Michael Rodd
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Michael Rodd (born 29 November 1943 in North Shields, Northumberland) is an English television presenter and businessman.
Education
Rodd was educated at the independent school Trinity College, Glenalmond (now Glenalmond College) near Perth in Scotland, and at Newcastle University.
Media career
Beginning 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)[1] and The Risk Business (1980-81).[2] He also hosted television coverage of the early Space Shuttle launches for the BBC.[3] Later he worked for the ITV contractor TVS on their science programme The Real World.
In 1980 Rodd founded Blackrod, an independent producer of film, video and interactive productions for business and industry.[4]
Personal life
Rodd is married to Nita and has three sons.[4]
References
- ^ "BBC - Archive - People - Michael Rodd". BBC. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
- ^ Whetstone, David (2015-10-20). "North Shields Screen Test presenter Michael Rodd to stir memories of a favourite TV show". nechronicle. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
- ^ "The Space Shuttle, The Launch". BBC1 TV. 12 April 1981.
- ^ a b Padman, Tony (2015-03-07). "Where are they now? Tomorrow's World host Michael Rodd". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
External links
- Michael Rodd at IMDb
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