Martin Hughes-Games

Martin Hughes-Games
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.^{[ when? ]} He is an active conservationist and also planted a wood^{[ citation needed ]}. 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. ^{[1] [2]}

In addition to presenting, producing and filming, Hughes-Games has written an autobiographical account of his travels, entitled A Wild Life. ^[3]

In 2018, he was awarded the British Trust for Ornithology's Dilys Breese Medal. ^[4]

In July 2022, he presented ‘Summer On The Farm’ on Channel 5 alongside Helen Skelton. ^[4]

References

1. Nature's Miracle Babies, BBC
2. BBC Autumnwatch
3. Hughes-Games, Martin (2015). A Wild Life: my adventures around the world filming wildlife. Corsair. ISBN   978-1472114440.
4. "Medallists". TV Everyday. Retrieved 28 June 2022.

External links

• Official website