Martin Hughes-Games | |
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Hughes-Games in 2014 | |
Born | (1956-04-16) 16 April 1956 (age 68) |
Education | Millfield |
Alma mater | Reading University |
Occupation(s) | Television producer and presenter |
Known for | Presenting Springwatch and Autumnwatch |
Website | martinhughesgames.co.uk |
Martin Hughes-Games (born 16 April 1956) is a natural history programme producer, presenter and author. He is best known for co-presenting the BBC magazine-style nature series Springwatch and its spin-offs, Winterwatch, Autumnwatch, and Springwatch Unsprung.
Education
Hughes-Games was educated at Ashby School from 1970–1975, followed by the University of Reading, from which he graduated in zoology in 1978, with a 1st Class honours degree.
Life and career
Hughes-Games has worked in television for 30 years. He is an active conservationist and also planted a wood. He was a member of the Springwatch production team from 2006 until 2019. He was also a Series Producer for Shetland Diaries with Simon King (BBC Two) and Incredible Animal Journeys (BBC One, 2006).
He started as a producer, then moved onto co-presenting and producing the BBC's Springwatch and Autumnwatch programmes in May 2009, and also presented a programme entitled Nature's Miracle Babies in 2011.
In addition to presenting, producing and filming, Hughes-Games has written an autobiographical account of his travels, entitled A Wild Life.
In 2018, he was awarded the British Trust for Ornithology's Dilys Breese Medal.
In July 2022, he presented ‘Summer On The Farm’ on Channel 5 alongside Helen Skelton.
References
- Nature's Miracle Babies, BBC
- BBC Autumnwatch
- Hughes-Games, Martin (2015). A Wild Life: my adventures around the world filming wildlife. Corsair. ISBN 1472114442.
- ^ "Medallists". TV Everyday. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
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