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List Of CBBC Presenters
This is a list of notable CBBC and CBeebies presenters from when in-vision presentation was launched in September 1985. Presenters CBBC * Phillip Schofield * Andy Crane * Gordon the Gopher * Tracy Brabin * Anthea Turner * Siobhan Maher * Colin Heywood * Sue Devaney * Wilson the Butler * Edd the Duck * Andi Peters * Philippa Forrester * Esther McVey * Toby Anstis * John Urquhart * Di Christie * Steve McKenna * Zoe Ball * Chris Jarvis * Josie D'Arby * Otis the Aardvark ( Dave Chapman)Rich Pelley (14 June 2020)Pulling the strings: meet the people who brought puppets to life ''The Observer'' * Grant Stott * Simeon Courtie * Gail Porter * Kirsten O'Brien * Dominic Wood * Richard McCourt * Marsali Stewart * Steve Wilson * Ana Boulter * Emlyn the Gremlyn * Michael Underwood * Adrian Dickson * Angellica Bell * Fearne Cotton * Ortis Deley * Kate Heavenor * Jake Humphrey * Andrew Hayden-Smith * Sophie McDonnell *Gemma Hunt * Barney Harwood * Anne Foy * Matt Edmon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CBBC
CBBC (initialised as Children's BBC and also known as the CBBC Channel) is a British free-to-air Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast children's television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is also the brand used for all BBC content for children aged 7–16. Its sister channel CBeebies broadcasts programming and content for children aged under 7. It broadcasts every day from 7am to 7pm (7am to 9pm from 11 April 2016 to 4 January 2022), timesharing with BBC Three. History Launched on 11 February 2002 alongside its sister channel, CBeebies, which serves the under 6 audience, the name was previously used to brand all BBC Children's and Education, BBC Children's content carried on BBC One and BBC Two. CBBC was named Channel of the Year at the Children's British Academy of Film and Television Arts, BAFTA awards in November 2008, 2012 and 2015. The channel averages 300,000 viewers daily. The channel originally shared bandwidth on the Freeview (UK ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Jarvis (presenter)
Martin Christopher Jarvis (born 20 April 1969) is an English actor, presenter and writer who has appeared mainly on children's television for the BBC since 1992, apart from 2000–2002 when he was working with ITV and Channel 4. In 2019 he started a radio station for children called Little Radio. Career Early career Jarvis made his name in the early 1990s on Children's BBC, presenting from the "Broom Cupboard" alongside Zoe Ball and Josie d'Arby as well as hosting his own shows like ''Look Sharp''. Chris wrote a lot of material for Children's BBC himself (including the mini soap opera ''Wood Lane TV'') and created several memorable characters including "The Anorak". In 1997, Chris was part of ''The Friday Zone'' (which was broadcast on Friday afternoons on BBC One for most of the children's slot) with Debra Stephenson, Peter Simon, Dominic Wood, Steve Rock and Emma Lee. They released a single called "Glasses" as a spin-off from the programme, to raise money for Comic Relie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emlyn The Gremlyn
Emlyn the Gremlyn was a CBBC puppet-presenter for the live ("Continuity") links on Children's BBC. Created/owned by BBC Worldwide BBC Worldwide Ltd. was the wholly owned commercial subsidiary of the BBC, formed out of a restructuring of its predecessor BBC Enterprises in January 1995. The company monetises BBC brands, selling BBC and other British programming for broadca ..., built by Darryl Worbey Studios and puppeteered by Tim Jones and Grant Mason, Emlyn the Gremlyn assisted the human presenters between shows to promote the channel's programming and provide an interactive element through competitions and various sends. Puppets {{BBC-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ana Boulter
Ana Boulter (born 29 April 1976) is a British television presenter. She attended the Minster School in Southwell, Nottinghamshire, then Nottingham Trent University, where she studied broadcast journalism. She presented on CBBC between 1998 and 2001, the BBC regional programme ''Inside Out Inside Out may refer to: *Backwards (other) or inverse Books * '' Inside Out: A Personal History of Pink Floyd'', by Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason * ''Inside Out'', Christian book by Larry Crabb * ''Inside Out'', novel by Barry Eisler ...'', and briefly on Sky News in 2005–6. References External links TV Room Plus* 1976 births Alumni of Nottingham Trent University Living people English television presenters {{UK-tv-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Wilson (presenter)
Stephen John Wilson (born 19 September 1974 in Croydon, Greater London), is a British television presenter and author, best known for presenting ITV's This Morning programme, as well as CBBC and Live & Kicking in 1999 and 2000. Wilson currently runs the personalised gift company ''FromLucy&Co'' with his wife Lucy Tapper. He is author, along with Tapper, of the book Hedgehugs. From 2005 until 2006, Wilson presented the CITV show ''Feel the Fear'' with Holly Willoughby. He appears on ITV's daytime programme ''This Morning This Morning may refer to: * ''This Morning'' (TV programme), a British daytime television programme * ''This Morning'' (radio program), a Canadian radio show which aired from 1997 to 2002 * '' CBS This Morning'', an American morning show, succe ...'', where he hosts the gifts, gadgets, toys, outdoor living and leisure segments as well as the game Guess The Gadget. . Steve is also the founding member of the group Rocker Division, alongside his three brother ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard McCourt
Richard "Dick" McCourt (born 12 August 1976) is an English entertainer and presenter. He is best known as one half of the comic duo Dick and Dom, with the other being Dominic Wood. His older brother is fellow television presenter James McCourt. Education McCourt was educated at Tapton School, a state comprehensive in Sheffield. At Norton College, building on his experience as a volunteer at Sheffield's hospital radio station, he studied audio, video and print media, receiving the BTEC National Diploma in media production in 1994. Television McCourt gained his experience in Sheffield presenting Hospital Television and local television throughout the early '90s. He is best known for co-presenting, with Dominic Wood, '' Dick & Dom in da Bungalow''. The show ran on CBBC and BBC One, from 2002 to 2006 and was famous for its zany games, often played in public places. Dick and Dom had other CBBC hits including '' The Legend of Dick and Dom'', ''Diddy TV'' and ''Absolute Genius with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominic Wood
