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Mark Drake(II)

  • Director
  • Producer
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Mark Drake is known for The Great British Baking Show (2010), Job Centre (2014) and The National Phobia Association's Annual Day Out (2015). He has been married to Kirsten O'Brien since 2010. They have three children.
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    • Known for

    The Great British Baking Show (2010)
    The Great British Baking Show
    8.6
    TV Series
    • Director
    Job Centre
    Short
    • Director
    • 2014
    The National Phobia Association's Annual Day Out (2015)
    The National Phobia Association's Annual Day Out
    Short
    • Director
    • 2015
    The Great Pottery Throw Down (2015)
    The Great Pottery Throw Down
    8.6
    TV Series
    • Director

    Credits

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    Director

    • Tom Read Wilson in The Taste Test Restaurant (2025)
      The Taste Test Restaurant
      TV Series
      • series director
      • 2025
    • Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins (2019)
      Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2025
    • The Christmas Taste Test Restaurant (2024)
      The Christmas Taste Test Restaurant
      TV Special
      • series director
      • 2024
    • Gordon Ramsay in Gordon Ramsay's Future Food Stars (2022)
      Gordon Ramsay's Future Food Stars
      5.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • series director
      • 2023
    • The Great Pottery Throw Down (2015)
      The Great Pottery Throw Down
      8.6
      TV Series
      • series director
      • 2021–2023
    • Jane McDonald in Cruising with Jane McDonald (2017)
      Cruising with Jane McDonald
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2021
    • A Week to Beat the World
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Rich House, Poor House (2017)
      Rich House, Poor House
      6.6
      TV Series
      • series director
      • 2018
    • Britain by Bike with Larry & George Lamb (2017)
      Britain by Bike with Larry & George Lamb
      7.8
      TV Series
      • series director
      • 2017–2018
    • The Great British Baking Show (2010)
      The Great British Baking Show
      8.6
      TV Series
      • Director
      • story director
      • 2015–2016
    • The National Phobia Association's Annual Day Out (2015)
      The National Phobia Association's Annual Day Out
      Short
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Job Centre
      Short
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Family Business
      Short
      • Director
      • 2014

    Producer

    • Evolve (2021)
      Evolve
      7.8
      TV Series
      • shooting producer & director
      • 2022
    • Jane McDonald in Cruising with Jane McDonald (2017)
      Cruising with Jane McDonald
      7.4
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2021
    • Britain by Bike with Larry & George Lamb (2017)
      Britain by Bike with Larry & George Lamb
      7.8
      TV Series
      • series producer
      • 2018
    • 100 Years Younger in 21 Days (2018)
      100 Years Younger in 21 Days
      7.8
      TV Series
      • edit producer
      • 2018
    • The Great British Baking Show (2010)
      The Great British Baking Show
      8.6
      TV Series
      • produced by
      • story producer
      • producer
      • 2014–2016

    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • The Traitors UK (2022)
      The Traitors UK
      8.7
      TV Series
      • series director: Missions
      • 2025–2026

    Personal details

    • Spouse
      • Kirsten O'Brien2010 - present (3 children)

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