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Andrew Castle joined GMTV as a presenter in 2000
Andrew Castle (born 15th November 1963), co-presents GMTV (Thursday, Fridays, and alternate Wednesdays 7.00am – 8.35am) with Emma Crosby. He joined GMTV as one of its stable of presenters in September 2000, although for some years he had presented the breakfast station's Wimbledon coverage.
Andrew is the former British Number One tennis player for both Singles and Doubles Championships, having become a professional tennis player in 1986 after completing a marketing degree in America. He was a member of the UK's Olympic Teams in Seoul in 1988 and Barcelona in 1992, and of the Davis Cup and European Cup Teams.
Andrew has been presenting and reporting since 1992 when he joined Sky Television to co-present their tennis coverage with Sue Barker. He has presented numerous golf and tennis tournaments for Sky including the U.S. P.G.A. Tour, P.G.A. European Tour and the 1995, 1997 and 1999 Ryder Cups.
Since 2003, Andrew has worked alongside other presenters including Sue Barker, John McEnroe and Boris Becker at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships for the BBC commentating on key matches throughout the two weeks including the Men's Singles Finals. Andrew has also presented equestrian events for Eurosport.
He hosted 'Andrew Castle's Tennis Night', a phone-in programme on Radio Five Live and has narrated 'Flight of Death', a documentary for Channel 4. Andrew also presented ITV1`s quiz show, 'Perserverance' (2005). In 2008, Andrew took part in the BBC's celebrity dance competition, 'Stricly Come Dancing'.
Andrew is married with two daughters and lives in South London.
January 2009
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