Editing Colin Jackson (section)

=== Media career ===
After retiring from athletics, he became the face of ''BBC Raise Your Game with Colin Jackson'' in which he talked to high-profile international stars about the importance of learning. Participants included [[Luol Deng]], [[Jenson Button]], [[Davina McCall]], and stars from ''[[Strictly Come Dancing]]'', to name but a few.

His work as a BBC athletics commentator and pundit began with the 2004 [[2004 Summer Olympics|Athens Olympics]]. Since then he has been a regular member of the BBC team covering athletics events.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/wacs/commentators|title=BBC – World Athletics Championships – BBC commentators – Media Centre|publisher=BBC}}</ref> In this role he has worked on six [[Summer Olympic Games]]: [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 in Athens]], [[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 in Beijing]], [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 in London]], [[2016 Summer Olympics|2016 in Rio]], [[2020 Summer Olympics|2020 in Tokyo]] and [[2024 Summer Olympics|2024 in Paris]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC - Press Office - The Olympics and Paralympics 2004 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2004/07_july/06/olympics.shtml#:~:text=Steve%20Rider%20and%20Sue%20Barker,day's%20highlights%20in%20Olympics%20Today. |access-date=2025-05-03 |website=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC - Press Office - 2008 Olympics press pack: BBC Television team |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/06_june/19/olympics5.shtml |access-date=2025-05-03 |website=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2012-05-15 |title=London 2012 Olympics: BBC presenters and commentary teams |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/18070768 |access-date=2025-05-03 |work=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Rio 2016 on the BBC - TV |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/rio/tv/ |access-date=2025-05-03 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Tokyo 2020 on the BBC |url=https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/mediapacks/tokyo-2020/ |access-date=2025-05-03 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Fall in love with the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on the BBC |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/olympic-games-paris-2024-on-the-bbc |access-date=2025-05-03 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |language=en}}</ref> He has also worked on five [[Commonwealth Games]]: as a roving reporter at [[2006 Commonwealth Games|2006 in Melbourne]] and as a pundit and commentator at [[2010 Commonwealth Games|2010 in Delhi]], [[2014 Commonwealth Games|2014 in Glasgow]], [[2018 Commonwealth Games|2018 in Gold Coast]] and [[2022 Commonwealth Games|2022 in Birmingham]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2006-03-01 |title=Melbourne coverage |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/commonwealth_games/4719492.stm |access-date=2025-05-03 |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC - Press Office - Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games on the BBC |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2010/09_september/17/commonwealth.shtml |access-date=2025-05-03 |website=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Biographies |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/cwg/biogs/ |access-date=2025-05-03 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games on the BBC |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/commonwealth-games-2018#:~:text=The%20TV%20line-up%20includes,Paula%20Radcliffe%20and%20Katharine%20Merry. |access-date=2025-05-03 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games on the BBC |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/birmingham-2022-commonwealth-games-on-the-bbc#:~:text=Daily%20coverage%20will%20begin%20on,for%20all%20the%20athletics%20events. |access-date=2025-05-03 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |language=en}}</ref> In addition, Jackson worked as a roving reporter for the BBC's coverage of the [[2006 Winter Olympics|2006 Winter Olympics in Turin]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC - Press Office - Winter Olympics 2006 press pack |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2006/01_january/10/olympics.shtml |access-date=2025-05-03 |website=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>

He is a Director of multimedia production company Red Shoes, along with fellow Director and former BBC Executive Producer Richard Owen. Their clients include the [[IAAF]] and [[UEFA]].

[[File:Colin Jackson 2005.jpg|thumb|left|Jackson at a charity event in 2005]]

Jackson, who is of Jamaican descent, was the subject of an episode of the [[BBC]] TV genealogy series ''[[Who Do You Think You Are? (British TV series)|Who Do You Think You Are?]]'',<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2006/07_july/18/bbcone.shtml|title= BBC ONE Autumn 2006|publisher=BBC|date=18 July 2006}}</ref> broadcast in the UK on 20 September 2006. Genetic tests showed his ancestry to be 55% African, 7% Native American (believed to be from Jamaican [[Jamaican Maroons|Maroon]] ancestry on his father's side), and 38% European. His mother was born in [[Panama]], the daughter of Richard Augustus Packer and Gladys McGowan Campbell. Gladys Campbell was from [[Jamaica]], the daughter of a Scottish man Duncan Campbell and his housemaid Albertina Wallace.<ref>Nick Barratt, [https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/familyhistory/get_started/wdytya_celeb_gallery_04.shtml WDYTYA? Series three: Celebrity gallery – Colin Jackson], BBC History, 20 September 2006, accessed 27 September 2006</ref>

In March 2007 Jackson starred as the 'hidden celebrity' in an episode of the award-winning [[CBBC (TV channel)|CBBC]] gameshow ''[[Hider in the House]]'', hosted by [[JK and Joel]].

In 2008, Jackson co-hosted, with [[Louise Minchin]], the Sunday morning show ''[[Sunday Life (TV series)|Sunday Life]]'' on [[BBC One]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC One - Sunday Life, 12/10/2008 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00dzx28 |access-date=2023-08-22 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}</ref>

Colin Jackson appeared in the BBC One documentary ''The Making of Me'' on 31 July 2008, which attempted to find out what had made him such a talented athlete.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00cv2nw |title=BBC One – The Making of Me, Colin Jackson |publisher=BBC |date=22 August 2008 |access-date=18 August 2013}}</ref> A sample of his leg muscle showed that he had 25% super-fast twitch fibres, when all previous athletes tested had only 2%. Family support was also thought to have been highly significant. Jamaicans are notable{{according to whom|date=March 2021}} for the high level of support and encouragement they give their children in the area of sports. One clip showed a stadium in [[Jamaica]] with 30,000 people cheering on children taking part in an average school sports meet. Supporters included their peers, who seemed happy to cheer on their classmates who were 'good at sports'. Although Jackson was brought up in the UK, he remembers his parents cheering on [[Don Quarrie]] in the 1976 Olympics, inspiring him to want to 'be like that'.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

In 2009 Jackson shared his writing tips on the adult learning website "BBC raw words". He features in a comedy short with [[Nina Wadia]], [[Rowland Rivron]] and [[Anneka Rice]] about structuring a story, and also shares his writing tips gained from writing ''Life's New Hurdles''.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

In July 2010, Jackson was a competitor on the [[BBC]] television programme ''[[Celebrity MasterChef]]''.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

In 2012 Jackson made a cameo appearance as himself in an episode of the UK TV comedy drama [[Stella (UK TV series)|''Stella'']]. In 2015, he starred in the historical experience ''[[24 Hours in the Past]]''.

In February 2019 Jackson was inaugurated as a Chancellor of Wrexham Glyndwr University, after being awarded with an Honorary Fellowship in 2016 for his contribution to sport.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-47253238 |title = Colin Jackson is university chancellor|publisher = BBC News|date = 15 February 2019}}</ref>