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.
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
He left the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) to join
the independent sector as Chief Executive of The Television
Corporation.
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.
Short of scoring the winning goal in the FA Cup Final it doesn't come
much better than this" - on hearing he has been appointed as new
Director of Sport for the BBC Corporation