Career
Marshall was Series Producer of all eight seasons of the ground-breaking British Broadcasting Corporation Children"s Serious television series which he created: Serious Jungle (2002), Serious Desert (2003), Serious Arctic (2004), Serious Amazon (2005), Serious Andes (2006), Serious Ocean (2008), Serious Explorers: Livingstone (2010), and Serious Explorers: Raleigh (2011). He is the author of a book to accompany the series: Extreme Survival: An Adventurer"s Guide to the World"s Most Dangerous Places (foreword by Bruce Parry). He was Series Producer of the children"s news programme Newsround, with responsibility for its short documentaries, Newsound Extra.
He has also been a Senior Producer in British Broadcasting Corporation factual programmes, making shows such as Tomorrow"s World and the 1999 Total Eclipse.
Born in Leeds, Marshall read maths at Oxford University before becoming a Secondary maths teacher. He has also been a Radio 4 announcer and presenter.
