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 lifeedit
Rodd is married to Nita. The couple live in Surrey and have three sons and seven grandchildren.[1]
Referencesedit
^ abcPadman, Tony (7 March 2015). "Where are they now? Tomorrow's World host Michael Rodd". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
^"Glenalmond College: Chroncle 2015" (PDF). p. 45.
^"BBC - Archive - People - Michael Rodd". BBC. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
^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.
^"The Space Shuttle, The Launch". BBC. 12 April 1981.
^"The Real World: Stud Poker". The National Archives. 20 January 2010.
michael, rodd, jockey, jockey, zealand, poet, michael, rudd, born, november, 1943, north, shields, northumberland, united, kingdom, english, television, presenter, businessman, born, 1943, november, 1943, north, shields, northumberland, united, kingdomnational. For the jockey see Michael Rodd jockey For the New Zealand poet see Michael Rudd Michael Rodd born 29 November 1943 in North Shields Northumberland United Kingdom is an English television presenter and businessman Michael RoddBorn 1943 11 29 29 November 1943 age 80 North Shields Northumberland United KingdomNationalityBritishOccupationTelevision presenterEmployerBBC Contents 1 Education 2 Media career 3 Personal life 4 References 5 External linksEducation editRodd was educated at the independent school Trinity College Glenalmond now Glenalmond College near Perth in Scotland and at Newcastle University 1 2 Media career editHaving 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 editRodd is married to Nita The couple live in Surrey and have three sons and seven grandchildren 1 References edit a b c Padman Tony 7 March 2015 Where are they now Tomorrow s World host Michael Rodd Express co uk Retrieved 4 April 2018 Glenalmond College Chroncle 2015 PDF p 45 BBC Archive People Michael Rodd BBC Retrieved 24 February 2015 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 The Space Shuttle The Launch BBC 12 April 1981 The Real World Stud Poker The National Archives 20 January 2010 External links editMichael Rodd at IMDb Michael Rodd at parliamentspeakers com nbsp This biographical article related to British television is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Michael Rodd amp oldid 1142287792, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
