Former Blue Peter presenter Ayo Akinwolere is a BBC journalist, presenter, speaker, and multiple BAFTA nominee and RTS Award winner. He also has his own production company – Milk First Productions – which he founded in late 2020 and has since released the documentaries Yorkshire Cop: Police Racism and Me (2021), and Wolf on the High Street (2021).
Ayo spent five years presenting Blue Peter, from 2006-2011, and was always up for a challenge, no matter how dangerous. This included bungee jumping from a helicopter at 11,000 feet and completing the deepest open water swim at the time.
With such an established presence on our screens, Ayo has become a popular choice to host private and corporate events and conferences. With his extensive experience and endless enthusiasm, Ayo is a safe pair of hands for event organisers.
Since leaving Blue Peter in 2011, Ayo Akinwolere has demonstrated his diversity as a broadcaster, hosting many programmes for the BBC including Teens From a Small Island (2010) and Stammer School (2011). He was also the West Midlands presenter for the BBC Current Affairs show Inside Out (2016-2021), for which he won the Factual RTS Award and BBC Ruby Award for his documentary on extremism. In 2018, he co-presented the short documentary Untold Stories: A Black History which looked at the untold stories of African and Caribbean people who lived in the UK in the 19 th and 20 th Centuries.
He has reported for programmes including The Gabby Logan Show (2011-12), World of Weird (2016), Match of the Day (2017), and Football Focus (2018). He has also hosted The 100 Greatest Toys (2010), It's a Dog's Life (2017), Fort Boyard: Ultimate Challenge (2012-14), and 2000s: The Best of Bad TV (2015). As a celebrity guest, he has appeared on Ready Steady Cook (2007), The Weakest Link (2007), Celebrity Masterchef (2015), Pointless Celebrities (2012-21), Dancing on Ice (2012), and The Great Comic Relief Bake Off (2013).
As a broadcaster, he has worked across British television and radio stations, interviewing some of the world's biggest stars, including Lewis Hamilton and Jessica Ennis-Hill. He is also a regular contributor to BBC Radio 4's From Our Home Correspondent (2017). In 2022, he became the host of the Red Bull Why I Run podcast which celebrates the extraordinary and everyday stories of running. In 2023 he took over from Mark Chapman as the host of the Athletics Flagship Football podcast, bringing daily discussions from within the world of football.
WRITING CAREER
He has written for publications including The Daily Telegraph, Huffington Post and BBC Sport, touching on subjects such as sport, his career and male identity. Ayo is a keen traveller having visited over 120 cities worldwide. He is a keen photographer and his photographs have been printed in the children's National Geographic collection and Vogue Bambini. He won the British Photography Award for Fine Art for his piece entitled 'Great Britain' which was a reaction to the changing landscape of global ethnicity. He also writes for the digital magazine The Major , a collective space for innovation, interviews and film.
SPORTING CAREER
Ayo is a regular host for sporting events such as the London Mini-Marathon, the South African World Cup, various football match commentary and the Olympic Torch Relay at the 2012 London Games, where he interviewed the likes of Usain Bolt, Lennox Lewis, Daley Thompson, Jane Torvill and Christopher Dean.
He is also passionate about rugby, presenting Channel 4's coverage of the sport, as well as the lead anchor for Ireland's test matches and the Saturday morning magazine show The Big Tackle . He can also be seen hosting Premier League Today, Autumn Nations for Amazon Prime, Golazo for CBS USA and Welcome to the Weekend , as well as fronting coverage of the Winter Olympics and Commonwealth Games 2022.
CHARITY WORK
Clients: Auditoire (Paris), BBC, BFI, British Airways, the British Library, City University Birmingham, England Rugby, FA, Guinness, Havas, Honor Mobile Phones, HSBC, Huawei, Imagination, Kendal Mountaineering Festival, M&C Saachi, Major League Baseball, Natixis Investment Managers Summit, Natwest, Omicom Media Group, Open University, Radio Times, Royal Shakespeare Company, Santander, Shell, Sodexo Quality of Life Conference, Speedo, Swim Teacher Association, Tag Heuer, TBA, Toyota, WRG.
Call +44 1753 439 289 or email Great British Speakers now to book TV Presenter Ayo Akinwolere for your corporate event. Just wanted to drop you a quick email to say that Ayo was absolutely amazing last week! Everything went smoothly, and he was a total pro throughout the whole process. Please pass on our thanks to Ayo – our client was really happy with everything and he made such a great addition to the team!
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