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Martin Leyland Roberts (born 20 July 1963) is an English television presenter, property expert, investor, entrepreneur and author who currently presents the BBC One property auction series, ''Homes Under the Hammer'' with co-presenter Lucy Alexander. ==Early life and career== Born in Warrington (then part of Lancashire),〔Warrington was in Lancashire until April 1974 - please do not change to Cheshire〕 Roberts began his career in the late 1980s at BBC Radio Manchester. 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 BBC as well as ITV's travel programme ''Wish You Were Here...?''.〔Profile. ("Martin Roberts" ),"People Matter", Retrieved on 7 September 2012〕 He has been working as a property developer since the early 1990s. Roberts also contributes to several other publications either on the subject of property development or travel.〔BBC. ("Homes and Gardens" )〕 He studied Electronic Engineering at Bradford University 1982–86 and was a DJ on Ramair, the university's radio station. He was instrumental in the flooding of some Halls of Residence during this period. In July 2010 Roberts entered the BBC television programme ''Celebrity MasterChef'', though he was eliminated at the first opportunity despite having performed well on the ingredient recognition task. He is the author of ''Teach Yourself Making Money from Property''.〔Teach Yourself Making Money from Property. ("Amazon.co.uk" ), Retrieved 7 September 2012〕 Roberts is also the presenter of a series of property investment roadshows across the country.〔Property Roadshows. ("Making Money From Property" ). Retrieved on 7 September 2012〕 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.〔Roberts, Martin. ("Relaxing Planning Laws will Damage British Housing" ), "Huffington Post", 7 September 2012. Retrieved on 7 September 2012〕 He branded the move crazy and said it would "wipe away generations of sensible and sound planning law overnight".〔Roberts, Martin. ("Forget Homes under the Hammer, our countryside and architectural heritage are under attack" ), "Mail Online", 7 September 2012. Retrieved on 7 September 2012〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Martin Roberts (presenter)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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