Jake Humphrey's BT Sport Departure: The Real Story Behind His Swift Exit!
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- čas přidán 2. 06. 2024
- 🎧 Dive into an enlightening episode of Road to Success, where we explore Jake Humphrey's significant decision to leave the BBC and BT Sport. Uncover the untold story behind his exit, enriched with references to his time with BT Sport, his role in F1 punditry, and insights from his own venture, "High Performance Podcast."
🔍 *Episode Breakdown:*
00:00:02 - Introduction
00:03:31 - Work Ethic and Early Jobs
00:05:12 - Getting Fired from McDonald's
00:05:37 - Reflection on Hard Times
00:06:45 - Dealing with Challenges
00:08:16 - Quiet Leadership
00:11:50 - Interest in Sports
00:13:05 - Stumbling into Television
00:21:26 - Early Broadcasting Experiences
00:21:41 - Transition to Sports Broadcasting
00:22:42 - Rejections and Persistence
00:24:08 - Breakthrough in Broadcasting
00:29:05 - Transition to Formula One
00:29:53 - Facing Backlash and Embracing Failure
00:35:59 - Looking Back and Moving Forward
💡 This episode is a treasure trove for followers of Jake Humphrey, sports enthusiasts, and those keen on the intricacies of media careers. We dissect the milestones in Jake's journey, from his BBC days to his pivotal role at BT Sport, his expertise in F1 punditry, and the growth of his own podcast.
👍 *Please Like and Subscribe* for more episodes featuring deep dives into the careers of media and sports personalities.
🔗 *Useful Links:*
- Jake's Podcast: @HighPerformancePodcast
- Jake's Book: www.penguin.co.uk/books/44530...
#JakeHumphrey #BBC #BTSport #F1 #Punditry #HighPerformancePodcast #MediaIndustry #SportsBroadcasting #PodcastSeries #MediaCareers - Auta a dopravní prostředky
click bait title? where did he talk about his "swift exit" from BT?
Jake Humphrey's is a genuine top bloke - I remember when I did some security work on the media compound/pit straight grandstand at the British GP back in the early naughties; we had to let the public in with tickets and TV crews and presenters In with media passes. Jake and the rest of the team including Brundel would always join the queue with the public - but we would let them jump the queue by letting them in a side gate. Jake would always make a bit of small talk with us and even took ten minutes out of his busy schedule to talk to a spectator's wife who was wheelchair-bound and suffering from terminal cancer. It really made her day - proving what a genuine decent bloke he is.
Is this an Alan Partridge anecdote?
"Those things all felt like they were full stops, but they were commas" Great analogy.
Agreed. I’ll be using that to get my classes motivated to tackle Physics GCSE and beyond. Very good podcast. 👏🏽 amazing career. Met him once as a mate of his is a teacher. His mate talks highly of Jake.
15 minutes in and really loving it. Love his quietly spoken but very insightful nature. Properly drawn me in.
Remember seeing him on F1 and thinking - that's Jake from CBBC!
I remember seeing him presenting his first F1 race and thinking, "who is this?" But he grew on me and by his last year I thought he was doing a brilliant job. What's more the whole F1 paddock seemed to think so too.
Fantastic episode. Very very inspirational man is Jake. Met him at Goodwood Festival years ago and he is what you see. Absolutely brilliant and a great insight into his career. Bravo! 👏
Great interview, loved it. Mistaking a comma for a full stop is a fabulous take away.
Best of luck with your podcast, will go back and watch the rest... and sub!
Take it easy :)
I thought this was an inspiring and captivating interview. I have watched Jake for years on BT sports and always wondered why he stepped away from it all. His high Performance interviews are all about the man/ woman and what drives them as individuals. Well worth a watch. The way he describes failure by first understanding your success period, should be an inspiration for any individual, whether young or old. We are on this journey in life and any failure should not dictate how we ultimately live it.
I really wasn't expecting to feel so inspired watching this. My respect for Jake has just skyrocketed. Amazing insight.
First time watching your channel , great questions , really good . Jake's story really interesting, INFINITE PURPOSE !
I raced with Jake in Elise Trophy as part of the F1 show. Jake spent so much time in the paddock just talking to drivers and teams. My twelve year old son asked for an autograph, Jake asked for our address and posted a signed photograph of himself, David and Eddie. A very nice chap.
