Martin Hughes-Games
Martin Hughes-Games is a natural history programme producer, presenter and author. He is best known for co-presenting the BBC magazine-style nature series Springwatch and its spin-offs, Winterwatch, Autumnwatch, and Springwatch Unsprung.
Education
Hughes-Games was educated at Millfield School from 1970–1975, followed by the University of Reading, from which he graduated in zoology in 1978, with a 1st Class honours degree.Life and career
Hughes-Games has worked in television for 30 years. He is an active conservationist and also planted a wood. He was a member of the Springwatch production team from 2006 until 2019. He was also a Series Producer for Shetland Diaries with Simon King and Incredible Animal Journeys.He started as a producer, then moved onto co-presenting and producing the BBC's Springwatch and Autumnwatch programmes in May 2009, and also presented a programme entitled Nature's Miracle Babies in 2011.
In addition to presenting, producing and filming, Hughes-Games has written an autobiographical account of his travels, entitled A Wild Life.
In 2018, he was awarded the British Trust for Ornithology's Dilys Breese Medal.
In July 2022, he presented ‘Summer On The Farm’ on Channel 5 alongside Helen Skelton.