BAFTA & RTS award-winning presenter, Matt Baker MBE is a much-loved face on British TV, lending his expertise quite uniquely all year round across a variety of programmes. Matt began his BBC career on Blue Peter, quickly establishing himself as one of the best loved, nicest and most versatile presenters in the show's history. Matt is a well known face across British television as the former co-host of The One Show and ongoing presenter of BBC One's top rating & award-winning Sunday night Countryfile series.

Matt's varied talents and natural warmth extend to his writing, and his first book, A Year On Our Farm: How The Countryside Made Me, was published by Penguin on 30th September 2021. Presented as a diary of the natural year and a glimpse into family life on the farm, paired with Matt's hand drawn sketches and moments from his TV career throughout, this is a heartfelt and fascinating insight into Matt's life outside of our TV screens – and a Sunday Times bestseller.

In spring 2021 a four-part documentary series, Matt Baker: Our Farm In The Dales aired on More4, following Matt as he headed back to the Durham hills to rescue his family's sheep farm after his mum suffered a serious injury. The series broke all More4 records becoming the top-rating show for the channel and the series was later repeated on Channel 4 in a prime-time Saturday evening slot. A further two series have since aired on More4, again to record viewing figures.

Additional hosting credits for Matt include: Our Dream Farm with Matt Baker, Matt Baker: Travels with Mum & Dad, Matt Baker: Our Farm in the Dales, Matt Baker's Travels in the Country: USA, and many more besides.

In June 2025 Matt returns to More4 with Matt Baker's British Isles; a brand new four-part series exploring the UK from rugged coastlines to peaceful villages, shining a light on the people and places that keep the country going. Along the way, he meets the everyday heroes making a difference in modern Britain.

As a boy, Matt was a British gymnastic and sports acrobatics champion, and his broadcasting career has seen him joining the BBC Grandstand team as a world gymnastics presenter and commentator. He is also an ongoing key part of the BBC Sport Gymnastics presentation team and key commentator for the Artistic Gymnastics events at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Rio 2016 Olympic Games, Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, London 2012 Olympic Games and all the regular National, European and World Gymnastics Championships events to date.

In November 2011, Matt undertook his most daunting challenge to date: The One Show Rickshaw Challenge. He spent 8 days pedalling a rickshaw from Edinburgh to London, covering well over 480 miles and interviewing guests along the way. The feat saw Matt raise an incredible amount — in excess of £1.9 million — for BBC Children In Need. Matt continued to act as a mentor for the Rickshaw Challenge for a further 11 years, and under Matt's watch, the Rickshaw ride has raised in excess of a staggering £45 million for BBC Children in Need and its good causes. Matt was awarded an MBE in the New Year Honours List 2022 for charitable and voluntary services to fundraising; most notably as a Trustee of BBC Children In Need and his 12 consecutive years of Rickshaw Challenge rides.