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Henry Cole (born 16 February 1965) is an English TV presenter, producer and director. On television he is best known for World’s Greatest Motorcycle Rides, The Motorbike Show, Shed and Buried, and Find It, Fix It, Flog It. Many of these feature Allen Millyard and in the main are produced by his own production company, HCA Entertainment. Cole is also the founder and CEO of bespoke motorcycle manufacturer Gladstone Motorcycles, named after his great uncle Dick "Red Beard" Gladstone. Early life Cole was born in February 1965. His great-great-great-great uncle was William Ewart Gladstone, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He was educated at Eton College, where he was a contemporary of Boris Johnson. He was a heroin addict for five years, but has been clean since 1988. Career He started as a news cameraman for channels including ITV and TF1 and progressed to making rockumentaries, primarily with heavy rock bands, then directing TV commercials, and finally directing films, such as the semi-autobiographical Mad Dogs and Englishmen with Elizabeth Hurley. HCA Entertainment Founded by Cole in 1995, HCA Entertainment is an independent television production company, specialising in factual entertainment programmes that have appeared on ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, Discovery and Quest in the UK. World Records In 2013 Henry Cole set a world land speed record for a pre-1955 750cc motorcycle, riding a Brough Superior at 99.78mph on the Bonneville Salt Flats. On 25 May 2023 Cole rode pillion with Allen Millyard on his Viper V10 home-built motorcycle at Elvington airfield in North Yorkshire, to set a new Guinness World Record for the “fastest tandem motorcycle”. Their top speed of 183.5 miles per hour (295.3 km/h) gave them a clear margin over American couple Erin Hunter and Andy Sills, who reached 181.42 miles per hour (291.97 km/h) at Bonneville Salt Flats in 2011. Books Henry Cole has written two books: A Biker's Life (2018) and The Life-Changing Magic of Sheds (2020). References External links https://henrycole.tv - Official Henry Cole website http://www.gladstonemotorcycles.com - Gladstone Motorcycles website https://hcaentertainment.com - HCA Entertainment Ltd (about-us website) . Discover the Henry Cole popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Henry Cole books.

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  • Praying to the West synopsis, comments

    Praying to the West

    Omar Mouallem

    Winner of the Wilfrid Eggleston Award for NonfictionSelected as a Most Anticipated Book of Fall by The Globe and Mail and The Toronto StarAn insightful and perspectiveshifting new ...

  • Happy Gift Day to You synopsis, comments

    Happy Gift Day to You

    Andy Nonamus

    A very unlucky kid searches for the perfect birthday present for his rich friend in the fourth book in The Very Worst Ever chapter book series!Regina du Lar: megarich, video game c...

  • Ride the Man Down synopsis, comments

    Ride the Man Down

    Bill Brooks

    John Henry Cole, working as a deputy US marshal out of Judge Isaac Parker’s court in Fort Smith, Arkansas, was on assignment in the Indian Nations when he was shot and seriously in...

  • Carina Felina synopsis, comments

    Carina Felina

    Carmen Agra Deedy & Henry Cole

    Carmen Agra Deedy, New York Times bestselling author and one of Scholastic’s most talented and cherished storytellers, retells a hilarious folktale set in Havana, Cuba. Illustrated...

  • Katy Duck synopsis, comments

    Katy Duck

    Alyssa Satin Capucilli

    Meet Katya feisty ballerinainthemaking who loves to twirl like a leaf, stretch like a flower, and float like a swan. She’s all dance, all the timeuntil she faces the fear of dancin...

  • Katy Duck and the Secret Valentine synopsis, comments

    Katy Duck and the Secret Valentine

    Alyssa Satin Capucilli

    Katy Duck has a secret admirer in this Level 1 ReadytoRead story for beginning readers.Roses are red, violets are blue,I’m glad to have a friend like you! Guess who?“Tralala. Guess...

  • Maxi the Little Taxi synopsis, comments

    Maxi the Little Taxi

    Elizabeth Upton & Henry Cole

    He's little! He's cute! But he's getting all dirty! This warm, charming story perfectly captures all the ups and downs of a busy little taxi's first day on the job!It's Maxi the Ta...

  • Ralph and the Rocket Ship synopsis, comments

    Ralph and the Rocket Ship

    Alyssa Satin Capucilli

    Meet Ralph! He loves all things that go, and he especially loves rocket ships. Ohand he’s Katy Duck’s best dog pal, Get to know him in this Level 1 ReadytoRead story for beginning ...

  • Blizzard synopsis, comments

    Blizzard

    Henri Cole

    Henri Cole, one of our greatest poets, explores the discordant nature of our condition on earth in Blizzard, his tenth collection.“An artist of the greatest gifts.” Louise GlückDar...

  • Forever Home synopsis, comments

    Forever Home

    Henry Cole

    A hearttugging story about an abandoned dog who is looking for a forever home and a boy who finds him!★ “An exquisitely rendered, touching story of companionship and belonging." –...

  • Henry Burton Cole v. State Texas synopsis, comments

    Henry Burton Cole v. State Texas

    Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

    This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of murder. The punishment, enhanced by two prior felony convictions, is imprisonment for life.

  • Wicked Words 9 synopsis, comments

    Wicked Words 9

    Various Artists

    Wicked Words a collection of saucy and compelling short storiesWicked Words 9 is the latest in our everpopular series of Black Lace short story collections.Fun, filthy and sizzlin...

