He was born on 22 November 1955 in
Kraków, in the
Polish People's Republic. He graduated from
John III Sobieski High School No 2 in Kraków and later graduated in philosophy from the
University of Warsaw. Between 1989 and 2001 he worked in
Polish Radio Programme III. Miecugow was a news anchor on
Wiadomości and
Fakty TVN. In 2001 he hosted the first edition of the Polish version of
Big Brother reality show. He was one of the principal founders of
TVN24 – the first 24-hour television
news channel in Poland launched on 9 August 2001. He regularly published his articles in
Dziennik Polski newspaper and collaborated with
Przekrój weekly magazine. Miecugow also worked as an academic teacher in
Collegium Civitas where he taught journalism. In 1997, he starred in
Adek Drabiński's comedy film
Pułapka and in 2007 he played a role in
Stanisław Tym's film
Ryś. In January 2005, he became the host of
Szkło kontaktowe – a daily
satirist programme broadcast on
TVN24 which quickly became immensely popular among the viewers across all of Poland. He also created his own TV programme called
Inny punkt widzenia (
Another Point of View) in which he discussed important topics relating to science, religion, culture, society and philosophy with invited guests. He had a wife Joanna and a son Krzysztof. ==Death==