Barney Harwood
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Barney Harwood (born 7 November 1979 in Blackpool, United Kingdom) is an British presenter well known for his work with CBBC.
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[edit] Career
Harwood is represented by Manchester-based agency Urban Talent, which is owned by Take That creator Nigel Martin-Smith.
[edit] Television
For CBBC, he presents Prank Patrol and co-hosts the Doctor Who tie-in programme Totally Doctor Who. Harwood was also the Control Voice in an episode of the animated series Doctor Who spin off The Infinite Quest. As an extra, he appeared in the Doctor Who episode "Love & Monsters", which was first transmitted on 17 June 2006.
On BBC Two, he co presents Basil's Swap Shop (a re-make of Multi-Coloured Swap Shop), alongside Basil Brush.[1]
Previous work for CBBC included gameshow Crush in 2004, Sport Relief Gets Sub'd!, a Sport Relief 2006 show and as co-presenter of Smile, which aired each Sunday on BBC Two until 26 August 2007 and saw him win a Children's BAFTA for best presenter.[2]
In July 2007, Harwood fronted The Sorcerer's Apprentice, a daily reality series following a group of children learning magic at a Harry Potter-style boarding school.[3]. Bear Behaving Badly, a 26-part sitcom starring Barney and Nev the bear from Smile, was broadcast on BBC One between September and October 2007. [4]
In February 2008, Barney was the celebrity in Hider in the House. His most recent job is presenting CBBC programme 'The Smokehouse' in which he commentates but is never seen.
[edit] Radio
In addition to his television work, he presents BBC Radio 4 children's magazine programme Go 4 It and co-presents Big Toe Books (previously The Big Toe Radio Show), for BBC 7.
[edit] Music
Harwood can play the guitar and piano and is also the keyboardist in The MüVs. As a singer/songwriter he composed the theme music to Bear Behaving Badly. [5]
[edit] Other appearances
In pantomime, he played Idle Jack in Dick Whittington at The Anvil Theatre, Basingstoke, between November 2005 and January 2006.
From December 2007 to January 2008, Harwood appeared at The Assembly Hall Theatre, Tunbridge Wells as Buttons in Cinderella.[6]
In April 2008, he will appear in a musical version of Beauty and the Beast as Jangles the court jester at the Central Theatre in Chatham, Kent[7].
[edit] References
- ^ Basil Brush brings back Swap Shop. BBC News (2007-12-20). Retrieved on 2007-12-20.
- ^ Children's BAFTA Awards 2007.
- ^ BBC to seek 'real' Harry Potter. BBC News (2007-01-25). Retrieved on 2007-07-13.
- ^ News Flash. Darrall Macqueen. Retrieved on 2007-07-10.
- ^ Barney Harwood. Urban Talent. Retrieved on 2007-10-23.
- ^ Harwood as Buttons
- ^ Children's presenter Swaps to musical. Kent Online. Retrieved on 2008-02-25.
