Jon Bentley

Presenter

Jon Bentley’s career has been dominated by two passions – cars and technology. The addiction to cars led to his first job, at the European headquarters of the Ford Motor Company.

In 1984 he joined the BBC’s Top Gear programme as a Researcher. He went on to become Producer and Editor of the show between 1987 and 1999, where he was responsible for launching the TV careers of Jeremy Clarkson, Quentin Willson and Vicki Butler-Henderson.

In 2002 Jon launched Fifth Gear for Five and produced the show until 2004 when he became presenter. When Five launched The Gadget Show in 2004 he was quickly snapped up from Fifth Gear.

For the record, Jon was born in 1961 and educated at Millfield School and Oriel College, Oxford, where he read Geography. He is married with two bilingual daughters, lives near Birmingham and enjoys reading about business and economics, the radio, visiting art galleries and hill walking.