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A little bit about Matt

BAFTA & RTS award-winning presenter Matt Baker MBE is a much-loved face on British TV, who has become hugely popular with the public, presenting shows such as BBC1’s Countryfile, The One Show, and Blue Peter.  His book - A Year on Our Farm: How the Countryside Made Me - is a Sunday Times best seller which, alongside his own productions for C4, have all become extremely successful - Our Farm in The Dales follows Matt’s life on his beloved family farm; also Travels with Mum & Dad; Travels in the Country USA, and in Spring 2024 - Our Dream Farm with Matt Baker which follows the process of finding a brand new tenant for a National Trust farm. 

Matt was a British gymnastics/sports acrobatics champion and now presents and commentates on Olympic, Commonwealth, World Gymnastics Championships and other sports programmes across the BBC. He has just returned from the Paris 2024 Olympics.  

In 2010 Matt was runner-up in Strictly Come Dancing. He was awarded an MBE in the New Year Honours List 2022 for charitable and voluntary services to fundraising, raising over £45 million for Children In Need during his now legendary 12 consecutive years of Rickshaw Challenge rides.