Henry Cole
Birthday: Born in 1965-02-16 in
Deathday: Alive
The founder & CEO of Gladstone Motorcycle, Cole is a writer, adventurer, producer and presenter of “World’s Greatest Motorcycle Rides” and “The Motorbike Show” shown in the U.K., the latter’s first season now streaming on Netflix. For several years Cole has traveled the world and ridden hundreds of unique bikes, and his aim is to share his enthusiasm for riding in general, wiping away any cultural clichés about motorcyclists.
TV Credits
The Brittas Empire
Character: Chauffeur
The Brittas Empire is a British sitcom created and originally written by Andrew Norriss and Richard Fegen. Chris Barrie plays Gordon Brittas, the well-meaning but incompetent manager of Whitbury New Town Leisure Centre. The show ran for seven series and 53 episodes — including two Christmas specials — from 1991 to 1997 on BBC1. Norriss and Fegen wrote the first five series, after which they left the show. The Brittas Empire enjoyed a long and successful run throughout the 1990s, and gained its...
Shed and Buried
Character: Self - Host - Narrator
Britain is famed the World over for its abundance of eccentrics, most of whom can normally be found tinkering in a shed somewhere. In this hugely popular series, the UK’s favourite biker, Henry Cole, and his best friend, engineering genius Sam Lovegrove, continue their quest to discover amazing vintage vehicles buried in the nation's sheds, to buy, fix up and move on for a tidy profit....
Find It, Fix It, Flog It
Character: Self - Presenter
Henry Cole and Simon O'Brien travel across the UK to find unique items lost in people's homes. Using creative thinking and elbow grease, they fix them up to turn a profit for their owners....
The Motorbike Show
Character: Himself - Presenter
Presenter, motorcycle adventurer and writer, Henry Cole, takes a look at the world of motorcycling....
Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow
Character: Self - Presenter
Restoration experts restore iconic rail carriages back to their former glory...
Shed & Buried: Classic Cars
Character: Self - Host
Henry teams-up with Fuzz Townshend once again. The duo will be doing what they do best: digging in the nation's sheds, barns and outbuildings, this time to (hopefully) find a tidy profit in some vintage motors...
Junk and Disorderly
Character: Self - Narrator - Host
Vintage restorers Henry Cole and his mechanical genius of a best mate Sam Lovegrove are back on the memorabilia merry-go-round, challenging themselves to make money out of buying and selling other people's automotive junk and classic collectibles....
Find It, Fix It, Drive It
Character: Self - Host
Henry Cole and Sam Lovegrove track down neglected vintage vehicles and give them a new lease of life....
Howards' Way
Character: Reporter
The BBC's answer to Dynasty, Howards' Way was launched in 1985 with an enormous 1 million pound budget. The main characters in the show were 'best boat designer in the world' Tom Howard, his boutique running wife Jan Howard, 'I'll have a drink' Jack Rolfe and a nasty man called Ken Masters. It starred Maurice Colbourne....
Henry Cole's Great British Treasure Hunt
Character: Self - Host
The UK’s best metal detectorists join forces to uncover their share of some of Britain’s buried billions....
World's Greatest Motorcycle Rides
Character: Self - Host
Route 66 was decommissioned as an official American Highway some time ago but try telling that to Henry Cole. Six years after his previous pilgrimage, Henry fires up the beast and feels the pull of a fresh adventure on 'The Mother Road'. The 90 degree heat, 100% humidity and torrential rain turn out to be the least of his problems. The real ones come in the shape of the UFO Hunters, real gun slingers, eccentric millionaires and other frightening bikers Henry meets as he traverses the 2500 mile r...