Nigel Mitchell
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Nigel Mitchell is a British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 television presenter. Nigel is also known for his radio presenting and voiceover work. Nigel is represented by Wise Buddah Talent Management.

Nickelodeon

Nigel started his TV career as a presenter on the kid's television station, Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon UK
Nickelodeon is a children's television channel available on Sky, Virgin Media, Smallworld Cable, TalkTalk TV and UPC Ireland in the United Kingdom and Ireland, including on demand on BT Vision. The channel was launched on 1 September 1993...

 at the age of 15.

ITV

Nigel left Nickelodeon to present 'Sticky' on CITV
CITV
CITV is a British television channel from ITV Digital Channels Ltd, a division of ITV plc. It broadcasts content from the CITV archive, as well as commissions and acquisitions. CITV itself is the programming block on the main ITV Network .The CITV channel broadcasts from 06:00 to 18:00...

. Sticky was a live magazine show produced by 70's TV legend Mick Robertson. The show was co-presented by Gail Porter
Gail Porter
Gail Porter is a Scottish television presenter.- Life and career :Porter attended Portobello High School. She studied a BTEC HND in Media Production at West Herts College...

 & Jez Edwards.

Nigel later returned to ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...

 to present Mad for It
Mad for It
Mad For It was a British game show for children which was produed by Carlton Television broadcast on CITV from 1998–2000. Series 1 was hosted by former Nickelodeon presenters Yiolanda Koppel and Mike McClean. In 2000, Yiolanda was replaced by Nigel Mitchell and Danielle Nicholls...

 and 'Twister' for children's television.

Disney Channel

Nigel went on to Disney Channel
Disney Channel
Disney Channel is an American basic cable and satellite television network, owned by the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company. It is under the direction of Disney-ABC Television Group President Anne Sweeney. The channel's headquarters is located on West Alameda Ave. in...

 in 1997 to host Studio Disney and remained with the channel until the live shows were ended in May 2005. Studio Disney featured live games, callers, special guests and live performances. Whilst at Disney Nigel also hosted live award shows on a yearly basis, from the Royal Albert Hall
Royal Albert Hall
The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall situated on the northern edge of the South Kensington area, in the City of Westminster, London, England, best known for holding the annual summer Proms concerts since 1941....

 and London Arena
London Arena
The London Arena was an indoor arena and exhibition centre, on the Isle of Dogs, in East London, England...

. This was the Disney Channel Kids Awards.

Film 24

Recently Nigel was a regular presenter on Sky's Film 24 channel looking at upcoming movies and interviewing the stars before the premieres. Recent interviews include Kiefer Sutherland
Kiefer Sutherland
Kiefer Sutherland is an English-born Canadian actor, producer and director, best known for his portrayal of Jack Bauer on the Fox thriller drama series 24 for which he has won an Emmy Award , a Golden Globe award , two Screen Actors Guild Awards and two Satellite...

, Reese Witherspoon
Reese Witherspoon
Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon , better known as Reese Witherspoon, is an American actress and film producer. Witherspoon landed her first feature role as the female lead in the film The Man in the Moon in 1991; later that year she made her television acting debut, in the cable movie Wildflower...

 and Robert Pattinson
Robert Pattinson
Robert Douglas Thomas Pattinson is an English actor, model, musician, and producer. Born and raised in London, Pattinson started out his career by playing the role of Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire...

.

Arsenal TV

Nigel now works with Arsenal Football Club presenting selected programs on Arsenal TV, regularly interviewing the players for the show 'Spotlight.'

BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

Nigel's most recent radio programmes have been aired across Cambridgeshire when he has covered the afternoon show for Sue Dougan, Bank Holidays and the Saturday Summer Sport programme.

Capital Disney

Nigel hosted the breakfast show when Capital Disney
Capital Disney
Capital Disney was a British digital radio station aimed at 8 to 16 year olds which used to broadcast across the UK on DAB Digital Radio . It was also broadcast on Sky Digital, Tiscali TV, Virgin Media, and streaming online. The station announced on 14 May 2007 that it would close down on 29 June...

 launched in 2002 and throughout Capital Disney's time on air he also hosted live shows across the weekend and 'The Friday Afternoon Thing.' Producer, Andrew Rendle, nicknamed Radio Rendle, was part of the show every weekend.

Kingston FM

Whilst at school Nigel was given the chance to host his own shows on Kingston FM, Palace FM and then later on Thames FM when it was awarded a full time licence in 1997. The station was run by former Thames TV Producer Dave Mason and the Chairman of this station was David Jacobs
David Jacobs
David William Jacobs , was a Welsh athlete.- Olympic Gold Medal 1912, Stockholm :...

. Nigel once told the story of how David Jacobs came into the studio whilst Nigel was on-air and questioned why he did his shows standing up! This radio station is now called Radio Jackie.

Trivia

Guinness Book of World Records

As part of Wish Upon A Star,another short programme for Disney Channel
Disney Channel
Disney Channel is an American basic cable and satellite television network, owned by the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company. It is under the direction of Disney-ABC Television Group President Anne Sweeney. The channel's headquarters is located on West Alameda Ave. in...

, Nigel Mitchell and Cial Turner travelled on six track rides at Port Aventura, Universal Studios, Barcelona, Spain covered a distance of 4,302.03m (14,114 ft 1.2 inches) in 46 minutes and 22 seconds. Still the world record, four years later.

Nigel also attempted a world record attempt for stacking pancakes at the Disney Channel
Disney Channel
Disney Channel is an American basic cable and satellite television network, owned by the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company. It is under the direction of Disney-ABC Television Group President Anne Sweeney. The channel's headquarters is located on West Alameda Ave. in...

studio.

Producer of Capital Disney radio show Andrew Rendle, nicknamed Radio Rendle or told on radio show that when he first met Nigel, Nigel wore cardigans and tank tops, and Nigel based his hair on Jason Donovan.

Known Catchphrases

  • "Any ideas, any ideas? Any, any any ideas?"
  • "Where will it stop? - No one knows, when will it stop? - No-one knows"
  • "Hello My Friend"
  • "You Nutter"

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