{{Short description|British television and radio presenter}} {{use dmy dates|date=February 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Howard Stableford | image = <!-- just the filename, without the File: or Image: prefix or enclosing brackets --> | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|04|12|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} or {{Death-date and age|Month DD, YYYY|Month DD, YYYY}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = | other_names = | known_for = | occupation = television and radio presenter }} '''Howard Stableford''' is a British television and radio presenter.

==Background== Stableford was born 12 April 1959 in Poynton, Cheshire<ref>{{Cite web|title=Howard Stableford|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba1bb342b|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129105736/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba1bb342b|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 November 2020|access-date=1 February 2022|website=BFI|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Hayward|first=Anthony|title=Who's who on television|publisher=Boxtree in association with TV Times|others=TV Times|year=1996|isbn=0-7522-1067-X|location=London|pages=234|oclc=36992362}}</ref> and grew up in Preston, Lancashire. He attended Hutton Grammar School.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Debrett's people of today 2000.|date=1999|publisher=Debrett's|others=Debrett's Peerage Limited|isbn=1870520491|location=London|pages=1839|oclc=1280894310}}</ref> He read for a Geography degree at Durham University, where he was a member of University College, graduating in 1980.<ref>{{cite web|title=Durham University Gazette |volume=XXV (ns) no. 2 |url=http://reed.dur.ac.uk/xtf/view?docId=bookreader/DU_Gazettes/DUGazette25_2/dg252METS.xml;query=howard%20stableford;brand=default#page/50/mode/2up|publisher=Durham University|accessdate=14 March 2018}}</ref>

==Broadcasting career== BBC Radio Lancashire gave Stableford his first break in broadcasting where he was station assistant. He then joined BBC Radio Northampton at its launch in 1982 where he hosted a daily show.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|date=28 March 1985|title=New presenter for Tomorrow's World|page=22|work=The Stage|issue=5424|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001180/19850328/155/0022|url-access=subscription|access-date=1 February 2022|via=British Newspaper Archive}}</ref> He then moved into BBC Children's TV. There, he hosted ''Beat the Teacher''<ref>{{Cite news|date=22 September 1984|title=Beat The Teacher|work=Radio Times|issue=3176|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/66b83a261bd84ec5babd93cbfb0ac22c|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161022100628/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/66b83a261bd84ec5babd93cbfb0ac22c|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 October 2016|access-date=1 February 2022}}</ref> and presented ''Newsround''<ref name=":1">{{cite news |first1=Hannah |last1=Hope |first2=Warren |last2=Manger |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/tomorrows-world-returns-what-future-10350906 |title=As Tomorrow's World returns, what did the future hold for its stars - and which zany predictions ACTUALLY came true? |newspaper=Daily Mirror |date=3 May 2017 |access-date=24 January 2022 }}</ref> before joining the BBC's flagship science and technology programme ''Tomorrow's World'' in 1985,<ref name=Metro>{{cite web|first=Paul|last=Kevan|url=http://www.metro.co.uk/showbiz/interviews/38-howard-stableford|title=Howard Stableford |type=interview |work=Metro|date=1 August 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005235636/http://www.metro.co.uk/showbiz/interviews/38-howard-stableford|archive-date=5 October 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> presenting alongside Judith Hann, Peter Macann and Maggie Philbin;<ref name=":0"/> he was one of the programme's longest serving presenters.<ref name=":1" /> After leaving ''Tomorrow's World'' in 1997, <!-- he has worked for BBC Natural History on BBC Radio 4, the Open University, Granada Television, and in the United States for NBC{{cn|date=January 2022}} --> he moved to the United States, settling in Colorado,<ref name="Metro" /> where his positions have included technology reporter for KUSA<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.farrelltm.com/actpdf/stableford_howard_res.pdf |title=Howard Stableford |publisher=Farrell Talent Management |access-date=24 January 2022 }}</ref> and stadium announcer with Major League Rugby team the Colorado Raptors.<ref>{{cite video |first=William Webb |last=Ellis |url=https://www.therugbycorner.com/video/glendale-raptors-weekly-show-2018-episode-3/ |title=Glendale Raptors: Weekly Show 2018 Episode 3 |website=The Rugby Corner |access-date=24 January 2022 |time=5:15 }}</ref> Splitting his time between there and the United Kingdom, in 2000 he presented Changing Places on BBC Radio Four<ref>{{Cite web|title=Typical biker: Howard Stableford|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/4747872/Typical-biker-Howard-Stableford.html|access-date=2022-02-05|website=www.telegraph.co.uk|date=19 December 2000 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=20 October 2000|title=Changing Places|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/beyond/factsheets/changing_prog1.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001020094352/http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/beyond/factsheets/changing_prog1.shtml|archive-date=20 October 2000|access-date=5 February 2022|website=BBC Education Online}}</ref> and in 2003 he became co-host of ''UK's Worst&nbsp;...'' on BBC1.<ref name=Metro/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/service_bbc_one_london/2003-09-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927141143/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/service_bbc_one_london/2003-09-01 |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 September 2021 |title=Programme Index: BBC1 London 1 September 2003 |publisher=BBC |access-date=24 January 2022 }}</ref> He returned to Tomorrow's World in 2018 for a one-off live special co-hosting with Maggie Philbin and Dr Hannah Fry.<ref>{{Cite web|date=3 November 2018|title=BBC to reboot Tomorrow's World for one-off live special|url=http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/nov/03/bbc-to-reboot-tomorrows-world-for-one-off-live-special|access-date=1 February 2022|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref>

==Other work== Stableford was also President of the UK's Institute of Patentees and Inventors,<ref name=Metro/> and in the United States has worked for the Center for Creative Leadership in Colorado Springs.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}

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