Martin Hughes-Games

Martin Hughes-Games (born 16 April 1956) is a natural history programme producer and presenter. He is best known for co-presenting the BBC magazine-style nature series Springwatch and its spin-offs, Winterwatch, Autumnwatch, and Springwatch Unsprung.

Martin Hughes-Games
Hughes-Games in 2014
Born (1956-04-16) 16 April 1956
EducationMillfield
Alma materReading University
OccupationTelevision producer and presenter
Known forPresenting Springwatch and Autumnwatch
Websitewww.martinhughesgames.co.uk

Education

Hughes-Games was educated at Millfield School from 1970–1975, (Millfield is a boarding independent school in the village of Street), 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 has been a member of the Springwatch production team since 2006 and his most recent Series Producer credits include 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]

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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 1472114442.
  4. "Medallists". British Trust for Ornithology. Retrieved 2 April 2019.


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