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| Born | Paul Rose 1951 (age 73–74) |
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Paul Rose (born 1951) is a British television presenter who mainly works for theBBC.[1] He is an accomplished diver,mountaineer and explorer whose skills and interests led to his role as a documentary presenter.[1][2][3][4][5]
Rose was vice-president of theRoyal Geographical Society from 1999 to 2002[6] and made frequent expeditions toAntarctica, supporting scientists engaged in research, and for eight 6-month seasons was base commander ofRothera Research Station.[1]
In 2006, Rose presented the five-partBBC Four documentary seriesVoyages of Discovery.[7]
In 2008 he co-presented the eight-partBBC Two documentary seriesOceans.[8]
In 2011 he co-presented the four-part BBC Two documentary seriesBritain's Secret Seas.[9]
Since the mid 2010s, Paul Rose has been involved with a number of walking documentaries made as part of the BBC's commitment toregional programming. In 2016, his five-part programmeCoastal Path[10][11] series showed Rose on the 630 mile South West Coast Path, with the series originally broadcast as a regional BBC One show for people in the southwest and Channel Islands.[12]Coastal Path would go on to be repeated nationally for viewers on BBC Two in the following years and would end up as a BBC Four programme, last broadcast on 27 July 2021.[13]
In 2017, Rose presented a two-partBBC One documentary on theYorkshire Wolds Way, a walk of around 80 miles from theHumber toFiley, on theNorth Yorkshire coast. During the programme, Rose explored the wildlife and geographical features of the landscape he encountered. In the second part of the documentary he took a dramatic glider flight from the Wolds Gliding Club,Pocklington, over part of the Wolds Way.[14]
In 2018, he presented the four-part BBC One seriesThe Lakes with Paul Rose, about theEnglish Lake District.[15]
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