TIM Shaw is a motor enthusiast, inventor, engineer and presenter.
Although he is best known for his work on TV, Tim actually began his broadcasting career on the radio.
Who is Fifth Gear presenter Tim Shaw?
Born in Sheffield on June 9, 1974, Tim Shaw is a radio host and TV presenter.
However, he started life out training to be an engineer, before switching to broadcasting.
Tim kicked off his career in radio, when he landed a job hosting a show on Kerrang! in 2004.
However, he became a familiar face on TV when he landed the plum job of being a Fifth Gear presenter on the Channel 5 show in 2008.
Who is Tim Shaw’s wife Hayley?
Tim has been married to wife Hayley Shaw since 1999, and together they have two kids.
The couple hit the headlines in June 2005 when she sold his Lotus Esprit, worth £25K, for 50p on eBay.
It’s the best feeling ever, to give the cars back to someone deserving. To put a smile back on a petrolhead’s face
Tim Shaw
Hayley did it after her husband joked live on air with glamour model Jodie Marsh that he would leave his wife and two children for her.
After hearing this joke on Kerrang!, Hayley immediately placed the expensive motor on the auction site at the “buy it now” price of 50p.
The description read: “I need to get rid of this car in the next two to three hours before my husband gets home to find it gone and all his belongings in the street.”
Not surprisingly, the car sold within five minutes.
What other shows has Tim Shaw appeared on?
Tim has hosted a number of TV series in the UK for Channel 4, Channel 5, More4, Virgin1, Discovery and Current TV.
Along with hosting Fifth Gear (2009), Tim is best known for hosting National Geographic’s CAR SOS between 2013 and 2023 alongside good pal Fuzz Townsend.
In the show they wear disguises to surprise classic car owners who’ve fallen on hard times, before helping them to restore their motors.
Tim previously opened up to The Sun about how much he loves doing the show.
He told us: “It’s the best feeling ever, to give the cars back to someone deserving. To put a smile back on a petrolhead’s face.”
Tim has also talked about how his friendship with co-host Fuzz.
Speaking to The Express, he said: “The secret is ultimately we’re a pair of old, soft g*ts.
“This is a car show but it’s also actually not, it kinda hurts me to say that in a way, because this is a show about people and Fuzz and I care about people.
“Ultimately, what drives us, the common goal, is the day of the reveal when we catch somebody out and we go, ‘You’ve been Car SOS-ed.’
“That feeling, that look Fuzz and I give each other is that look that means everything.”
Tim continued: “It’s hard. It’s a weird thing to say but my wife and I, Fuzz’s wife, you can give your partner a look and it says a million words.
“Fuzz, when he gives me that look and I give him that look, it says, the second we’ve given the car back, it says a million words. It says amongst those words, ‘Damn, it was worth it.’ And that’s what matters to us.”
Tim is also known for Balls of Steel (2007-08), Street Genius (2014-15), The Cars That Made Britain Great (2016) and The Great Model Railway Challenge (2018-19).
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