Phil Spencer is an English

England

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 media personality, journalist

Journalist

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 and businessman, who appears with Kirstie Allsopp

Kirstie Allsopp

Kirstie Mary Allsopp is a British TV presenter known for the Channel 4 property programmes: Location, Location, Location; Relocation, Relocation; Location Revisited; The Property Chain; Kirstie's Homemade Home and Kirstie's Handmade Britain...

 in a variety of home-buying programs on Channel 4

Channel 4

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 including Location, Location, Location

Location, Location, Location

Location, Location, Location is a Channel 4 property programme, presented by Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer and produced by IWC Media, part of the RDF Media Group. The reality show follows Kirstie and Phil as they try to find the perfect home for a different set of buyers each week. It first...

and Relocation, Relocation. Spencer also writes for several UK publications, including GQ, The Sunday Times

The Sunday Times

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and Lusso Magazine

Lusso Magazine

Lusso is a United Kingdom-based quarterly magazine dealing with all aspects of the luxury lifestyle market. It is published by SWR Media, an independent company based in London, UK...

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In 2011 he worked as a presenter on the holiday programme Vacation, Vacation, Vacation on Channel 4 and later that year entered the world of daytime telly with his solo property show "Phil Spencer - Secret Agent" on the same channel.
Spencer was educated at Uppingham School

Uppingham School

Uppingham School is a co-educational independent school of the English public school tradition, situated in the small town of Uppingham in Rutland, England...

, an independent school

Independent school

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 for boys in the small market town

Market town

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 of Uppingham

Uppingham

Disambiguation: "Uppingham" is the colloquial name for Uppingham SchoolUppingham is a market town in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England, located on the A47 between Leicester and Peterborough, about 6 miles south of the county town, Oakham.- History :A little over a mile to the...

 in Rutland

Rutland

Rutland is a landlocked county in central England, bounded on the west and north by Leicestershire, northeast by Lincolnshire and southeast by Peterborough and Northamptonshire....

 in central England, where he was Head Boy.
Phil Spencer was the original founder of Garrington Home Finders Ltd, a property search company he created in 1996.