14 Facts About Ayo Akinwolere

Ayo Akinwolere's parents are doctors and work in Kidderminster in Worcestershire.

Ayo Akinwolere attended St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School in Harborne, St Thomas Aquinas Catholic School in Kings Norton, a district of Birmingham, and then Sheffield Hallam University, from which he graduated in 2004, with a BA degree in Media Studies.

Ayo Akinwolere was asked to audition by one of the Blue Peter directors he met whilst eating out with colleagues; he had previously intended to go into documentary-making and radio.

Ayo Akinwolere began co-presenting Blue Peter on 28 June 2006.

In 2008 as lead presenter Ayo Akinwolere hosted Queen Elizabeth II to celebrate 50 years of Blue Peter.

Ayo Akinwolere took part in the TV program Ready Steady Cook, competing against fellow presenter Konnie Huq in December 2007.

On 25 April 2011, Ayo Akinwolere was a contestant on Total Wipeout's second Celebrity Special of series 4 but had to quit due to injury.

In 2012 Ayo Akinwolere went to Jamaica to interview sprinter Usain Bolt, in a documentary for the BBC.

In 2016 Ayo Akinwolere was a contestant on Celebrity Master Chef in which he competed with Rylan Clark Arlene Phillips, Kimberly Wyatt and Craig Gazey.

In 2014, Ayo Akinwolere became the presenter of the BBC's current affairs program Inside Out for the West Midlands for which he has won the Best Factual Royal Television Society Award for his documentary on extremism.

In September 2020, Ayo Akinwolere was hired by CBS Sports to present the UEFA Europa League edition of the whip-around show The Golazo Show which airs in the US on CBS Sports Network and is streamed to US viewers via Paramount Plus on match Thursdays.

Ayo Akinwolere is an amateur photographer and has had pictures published in National Geographic Kids Magazine and the 2010 Christmas edition of Vogue Bambini.

Ayo Akinwolere is a keen collector of rare vinyl and rare music.

In 2008 and 2010 Ayo Akinwolere was nominated for Presenter of the year at the BAFTA Children's Award.