Henry Cole (presenter)

Henry Cole is an English TV presenter, producer and director. On television he is best known for World’s Greatest Motorcycle Rides, The Motorbike Show, Shed and Buried, and Find It, Fix It, Flog It. In the main these are produced by his own production company, HCA Entertainment.[1] His great-great uncle was William Ewart Gladstone the former UK Prime Minister. Cole is also the founder and CEO of bespoke motorcycle manufacturer Gladstone Motorcycles, named after his great uncle Dick "Red Beard" Gladstone.[2]

Henry Cole on the Brough Superior SS100, Bonneville Salt Flats, 2013

Cole was born in February 1964 and educated at Eton College; he was a heroin addict in his late teens and early twenties, but has been clean since then.[3] He started as a news cameraman for channels including ITV and TF1 and progressed to making rockumentaries, primarily with heavy rock bands,[4] then directing TV commercials, and finally directing films, such as the semi-autobiographical Mad Dogs and Englishmen with Elizabeth Hurley.[5]

HCA Entertainment

Founded by Cole in 1995, HCA Entertainment is an independent television production company, specialising in factual entertainment programmes that have appeared on ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, Discovery and Quest in the UK.[6]

World Records

In 2013 Henry Cole set a world land speed record for a pre-1955 750cc motorcycle, riding a Brough Superior on the Bonneville Salt Flats.[7]

Books

Henry Cole has written two books: A Biker's Life (2018)[8] and The Life-Changing Magic of Sheds (2020).[9]

References
  1. Hewitt, Sam (1 July 2020). "A brief chat with… Henry Cole - The Classic Motorcycle". Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  2. "About Gladstone Motorcycles". www.gladstonemotorcycles.com. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  3. Wintle, Angela (3 February 2019). "TV star Henry Cole: 'I got drugs delivered by dispatch riders'". Retrieved 20 July 2021 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  4. "Henry Cole". TVSA. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  5. "Henry Cole: A Discerning Hooligan". Cycle World. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  6. "About Us". HCA Entertainment. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  7. "WORLD SPEED RECORD HOLDER: BROUGH SUPERIOR "BABY PENDINE"". DriveTribe. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  8. Cole, Henry (18 October 2018). A Biker's Life: Misadventures on (and off) Two Wheels. Quercus. ISBN 978-1787471047.
  9. Cole, Henry (17 September 2020). The Life-Changing Magic of Sheds. Quercus. ISBN 978-1529406559.

Official Henry Cole website https://henrycole.tv/ Gladstone Motorcycles website http://www.gladstonemotorcycles.com/ HCA Entertainment Ltd websitehttps://hcaentertainment.com/about-us/


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