summits, lobbied ministers and was a critic of 'complacency' that led to mass fatalities in the Lakanal House and Grenfell Tower fires in London. In 2003 he was tipped by The Sun newspaper as a candidate for Mayor of London, and his name was mentioned again for the 2008 election. Although he did not stand, he wrote a manifesto for London's evening paper and chaired one of the key public debates. In 2011 he was mentioned as a possible police and crime commissioner. In 2012 it was reported that he had sold his home in Notting Hill, West London "for almost 40 times the price he paid for it" in 1993. The buyer of the house was Khalid Saïd, son of businessman Wafic Saïd. Ross works as a chairman and moderator for corporate and government meetings. His wife Sarah Caplin, co-founder of ChildLine, was Deputy Secretary of the BBC and also a senior executive with ITV, the British commercial television broadcaster. The couple have three sons: Adam, Sam and Jack. Filmography {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year !! Title !! Channel |- | 1971–1972 || Scene Around Six || BBC One Northern Ireland |- | 1972–1974 || The World Tonight || BBC Radio 4 |- | 1972–1974 || Newsdesk || BBC Radio 4 |- | 1973 || Newsbeat || BBC Radio 1 |- | 1974–1975 || The World at One || BBC Radio 4 |- | 1975–1982 || Out of Court || BBC Two |- | 1975–1983 || Man Alive || BBC Two |- | 1983–1984 || Breakfast Time || BBC One |- | 1983–1984 || Sixty Minutes || BBC One |- | 1985 || Are You Being Served?|| BBC One |- | 1984–2007 || Crimewatch || BBC One |- | 1985 || Star Memories || BBC One |- | 1985–1987 || Watchdog || BBC One |- | 1986 || Drug Alert || BBC Radio 4 |- | 1986–1988 || A Week in Politics || Channel 4 |- | 1986–1997 || Call Nick Ross || BBC Radio 4 |- | 1988–2000 || Crimewatch File || BBC One |- | 1992–1994 || Crime Limited || BBC One |- | 1992–2002 || So You Think You Know How To Drive || BBC One |- | 1994–1997 || Westminster with Nick Ross || BBC Two |- | 1997 || Party Conferences || BBC Two |- | 1997 || Election Campaign || BBC Two |-