- His wife, actress Sarah Lancashire, gave birth to their first son at London's Portland Hospital, weighing in at 8lb 2oz. They now have six boys between them. (March 26, 2003)
- Confirmed as the new Director of Sport for the BBC Corporation (England) and will take over the job on 1 November, 2000 (1997-2000) Controller of BBC One TV (in England) He is a member of the BBC's executive committee (September 13, 2000)
- He left the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) to join the independent sector as Chief Executive of The Television Corporation. (June 2005)
- In 1977 he graduated from the University of Warwick with a degree in English and European Literature.
- Before he joined the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) he was a local newspaper reporter in Kent, a government press officer and a teacher with Voluntary Service Overseas.
- He was at Channel 4 as Controller of Factual Programmes for three years, leading a team of eight Commissioning Editors. He also devised the Granada/Sky Sports channel MUFC TV.
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