Is he good driver
@@Gasser24769 Jake was in at the deep end, the rest of the grid were experienced racers. Jake had a spin and a couple of guys hit him, it all made good TV.
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@@kensavage2355 that’s a madness Ken bro . Was it lotus Elise quite special aren’t they ? Was it the 1.8 you drive or the 1.4 sorry for all these questions but it’s pretty cool man 😆
@@Gasser24769 Yes an Elise, great cars 1.8 litre 150 bhp at the hubs
Really fascinating discussion, another great guest.
Great guest. Never really thought to much of Jake one way or another but he’s genuinely inspired me with this podcast. Not what I expected. Dead down to earth and speaking pure facts. 👏🏿
Forgive me i don't know Ben from anything else, but 24 and this channel is great work. These interviews are incredible. Underrated and arguably more interesting than DOC.
Thanks so much that means a lot!
What a really insightful and very inspiring interview.
Fantastic guest. Loved the analogy about full stops. I thought Jake was really good back in the day when he presented F1 on the beeb. How scary it must have been in Melbourne with that bass line in your cans, lord only knows. Listening to Jake talk about that relationship with Jordan and coulthard was great, you couldn’t hope to have been with two better fellas with the exception of maybe brundle and walker. Jake, you did yourself proud, my dad and I were both talking about you the other day and said how good you are.
Where is the BT fired part? Someone let me know time? Because ive tried twice to listen 🥱
Doesn’t exist - just ran through it and it’s not there at all - he says he stepped away to pursue his podcasting etc.
There isn’t any he just lied about it and used a clickbait title and thumbnail…..
I needed to see this today. Thank you.
That quote about "you cant just wait for your luck to come along you have to put yourself in the luckiest position you can be in" is sooo sooo true.
How have I only just found this podcast , I really like it
First time here and worth listening 'til the end.
What I would like to have had was a greater insight into the internal politics that take place - thoughts on what Lineker and others are doing etc.
Best one yet.
Interesting story,always liked Jake as a presenter,wondered where he went
Best piece on you tube I’ve seen for a long time, great interview and great guest, Jake was super interesting and a genuine surprise 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Bumped into Jake on the train today and he was a gent, very pleasant. Thanks again for a great episode
Bumped into Jake on the train today and he was a gent, very pleasant. Thanks again for a great episode
@10:17 Jake says " Jos Buttler Former England one day captain" ??? Does he know something we don't yet. I think aybe he meant Eoin Morgan
I love Jake Humphrey, always have. The best presenter F1 has had in my time watching it over the last 25 years. Steve Jones now is a clown. Besides that though, my mother was an elite educationalist; one of the country's Superheads. At one point she was the head of 7 different schools. She always believed that if you failed at school you would fail at life. The amount of pressure she placed on me to succeed was so was high I was always crushed by the pressure, despite having the aptitude. Jake is a classic example of the fact you can fail at school yet still go on to be immensely successful if your parents back you. The emphasis was largely placed on his parents giving him a mentality to graft, a strong work ethic. But what was probably less highlighted was that moment that they would put their arm round his shoulder and said that they loved him no matter what. That is what creates confidence and everything stems from that. Excellent interview and always a pleasure to listen to Jake. Really nice to hear his personal story. First video I've seen from Road to Success. Will definitely be checking out some more. Nice Job!!
People place pressure on the educational system for good reason, the amount of people that fall through the cracks and never recover is infinitely higher than those who succeed. He's not a total anomaly of course, but many never recover from it because the system doesn't let you.
Wow! What a fantastic interview 👍🏻👍🏻
Glad you enjoyed it!
I remember him getting a ton of stick when he was appointed F1 anchor for BBC in 2009, coming from a children's presenter background. I thought he did an incredible job, and always a top job on the football, too. Sad to hear he was sacked.
Fantastic interview & comments from Jake, until 5 mins from the end - where he clearly didn't like quantity targets et al. (which I do agree with), its all about quality not quantity, and in yourself can never be 100% perfect, as we all have flaws - I'm slightly older than jake, but a pass at 'o' level (grade C) was 45%!!
Brilliant interview
Haha, I too got fired from McDonalds, and it was my lack of communication skills that also got me fired. I was told you can't tell customers to f*ck off! 🤣🤣
Great interview and nice insight.
From bamzooki to F1 to being the man who was with BT Sport from the very beginning TV Legend
Inspirational interview.
