Ross David Lee (born 21 August 1973) is an English comedian, actor, writer, and television presenter. He is best known for his television shows ''Chute!'' (2007), ''Ross Lees Ghoulies'' (2008), and ''The Pranker'' (2011).

TV career

Lee's first television appearance was on ''Surf Potatoes'', a

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programme. Lee's appeared on the 'Prime Time' segment of

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in 1996. He was given 60 seconds of prime time television to do a weather forecast from his bath at home, and the negative reception from the shows studio audience led to fellow Yorkshireman

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being dipped in gunge.

Ross Lee's Ghoulies

Lee was the host of ''Ross Lee's Ghoulies'', a horror-comedy themed Saturday morning studio-based show which began broadcasting on Sunday 28 September and ended 13 December 2008 on

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. It aired in two-hour blocks from 10am until 12noon, for 13 weeks. Lee appears as an apparent

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of himself, as well as several different characters in sketches throughout the show.

Other TV appearances

Prior to ''Ross Lee's Ghoulies'', Lee hosted a similar programme on

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entitled '' Chute!'', which included various video clips and songs taken from the

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archives and off the internet. He also made two appearances on

's Friday night comedy show '' Balls of Steel'' as the World's Worst (Occupation), portraying a taxi driver and a barman respectively. He also provided a voiceover on the DVD of the show. Lee did not appear in the second or third series of ''Balls of Steel''. Apart from ''Chute!'', Lee appeared in other CBBC shows; once on ''

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'', and twice on ''

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'' as

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' "friend", and on the last show for ''Flack's Musical Chairs''. He was eliminated in the third round and received pie in his face. He later got his revenge, along with the other contenders, on Sam and Mark. He has also appeared in the ''

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'' Christmas Special "Ho Ho Ho Selecta", and had a minor appearance on ''

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'' in Episode Four where he played Andy Gough. Lee narrated the British version of MTV's strip show-cum-music video show ''

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''. He also appears in the 2010 music video for " I Feel Better" by

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, directed by

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. After taking a break from presenting shows on children's TV, Ross starred in his own hidden camera sho
''The Pranker''
on

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, in which he pranks unsuspecting members of the general public. The Pranker ran for only one series with six episodes from 14 July - 18 August 2011. In 2015, Ross starred in the first series of ''

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'' as numerous characters including Ronnie Wood and Batman and Robin. He then returned to the show in its second series supporting his lifelong friend, Leigh Francis (Keith Lemon).

Radio career

TBFM Online

On 6 February 2014, it was announced that Lee had joined the internet radio station TBFM Online as a DJ, and would be presenting a weekly one-hour show on the station.

References

External links

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CBBC Presenter Profile

Ross Lee's Ghoulies
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Nickelodeon UK
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