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




Early life


Jarvis grew up in Billericay and Brentwood.




Career






= Early career

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Jarvis made his name in the early 1990s on Children's BBC, presenting from the "Broom Cupboard" alongside Zoe Ball and Josie d'Arby, as well as hosting his own shows like Look Sharp. Jarvis 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, Jarvis was part of The Friday Zone (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.
Jarvis then presented Fully Booked with Tim Vincent and Gail Porter for a few years. He has appeared on many other TV shows including Short Change, Exclusive, Playdays and Soap Fever.




= CBeebies

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Jarvis was one of the original lineup of CBeebies presenters, 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. 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.
Since 2010, Jarvis and Lee have toured the UK with The Chris and Pui Roadshow.




= Acting

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As an actor, Jarvis has appeared in The Demon Headmaster and ChuckleVision, and played Mr Mopple in the early CBeebies story-telling programme Step Inside. He also presented Maths Mansion.




= Music

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Jarvis hosts family concerts for the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the BBC Philharmonic.




= Pantomime

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

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, Jacki 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
2009 Snow White at the Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth with Su Pollard
2010 Cinderella, at the Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth with Amanda Barrie
2011 Jack & the Beanstalk at the Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth with Debra Stephenson, Brian Capron, Nick Wilton and Kate Weston
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
2021 Beauty & the Beast, Poole Lighthouse
2022 Cinderella, Poole Lighthouse with Tyger Drew-Honey, Alim Jadavji, Andrew Pollard, Charlotte Wood and Lauren Azania
Jarvis has been involved with several televised pantomimes on CBeebies, including 2012's Jack and the Beanstalk, which he wrote and starred in as Dame Trot, 2011's Strictly Cinderella, which he co-wrote, and starred in as Baron Hardup, 2010's Aladdin (in which he plays Emperor Sho Mee) and 2009's Jack & Jill (which he wrote and made a cameo appearance in).




Personal life


He is the godfather to one of fellow CBeebies presenter Pui Fan Lee's sons.




Controversy


On 7 September 2016, Jarvis was alleged to have used profanity during a segment on Show Me Show Me whilst singing a song about kites alongside Pui Fan Lee, sparking outrage among parents and resulting in the CBeebies Facebook page releasing a statement saying "It's kite everyone, kite! We make shows for your little ones so it's always going to be kite."




Filmography






References






External links


Chris Jarvis at IMDb
Official website
Chris Jarvis on Twitter

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