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Martin Christopher Jarvis (born 20 April 1969)[1] is an English actor, presenter and writer who has appeared mainly on children's television for the BBC since 1992, apart from 2000–2002 when he was working with ITV and Channel 4. In 2019 he started a radio station for children called Little Radio.

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Chris Jarvis
Born	Martin Christopher Jarvis (1969-04-20) 20 April 1969 (age 53) Romford
Nationality	British
Occupation	Actor, broadcaster, director, impressionist, presenter, writer
Television	Playdays Fully Booked Catchphrase Jungle Run Step Inside CBeebies

Career

Early career

Jarvis made his name in the early 1990s on Children's BBC, presenting from the "Broom Cupboard" alongside Zoe Ball and Josie d'Arby[2] as well as hosting his own shows like Look Sharp.[3] 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 [4] (which 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.[5]

He then hosted Fully Booked with Tim Vincent and Gail Porter for a few years.[6] He has appeared on many other TV shows including Short Change, Exclusive, Playdays and Soap Fever.[7]

CBeebies

Chris was one of the original lineup of CBeebies presenters,[8] alongside Pui Fan Lee, Sidney Sloane, and Sue Monroe every day. From March 2007 until his departure on 2 January 2009, he presented alongside Lee from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm with Discover and Do, then the Bedtime Hour from 6:00 pm and again on BBC Two in the mornings. He also starred in Step Inside as Mr Mopple and voiced characters in Underground Ernie. In 2009, he and Lee left the channel’s main presentation to create Show Me Show Me.

Show Me Show Me is still broadcast on CBeebies today.[9] The first 40 half-hour episodes were broadcast on the CBeebies channel, BBC One and BBC Two from Monday 6 July 2009 every weekday at 10:00 am and 1:30 pm. 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. He has also appeared in productions of Shakespeare plays that have aired on CBeebies playing Snout in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and King Alonso in The Tempest.

Since 2010, Chris and Pui have toured the UK with The Chris and Pui Roadshow.[10]

Besides Show Me Show Me he also presents CBeebies Stargazing with Maggie Aderin-Pocock and has presented the CBeebies Prom at the Royal Albert Hall.

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.[7] He also presented Maths Mansion.

Music

Jarvis hosts family concerts for the London Philharmonic Orchestra LPO and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.[11]

He has been seen playing piano, guitar, glockenspiel 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.[12] Since 2001, he has written and directed many of these pantomimes as well.[4]

• 1995 'Aladdin' Guildford – Bernie Nolan, Clare Buckfield, Jack Douglas, Richard Gibson,
• 1996 'Aladdin' Richmond – Bonnie Langford, Bernard Cribbins, Terrence Hardiman
• 1997 'Jack & the Beanstalk' Bromley – Matthew Kelly, Vicki Michelle, Toyah Willcox, Robert Duncan,
• 1998 'Cinderella' Lewisham – Linda Robson, Femi Oke
• 1999 'Peter Pan' Reading – Derek Griffiths, Hilary O'Neil
• 2000 'Jack & the Beanstalk' Croydon – Kate Ritchie,
• 2001 'Cinderella' Malvern – Marti Webb, Nicholas Smith
• 2002 'Cinderella' Bournemouth – Ruth Madoc, Nicholas Smith
• 2003 'Cinderella' Basingstoke – Sarah Thomas, Michael Knowles
• 2004 'Jack & the Beanstalk' Bournemouth – Chris Ellison, Tom Owen, Jackie Piper
• 2005 'Aladdin' Bournemouth – Ray Meagher, Mark Squires
• 2006 'Snow White' Tunbridge Wells – Carol Harrison, Richard Calkin
• 2007 'Snow White' Basingstoke – Carol Harrison, Tom Owen
• 2008 'Cinderella' Swansea – Su Pollard, Sarah Thomas[13]
• 2009 'Snow White' at the Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth with Su Pollard [14][15]
• 2010 'Cinderella' at the Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth with Amanda Barrie.[15]
• 2011 'Jack & the Beanstalk' at the Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth with Debra Stephenson, Brian Capron, Nick Wilton & Kate Weston [15]
• 2012 'Sleeping Beauty' at the Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth with Su Pollard.
• 2013 'Aladdin' at the Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth with Scott Maslen, Bobby Crush, Nicholas Khan, Jennifer Saayeng, Richard Vincent, Jamie-Lee Mason
• 2014 'Snow White' Richmond Theatre – Jerry Hall
• 2015 'Cinderella' Richmond Theatre
• 2016 'Sleeping Beauty' Richmond Theatre
• 2017 'Jack and the Beanstalk' Wycombe Swan Theatre with Simon Webbe and Ashleigh Butler
• 2018 'Dick Whittington' Poole Lighthouse with Richard Gibson
• 2019 Sleeping Beauty Swindon Wyvern with Michelle Collins
• 2020 Puss in Boots Tiring Production with Suzanne Shaw

Jarvis has been involved with several televised pantomimes on CBeebies, including 2012’s Jack and the beanstalk which he wrote and starred Dame Trot, 2011's Strictly Cinderella which he co-wrote, and starred in as Baron Hardup,[16] 2010's Aladdin (in which he plays Emperor Sho Mee) [12] and 2009's Jack & Jill (which he wrote and appeared in a cameo).[17][18]

Personal life

Jarvis grew up in Billericay and Brentwood.[19]^{[better source needed]}

He is the godfather to one of fellow CBeebies presenter Pui Fan Lee's sons.[20]^{[better source needed]}

He is 5'9" tall.[21]^{[better source needed]}

Filmography

List of acting and presenting 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
Get Your Own Back	1995	Himself
Playdays	1995 (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
The Demon Headmaster Takes Over TV	1997	Himself	TV film, played a fictionalised version of himself
The 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)
Dream Street	1999–2002	Hot Rodney, Amber & Scarlet
Jungle Run	2001–2002	Himself (presenter)
Maths Mansion	2001-2003	Sad Man/Bad Man
Step Inside	2002	Mr Mopple
CBeebies	2002–2009	Presenter	Presented links between programmes
Planet Cook	2004-2005
Underground Ernie	2006	Circle & City	Voice role
Show Me Show Me	2009–present	Himself (presenter)

References

External links

• Chris Jarvis at IMDb
• Official website
• Chris Jarvis on Twitter

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