Howard Stableford is a television

Television

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 and radio

Radio

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 presenter.

Howard grew up in Preston, Lancashire, the son of a business skills lecturer and a shipping agent. He attended Hutton Grammar School

Hutton Grammar School

Hutton Grammar School is a Voluntary Aided Church of England day school for boys, with a co-educational Sixth Form. It is located south west of Preston, Lancashire, in Hutton, England. The school no longer offers boarding, and offers education for boys from ages of 11 through to 16, with the Sixth...

. His time at Durham University

Durham University

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 reading for a Geography

Geography

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 degree also included playing rugby and acting in student theatre.

BBC Radio Lancashire gave Howard his first break into broadcasting, followed by BBC Radio Northampton and BBC Children's TV. There, he hosted Beat the Teacher

Beat the Teacher

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 and presented Newsround

Newsround

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 amongst many other programmes before joining the BBC's flagship science and technology programme Tomorrow's World

Tomorrow's World

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 in 1985. More recently Howard has worked for BBC Radio 4, the Open University, Granada and NBC

NBC

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.

Howard Stableford is also President of the UK's Institute of Patentees and Inventors

Institute of Patentees and Inventors

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. Howard is now living in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. He is divorced with two daughters. He is a fan of his home town football team Preston North End.