Who was Mark Speight and what did he present?

Question

The newspapers seem to be making the assumption everyone should know who he was, personally I haven't a clue. Can you help?

Answer 1

He presented SMart on CBBC, it was like the BBC version of art attack

Answer 2

He was a lowlife drug addict who presented kids programmes and been made to look like an idol                

All I feel sorry for is his parents and family

Answer 3

He appeared in childrens' tv programmes

He was also someone who introduced his girlfriend to drugs which killed her and then strangely, he moved in with her mother.

It's beyond belief why he is getting so much sympathy on this site!

Answer 4

He was a presenter on a childrens TV show called SMart and SMartenies.

If you don't have kids then i guess you may not have heard about him - he wasnt that well known i guess.

If you click on Yahoo news you'll find out more about him.

I hope this helps.

Answer 5

A nice lad, who presented Smart a programme to enthuse and encourage art in children (adults watched it too).

No one can tell what folk get up to after work and this case he had a drug problem and his girlfriend had joined in to their cost.

Answer 6

A coke head who presented kids tv, apparently.

Answer 7

He was a TV presenter and he committed suicide here are the details of his death:

LONDON (AFP) — The body of children's TV presenter Mark Speight was found hanging in a building next to a London railway station, police said Monday.

British Transport Police said in a statement that Network Rail staff discovered the body hanging on the roof of a building next to Paddington station in northwest London on Sunday morning.

According to the statement, the body was in a remote area out of public view. It has since been taken to Westminster mortuary.

A postmortem examination is due to take place and Speight's family is expected to formally identify the body later on Monday or on Tuesday.

"A report is being prepared for the coroner and investigations are continuing," the police added.

Speight, 42, had been missing since April 7.

The popular presenter was reportedly struggling to come to terms with the death of his fiancee Natasha Collins earlier this year.

The actress was found dead in the bath in the couple's northwest London flat on January 3 after a drink and drugs binge.

The inquest that followed recorded a verdict of death by misadventure.

Speight's agent told the Press Association that news of Speight's death had come as a "shocking and distressing blow".

Jan Kennedy of Billy Marsh Associates said: "We are absolutely devastated at the tragic news of the loss of Mark and our thoughts and prayers go out to his family as well as the family of his beloved fiancee, Natasha, whose equally tragic death had affected him so inconsolably," she said.

"Caring and compassionate in everything he did, Mark was truly gifted in life and we are proud to have represented him as a friend and client for almost 20 years.

"He was blessed with a remarkable personality, great artistic talents and the wonderful warm ability to communicate those skills with people, especially children of all ages."

Speight was mostly known for his role as a TV host on the BBC's children show SMart, now in its fourteenth year.

He also presented arts and craft items for ITV1's This Morning.

Answer 8

he was a childrens tv presenter, smART was one programme he presented

he was larger than life

its a shame

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/cbbcstars/cbbc...

Answer 9

He was most famous for presenting the childrens TV show on art called Smart

Answer 10

he presented Kids TV programmes like SMart.

Answer 11

He was  a Z grade celeb ............ people will thumbs me down, but thats just fact. It doesnt make it any less sad, but lets face it, hardly any of us actually 'saw' the guy doing his stuff yet we all act like we know him.