Stuart Miles

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Stuart Miles (born 20 February 1970) is a British comedian and television presenter, best known for presenting the popular children's programme Blue Peter.

From 1993-94, Miles presented Saturday Disney which eventually 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 modernised, 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.

Stuart presented with Tim Vincent, Katy Hill, Romana D'Annunzio, Richard Bacon, Konnie Huq and Simon Thomas.

Since leaving Blue Peter, Miles has guest-presented on such programmes as This Morning, Holiday, and Soap Fever, and also took part in When Blue Peter Became ABBA. He has also directed various programmes, and regularly appears in pantomime.

Stuart currently presents on Sky Vegas Live, an interactive gambling television channel, and can also be seen performing a live drag act, as a character called 'Stella Ratner'.