Editing Adam Hart-Davis (section)

== Career in broadcasting ==

Hart-Davis's work in broadcasting began in 1977 when he joined [[Yorkshire Television]] (YTV) as a researcher, working on material for [[Magnus Pyke]], [[David Bellamy]], [[Miriam Stoppard]] as well as ''[[Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World]]''.

In 1985 he was promoted to production work, producing the [[Fred Harris (presenter)|Fred Harris]]-fronted TV show ''Me & My Micro'' and the [[Johnny Ball]]-fronted ''Fun & Games'', amongst other things. He also devised and produced the school science show ''Scientific Eye''.

In the early 1990s Hart-Davis moved in front of the camera to present two series for YTV: ''On The Edge'' and ''[[Local Heroes (UK TV series)|Local Heroes]]''. The latter programme featured him cycling around the North of England in his trademark fluorescent pink and yellow cycling clothes, seeking out places associated with the great innovators of science and technology. The bicycles were his own, as he is a keen cyclist, owning an early [[Mike Burrows|Burrows]] Windcheetah as well as a mountain bike fitted with an early front monoblade. This series was transferred to [[BBC Two|BBC2]], where its scope became national, a different region being the subject of each episode. ''Big Questions'', a five-part Channel 4 science series for young people that he presented received a [[BAFTA]] nomination in 2002.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.eagletv.co.uk/home/big_questions.htm|title=Big Questions|date=20 August 2017|website=eagletv.co.uk|access-date=30 March 2021|archive-date=20 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820145932/http://www.eagletv.co.uk/home/big_questions.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

A new television series for the [[BBC]] called ''The Cosmos – A Beginner's Guide'' was broadcast on 7 August 2007 by BBC Two, and explored the latest ideas and experiments in [[cosmology]]. It was accompanied by a book of the same name.

He also appeared in TV advertisements for [[HM Revenue & Customs]] with the catchphrase "tax doesn't have to be taxing".<ref name="Tax Doesn't need to be taxing claim.">{{cite web|url=http://www.adam-hart-davis.org/images/050128_tax-utley_telegraph.jpg |title=My tax return was going well... |accessdate=17 February 2009 |url-status = dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724224027/http://www.adam-hart-davis.org/images/050128_tax-utley_telegraph.jpg |archivedate=24 July 2011 }}</ref> Following a statement from Hart-Davis, in which he mentioned the level of complexities within the [[UK tax]] system, his contract with [[HM Revenue & Customs]] ended.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nagri |first1=Idris |title=No future for Hart-Davis as HMRC ad man |url=https://www.accountancyage.com/2008/02/04/no-future-for-hart-davis-as-hmrc-ad-man/ |website=Accountancy Age |access-date=15 January 2025 |date=4 February 2008}}</ref>