For other people of the same name, see Howard Griffiths (disambiguation)

Howard Griffiths

Howard Griffiths may refer to:*Howard Griffiths , British conductor*Howard Griffiths , British plant scientist*Howard Griffiths , British television presenter...

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Howard Griffiths is a presenter for the BBC

BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...

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Career

Howard Griffiths is a radio and television presenter. His broadcast career started on board Concorde

Concorde

Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde was a turbojet-powered supersonic passenger airliner, a supersonic transport . It was a product of an Anglo-French government treaty, combining the manufacturing efforts of Aérospatiale and the British Aircraft Corporation...

 en route to New York

New York

New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

 reporting for BBC Radio 5

BBC Radio 5 (former)

BBC Radio 5 was a BBC radio network that carried sport, children's and educational programmes.It was transmitted via analogue radio on 693 and 909 kHz, and lasted for three years and eight months. The success of BBC Radio 4's coverage of the Gulf War, on a service known as Scud FM,...

's Rave programme presented by Rob Brydon. Howard's popularity in Wales led to appearances on numerous radio and television programmes on BBC and ITV

ITV

ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...

, including fronting his own travel series for ITV 1 Wales which ran for two series 2002 - 2003 and hosted a live phone in programme at BBC Radio Wales 2003 to 2007.
Howard was a picker on ITV

ITV

ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...

's Blind Date

Blind Date (UK TV series)

Blind Date is a British dating game show produced by London Weekend Television. An unscreened pilot was made with comic Duncan Norvelle as presenter but it was eventually hosted by Cilla Black, who already hosted the LWT series, Surprise, Surprise...

in 1993. The first and second shows attracted 16 and 17 million viewers. He appeared on Best of Blind Date 1994 and Best of the Last 10 years of Blind Date 1995.

November 1998, Griffiths ran the New York Marathon with Falklands War

Falklands War

The Falklands War , also called the Falklands Conflict or Falklands Crisis, was fought in 1982 between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the disputed Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands...

 hero Simon Weston

Simon Weston

Simon Weston OBE is a former British Army soldier who became well known throughout the United Kingdom for his recovery and charity work after suffering severe burn injuries during the Falklands War.-Early life:...

 OBE, reporting for BBC Choice and BBC Radio Wales. August 1999 he presented in total darkness, live coverage of the eclipse for BBC Radio Wales, 10,000 feet above Cornwall. He was BBC Wales' man in the Dome

Millennium Dome

The Millennium Dome, colloquially referred to simply as The Dome or even The O2 Arena, is the original name of a large dome-shaped building, originally used to house the Millennium Experience, a major exhibition celebrating the beginning of the third millennium...

 on Millennium Eve, for BBC's Leaving the 20th Century.

Griffiths has presented television programmes for the BBC, ITV, and Ideal World

Ideal World

Ideal World is a shopping channel in the UK whose sister shopping channels include Create and Craft, Ideal Extra and Ideal & More. It is owned by Ideal Shopping Direct Plc. Their sister health and beauty channel, Vitality, closed early in 2008...

, the TV shopping channel. He voiced "Viewers Letters" on "Points of View" BBC ONE with Terry Wogan

Terry Wogan

Sir Michael Terence Wogan, KBE, DL , or also known as Terry Wogan, is a veteran Irish radio and television broadcaster who holds dual Irish and British citizenship. Wogan has worked for the BBC in the United Kingdom for most of his career...

and Jeremy Vine for many years. He fronted the Woolite television commercial campaign in the UK in 2008.

July 7 2009 he reported live from Los Angeles at Michael Jackson's Memorial Service inside the Staples Centre for BBC.

He's an ambassador for numerous charities, hosts events across the country and presents live every week on Ideal World.