John Stapleton (born 24 February 1946 in
OldhamOldham is a large town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies amongst the Pennines on elevated ground between the rivers Irk and Medlock, south-southeast of Rochdale, and northeast of the city of Manchester...
,
LancashireLancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Lancashire County Council is based in Preston. However, Lancaster is still considered to be the county town...
,
EnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
) is an
EnglishEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
television presenter. He joined the
BBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation, usually referred to by its abbreviation as the "BBC", is the longest established and largest broadcaster in the world...
current affairsCurrent affairs is a genre of broadcast journalism where the emphasis is on detailed analysis and discussion of news stories that have recently occurred or are ongoing at the time of broadcast....
television series
NationwideNationwide was a BBC News and Current affairs television series broadcast on BBC One each weekday following the early evening news. It followed a magazine format, combining political analysis and discussion with consumer affairs, light entertainment and sports reporting. It ran from 9 September...
in 1975 as a reporter, and then became one of the main presenters on the programme from 1977 until 1980. During 1983-1985 he worked at
TV-amTV-am was a breakfast television station that broadcast to the United Kingdom from 1 February 1983 to 31 December 1992. It made history by being the first national operator of an ITV franchise at breakfast-time, and was broadcast every day of the week, for most or all of the period between 06:00...
as a reporter and as a presenter of Good Morning Britain. From 1986 until 1993 he presented the consumer programme
WatchdogWatchdog is a BBC television series that investigates viewers' reports of problematic experiences with traders, retailers, and other companies around the UK...
alongside his wife
Lynn Faulds WoodLynn Faulds Wood , is a British television presenter.Brought up on Loch Lomondside, she first came to prominence on consumer items on the breakfast television programmes TV-am and BBC Breakfast Time...
, as well as the live morning
talk showA talk show or chat show is a television or radio program where one person or group of people come together to discuss various topics put forth by a talk show host...
The Time, The PlaceThe Time, The Place was a British audience participation talk show that was produced by Anglia Television and broadcast live on ITV from 1987-1998. TTTP was presented by Mike Scott from 1987-1993 and by John Stapleton from 1991-1998. The program was developed as ITV's competition to the BBC's...
from 1991-1996.
Since 1994 he can be seen as a presenter on
GMTVGMTV is the national ITV breakfast television contractor, broadcasting in the United Kingdom. It is owned by GMTV Ltd, comprising ITV plc and The Walt Disney Company...
.
He only has one kidney that functions properly.
John Stapleton (born 24 February 1946 in
OldhamOldham is a large town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies amongst the Pennines on elevated ground between the rivers Irk and Medlock, south-southeast of Rochdale, and northeast of the city of Manchester...
,
LancashireLancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Lancashire County Council is based in Preston. However, Lancaster is still considered to be the county town...
,
EnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
) is an
EnglishEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
television presenter. He joined the
BBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation, usually referred to by its abbreviation as the "BBC", is the longest established and largest broadcaster in the world...
current affairsCurrent affairs is a genre of broadcast journalism where the emphasis is on detailed analysis and discussion of news stories that have recently occurred or are ongoing at the time of broadcast....
television series
NationwideNationwide was a BBC News and Current affairs television series broadcast on BBC One each weekday following the early evening news. It followed a magazine format, combining political analysis and discussion with consumer affairs, light entertainment and sports reporting. It ran from 9 September...
in 1975 as a reporter, and then became one of the main presenters on the programme from 1977 until 1980. During 1983-1985 he worked at
TV-amTV-am was a breakfast television station that broadcast to the United Kingdom from 1 February 1983 to 31 December 1992. It made history by being the first national operator of an ITV franchise at breakfast-time, and was broadcast every day of the week, for most or all of the period between 06:00...
as a reporter and as a presenter of Good Morning Britain. From 1986 until 1993 he presented the consumer programme
WatchdogWatchdog is a BBC television series that investigates viewers' reports of problematic experiences with traders, retailers, and other companies around the UK...
alongside his wife
Lynn Faulds WoodLynn Faulds Wood , is a British television presenter.Brought up on Loch Lomondside, she first came to prominence on consumer items on the breakfast television programmes TV-am and BBC Breakfast Time...
, as well as the live morning
talk showA talk show or chat show is a television or radio program where one person or group of people come together to discuss various topics put forth by a talk show host...
The Time, The PlaceThe Time, The Place was a British audience participation talk show that was produced by Anglia Television and broadcast live on ITV from 1987-1998. TTTP was presented by Mike Scott from 1987-1993 and by John Stapleton from 1991-1998. The program was developed as ITV's competition to the BBC's...
from 1991-1996.
Since 1994 he can be seen as a presenter on
GMTVGMTV is the national ITV breakfast television contractor, broadcasting in the United Kingdom. It is owned by GMTV Ltd, comprising ITV plc and The Walt Disney Company...
.
He only has one kidney that functions properly. In April 2008 he revealed, in a report for the BBC's
The One ShowThe One Show is a topical magazine-style television programme, broadcast live on weekdays at 7:00 pm on BBC One. It is hosted by Adrian Chiles and Christine Bleakley. It runs every week of the year, excluding a two-week break for Christmas. The One Show is broadcast from BBC Media Village in White...
, that when he was younger he suffered from the
eating disorderAn eating disorder is a condition which affects an individuals eating habits, either as a result of their own doing , or as a bodily reaction to the consumption of food. Eating disorders can range from mild mental anguish to life-threatening conditions, and can affect every aspect of an...
anorexia nervosaAnorexia nervosa is a psychiatric illness that describes an eating disorder characterized by extremely low body weight and body image distortion with an obsessive fear of gaining weight...
for many years.
He presented on the
ITV News ChannelThe ITV News Channel was a 24-hour television news channel in the United Kingdom which broadcast from 1 August 2000 to 23 December 2005. It was available on Sky Digital, NTL:Telewest, Freeview and analogue cable, presenting national and international news plus regular business, sport,...
several times and is one of the recent contributors to the BBC series
Grumpy Old MenGrumpy Old Men refers to:* Grumpy Old Men , a 1993 comedy film starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau* Grumpy Old Men , a 2000s BBC Two television programme...
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He has one son, Nicholas James (born
HammersmithHammersmith is an urban centre in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in west London approximately 5 miles west of Charing Cross on the north bank of the River Thames...
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London[]London is the capital of England and the United Kingdom. It has been a major settlement for two millennia, and the history of London goes back to its founding by the Romans, when it was named Londinium. London's core, the ancient City of London, the 'square mile', retains its medieval boundaries...
, 1987), who studies at
Queen Mary, University of LondonQueen Mary, University of London is a constituent college of the University of London...
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He is supporter of Manchester City since a young age when his father took him to see a match against Blackpool FC at
Maine RoadMaine Road was a large football stadium in Moss Side, Manchester, England. It was home to Manchester City F.C. from its construction in 1923 until 2003. It takes its name from the street it was built on which, in itself, had a remarkable history. The street was originally known as Dog Kennel Lane...
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