Matthew Stadlen
| Matthew Stadlen | |
|---|---|
| Born |
7 December 1979 London |
| Nationality | British citizen |
| Occupation | Television presenter, television producer |
| Known for | Five Minutes With... |
Matthew Stadlen (born 7 December 1979) is an English television presenter and producer for the BBC. He presents the BBC interview series Five Minutes With..., putting questions to the likes of Elle Macpherson, Stephen Fry, Richard Dawkins, Martin Amis, Peter Hitchens, Serena Williams and Ricky Gervais. His documentaries appear on the BBC News Channel, BBC One, BBC Two and BBC Four.
Background
He is the grandson of concert pianist Peter Stadlen and Hedi Stadlen, the activist and musicologist. Matthew was born to Sir Nicholas Stadlen, a High Court judge (who holds the record for the longest speech in English legal history at 119 days) and Frances Stadlen in London. He went to St Paul's School. He graduated from Clare College, Cambridge, with a first-class honours degree in Classics.
Career
He worked as a journalist on The Bulletin in Brussels and co-wrote The Politics Companion (2004), before joining the BBC in September 2004. Stadlen worked as a producer on the BBC One show This Week and output edited some of the programmes, and also worked on Newsnight. Stadlen has presented and produced Five Minutes With... since 2008 and has interviewed over 190 public figures, including Sir Ben Kingsley, Nigella Lawson, Gary Lineker, Dawn French, Philip Pullman, Juliette Binoche, Ian McEwan and Tim Vine.[1] He has made 26 documentaries for the BBC News Channel series On The Road With.... Subjects have included Nigel Kennedy, Tracey Emin, Nicola Benedetti, Rabbi Dr Harvey Belovski, Stuart Broad, Eton Head Master Tony Little, Bryn Terfel and Elle Macpherson.[2]
References
- ↑ "Five Minutes With...". BBC. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
- ↑ "On The Road With...". BBC. Retrieved 8 December 2012.