Michael Rodd (born 29 November 1943 in North Shields, Northumberland, United Kingdom) is an English television presenter and businessman.
[1][2] Having begun his career on BBC Look North in 1967, Rodd became a familiar face to millions of television viewers in Britain as a presenter for the BBC of Screen Test (1970–79), Tomorrow's World (1972–82)[3] and The Risk Business (1980–81).
[4] He also hosted television coverage of the early Space Shuttle launches for the BBC.
[5] Later he worked for the ITV contractor TVS on its science programme The Real World.
[6] In 1980 Rodd established Blackrod, an independent producer of film, video and interactive productions for business and industry.