Martin Hughes-Games
{{Short description|British television presenter and producer}}
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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|date=April 2017}} He is an active conservationist and also planted a wood{{Citation needed|date=June 2012}}. 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.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/tv/comingup/naturesmiraclebabies/ Nature's Miracle Babies], BBC[https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/autumnwatch2017 BBC Autumnwatch]
In addition to presenting, producing and filming, Hughes-Games has written an autobiographical account of his travels, entitled A Wild Life.{{cite book|title=A Wild Life: my adventures around the world filming wildlife|author=Hughes-Games, Martin|publisher=Corsair|year=2015|isbn=978-1472114440}}
In 2018, he was awarded the British Trust for Ornithology's Dilys Breese Medal.{{cite web |title=Medallists |url=https://tveveryday.com/summer-on-the-farm-4-july-2022-season-2-episode-1-on-channel-5/ |publisher=TV Everyday |accessdate=28 June 2022}}
In July 2022, he presented ‘Summer On The Farm’ on Channel 5 alongside Helen Skelton.
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External links
- {{official website|https://www.martinhughesgames.co.uk/}}
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Category:Alumni of the University of Reading
Category:British environmentalists
Category:People educated at Millfield
Category:Television personalities from Lincolnshire
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