Who is Henry Cole and is he married?
HENRY Cole is one of the most recognisable names in motorcycling.
Here is everything you need to know about the motorcycle enthusiast's journey, from overcoming struggles with addiction to making a name for himself on TV.
Who is Henry Cole?
Henry Cole was born in February 1964, and his great-great uncle was former Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone.
He was educated at Eton College, with Boris Johnson being one of his classmates.
Henry is a TV presenter, producer and director, known for shows like World’s Greatest Motorcycle Rides, The Motorbike Show, Shed And Buried, and Find It, Fix It, Flog It.
He started as a news cameraman for channels including ITV and TF1 and progressed to making rockumentaries, primarily with heavy rock bands.
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Henry has written two books: A Biker's Life (2018) and The Life-Changing Magic Of Sheds (2020).
He is also the founder and CEO of bespoke motorcycle manufacturer Gladstone Motorcycles, named after his great uncle Dick "Red Beard" Gladstone.
Henry has been hosting ITV's Junk And Disorderly since 2019.
The show sees the vintage restorer team up with his best mate Sam Lovegrove.
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Together they scour the country, challenging themselves to make money out of buying and selling other people's automotive junk and classic collectibles.
Who is Henry Cole's wife Janie Cole and do they have children?
Henry Cole has been married to his beloved wife Jane Cole for a very long time as of now.
The pair reportedly live in the Cotswolds.
Together, they have two offspring named Charlie and Tom.
Meanwhile, his wife Jane has maintained her privacy from the media and has not interacted with the public much.
Henry usually keeps his personal life private, so there is little known about his family life.
What has Henry Cole said about his battle with addiction?
In his teens and early twenties, Henry battled with heroin addiction.
However, he was able to recover from his addiction after about six years and has been clean ever since.
Speaking about his early years, he told the Yorkshire Post: “I started life as a session drummer, then I became a news cameraman, then I went on the road for years with rock ‘n’ roll bands, then I directed a movie about heroin addiction based on my life, because I was a heroin addict for five years.
“After that I started driving round the world in cars for TV shows and riding bikes, and now I have a motorcycle brand."
Henry told how he struggled to find his place in society and always tried to "rebel against it" and says his "stifling upbringing" fuelled his rebellion.
“It all went slightly wrong at Eton when I started smoking weed.”
The years 1983 to 1988 were, he says, the hardest to write: “I don’t actually remember a lot that happened to me because I was out of my head.”
Some of his friends have died from drugs, he mentioned: “It’s an incredibly lonely place being an addict.
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"You can’t actually share your life with anyone else apart from other junkies.
“It took me a long time to realise there is more to life than tin foil and heroin, genuinely – because I didn’t understand what life was all about.”
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