Until now, Shovell has been best known as the M people’s percussionist, the band member with the biggest personality.  During his eight years with the band, Shovell made numerous appearances on television shows such as The Big Breakfast, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Soccer AM and MTV’s Dance Floor Chart to name but a few. He also presented a series called ‘The Mix’ for BBC Choice.

Most recently, Shovell joined BBC1’s ‘Record Breakers’ as the new presenter for the series, He has been filming the second series of  ’45 Minutes of Football’ on BBC Choice – where he presented a section of the show called ‘Shovell’s Travels’. The description for this part of the show was simple: Shovell roamed around Europe and the world interviewing the best players in the world for 45 Minutes. Shovell has been lucky enough to get to travel from Lisbon to Barcelona to Istanbul to Turin to, er, Manchester.

This series has seen him interview some of the world’s best players including two of the world's best goalkeepers in Francesco Toldo and Peter Schmeichel, the best left back Roberto Carlos, best centre back Jaap Stam, the best striker Mario Jardel and simply the best player; Rivaldo.

He’s fanatical about Football (a huge Arsenal supporter) and an ambassador for the homeless charity Centrepoint.  Shovell made his first appearance in panto last Christmas playing the genie in Aladdin in Manchester.

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