Book Mark Durden-Smith | Presenter

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Presenters & Awards Hosts £5k to £10k

Mark has fronted reality, game and chat shows as well as sports coverage from European Tour golf to Spanish football and World Cup rugby.

Client Feedback for Mark Durden-Smith

‘Professional and humorous, he made the evening enjoyable’

IPC Media

Biography

Mark Durden-Smith is a sport and lifestyle presenter whose versatility has seen him front everything from sports coverage to reality contests, cookery programmes to morning magazine shows.

Well-known to sports fans, Mark has led ITV’s Premiership and World Cup rugby coverage, as well as anchoring their Boat Race broadcast. He followed Premiership coverage as it moved to Channel 5, whilst for Sky he’s presented European golf, international cricket, Spanish football, and the daily round-up Sky Sports Centre, as well as rugby. He also hosted Sky’s reality show The Match, which pitted celebrities against professionals in a football match.

Away from the sporting arena Mark has guest hosted This Morning and fronted Package Holidays Undercover and Wish You Were Here – Now and Then, as well as the reality show spin-offs I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here Now!, and Hell’s Kitchen Extra Portions. He’s also hosted game and panel shows for ITV and Sky 1.

Mark has presented the game show Freeze Out, the BBC London Radio Breakfast Show, The National Lottery’s Millionaire Manor, and Design Wars. He’s also hosted American Princess, a primetime reality show for NBC in the States, and written a regular column in the Metro.

Client Feedback

❝ Such an engaging and enthusiastic host for our virtual awards - a pleasure to work with. ❞

KHL Group

❝ Goes above and beyond by researching key members of the audience in advance to give that extra personal touch on the night. He brings a lovely charm and character to any event and is extremely easy to work with. Mark will take your technical script and add his own personal touch to ensure your event stands out from the crowd! ❞

Radar Communications

❝ Very entertaining and had clearly done his homework. The audience loved him - he kept them involved and focused as well as being funny and witty. The fact he had researched speakers / nominees / sponsors etc beforehand was fantastic! We are seriously tempted to pre-book him for next year! ❞

BPS Birmingham

❝ Mark was a fantastic host of our annual awards. He was very engaging and taken the time to prepare for the event and our business which meant he had an instant connection with our guests. A national treasure - as he calls himself! ❞

McMullen & Sons Conference and Awards 2018

❝ A very intelligent, genuine, warm, friendly and wonderfully bonkers chap who we all loved. He did lot of advance research to ensure he fully understood the audience and this proved very funny on the night. Mark is the best awards host we have had in 30 years. ❞

National Tyre Distributors Association

❝ His preparation was simply outstanding and paid dividends. His wit and entertaining banter was the perfect balance for our audience. The energy and passion he put into this was clear for all to see. He made a real difference to our event. ❞

Project One Consulting

❝ Mark was excellent, he researched our industry prior to the event and networked during the event to get feedback and background information. He was a very amusing and professional presenter, he engaged with all of the Award winners, was extremely entertaining and spent time mixing with the guests. The audience were thoroughly entertained, his ad lib and off the cuff remarks were hilarious. ❞

FeRFA – The Resin Flooring Association

❝ Mark was very professional, very prepared, and worked the audience well. They all really loved him and we had lots of great feedback. ❞

IPC Media

❝ Mark was absolutely brilliant at the Santander annual conference. Funny, knowledgable and made our senior management appear like real people. ❞

Santander

❝ Mark did very well at quietening the crowds. He presented the awards in a professional manner. The humour he added made the evening light hearted and enjoyable. ❞

IPC Media

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