休·波拉德，Attended Christ Church C of E school, Finchley, North London, leaving in 1992. Graduated from the University of Kent, Canterbury, UK, with a degree in Radio, Film and Television. Worked briefly as a care assistant in Dover, Kent. Worked for the BBC in Outside Broadcasts, based in Acton. Lived in a village in North Hertfordshire between 1998 and 2001. Got married in 1999. Since August 2001, has lived in a village on the shore of Grafham Water, Cambridgeshire, UK. Works as a Video Tape Operator. His job has taken him to Greece, Canada and Germany, and involves recording and replaying things, and doing slow motion replays on sporting events such as Athletics and Wimbledon. Has a strange and erratic lifestyle, governed by his job's long and unpredictable hours.