Michael Rodd

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Michael Rodd
Born (1943-11-29) 29 November 1943 (age 80)
North Shields, Northumberland, United Kingdom
NationalityBritish
Occupation Television presenter
Employer BBC

Michael Rodd (born 29 November 1943 in North Shields, Northumberland, United Kingdom) is an English television presenter and businessman.

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Education

Rodd was educated at the independent school Trinity College, Glenalmond (now Glenalmond College) near Perth in Scotland, and at Newcastle University. [1] [2]

Media career

Having begun his career on BBC Look North in 1967, Rodd became a familiar face to millions of television viewers in Britain as a presenter for the BBC of Screen Test (1970–79), Tomorrow's World (1972–82) [3] and The Risk Business (1980–81). [4] He also hosted television coverage of the early Space Shuttle launches for the BBC. [5] Later he worked for the ITV contractor TVS on its science programme The Real World. [6]

In 1980 Rodd established Blackrod, an independent producer of film, video and interactive productions for business and industry. [1]

Personal life

Rodd is married to Nita. The couple live in Surrey and have three sons and seven grandchildren. [1]

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References

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  2. "Glenalmond College: Chroncle 2015" (PDF). p. 45.
  3. "BBC – Archive – People – Michael Rodd". BBC. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  4. Whetstone, David (20 October 2015). "North Shields Screen Test presenter Michael Rodd to stir memories of a favourite TV show". nechronicle. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  5. "The Space Shuttle, The Launch". BBC. 12 April 1981.
  6. "The Real World: Stud Poker". The National Archives. 20 January 2010.