Stuart Miles

Stuart Miles (born 20 February 1969) is a British comedian and television presenter, who has worked on the children's programme Blue Peter.

Career

Miles studied at Bournemouth University where he developed an interest in college radio, followed by a stint on hospital radio.

Stuart Miles gained his TV break working as a journalist for a local Cable TV station covering news and events in South London. From 1993–94, Miles presented Saturday Disney, which led to him joining Blue Peter on 27 June 1994; some of his most memorable moments included joining the RAF Falcons display team and starring in various Blue Peter pantomimes. His last appearance was on 21 June 1999.

Miles controversially decided to leave Blue Peter after declaring that it was 'out of touch' with the then-current generation of children and needed to be modernized, and was frustrated at not being selected for its newly-vacant job of Programme Editor; he also felt that the sacking of co-presenter Richard Bacon had not been handled well. Stuart presented with Diane-Louise Jordan, Tim Vincent, Katy Hill, Romana D'Annunzio, Richard Bacon, Konnie Huq and Simon Thomas.