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Martin Leyland Roberts (born 20 July 1963) is an English television presenter, property expert, investor, entrepreneur and author. He presents the
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property auction series ''
Homes Under the Hammer ''Homes Under the Hammer'' is a British factual renovation and auction television series that is screened on BBC One as part of the morning schedule. The series has been running since 17 November 2003, and is currently presented by Martin Robe ...
'' with co-presenters
Martel Maxwell Martel Maxwell (born 9 March 1977) is a Scottish journalist, writer, radio and television presenter. Since 2017, she has co-presented the property show ''Homes Under the Hammer''. Early life Maxwell was born on 9 March 1977, and was raised in Du ...
(since 2016) and
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, although his co-presenter for many years was
Lucy Alexander Lucy Alexander (born 3 April 1970) is an English television presenter, known for appearing on the BBC One property show ''Homes Under the Hammer''. Early life Alexander was born in East Dulwich, London. She graduated from the London Studio Cen ...
. He also hosts the
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show "Home Rule with Martin Roberts", where he chats about property.


Early life and career

Born in
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, Cheshire, Roberts was brought up in
Stockton Heath Stockton Heath is a civil parish and suburb of Warrington, in the Borough of Warrington, Cheshire, England. It is located to the north of the Bridgewater Canal and to the south of the Manchester Ship Canal, which divides Stockton Heath from Lat ...
, a suburb of Warrington. Roberts began his career in the late 1980s at
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. Roberts' grandfather was a well known organist at various Warrington chapels. He attended Appleton Hall Grammar School then studied Electronic Engineering at the
University of Bradford The University of Bradford is a Public university, public research university located in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. A plate glass university, it received its royal charter in 1966, making it the 40th university to be creat ...
1983–86 and was a DJ on Ramair, the university's radio station. Roberts has worked as a
property developer Real estate development, or property development, is a business process, encompassing activities that range from the renovation and re-lease of existing buildings to the purchase of raw land and the sale of developed land or parcels to others. R ...
since the early 1990s and has contributed to several publications, both on the subject of property development and travel. Since then, he has presented several other programmes including '' Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is'' and ''How to Survive the Property Crisis'', both for the
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as well as
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's travel programme '' Wish You Were Here...?'' Roberts is most famous for being BBC's UK and Overseas Property expert writing and presenting Homes Under the Hammer having done since the programme began in 2003 to the present day, as well as making regular appearances on
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,
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and
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Roberts has also made appearances on ''
Ready Steady Cook ''Ready Steady Cook'' is a BBC daytime TV cooking game show. It debuted on 24 October 1994 and the last original edition was broadcast on 2 February 2010. The programme was hosted by Fern Britton from 1994 until 2000 when celebrity chef Ainsley ...
'' with Homes Under the Hammer co-presenter, Lucy Alexander. He has been a celebrity contestant on BBC gameshows Hole in the Wall and
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, raising money for charity. In July 2010 Roberts entered the BBC television programme ''
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'', and was the first eliminated. In November 2016, Roberts was a contestant on '' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!''. He was eliminated after spending 15 days in camp, coming in sixth place. Roberts has presented radio throughout his career as the BBC's UK and Overseas Property expert contributing to many shows on BBC radios 2, 4 and 5 Live. He is a regular guest presenter on The Jeremy Vine Show which airs on BBC Radio 2 and Moneybox which airs on BBC Radio 4. In March 2016, Roberts began hosting a weekly property radio show for Talk Radio named “Gazumped” (Saturday 11am1pm and Sunday 57pm). The show was later renamed “Home Rule” and Sunday editions are no longer live, but recorded, broadcast from 6am to 8am. In September 2012, Roberts publicly criticised proposed government changes to the planning laws of England that would double the size of extensions that do not need approval. As well as presenting on both radio and television Roberts has written many books such as ''Teach Yourself Making Money from Property,'' and ''The Property Auction Guide'' Roberts has also contributed to travelling books including ''Great Festivals of the World'', ''The Travellers' Handbook'' and ''Intrepid Africa''. Roberts is the author of The Villes Children's Books series. One of the books in the series, Sadsville, was written in partnership with the NSPCC to encourage children to contact ChildLine if they need someone to talk to about any problems, although it is unrelated to the subject of mental health. To promote this book, Martin Roberts went to his local primary school, at which his children attended. He performed a reading of the book and brought in a red bus for the children to go on. Roberts currently presents a radio show in which he investigates the living arrangements of famous footballers.


Personal life

For many years, Roberts has lived in
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near
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, and is married with two children. In 2017, he opened his village's annual "Party in the Park".


Credits

Television * '' Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is'' * ''How to Survive the Property Crisis'' * '' Wish You Were Here.'' * ''
Homes Under the Hammer ''Homes Under the Hammer'' is a British factual renovation and auction television series that is screened on BBC One as part of the morning schedule. The series has been running since 17 November 2003, and is currently presented by Martin Robe ...
'' * ''
BBC Breakfast ''BBC Breakfast'' is the BBC television Breakfast television, breakfast news programme. Produced by BBC News, the programme is broadcast on BBC One and the BBC News (TV channel), BBC News channel. The simulcast is presented live, originally from ...
'' * ''
BBC News 24 BBC News (also known as the BBC News Channel) is a British free-to-air public broadcast television news channel for BBC News. It was launched as BBC News 24 on 9 November 1997 at 5:30 pm as part of the BBC's foray into digital domestic telev ...
'' * ''
The One Show ''The One Show'' is a British television magazine and chat show programme. Broadcast live on BBC One weeknights at 7:00 pm, it features topical stories and studio guests. It is currently co-hosted by Alex Jones, Jermaine Jenas, and Ronan K ...
'' * ''
Ready Steady Cook ''Ready Steady Cook'' is a BBC daytime TV cooking game show. It debuted on 24 October 1994 and the last original edition was broadcast on 2 February 2010. The programme was hosted by Fern Britton from 1994 until 2000 when celebrity chef Ainsley ...
'' * '' Hole in the Wall'' * ''
Celebrity MasterChef ''MasterChef'' is a competitive cooking reality show produced by Endemol Shine UK and Banijay and broadcast in 60 countries around the world. In the UK, it is produced by the BBC. The show initially ran from 1990 to 2001 and was revived in 2 ...
'' * ''
Pointless ''Pointless'' is a British television quiz show produced by Banijay subsidiary Remarkable Television for the BBC. It is hosted by Alexander Armstrong. In each episode four teams of two contestants attempt to find correct but obscure answers t ...
'' * '' Dave Gorman: Modern Life is Goodish'' * '' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!'' * ''The Real Full Monty'' Radio * BBC Radio * The Jeremy Vine Show * Moneybox * Gazumped Books * Great Festivals of the World * The Travellers Handbook * Intrepid Africa * The Villes * ''Teach Yourself Making Money from Property'' * ''The Property Auction Guide''


References


External links

*
personal website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Roberts, Martin 1963 births Living people Alumni of the University of Bradford English television presenters I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (British TV series) participants People from Bath, Somerset People from Stockton Heath People from Warrington Real estate and property developers Television personalities from Somerset