My latest television
series -
How Britain was Built -
was broadcast on the History Channel
from 26 January 2009. This covered four cities - Edinburgh,
Liverpool, Bristol, and Newcastle, and looked at some of the
extraordinary buildings and other artefacts, plus of course the stories
behind them - some more believable than others. Near Edinburgh I painted
the Forth Bridge; in Liverpool I rang the heaviest hanging bell in the
world; in Bristol I found out how America got its name; and in Newcastle
I rode on not only a tank but also Locomotion, a replica of one of
George Stephenson's engines.
In October 2008 I presented a
programme about Dr Beeching and the railways, which was broadcast on BBC
North.
The Cosmos - A Beginner's Guide,
was published in 2007 and the BBC2 series of the same name ran for
six weeks from Tuesday 7th August. See my
TV and Books pages for more
details.
My series How London was built
was shown on ITV London in 2006
and repeated on the
History Channel.
See my TV page for further details.
I write frequent
articles for newspapers and magazines; many are printed on my
Articles page and
also fronted the HMRC 'Tax doesn't have to be taxing campaign'. I
was fired by HMRC in January 2008, and my place was taken by the
much sexier Moira Stuart.
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