Ortis Deley

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Ortis Deley is a British television presenter.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 Acting 1.2 LWT 1.3 Trouble TV 1.4 BBC 2 Other appearances

[edit] Career

Deley studied for a degree in Pharmacy at the University of Sunderland, which is a far cry from his present role as a TV presenter.

[edit] Acting

As an actor, Ortis has just filmed a cameo in the feature film Derailed alongside Clive Owen and Jennifer Aniston. This film was screened in 2006. He has also played a featured role in the low-budget British movie Kidulthood, also screened in 2006. Ortis has starred in BBC1's drama serial Doctors, and taken part in a production of Alan Ayckbourn's Confusions at The Leatherhead Theatre. He has also played a lead role in the critically acclaimed fringe theatre production of Talkin' Loud at The Latchmere Theatre. In 2005 he played Tom in the Doctor Who spin-off audio plays Wildthyme at Large and The Devil in Ms Wildthyme.

[edit] LWT

Ortis' first job in television was for LWT; a pilot Saturday Breakfast show entitled "Up Your Street", followed by "Passport to Passion".

[edit] Trouble TV

Ortis found his home as the anchor presenter for the cable & satellite channel Trouble live twice weekly on. Deley also co-presented "It's In the Jeans", a series of 12 shows taking a light-hearted look at how teenagers relate to the opposite sex, as well as chart show "Blast", entertainment show "The T-Spot" and music magazine programme "iPop". Throughout the summer of 2000 Ortis made broadcasting history by presenting T-Nation which was the first live broadcast television show from the biggest store in Europe – Top Shop, on Oxford Street.

As well as presenting, Ortis is a keen singer, and through his work on Trouble, he soon achieved one of his personal ambitions when, in 1997, he sang live on the Mizz Roadshow to over 50,000 teenagers. He then toured the country with the Smash Hits Roadshow in 1998, 1999 and 2000; interviewing bands for exclusive backstage footage, gossip and news for a 30 minute video-diary.

[edit] BBC

Ortis worked for Trouble for 4 years before joining the BBC to present Short Change and then Live & Kicking.

In 2002, Ortis hosted Making It, the BBC's talent search for a new children's presenter. 10,000 applicants became 10 and then eventually one. Ortis was the man who put them through their paces! It was the hit of the Aug / Sept 2002 CBBC schedule. Ortis still presents on Short Change, now in its 8th year and also worked as one of the key presenters on CBBC's daily magazine show X-Change.

For BBC1 Ortis has been presenting and reporting on both light hearted and serious issues affecting children and teenagers for Short Change. He has been the main anchor presenter since '98. Ortis also appeared on programmes for BBC Choice (now BBC Three) as one of the main presenters on Hype and Hype on the Road. On BBC1 he has also been the main presenter on a youth science programme, Why 5 which ran for two series.

Following this, he presented X-perimental, a new science series for CBBC produced by Endemol.

On BBC Radio 5 Live Ortis presented his own sports show featuring in depth interviews with British Athletes preparing for the Sydney Olympics.

[edit] Other appearances

Ortis also hosted The People's Choice Black Music Awards for Five as well as appearing as a regular guest / singer / team captain on Night Fever, also for Five.

Ortis is probably best known as one of the main presenters on the last ever two series of the BBC's flagship Saturday morning show, Live and Kicking. However, he has also co-hosted the British Academy Children's Film and Television Awards with Emma Bunton, at The London Hilton. Highlights of the show were broadcast on ITV. Recently (2004), he received a second nomination from the organisation for Best Presenter.

For primetime BBC1 Ortis presented a one-off special for Tomorrow's World entitled Lab Rats.

He is now auditioning for parts in musicals, theatre, television dramas and films as well as continuing his presenting.He also visited Barnhill Community High School in late 2006.

Ortis recently took part in an episode of Chucklevision, acting as a music agent.