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Speaking – A well known voice on the after dinner circuit, Jeremy also is an accomplished host of business events working for clients such as IBM, Carling, Ericsson, EA Sports, Bobby Moore Fund and Samsung. He’s spoken at the last three international conventions of the Professional Speakers Association.
Writing – as well as writing columns for various magazines, Jeremy is the co-author of MediaMasters with Alan Stevens, available on Amazon since May 2009 along with Mr Moon Has Left The Stadium – Confessions of a Matchday Announcer published by Biteback on 18th August 2011.
Training- Jeremy is the director of Talking Toolbox which teaches speaking skills for TV, radio and live audiences. Media training sessions are available at your premises or at venues in London and the East Midlands.
Compere- Jeremy facilitates and introduces events for major organisations. He’s available to host your company’s conference or awards show.
Voiceovers – Jeremy is the announcer on the EA Sports video games Fifa 06 The Road to the World Cup, Fifa 07 ,Fifa 08, Fifa 09 , Fifa10, Fifa11 and you’ve guessed it, Fifa12.
Stadium Announcer – Jeremy has been the stadium announcer at West Ham United FC since 1998. He’s also worked for the Football Association, announcing at England internationals at full level and England under 21, under 19 and under 17 level, FA Vase Final, FA Trophy Final, Women’s FA Cup Final, the Play Off Final at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff and for the Rugby Football League for the Challenge Cup Final at Twickenham.
Radio – He won a Sony Award for his breakfast show on BBC Greater London Radio and a New York Academy Award for his live commentary on the Hillsborough disaster for BBC Radio Nottingham. He also presented The World Today on the BBC World Service, afternoons on BBC Radio 5 Live, You Cannot Be Serious and Sick As a Parrot for BBC Radio 5, Call the Doc and Time Smart for Talk Sport and Jeremy Nicholas in the Afternoon on GLR.
TV – He was the face of television sport for the first two years of Channel 5 fronting live European and World Cup football, Live and Dangerous, Turnstyle and Sick as a Parrot. He’s also presented sports shows on ITV and Sky and is currently a freelance news reporter working for BBC TV.
Guest – Jeremy has been a regular guest on the panel games, Call My Bluff (BBC TV) and Wordly Wise (BBC Radio 4)
Barack Obama was still a senator when he heard Jeremy speak in 2005. Now he’s the President, so think what Jem could do for you!
Jeremy Nicholas, London, UK
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TEN UNUSUAL THINGS ABOUT JEREMY NICHOLAS
1. He was shortlisted for a job as a Blue Peter presenter, made it to the last three, fronted a film about recycling polystyrene, and….they gave the job to Anthea Turner. Why would they do that?
2. When GLR Breakfast with Jeremy Nicholas and Clare McDonnell only won bronze at the Sony Awards, the table let out a gasp of disappointment, causing a Chinese lantern to catch fire and float into the air. Other tables thought it was a protest at the judge’s verdict.
3. Jeremy was once punched in the face by maverick football manager Brian Clough, he fell over backwards and landed on Brian’s labrador, Del Boy. Later that year Cloughie gave Jeremy an exclusive interview in the changing rooms at Wembley to make up. Des Walker and Stuart Pearce were naked and drinking beer out of the League Cup during the interview.
4. He’s been the voice of the stadium announcer for every Fifa video game on EA Sports since Fifa06 -The Road to the World Cup. He recorded Fifa10 back in April. Each year he adds ten personal announcements of his own, which play randomly during the game. Every car he’s ever owned has left its lights on and his nieces and nephews are all lost children.
5. His first game as the West Ham United announcer was in 1998. It was David Beckham’s first away game after being sent off at the World Cup. The only thing that helped conquer Jeremy’s nerves as he announced ‘number seven David Beckham’ and a wall of boos cascaded down onto the pitch, was knowing that if he wasn’t the announcer he’d be back in his seat in the stands booing along with the rest.
6. Jeremy was once ambushed by a bearded man in robes who claimed he was Jesus and was carrying a machine gun. The man wanted a statement reading out live on air and demanded to have his fingerprints compared to the Shroud of Turin. The man turned out not to be Jesus.
7. His toughest gig was in 2007 when he was the after dinner speaker at the black tie gala dinner at the Professional Speaker Association International Convention. 120 speakers sat back and folded their arms and waited to be entertained. Jeremy was very nervous and wished he’d worn his brown corduroys. Fortunately the speech went down a storm and they asked him back the following year as compere. He is now a member of the PSA and on course to become a fellow in the future.
8. For seven months in 2003 Jeremy presented a country music breakfast show from studios in Wembley. He doesn’t like to talk about it, but the pay was very good.
9. He met his wife Jeanette Kruger on the internet dating site Match.com. They were married at West Ham United Football Club on November 11th 2006. It’s an easy anniversary to remember as it’s Remembrance Day. Each year when he sees people wearing poppies, he knows it’s time to book a table at a local restaurant.
10. Once when he was very tired from presenting GLR Breakfast, he was called to say Jeremy Nicholas was in reception to see him. He was so jetlagged as he walked along the corridor he wondered if he would get to reception and find himself. It wasn’t him. It was an actor who’d used the name Jeremy Nicholas professionally since 1968. The other Jeremy demanded that our Jeremy change his name, but our Jeremy refused on the grounds that he’d been born with it in 1962.
Jeremy Nicholas, London, UK
