Antoine Allen

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Antoine Allen

Antoine Allen (born 20 December 1987) is a British documentary presenter and TV reporter, best known for reporting for ITV News programmes and documentaries.

Early life[]

Allen was born in Northampton, England, to British-Caribbean parents. He attended Northampton School for Boys in Northamptonshire.[1] As a student Allen competed in 400m hurdles at a national level[2] and won a bronze medal for high jump at the British Athletics Championships.[3] He graduated from King's College London.

Broadcasting career[]

In 2018, Allen joined Onefootball in Germany, as their football news anchorman and lead content creator.[4] By the end of year, Allen presented his first international documentary about the history of Blackface and The Netherland's SinterKlaas children's character Zwarte Piet aka 'Black Pete'.[5] Allen also appeared on TalkRADIO as a co-host of the Penny Smith morning radio show.

|n 2019, Allen joined ITN, as a TV reporter for ITV News London. He produced and reported a documentary about footballer Chuba Akpom's unbeaten season at PAOK F.C.[6] Allen was named as one of the Ugo Ehiogu "Ones To Watch" by The Football Black List.[7]

In 2020, Allen presented Good Morning Britain's regional London news and reported for ITV Lunchtime News. He had notable interviews with boxer Anthony Joshua, ICC Cricket World cup winner Eoin Morgan, Rugby World Cup winner Martin Johnson, New Zealand rugby player Jonah Lomu, Olympic Games gold medalist swimmer Rebecca Adlington, long-distance runner Mo Farah, two-time UEFA Champions League winning manager José Mourinho, and Olympic Games gold medalist gymnast Max Whitlock. Vogue photographer Misan Harriman, including a special Black History Month interviews about his career and year covering the Black Lives Matter protests.[8] In the same year, Allen had an exclusive interview with British boxer Anthony Yarde about the death of Yarde's father and grandmother due to COVID-19.[9]

In 2021, Allen produced his second documentary for ITV News, highlighting positive male role models. The documentary was about boxer Lawrence Okolie's journey from being bullied at school due to being clinically obese, to becoming a WBO cruiserweight world champion boxer.[10]

Personal life[]

Allen has written for The Guardian about racism in society and has had hundreds of thousands of views of his own blogging site Antoinespeaks.co.uk. He has no children and lives in London. In 2013, Allen set a world record for most electrical energy generated by pedalling a bicycle in one minute, after creating a remarkable 16200 joules.[11]

References[]

  1. ^ "Northampton Borough Council Youth Forum". 2005.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "English Schools Athletics Association 2002".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "AAA UNDER 17 & UNDER 15 CHAMPIONSHIPS 2002". gbrathletics.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "Can Manchester City be the greatest Premier League team of all time?". 1 March 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "Racist history of Black Face and Black Pete Sinterklaas | Documentary @antoinespeaker" – via YouTube.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ "Boys to Men: How Chuba Akpom became an invincible".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "Tyrone Mings named on Ugo Ehiogu 'Ones To Watch' section of the Football Black List". The Voice. 7 November 2019.
  8. ^ "A black British Prime Minister in our lifetime? Why not? says history-making Vogue photographer Misan Harriman". ITV News. 20 October 2020.
  9. ^ "'Just stay home': Grieving boxer Anthony Yarde begs Londoners not to ignore lockdown after losing father and grandmother". ITV News. 13 May 2020.
  10. ^ "Lawrence Okolie Documentary". ITV News.
  11. ^ Lynch, Kevin (25 June 2013). "Business Show visitors break records with HP at London ExCel centre". Guinness word Records.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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