Jon Bentley (born 1961) is an English journalist and television presenter; he was educated at Millfield and at Oriel College, Oxford.
Bentley specialises in television production and journalism in the field of motoring. Between 1987 and 1999, he was producer and executive producer of BBC Two's Top Gear and was series producer of Fifth Gear from 2002 to 2004. As a producer on Top Gear, Bentley helped "discover" Jeremy Clarkson and hired Quentin Willson and Vicki Butler-Henderson. He also has a corner named after him on the Top Gear test track.
Bentley presented The Gadget Show on Channel 5 in the UK alongside Ortis Deley, Suzi Perry, Pollyanna Woodward and Jason Bradbury, where he accidentally revealed his personal mobile phone number in a Gadget Show Web TV episode in November 2008. In February 2012 it was announced that the show's format was changing, it is now known as The Gadget Show: World Tour and features two of the previous presenting team Jason Bradbury and Pollyanna Woodward. Occasionally, he also presents on Fifth Gear. He is married with two daughters.
Famous quotes containing the words jon and/or bentley:
“The dog is mentioned in the Bible eighteen times—the cat not even once.”
—W.E. Farbstein. Quoted in “Hundkeit,” Mondo Canine, ed. Jon Winokur, Dutton (1991)
“He followed in his father’s footsteps, but his gait was somewhat erratic.”
—Nicolas Bentley (1907–1978)