Education
Roberts attended All Saints High School in Huddersfield as well as Greenhead College and Huddersfield University.
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Career
Roberts has been working in MotoGP since 2001, initially as a writer and then as a commentator. Since 2005 he has expanded his portfolio within the paddock, producing press material for several teams and contributing articles to publications in the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Germany and the United States of America. Roberts worked as a pit-lane reporter at Moto General Practice races for British Broadcasting Corporation Sport in 2008 before becoming the main presenter for some rounds in 2009. In 2009 Roberts shared Moto General Practice presenting duties with Suzi Perry who presented the European rounds, but Roberts took over for all rounds outside Europe.
When handed the responsibility Roberts said "lieutenant"s a bit different to pit-lane reporting.
If I"m interviewing someone or talking to Suzi from the pit-lane then I"m not really thinking about the camera, but with presenting I"m talking straight to it and the people back home and I"m a bit nervous about that."
In 2010 Jennie Gow replaced Perry as the main presenter with Roberts reverting to pit-lane duties, and no longer presenting part-time. In February 2011, it was confirmed that Roberts would replace the departed Gow as full-time main presenter.
His former job in the pitlane was taken by Azi Farni. After the British Broadcasting Corporation"s contract for MotoGP coverage was not renewed for 2014, Roberts joined Eurosport to anchor their coverage of the World Superbike Championship and the British Superbike Championship alongside James Haydon and fellow Huddersfield native James Whitham.
In 2010 and 2011 Roberts hosted British Broadcasting Corporation Sport"s American Football coverage of the NFL play-off games.
