Ortis Deley
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Ortis Deley is a British television presenter and actor. He was the main anchor presenter for Childrens British Broadcasting (CBBC) from 1998.
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[edit] Career
Deley studied for a degree in Pharmacy at the University of Sunderland and graduated in 1995. It was an appearance on LWT's Blind Date that put him in the public eye.
[edit] Acting
Deley has a cameo in the feature film Derailed alongside Clive Owen and Jennifer Aniston. This film was released in 2006. He appears in the low-budget British movie Kidulthood, also released in 2006. Deley has starred in BBC One'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. On the 3rd May 2007, Deley played the part of a drug dealer on the The Bill.
[edit] LWT
Deley's first job in television was for LWT; a pilot Saturday Breakfast show entitled Up Your Street, followed by Passport to Passion.
[edit] Trouble TV
Deley found his home as the anchor presenter for the cable & satellite channel Trouble live twice weekly on. He 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 he 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, Deley 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
Deley worked for Trouble for 4 years before joining the BBC to present Short Change and then Live & Kicking.
In 2002, Deley hosted Making It, the BBC's talent search for a new children's presenter.
Ortis worked as one of the key presenters on CBBC's daily magazine show Xchange.
He appeared in an episode of Chucklevision (BBC1) screened on June 14th 2007.
For BBC One, Deley presented and reported on monetary and consumer issues affecting children and teenagers for Short Change. He was the main anchor presenter from 1998 to 2005. Deley also appeared on programmes for BBC Choice (now BBC Three) as one of the main presenters on Hype and Hype on the Road. On BBC One 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 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 2000 Sydney Olympics.
In 2008, he returned to CBBC to co-present Best of Friends.
[edit] Other appearances
Deley 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.
Deley 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. 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.
On Radio 5 Live Ortis presented his own sports show which featured in depth interviews with British Athletes preparing for the Sydney Olympics.
For primetime BBC One, he presented a one-off special for Tomorrow's World entitled Lab Rats.
He also appeared on BBC Two's Never Mind The Buzzocks
He is now auditioning for parts in musicals, theatre, television dramas and films as well as continuing his presenting. In 2005, Deley took part in an episode of Chucklevision, acting as a music agent and fashion designer.
Deley has also appeared as an analyst on Sky Sports' NBA Basketball coverage.
He has appeared on reality tv show Celebrity Scissorhands.
Before his television work he appeared as a contestant on Blind Date, presented by Cilla Black.
He does the UK voice for DJ Lance Rock in Yo Gabba Gabba!.