Great insight
Another great one!
Thanks again!
great episode!
Inspiring conversation. Thank you.
Our pleasure!
The more I listen to Jake, the more I like him.
Great guest, thank you, Jake. Thank you, team.
Our pleasure!
What a top bloke!
That was beautiful to listen to Jake was amazing, really impressive
Glad you enjoyed it!
Really haha bloody hell you need to get out more 😂
Will be Great to Get Rob Warner on Next as he has been going through a rough spot that is an inspiration to us all to keep striving forward.
watched it all, very good. but did i miss his BT exit story and "sacking"?
Got done by that clickbait too. Won’t be watching any more on this channel.
I thought that
That’s so good, comma not a full stop. Inspiring
Wow I was really into this interview the part where his wife was in tears for people thinking he was 💩 I found a bit emotional 😮 Fantastic to listen to his journey 👌🏾
Thank you for sharing your thoughts! I'm really glad you enjoyed the interview and found it emotional. It's always heartwarming to know that the content resonates with viewers like you.
Get a grip.
@@VegasMilgauss I had no choice but to, thinking therapy may help me 😌
what a great guest. humble and level headed. talks so much real life sense . love the fact he was only there because he failed his exams. school isnt the only way to build a future
I really enjoyed watching Jake presenting F1 and thought he was brilliant. He knew his stuff and you could see they all got on well. I was really disappointed when he left. Susie, who followed, was brilliant too, so that was ok. Who came after was poor and couldn't watch him.
Jake was much better than he thinks he was.
I can so relate to Jake's story. It was me but 30 years earlier.
No you weren’t 😂😂😂 only joking sir I’m just highlighting to my daughter that most people on social media are ignorant twats
Great interview...but 5 quid an hour for 12 year old in 1990-91 ish wow! I was on 3.50 an hour in 2001 working in a supermarket 😂 how times have changed
Awesome
What a lovely interview, well presented too! New Sub! :) I always found Jake annoying and "trying to be cool" when talking to the sport stars, but this has shown a much softer side to Jake that I really like and not feel sorry for but that I respect him for what he achieved. Good Luck to you Jake! Can't believe he is 45 though!!! that's mad! He looks Mid 30s
Apart from the misleading clickbaity thumbnail + title, this was a great episode. He’s always been one of first presenters that came across more personable. And left a huge influence on presenting e.g. Jake at BT were the first to fully present pitch side. Everybody does that now.
No they weren’t,,maybe in English football,,but it’s been happening for years in Europe and South America
@@G.S.T.KAnd North America
He would have had zero influence on where they presented from - they're told from higher up where they're going to be.
What a great guest - moving up levels
Cough, cough.
Incredible .
Thank you so much for your kind words! I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
Never rated Jake or liked him as a presenter or person frankly.
But respect his the grind
A guest i never thought I'd enjoy listening to so much. Another banger of an ep, Ben!
I like how jake goes on about he loves to talk about embracing people . But just talks about himself. I lasted about 40mins before just repeatedly repeating yourself is just a sales tactics. Its not human emotions
He was fired from McDonalds not BT folks 🤓
He said it right away “there was nothing special” he knows. He knows.
Aah..thats who he is!
We watch football on a aisen channel since he left bT the girl who replaced him + rio I can't stand. Jake was great to watch
Wonder if he would take a punditry role at rangers
After ally mccoist and clive tyldesley
Wee side hustle 😂
Great interview, but sorry my brother you cant be calling McDonalds , Mucdunalds 😂😂
I’ve just watched this. Fantastic guest, who was candid and clearly put his heart and soul into talking to you. Sadly, the interviewer came across distracted, a poor listener, and someone who had his own agenda. I won’t be subscribing,but I’m surprised that this quality of guest appears with the tin pot approach to listening exhibited here. Good luck
I love Jake as a broadcaster but he went to BT for the money and it bit him in the arsenal. He's a success post leaving BT but this interview reeks of regret and the I wish I could turn the clock back syndrome.
What? WTF are you on about?
@@Dionysos640What he said.
Not surprising really how on earth he's blagged it for this long is beyond me
I've really tried, but just can not watch. I find him very condescending and disingenuous. Good luck with the pod!
I've seen this type of comment quite a lot and I just don't understand how you can arrive as this conclusion after watching him in a pretty raw conversation like this. Maybe when he's presenting, yea, but not in something like this.
