Hugh Ferris (presenter)

Ferris attended [Merdon Avenue, Chandlers Ford],[King Edward VI School, Southampton]], and graduated with a BA in music from York University. Ferris played the trumpet and performed as a schoolboy musician at the Royal Albert Hall.[1]

Ferris has appeared on BBC TV, presenting the sport on the BBC News Channel,[2] BBC Breakfast and BBC World News,[3] and on radio for BBC Radio 5 Live including presenting Sports Report[4] and The Monday Night Club,[5] amongst others. Ferris has contributed on BBC Radio 2 to the Chris Evans Breakfast Show, and the World Service[6] including Sportsworld,[7] which is broadcast to more than 40 million people. At the London Olympics and 2012 Summer Paralympics Ferris presented at the sold-out London Velodrome and also to an 80,000-strong crowd at the Olympic Stadium, and anchored the World Service's Rio 2016 coverage from the BBC Sport Centre in Salford.[8] Ferris has also presented events such as award ceremonies[9][10][11] charity events[12] and evenings with prestigious guests such as Shane Warne.[13][14]

Ferris has a weekly football podcast called Set Piece Menu with football commentator Steve Wyeth, football journalist Rory Smith and former England international Andy Hinchcliffe, in which the four debate a single issue within association football over food.[15][16] The podcast was nominated for Podcast of the Year at the 2018 Football Supporters Federation awards.[17]

Ferris was co-writer for footballer Nedum Onuoha’s autobiography “Kicking Back”, released in May 2022 by Biteback Publishing.[18]

Ferris has been based in Manchester through choice since working at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. He is married to Gemma, who works in supply chain project management.[19][20]