Stuart Miles was born on 20 February 1969 and is a British radio and television presenter, who has worked on the children's programme Blue Peter.
12 Facts About Stuart Miles
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Stuart Miles gained his TV break working as a journalist for a local Cable TV station covering news and events in South London.
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From 1993 to 1994, Stuart 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.
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Stuart 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 felt that the sacking of co-presenter Richard Bacon had not been handled well.
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Stuart Miles presented with Diane-Louise Jordan, Tim Vincent, Katy Hill, Romana D'Annunzio, Richard Bacon, Konnie Huq and Simon Thomas.
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Since leaving Blue Peter, Stuart Miles has guest-presented such programmes as This Morning, Holiday, and Soap Fever, and took part in When Blue Peter Became ABBA.
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Stuart Miles has directed various programmes, and regularly appears in pantomime.
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In 2007, Stuart Miles presented on Sky Vegas, an interactive gambling television channel, and started regularly performing his drag act, as a character called Stella Ratner.
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In January 2008, Stuart Miles joined Gaydar Radio, replacing Sam Vangeen in its lunchtime Your Choice Requests show.
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In 2008, Stuart Miles took his live drag stand-up comedy show, "The Adventures of Pink Peter", to the Edinburgh Fringe festival.
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On 26 April 2010, it was announced that Stuart Miles would be the new Heart 96.6 breakfast presenter, along with Natalie Besbrode, starting on 4 May, followed by the reformed Heart Home Counties which started on 16 July.
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Stuart Miles is the regular stand in for Andy Collins on the breakfast show on BBC Three Counties Radio.