Simon Grant

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Simon Grant (born July 3, 1978) in Falmouth, Cornwall is a British television presenter.

Before becoming a CBBC presenter, he went to study acting at Middlesex University and he was also a compere. He first started on The Saturday Show in 2002 when he was a virtual unknown but went on to present other shows like Xperimental and Hard Spell Abbey as well as becoming a regular presenter in the CBBC studio. Simon is the longest serving presenter of the The Saturday Show and in the 2004 summer run was the object of the game Gunge Grant in which he competed in a quiz each week with a child contestant, resulting in the loser being gunged. This game was changed slightly in 2005 and renamed Gunge GBH (Gunge Grant, Bell or Humphrey), with the new rule of a different Saturday Show presenter going head to head with the child each week. He also appeared in the CBBC Scotland detective show Suspect, where a team of 3 children attempt to solve a crime committed in the so called Kilcrammond House Hotel. In 2006 he appeared in BBC One's Celebrity Masterchef. On December 1st 2006, he presented in the CBBC studio for the final time, leaving the show.