Mike Bushell Biography
Mike Bushell is a British Presenter/Reporter working for BBC News as a Sports Presenter for the BBC Breakfast team where he covers a variety of different pursuits for the show. Bushell has profiled the main sports bulletins of the day, in addition, to personally sampling over 400 different sports and activities which is during his Sartuday Morning slot on Breakfast. This is evidently a world record.
Mike Bushell Date of Birth / Birthday
Bushell was born on the 11th of December 1965. He is 56 years old as of 2021.
Mike Bushell Measurements/Height
He stands at an approximate height of 5 feet 5 inches.
Mike Bushell Partner/ Wife
Previously, he was married to his wife, Kim Payne. They were together from the year 1993 to 2009. Later on, she married Emily Bond, her current wife in the year 2019.
Mike Bushell Kids/Children
Together with Kim, the duo counted it a blessing to have three beautiful daughters whom he greatly loves and enjoys spending his free time with. In addition, he is hoping to find a sport for all of them.
Mike Bushell Relatives/ Family
He spent some of his teenage years in Yorkshire even after being brought up in northern Hertfordshire by his loving parents. His father, John happens to have been a headmaster. He shares no more information in relation to his parents and, or siblings if he has any. However, we will update the information once it’s available.
Mike Bushell Profession
He holds different titles for crossing one mile of water in a large inflatable ball known as a zorb or water walker. This took him about 1 hour and 57 seconds. His slot every Saturday weekend began in the year 2006. This was with the aim to prove that there is a sport out there for all. He attended Ashwell School a school where his father was a headmaster.
In addition to profiling mainstream sports events with top stars, whether it is a trying to bowl out Alistair Cook, or a game of tennis against Novak Djokovic he often features different new initiatives by well-known sports which are trying to tempt new participants. Among these includes “Cage Cricket”, and “Rush Hockey.”
He happens to feature some of the stories that people haven’t heard of before. These include shin-kicking, whip-cracking, worm-charming, nurdling, tchoukball, or even bog snorkeling. All these have one thing in common, they get to bring people together and help in gaining confidence, exercising, or getting fitter. They also engage people’s passion to participate in weekend activities and demonstrate the power of sport.
Bushell holds vast experience in covering sporting events as he has reported on the Olympics, the winter games, football world cups, Asian Games, Common Wealth Games, and the Paralympics. Mike has reported all these for the BBC News Channel, BBC World, and BBC Breakfast.
Additionally, Bushell has always been a keen sportsman, and he has played cricket, hockey, and football at school. In addition, he has also represented the county of Hertfordshire in Chess. However, he really excelled in Cross-country where in the 90s during his teenage years he ran 175 miles in 6 days. This was when he was setting off from his home in Yorkshire to his old one in Hertfordshire in order to raise money for charity.
Among his other passions includes acting after he was spotted by the National Youth Theatre. There, he spent about four years and he was able to earn a degree in theatre and television. However, while trying to make ends meet as an actor, he joined journalism while working for a local newspaper in Winchester and the rest is history.
He took a break from his journalism career in order for him to tour Europe as a lead singer in a rock band. Later on, he returned to newspapers in Windsor and Derby prior to joining BBC in the year 1990 where he joined as a reporter for Radio Solent. In addition, he is he wrote and published his own first newspaper called “The Daily Owl”, at the early age of eight years.
He got his TV debut and Break when he reported on the Isle of Wight where he was working as a BBC reporter for BBC South Today. There, he read the news and presented a Millenium history series. It is at this time that his passion for sports shone through leading him to end up reporting and presenting sports for BBC South. He was among the first faces on-air after News 24 began in the year 1997 which is now known as the BBC News channel. He still occasionally presents the sport on BBC News to date.
In addition to presenting duties on Breakfast, he has been reporting for the program. Among the stories he has covered include the story of robot camel jockeys that have saved the lives of children in the Middle East. Among his hobbies includes running where he often runs with the Hash House Harriers, playing football where he supports Leed United, theatre, music, and spending time with his family.
Mike Bushell Income
Bushell receives an annual income ranging between $30,000 and $90,000.
Mike Bushell Net Worth
Through Bushell’s career as a Presenter/Reporter, he has been able to accumulate a net worth that ranges between $ 1 million and $1.5 million.
Mike Bushell Twitter and Instagram
Bushell is active on his social media accounts. He has about 61,915 followers on his Twitter account and around 20,485 followers on his Instagram account.