Stuart Miles (born 20 February 1969) is a British radio and television presenter, who has worked on the children's programme Blue Peter.
Career Miles studied at Bournemouth University where he developed an interest in college radio, followed by a stint on hospital radio.
Stuart Miles gained his TV break working as a journalist for a local Cable TV station covering news and events in South London. From 1993 to 1994, 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. His last appearance was on 21 June 1999.
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 also felt that the sacking of co-presenter Richard Bacon had not been handled well.BBC News, 8 February 1999, Quoted as saying "The show needs to tackle subjects like divorce, or bullying, or eating disorders, or drugs." Stuart presented with Diane-Louise Jordan, Tim Vincent, Katy Hill, Romana D'Annunzio, Richard Bacon, Konnie Huq and Simon Thomas.
Since leaving Blue Peter, Miles has guest-presented such programmes as This Morning, Holiday, and Soap Fever, and took part in When Blue Peter Became ABBA. He has also directed various programmes, and regularly appears in pantomime.
In 2007, Stuart presented on Sky Vegas, an interactive gambling television channel, and started regularly performing his drag act, as a character called Stella Ratner.Reported on his website stuartmiles.co.uk and listed in Timeout, November 2007, performing fortnightly in Stella's Cellar at Barcode , a Soho gay bar .
In January 2008, Stuart joined Gaydar Radio, replacing Sam Vangeen in its lunchtime Your Choice Requests show.
In 2008, Stuart took his live drag stand-up comedy show, "The Adventures of Pink Peter", to the Edinburgh Fringe festival.
On 26 April 2010, it was announced that Stuart would be the new Heart 96.6 (Northants) breakfast presenter, along with Natalie Besbrode (Natalie B), starting on 4 May, followed by the reformed Heart Home Counties which started on 16 July. Between February 2015 and July 2017 he co-presented "Heart Breakfast" with his former Blue Peter colleague Katy Hill.
He is also the regular stand in for Andy Collins on the breakfast show on BBC Three Counties Radio.
Credits
YearTitleRoleProductionBroadcast Dates 1993–1994Saturday Disney Presenter GMTV 1994–1999Blue Peter Presenter BBC 1995Schofield's Quest Presenter LWT 3 December 1995 1996To Me, To You! Himself BBC 19 July 1996 1998Dennis the Menace: The Competition Himself (voice) BBC 13 February 1998 1999This Morning Presenter Granada Television 17 February 1999 1999Holidaymaker Presenter Meridian Broadcasting August–September 1999 2000The Phone Zone Director UK Play 2000This Morning Presenter Granada Television 19 April 2000 2001Lily Savage's Blankety Blank Himself Grundy Productions 14 January 2001 2004Simply the Best Himself Carlton Television 21 August 2004 2005When Blue Peter became ABBA Himself/Benny RDF Media 20 September 2005 2008Your Choice Requests Presenter/DJ Gaydar Radio 2 January 2008 – 25 April 2010 2010 Breakfast Presenter Heart Four Counties 4 May 2010 – 21 July 2017 2017 Drive Time Presenter Sam FM 19 June 2017 – Present
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