Edward Oliver James "Ed" Petrie (born 22 August 1978) is an English actor,

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, and television presenter.

Early life

Petrie was born and raised in

Rustington Rustington is a small town and civil parish in the Arun District of West Sussex. Rustington is approximately at the midpoint of the West Sussex coast and midway between the county town of Chichester and Brighton. The A259 runs along the nor ...

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. He was educated at Broadwater Manor in

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, West Sussex, and the independent school

Ardingly College Ardingly College () is an independent boarding and day school in the English public school tradition located near Ardingly, West Sussex, England. The school is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference and of the Woodard C ...

in Ardingly, West Sussex.

Career

Previous presenting work includes hosting various children's programmes, on

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, from January 2005 until September 2007, including ''Slime Across the UK'' and ''The Crunch''. In 2002, Ed Petrie was a researcher for the BBC programme, '' They Think It's All Over'' and, in 2005, was a comedy sketch writer for

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's ''The Milk Run''. He was a finalist in both, ''

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'' and

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's comedy festival, ''National Talent Hunt'' in 2003. The following year, Ed was a semi-finalist in the BBC's ''New Comedy Awards''. Acting work has included appearances in the

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comedy programmes ''

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'' and ''

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''. In 2012 he performed as one of the warm up acts on

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's ''Back of My Mum's Head'' tour. Before joining CBBC's presentation department in September 2007, Petrie hosted the game show '' Wonderful World of Weird''. He later became the chief continuity presenter for the

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, presenting afternoon links for the

alongside Oucho T. Cactus. The duo later presented '' Ed and Oucho's Excellent Inventions'' and a weekend morning show entitled '' Transmission Impossible with Ed & Oucho''. In 2008, he was nominated for a BAFTA in the ''Best Children's Presenter'' category, and collected the BAFTA for ''Best Children's Channel'' when it was won by

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. ''Ed and Oucho's Excellent Inventions'' Series 2 aired on the CBBC channel on BBC 2 on 2 January 2010. Ed presented weekend links on the

with new

presenter Chris Johnson as of January 2010 whilst Oucho ( Warrick Brownlow-Pike) was replaced by Dodge T Dog ( Warrick Brownlow-Pike). Ed left

presentation in June 2010, to present '' All Over the Place'', a show on

with

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which started airing in February 2011. As part of promotion for the series, Petrie returned to CBBC Continuity for one day. A second series of ''All Over the Place'' aired between January and March 2012. In summer 2012 he presented a new CBBC series with

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, ''Marrying Mum and Dad'', where children plan their parents' weddings. In November 2012 he starred in '' 12 Again'' with

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and

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Personal life

Petrie has said through

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that his girlfriend is French, and that she also appeared in a Comic Relief special starring

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. They have two children. He supports

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. He confirmed on his Instagram Livestream on 22 April 2020 that he is married and has a wife.

Filmography

Television

External links

Ed Petrie's own website
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Ed Petrie's Twitter page

CBBC stars

Ed Petrie on Chortle
{{DEFAULTSORT:Petrie, Ed 1978 births Living people English television presenters People educated at Ardingly College National Youth Theatre members People from Rustington