Michael Hugh Scully was an English journalist, radio and television presenter.
10 Facts About Hugh Scully
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Hugh Scully was the host and longest-serving presenter of the BBC programme Antiques Roadshow from 1981 to 2000.
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Hugh Scully auditioned successfully as a temporary newsreader on BBC radio, and made his debut regular radio broadcast reporting from Southampton in 1963.
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Always a freelance journalist rather than an employee, Hugh Scully worked on BBC News magazines and was a presenter on the BBC South West news programme Spotlight from 1965, before joining the networked news programme Nationwide.
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Hugh Scully was chosen in 1981 to present Antiques Roadshow, along with Arthur Negus.
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Negus retired in 1983, and Hugh Scully was the sole host on that show for 17 years.
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Hugh Scully resigned as presenter in 2000, to join Internet auction company QXL.
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From 1988, Hugh Scully ran a television production company, Fine Art Productions; he hosted the episode on Stately Homes part of the Britain's Finest.
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Hugh Scully was married to his wife Barbara for 43 years before she died on 9 March 2009.
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Hugh Scully died on 8 October 2015, at the age of 72, in his home in Tresillian, Cornwall.