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Roger John Bolton (born 13 November 1945 inCarlisle,Cumberland) is a Britishtelevision producer andTV andradio presenter.
After attendingCarlisle Grammar School and theUniversity of Liverpool he joined the BBC as a trainee in 1967.
He has worked on television as an editor ofTonight in 1978,Panorama in 1979 andNationwide in 1981. AfterNationwide's run ended in 1983 he became Head of Network Production for theBBC at its Manchester studios. After nearly two decades at the BBC he joinedThames as editor ofThis Week from 1986 and was involved with the controversial documentary "Death on the Rock" in April 1988.[1] Even though he nearly lost his job due to "Death on the Rock", he was kept on by Thames TV and was promoted to be Controller of Factual Programmes in 1989. This job ended when Thames lost its franchise in 1992. After this he set up his own eponymous production company in 1993, and co-founded the Flame Group with Barbara Altounyan in 2001.[citation needed]
In the 1990s, he also fronted the seriesRight to Reply for the last six years of its run.[2] This was aFeedback-style television programme forChannel 4, which like the BBC'sPoints of View, dealt with viewers complaints to the channel and tried to get a response from the network's bosses.
As a radio presenter onBBC Radio 4, he is chiefly known for his work onFeedback, which he presented for 23 years, andSunday which he regularly presented from 1998 until January 2010.
Bolton was removed as presenter ofFeedback in August 2022 by the BBC, which thanked him for his service but did not provide a reason for the change, and said it would be seeking a new presenter and production company for the programme. Bolton said "I'd have liked to have continued", and his removal was met with criticism from politicians and journalists.[3] Following his departure he launched a podcast,Roger Bolton's Beeb Watch, which is produced by a former BBC colleague and focuses on public service broadcasting generally with a focus on the BBC in particular.[4][5]
He married Julia Helen McLaren in July 1987 inHammersmith. They have two daughters and live inLittle Gaddesden inHertfordshire.[6]
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