  • Tycho and Kepler synopsis, comments

    Tycho and Kepler

    Kitty Ferguson

    The extraordinary, unlikely tale of Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler and their enormous contribution to astronomy and understanding of the cosmos is one of the strangest stories in ...

  • Winter Kill synopsis, comments

    Winter Kill

    Bill Brooks

    The winter around Cheyenne, Wyoming, is devastating, killing both people and livestock. John Henry Cole lives three miles out of town on his small ranch, where he waits out the sto...

  • Serious Money synopsis, comments

    Serious Money

    Caroline Knowles

    'A latterday Canterbury Tales ... Serious Money has a serious mission' The Times'Eyeopening ... part guide, part indictment of a yawning wealth gap' Misha Glenny, Financial TimesLo...

  • Go and Bury Your Dead synopsis, comments

    Go and Bury Your Dead

    Bill Brooks

    John Henry Cole’s life has quieted down from what it had always been, and he can now settle down and make improvements on his small ranch. But everything changes when an old ranche...

  • Poems That Make Grown Women Cry synopsis, comments

    Poems That Make Grown Women Cry

    Anthony Holden & Ben Holden

    The internationally bestselling collection of poetry so powerful that it has moved readers to tears. “Anthony and Ben Holden remind us that you don’t have to be an academic or a po...

  • The Wicked Sex synopsis, comments

    The Wicked Sex

    Lance Porter

    A collection of six femdomthemed 'long' short stories, covering a wide spectrum of femdomrelated fantasies and fetishes, ranging from conventional territory such as female feet and...

  • Katy Duck Makes a Friend synopsis, comments

    Katy Duck Makes a Friend

    Alyssa Satin Capucilli

    Dancing diva Katy Duck and her new neighbor Ralph must find a way to play together in this allnew Level 1 ReadytoRead!When Katy Duck and her family get new neighbors, Katy can hard...

  • Blood Storm synopsis, comments

    Blood Storm

    Bill Brooks

    Business lately has been deadly for Ike Kelly. Recent unexpected gunplay has whittled his detective agency down to a single operative: a man named John Henry Cole. Cole is the only...

  • Emmett and the Bright Blue Cape synopsis, comments

    Emmett and the Bright Blue Cape

    Alyssa Satin Capucilli

    Meet Emmett, Katy Duck’s little brother! In this Level 1 ReadytoRead, Emmett puts on his bright blue cape and becomes Super Emmett!Emmett loves his bright blue cape. He wears it to...

  • Catch Zoo Later synopsis, comments

    Catch Zoo Later

    Andy Nonamus

    A very unlucky kid’s suspiciously uneventful class trip to the zoo takes a turn for the unfortunate in the third book in The Very Worst Ever chapter book series!On a class field tr...

  • Try a Little Kindness synopsis, comments

    Try a Little Kindness

    Henry Cole

    Bestselling illustrator Henry Cole puts animals in sweet and humorous situations to demonstrate the importance of being kind!In this funny picture book, bestselling illustrator Hen...

  • The Long Road Home synopsis, comments

    The Long Road Home

    Debra Thompson

    INSTANT BESTSELLER FINALIST FOR THE HILARY WESTON WRITERS’ TRUST PRIZE FOR NONFICTIONFrom a leading scholar on the politics of race comes a work of family history, memoir, and insi...

  • Starring Katy Duck synopsis, comments

    Starring Katy Duck

    Alyssa Satin Capucilli

    Everyone's favorite dancing duck is back in this Katy Duck adventure about conquering your fears. Everyone knows Katy Duck loves to dance. When Mr. Tutu tells Katy and her dance cl...

  • Frontier Justice synopsis, comments

    Frontier Justice

    Bill Brooks

    When a detective is murdered in a fire, his partner sets out on a mission for revenge to track down his mysterious killer.John Henry Cole is an operative of Ike Kelly’s Detective A...

  • The Messenger synopsis, comments

    The Messenger

    Bill Brooks

    Reeling from the death of his son, a downonhisluck rancher witnesses a random murder that pits him headtohead with a bloodthirsty outlaw!Royce Blood had everything he wanted. He ow...

  • Carry Me Home synopsis, comments

    Carry Me Home

    Janet Fox

    “A poignant and powerful reminder that homelessness is not hopelessness.” Kirby Larson, author of Newbery Honor book Hattie Big Sky Two sisters struggle to keep their father’s disa...

  • Spot, the Cat synopsis, comments

    Spot, the Cat

    Henry Cole

    Simple and stunning images tell the story of a cat named Spot as he weaves his way in and out of a city in this wordless picture book from awardwinning authorillustrator Henry Cole...

  • Men of Violence synopsis, comments

    Men of Violence

    Bill Brooks

    John Henry Cole worked for years in Cheyenne, Wyomingfirst as a policeman, and later a detective. He enjoyed the work, despite its dangers, but it was time for a change. So he deci...

  • Katy Duck Meets the Babysitter synopsis, comments

    Katy Duck Meets the Babysitter

    Alyssa Satin Capucilli

    Dancing diva Katy Duck is not happy about staying home with a new babysitter in this playful beginning reader.Dancing diva Katy Duck is none too pleased when her parents inform her...