Chris Jarvis is a television actor and presenter and has appeared on BBC

BBC

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 television since 1992 - apart from 2001-02 when he was with ITV

ITV

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 and Channel 4

Channel 4

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Currently Jarvis is working for CBeebies

CBeebies

CBeebies is the brand used by the BBC for programming aimed at children 6 years and under. It is used as a themed strand in the UK on terrestrial television, as a separate free-to-air domestic British channel and used for international varients supported by advertising, subscription or both...

, co-starring in Show Me Show Me with Pui Fan Lee

Pui Fan Lee

Pui Fan Lee is a British Chinese actress and presenter, best known for portraying Po in the children's television programme Teletubbies. She was the first presenter, alongside Chris Jarvis, to introduce programming on the BBC digital channel CBeebies...

. The first 40 half hour episodes broadcasted on the CBeebies channel, BBC One and BBC Two from Monday July 6, 2009 every weekday at 10am and 1.30pm.

Chris and Pui are touring the UK during 2010 with 'The Chris and Pui Roadshow'. Some venues are calling it 'Show Me Chris and Pui'.

Jarvis hosts family concerts for the London Philharmonic Orchestra LPO

LPO

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 and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. 2009 concerts are on: 8 March, at 11.30am with the LPO at the Royal Festival Hall; 2 April, with the BBC Phil in Stoke; 4 April, with the BBC Philharmonic in Manchester; 16 May and 8 November, with the LPO at the Royal Festival Hall.

He is a presenter/actor on the BBC television channel CBeebies

CBeebies

CBeebies is the brand used by the BBC for programming aimed at children 6 years and under. It is used as a themed strand in the UK on terrestrial television, as a separate free-to-air domestic British channel and used for international varients supported by advertising, subscription or both...

 and plays "Mr Mopple" in the story-telling Step Inside

Step Inside

Step Inside was a British programme that was first shown in 2001 on CBBC and then on CBeebies in 2002Step Inside is still shown occasianly on the CBeebies channel or BBC Two....

 programme on the same channel. He starred alongside Pui Fan Lee

Pui Fan Lee

Pui Fan Lee is a British Chinese actress and presenter, best known for portraying Po in the children's television programme Teletubbies. She was the first presenter, alongside Chris Jarvis, to introduce programming on the BBC digital channel CBeebies...

 on CBeebies 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 until leaving to write/star in the current show.

Chris originally made his name in the early 1990s on Children's BBC, presenting in The Broom Cupboard alongside Zoe Ball

Zoë Ball

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 and Josie D'Arby

Josie D'Arby

Josie d'Arby is a Welsh actress and television presenter from Newport, Wales.-Biography:d'Arby went to Lliswerry High School in her younger years then went on to attend the Anna Scher Theatre School, and later the London School of Journalism.d'Arby began a presenting career while still a student...

 as well as hosting his own shows like 'Look Sharp'. 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

The Anorak

The Anorak is a play about the École Polytechnique massacre and the life and death of Marc Lépine written by Adam Kelly. The play is a 90 minute dramatic monologue told from the killer's point of view. In the performances, audience members are separated between men and women, with the actor...

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In 1997, Chris was part of The Friday Zone (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.

He then hosted 'Fully Booked' with Tim Vincent

Tim Vincent

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 and Gail Porter

Gail Porter

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 for a few years before going to CBeebies. He has appeared on many other TV shows including 'Short Change', 'Exclusive', 'Playdays' and 'Soap Fever'. As an actor he has appeared in 'The Demon Headmaster' and Chucklevision

ChuckleVision

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Every year Chris appears in pantomime. After many years on the amateur circuit... his professional shows started in 1995.

1995 'Aladdin' Guildford - Bernie Nolan, Claire Buckfield, Jack Douglas

Jack Douglas (actor)

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, Richard Gibson

Richard Gibson

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1996 'Aladdin' Richmond - Bonnie Langford

Bonnie Langford

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, Bernard Cribbins

Bernard Cribbins

Bernard Cribbins, OBE is an English character actor, voice-over artist and musical comedian with a career spanning over half a century who came to prominence in films in the 1960s, has been in work consistently since his professional debut in the mid 1950s, and as of 2010 is still an active...

, Terrence Hardiman

1997 'Jack & the Beanstalk' Bromley - Matthew Kelly

Matthew Kelly

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, Vicki Michelle

Vicki Michelle

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, Toyah Wilcox, Robert Duncan

Robert Duncan

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1998 'Cinderella' Lewisham - Linda Robson

Linda Robson

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, Femi Oke

Femi Oke

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1999 'Peter Pan' Reading - Derek Griffiths

Derek Griffiths

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, Hilary O'Neil

2000 'Jack & the Beanstalk' Croydon - Kate Ritchie

Kate Ritchie

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2001 'Cinderella' Malvern - Marti Webb

Marti Webb

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, Nicholas Smith

2002 'Cinderella' Bournemouth - Ruth Madoc

Ruth Madoc

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, Nicholas Smith

2003 'Cinderella' Basingstoke - Sarah Thomas, Michael Knowles

Michael Knowles

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2004 'Jack & the Beanstalk' Bournemouth - Chris Ellison

Chris Ellison

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, Tom Owen, Jackie Piper

2005 'Aladdin' Bournemouth - Ray Meagher

Ray Meagher

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, Mark Squires

2006 'Snow White' Tunbridge Wells - Carol Harrison

Carol Harrison

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, Richard Calkin

2007 'Snow White' Basingstoke - Carol Harrison

Carol Harrison

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, Tom Owen

2008 'Cinderella' Swansea - Su Pollard

Su Pollard

Susan Georgina "Su" Pollard, 7 November 1949, Nottingham) is an English comedy actress, most famous for her roles in the sitcoms Hi-de-Hi! and You Rang, M'Lord?. She is also well known for her unusual and flamboyant dress sense and her abrupt voice....

, Sarah Thomas 2009 'Snow White' Bournemouth - Su Pollard

Su Pollard

Susan Georgina "Su" Pollard, 7 November 1949, Nottingham) is an English comedy actress, most famous for her roles in the sitcoms Hi-de-Hi! and You Rang, M'Lord?. She is also well known for her unusual and flamboyant dress sense and her abrupt voice....

2009/10 'Snow White' at the Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth with Su Pollard

2010/11 'Cinderella' at the Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth with Amanda Barrie

Amanda Barrie

Amanda Barrie is an English actress.-Career:Born as Shirley Anne Broadbent, Barrie attended St Anne's College, St Anne's on Sea. She then trained at the Arts Educational School in London and later at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School...

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2011/12 'Jack & the Beanstalk' at the Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth with Debra Stephenson, Brian Capron, Nick Wilton & Kate Weston

(since 2001, Chris has directed and written the pantomimes too)

External links

• The Chris and Pui Roadshow Official site