Jeremy Beadle (born April 12, 1948) is an English television presenter, writer and producer, born in Hackney, London.

Radio and television
Beadle wanted to be the British Robert L. Ripley. A love of trivia led him to write Today's the Day, (published in UK by WH Allen in 1979 and by Signet in the USA two years later), researched in his own library of more than 25,000 volumes. This book recounts -- for any given day of the year -- notable births, deaths and other events which occurred on this date in previous years. Beadle briefly performed a similar duty on television's 'TV A.M.', informing each morning's viewers of prominent events on this date in past years.
For more than two years, he scripted a daily cartoon series of Today's the Day for the Daily Express. He worked alongside Irving Wallace and son David Wallechinsky and daughter Amy Wallace as the biggest contributor to the sex and death chapters of the sensationally successful Book of Lists and was the London editor of The People's Almanac 2. The Wallaces' book The Intimate Sex Lives of the Famous (Hutchinson, 1981) was researched in part in Beadle's library, which contains an extensive canon of erotic literature.

Writing
Famous for his general knowledge, he was host of Win Beadle's Money (based on the US format Win Ben Stein's Money) he lost only 8 times in 52 shows. He wrote and presented a notoriously difficult quiz at London's The Atlantic Grill restaurant, usually attended by celebrities and members of the press. He also currently writes a quiz for The Independent every Saturday. He occasionally appears as a panellist on BBC Radio 4's Quote... Unquote and in dictionary corner for Channel 4's Countdown.

Knowledge (General)
In 2000, he became an MBE for his services to charity.

Charity work
Beadle has Poland syndrome and is noted for being one of the first TV presenters with a visible disability. His disability manifests as a disproportionately small right hand.

TV appearances

Today's the Day - A Chronicle of the Curious
The Book of Outlawed Inventions (with Chris Winn)
Beadle's About (with Robert Randell)
How to Make Your Own Video Blockbuster (with Mark Leigh and Mike Lepine)
Watch Out! (with Alec Lom)
The Gossip's Guide to Madam Tussaud (with Mark Leigh and Mike Lepine)