has been with the BBC News channel since its launch in 1997.
He started out as an actor, starring as a Roman Centurion, and King Arthur on the Streets of Winchester, and in the National Youth Theatre production of "Good Lads at Heart", working alongside Lisa Tarbuck. Mike wrote an opera at the age of 11 and kept alive his musical ambitions, when he was lead singer in a band before switching to journalism, initially working for the Hampshire Chronicle newspaper in Winchester. He toured Europe as vocalist for "Don't Push the River" forming a musical partnership with Nigel Smith, writer of hit comedy Teenage Kicks. He also sang for the Hampshire band Arthur the Stoat, alongside Tim Rafferty and Peter Haynes, aka Pete Babes Wilson. He now writes his own music.
In late 1989, Mike enjoyed a brief but memorable foray into taxidermy, but later decided it was not for him and returned to journalism. This is believed to be a reference to Arthur the Stoat, the ground breaking band.
In 1990, after stints on the Derby Evening Telegraph and the Windsor and Slough Observer, he got his first broadcasting job at BBC Radio Solent as a trainee reporter. He then moved to television, as a news, sport, and entertainment reporter/presenter for BBC South Today before joining the BBC News channel, and later Breakfast.
Mike is married to Kim, the girlfriend he met at the University of Winchester and has three daughters. He is a keen runner and plays football.
References
- ^ Mike Bushell Profile BBC Breakfast Website
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