Chris Jarvis (presenter)

Chris Jarvis
Born Martin Christopher Jarvis
(1970-04-20) 20 April 1970
Romford, Essex, England
Nationality British
Occupation Television presenter and actor
Television Playdays
Fully Booked
Catchphrase
Jungle Run
Step Inside
CBeebies

Chris Jarvis (born Martin Christopher Jarvis, 20 April 1970 in Romford, England) is a television actor and presenter who has appeared on BBC television since 1992, apart from 2000–2002 when he was working with ITV and Channel 4.

Career

Early career

Chris Jarvis started his entertainment career as a presenter on Radio Orwell in Ipswich hosting a Saturday morning children's show. He also performed in cabaret and at Butlins.

He made his name in the early 1990s on Children's BBC, presenting in The Broom Cupboard alongside Zoë Ball and Josie d'Arby [1] as well as hosting his own shows like Look Sharp.[2] Chris wrote a lot of material for Children's BBC himself (including the mini soap opera Wood Lane TV) and created several memorable characters including "The Anorak". In 1997, Chris was part of The Friday Zone [3] (which itself was broadcast on Friday afternoons on BBC One for most of the children's slot) with Debra Stephenson, Peter Simon, Dominic Wood, Steve Rock and Emma Lee. They released a single called "Glasses" as a spin-off from the programme, to raise money for Comic Relief.[4]

He then hosted Fully Booked with Tim Vincent and Gail Porter for a few years.[5] He has appeared on many other TV shows including 'Short Change', 'Exclusive', 'Playdays' and 'Soap Fever'.[6]

CBeebies

Jarvis was one of the original line up of CBeebies presenters,[7] starring alongside Pui Fan Lee, Sidney Sloane and Sue Monroe everyday from 9am - 3pm 'Discover and Do' then in the 'Bedtime Hour' from 6pm on the CBeebies Channel - also on BBC Two in the mornings. He starred in 'Step Inside' as Mr Mopple the storyteller before going on to write/star in Show Me Show Me.

Show Me Show Me, which he co-presents with Pui Fan Lee, is broadcast on CBeebies.[8] The first 40 half hour episodes broadcast on the CBeebies channel, BBC One and BBC Two from Monday 6 July 2009 every weekday at 10am and 1.30pm. Series 5 was filmed on location near Manchester in 2013.

Chris and Pui regularly appear in other CBeebies shows including 'Justin's House' and the annual Christmas shows, in 2012 Chris wrote 'Jack and the Beanstalk' and played Dame Trott.

Since 2010, Chris and Pui have toured the UK with 'The Chris and Pui Roadshow'.[9]

Acting

As an actor Chris Jarvis has appeared in The Demon Headmaster and ChuckleVision, and played Mr Mopple in early CBeebies story-telling programme Step Inside.[6]

Music

Jarvis hosts family concerts for the London Philharmonic Orchestra LPO and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.[10]

He has been seen playing piano and bell-ringing on Show Me Show Me.

Pantomime

Jarvis has appeared in pantomimes professionally every year since 1995, and prior to that had performed in several as an amateur.[11] Since 2001, he has written and directed many of these pantomimes as well.[3]

Jarvis has been involved with several televised pantomimes on CBeebies, including 2011's Strictly Cinderella (which he co-wrote, and acted as Baron Hardup),[15] 2010's Aladdin (in which he plays Emperor Sho Mee) [11] and 2009's Jack & Jill (which he wrote and appeared in a cameo).[16][17]

Personal life

Chris Jarvis was born in Romford, Essex, and grew up in Billericay and Brentwood.[18]

He is godfather to one of Pui Fan Lee's sons.[19]

He is 5'9" tall.[20]

Filmography

List of acting performances in film and television
Title Year Role Notes
The Broom Cupboard" 1993-1997 Himself (presenter)
Wood Lane TV" 1995-1997 Actor / Writer
The Anorak 1994-1996 Actor
Look Sharp 1994-1995 (2 series) Presenter
Playdays 1995-1997 (2 series) Presenter
Short Change 1998 Presenter
Fully Booked 1998–2000 (2 series) Presenter
To Me, To You! 1996, 1998 Himself
The Friday Zone 1997 Himself (presenter) CBBC
Demon Headmaster Takes Over TV, TheThe Demon Headmaster Takes Over TV 1997 Himself TV film, played a fictionalised version of himself
Demon Headmaster, TheThe Demon Headmaster 1998 Your Wildest Dreams host
Mr Wymi 1998 Hacker tracker
ChuckleVision 1998 Head page
ChuckleVision Comic Relief Special 1999 Music Mogul
Night Fever 1999-12-18 Himself
Catchphrase 2000–2002 Himself (voice-over)

I- I "Dream Street" I animation 1999-2002 I animation (Characters: Hot Rodney, Amber & Scarlet) I

Jungle Run 2001–2002 Himself (presenter)
Step Inside 2001–2002 Mr Mopple
CBeebies 2002–2009 Presenter Presented links between programmes
Planet Cook 2004 (TBC)
Underground Ernie 2006-2009 Circle Voice role
Show Me Show Me 2009 – Present Himself (presenter)

References

  1. ↑ BBC - Archive - The CBBC Broom Cupboard - In The Broom Cupboard
  2. ↑ Look Sharp - UKGameshows
  3. 1 2 Digital Spy - DS Icon - Chris Jarvis
  4. ↑ YouTube - Glasses
  5. ↑ Saturday Mornings - Summer Replacements
  6. 1 2 Chris Jarvis - IMDb
  7. ↑ Arena of the Unwell - reasons to love cbeebies (part one)
  8. ↑ BBC - CBeebies Grown-ups - Show Me Show Me
  9. ↑ Chris Jarvis and Pui Fan Lee - Roadshow so far
  10. ↑ BBC Philharmonic - Saturday 2 April 2011 - BBC Philharmonic Family Concert
  11. 1 2 BBC Press Office - Aladdin: Chris Jarvis plays Emperor Sho Mee
  12. ↑ YouTube - Cinderella 08/09 - Swansea Grand Theatre
  13. ↑ Bournemouth Echo - Su Pollard and Chris Jarvis launch Bournemouth panto Tuesday 6 October 2009
  14. 1 2 3 Bournemouth International Centre - Jack and the Beanstalk
  15. ↑ CBeebies Christmas Panto - Strictly Cinderella
  16. ↑ The Guardian TV & Radio
  17. ↑ BBC - Press Office - The CBeebies Christmas Pantomime
  18. ↑ Twitter, 23 Jun 2011
  19. ↑ Twitter, 1 Aug 2011
  20. ↑ Twitter, 3 Jun 2011

External links

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