Dominic Simon "Dom" Wood (born 3 January 1978) is an English entertainer, magician and presenter of radio and television, best known as one half of the double act Dick and Dom, with the other being Richard McCourt. From 14 October 2007 to September 2008, he and work partner McCourt presented the Sunday morning show on BBC Radio 1 from 10:00 am – 1:00 pm, but later left the show due to TV commitments. Magic career Wood was at one point the youngest member of the magician's society The Magic Circle. He was however later expelled in the wake of disapproval over '' Dick & Dom in da Bungalow'', on which he would occasionally perform and gave away tricks, despite him protesting that other entertainers and magicians had effectively done the same publicly before with no blowback. His magical achievements and awards include: * 1999 Escaping from a straitjacket on Houdini's birthday * 1998 British Magical Champion * 1998 World Record for Card Tricks * 1996 IBM Shield ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirsten O'Brien
Kirsten Lindsey O'Brien (born 23 February 1972) is an English television presenter and actress. She is perhaps best known for her work presenting for the BBC, including the popular CBBC art programme '' SMart'' from 1999 to 2009, and CBeebies pre-school art spin-off programme '' SMarteenies'' in 2002. Career O'Brien studied media and communications at the University of Central England in Birmingham, graduating in 1993. She got her first broadcast experience on the university's student radio station which led to her first job in 1995 at Tyne Tees Television where she made her presenting debut on a children's science programme. In 1996 she joined the team presenting the continuity links during the BBC's children's programming CBBC. She stayed there for three-and-a-half years during which time she became best known for her partnership with puppet Otis the Aardvark. Both O'Brien and Otis also co-presented with other people (and often solo). The 1997 Saturday morning spin-off '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gail Porter
Gail Porter (born 23 March 1971) is a Scottish television personality, former model and actress. She started her television career in children's TV, before branching out into modelling and presenting mainstream TV. In the 1990s, she famously posed nude for '' FHM'', which was projected on to the Houses of Parliament. Later in her career, Porter has been affected by alopecia, a condition which causes hair loss. Life and career Porter attended Portobello High School in Edinburgh. She studied for a BTEC HND in media production at West Herts College. After making an unsuccessful bid to join the presentation team of the BBC children's show ''Blue Peter'', she presented family-friendly television programmes, or ones aimed at children. They include '' Children's BBC Scotland'', ''T.I.G.S'', ''MegaMag'', ''Up For It!'', '' Children in Need'', '' Fully Booked'', ''The Movie Chart Show'', ''Top of the Pops'', and '' Live & Kicking'', work for ''CITV'', and programmes such as ''The Big ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simeon Courtie
Simeon Courtie (born 1 April 1970) is an English broadcaster and writer. He is known as a TV presenter on Children's BBC, as a radio presenter on BFBS, and BBC local radio, a TV and radio comedy writer contributing to programmes including '' Have I Got News For You?'', and is the author of the humorous travel book ''The Long and Whining Road''. and the thriller ''All Hollow'' Career Courtie left school in 1986, aged 16, and became a City & Guilds qualified mechanical and electrical engineer, completing a 4-year apprenticeship at Timsons, a printing press manufacturer in Kettering. During this time he joined the local hospital radio station KHBA, and started volunteering at BBC Radio Northampton. In 1990 he began a full-time broadcasting career as a radio-car reporter, then as a presenter at BBC Radio Northampton. After an unsuccessful audition at Children's BBC in 1993 he was offered a job on BBC Two pop show ''The O-Zone'', made by the same department. His first film, and TV d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grant Stott
Grant Stott (born 13 May 1967) is a Scottish broadcaster from Edinburgh. He formerly worked as a DJ on Edinburgh radio station Forth 1 until January 2017. He then joined BBC Radio Scotland and now appears on the television soap opera ''River City''. Stott is the brother of television presenter John Leslie. Television career Grant's television career began with presenting the BBC Scotland educational series ''Let's See: Go 4 5'' with ''Sally Gray'' in 1992 and 1993, He also presented BBC Scotland's coverage of '' Children in Need'' for five consecutive years between 1992 and 1997. In 1993 he joined ''Scottish Television'' and presented children's show ''Wemyss Bay 902101''. with ''Arlene Stuart'', The first children's series of ''Now You See it'' which aired as part of ''Wemyss Bay 90210'' and Vox-Pops on the lunchtime edition of ''Scotland Today''. In 1994–96, Grant presented '' Children's BBC Scotland'' with Gail Porter in the school holidays. From 1995 to 1997 He also used ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Observer
''The Observer'' is a British newspaper Sunday editions, published on Sundays. It is a sister paper to ''The Guardian'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', whose parent company Guardian Media Group, Guardian Media Group Limited acquired it in 1993. First published in 1791, it is the world's oldest Sunday newspaper. History Origins The first issue, published on 4 December 1791 by W.S. Bourne, was the world's first Sunday newspaper. Believing that the paper would be a means of wealth, Bourne instead soon found himself facing debts of nearly £1,600. Though early editions purported editorial independence, Bourne attempted to cut his losses and sell the title to the government. When this failed, Bourne's brother (a wealthy businessman) made an offer to the government, which also refused to buy the paper but agreed to subsidise it in return for influence over its editorial content. As a result, the paper soon took a strong line against radicals such as Thomas Paine, Francis Burdett and J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