Completely disagree with this. The only person I felt was disingenuous was the interviewer. Maybe one follows the other eh? 😮
It's probably just me, but I don't truly believe what he says.@@jlg3919
Cannot see how youve come to that conclusion at all, it really puts a sharp distaste in before you watch the full clip to as if im trying to see what the comment means. Actually taught me a valuable personal lesson, a avoid reading criticism without forming my own opinion - so thank you @mainlywrestling
He really likes you apparently. What a shame!
Sky covered Liverpool premiership win.
Average sports pres , not missed
I am nearly 60 and have been interested in F1 since being young for me Jake Humphrey was hands down the best presenter F1 has ever had, Murray Walker was a very very close second.
Jesus, how do people like you not understand the difference between people's roles - Jake Humphrey was the main host, the presenter of the F1 coverage linking between analysts (for example former drivers) and commentators. Murray Walker was a commentator (the best), he carried out the play-by-play (the description of all the action on the circuit) of a race from beginning to end. James Hunt was a colour commentator with him like Martin Brundle was and continues to be to this day. You do realise the difference right? And comparing Humphreys to Murray Walker is hilarious - Murray Walker was in a different league in terms of what they both brought to the sport in terms of watching and listening to it. I could miss the entire introduction to a race and not particularly care because Walker was the voice of the sport for over a generation. The other guy linked segments together before and after the actual event.
@@damienkearns3654 I guess because I seem to have a different opinion than yours.
no mention of NOWTV? chiswick roundabout :)
Explain?
Always found him very boring
Jake who
Common theme thru these pods, They're All GRAFTERS. More work, more chances for success, simple isn't it!
Rapture TV in the loft at Anglia TV in Norwich, remember that Jake..?
Doesn't he mention it in this? First time I seen him on the telly was on rapture TV.
For me the BBC F1 coverage was the best I've seen (2009/10 commentary to one side), the post race was always begging to go on the 'red button' as it was always just so good and needed extra time. No idea what Jake was like for football, never watched that nonsense ;)
In 2009 he would have been early 30s not late 20s
With respect High performance is average. Too many buzz words and no substance. Trying to change the 5 steps of change. Wise up seriously. You had to leave home, big deal. You were pushed from BT Sport. The uks 3rd best network for football
Sounds like he was knee deep in Holly at one point. Lucky sod.
Jake was hit or Miss for me to be honest.
Which was it? Shrodinger's opinion.
What a load of clap trap 😡
he's just trying to promote his podcast
What a fucking intro btw!
much appreciated!!
It’s interesting that he’s nowhere near as well-spoken in real life and has a separate media personality.
Jake Humphrey is such a bell
LOL why is the start so dramatic?
Too long can’t be bothered.
Who are you to get such big guests on your podcast? Or who is your dad?
Just been trying very hard. My father passed away tragically in 2020. He was a hard working man with his own paving business. If you want to find out about me. There is too in depth episodes on the channel
BT's Premier League coverage is awful.....terrible pundits, terrible commentry...... Jake was OK thought
With respect Jake is full of nonsense. Thinks he’s a psychologist. Continually tripes out others views as his own. Not missed on mainstream tv.
All fine and dandy but nowadays he’s the wrong sex, wrong sexual persuasion and wrong colour! He would probably struggle to get a job in a tv advert!
Didn't want to work abroad, sounds like a low performance type of guy to me.
Was he fired for buggering a heron? We will never know.
Who???
Refers to himself in the third person.
Like Jake still he does give off Narcissist vibes 😢
Always struck me as someone who tried too hard and isn’t natural. Plus he never really seemed to “fit” in the sports world
I use to think Jake was very good on F1 at a time when there was something worth watching on the BBC. But I'd love to ask him now what he thinks of the BBC now? And how people like him have to walk into Broadcasting House in London where there is a statute created by a paedophile on the front of the building by Eric Gill? Do people think of their own children or the children he abused and the family dog? Or does that not really matter compared to your success?
When you've a talking head you make yourselves expendable
So over the top intro like this guy is some war hero cringe
Always thought he was one of the worst football show hosts, always came across as if he'd rather not be there, saw him at a few live games too and he looked even more miserable
Cant say I'm disappointed he's gone, didn't even notice until now, sorry Jake.
Sorry to say he is not my cup of tea. There is something about him I just don’t like