Rob Bell (TV presenter)

Rob Bell (born 1979) is a British TV presenter, adventurer, engineer and STEMnet ambassador.[1] He has appeared on TV programmes on BBC, Channel 5, Travel Channel (now DMAX) and Yesterday.

Early life

Rob Bell spent most of his childhood in the United States and France.[2] He achieved a Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering with French at the University of Bath,[3] completing his dissertation at a University in Lyon, France.[4] He had previously worked for French radio station Connexion FM and the Energy Saving Trust before he started in television.[5]

Television career

His first television work was the BBC series Engineering Giants which he co-hosted with engineer turned comedian Tom Wrigglesworth in 2012.[6] In 2013 he presented the Travel Channel programme Rob Bell's Engineering Enigmas and its series Man Vs World, where he participated in several adventure sports in different locations around the world.[7] This was followed up in 2014 by BBC programme The Secrets of D-Day,[8] and another Travel Channel programme Secrets and Mysteries London[9] and the Channel 5 six part series Underground Britain.[10]

In 2015 Bell presented the BBC history programme Haslar: Secrets of a War Hospital,[11] and then completed seven marathons on seven continents for the Travel Channel series Monster Marathon Challenge.

In 2016 Bell presented the BBC documentary Tank Men to commemorate 100 years since the first use of tanks,[12][13] and narrated the BBC series Sea Cities.[14] He also presented the Channel 5 series Britain's Greatest Bridges.[15] He also appeared as a contributor to Yesterday series Abandoned Engineering, which was later adapted to the 2017 US series Mysteries of the Abandoned on the Science Channel.

During 2017 he presented further Channel 5 programmes Inside the Tube - Going Underground;[16] Great British Royal Ships;[17] The World's Greatest Bridges[18] co-presented The Great Fire (with Dan Jones (writer) and Suzannah Lipscomb)[19] and Brunel:The Man who Built Britain.[20] He also presented BBC show Invented in The South.[21]

In 2018 Bell presented further programmes for Channel 5 with The Flying Scotsman airing in February,[22] World's Tallest Skyscrapers in June[23] and Walking Britain's Lost Railways in September.[24] A second series of Walking Britain's Lost Railways premiered in 2020.

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References
  1. "Engineer, TV Presenter, Broadcaster, Adventurer, Rob Bell Visits Vinehall - IAPS". Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  2. "Travelling by Man Power Alone - stuff.co.nz p.10 November 2013". Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  3. "High Fliers! - Institution of Engineering Designers p.1 September 2018". Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  4. "Man power inspires SA adventure - IOL.co.za p.11 November 2013". Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  5. "Who is Rob Bell? - biogs.com". Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  6. "TV review: Engineering Giants; Thelma's Gypsy Girls - The Guardian Dowling.T p.15 July 2012". Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  7. "Man Vs World: Rob Bell travels four nations via mountain board, paraglide and white water canoe - Radio Times Bremner.J p.21 November 2013". Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  8. "The science behind the D-Day landings - BBC News 6 June 2014". Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  9. "Underground London: 5 secret places to visit in and around the city - Radio Times Bremner.J p.2 October 2014". Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  10. "Secrets of Underground Britain". Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  11. "Haslar: The Secrets of a War Hospital, BBC Two, review: 'gruesome' - The Telegraph Howse.C p.24 June 2015". Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  12. "Tank Men - bbc.co.uk". Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  13. "Tank Museum plays part in BBC documentary on first ever tank battle - Daily Echo Durkin.J p.9 September 2016". Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  14. "Series 1 Episode 1 Plymouth - Radio Times". Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  15. "The Tyne Bridge is the star of a national TV programme: When is it televised? - The Chronicle Morton.D p.17 November 2016". Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  16. "Going underground: how London's Central Line was built (and why it's so unreliable) - wired.co.uk". Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  17. "Great British Royal Ships - myfive". Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  18. "The World's Greatest Bridges - Radio Times". Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  19. "The Great Fire: London Burns - What you need to know about the 1666 blaze - International Business Times Binding.L p.31 May 2017". Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  20. "What's on TV today Friday December 8: our television, film and radio picks = The Sunday Times p.3 December 2017". Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  21. "Invented in - BBC.co.uk". Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  22. "Tonight's TV: Collateral and The Unstoppable Flying Scotsman - The National p.26 February 2018". Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  23. "World's Tallest Skyscrapers - Radio Times". Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  24. "On the trail of Britain's lost railways - The Telegraph Horsford.S p.21 September 2018". Retrieved 30 October 2018.

Rob Bell on IMDb

https://www.robbell.tv/resume

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