Ed Petrie
| Edward Oliver James Petrie | |
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 Performing on the Blazing Saddles stage at the 2011 Glastonbury Festival |
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| Born | 22 August 1978 Rustington, West Sussex |
| Occupation | Actor, Comedian, Television Presenter |
Edward 'Ed' Oliver James Petrie (born 22 August 1978) is a British actor, comedian and television presenter. He was born, and grew up in, the seaside resort of Rustington, and was educated at Broadwater Manor in Worthing and the independent school Ardingly College in the village of Ardingly in West Sussex. He currently lives in Brockley, London.
Previous presenting work includes hosting various children's programmes, on Nickelodeon, from January 2005 until September 2007, including Slime Across The UK and The Crunch.
In 2002, Petrie was a researcher for the BBC programme, They Think It's All Over and, in 2005, was a comedy sketch writer for BBC Radio 1's The Milk Run.
He was a finalist in both, So You Think You're Funny? and York's comedy festival, National Talent Hunt in 2003. The following year, Ed was a semi-finalist in the BBC's New Comedy Awards.
Acting work has included appearances in the Channel 4 comedy programmes Green Wing and Smack the Pony.
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[edit] CBBC presenting work
Before joining CBBC's presentation department in September 2007, Petrie hosted the game show Wonderful World of Weird.
He later became the chief continuity presenter for the CBBC Channel, presenting afternoon links for the CBBC Channel alongside Oucho T. Cactus. The duo later presented Ed and Oucho's Excellent Inventions and a weekend morning show entitled Transmission Impossible with Ed & Oucho.
In 2008, he was nominated for a BAFTA in the Best Children's Presenter category, and collected the BAFTA for Best Children's Channel when it was won by CBBC.
Ed and Oucho's Excellent Inventions Series 2 aired on the CBBC channel on BBC 2 on 2 January 2010.
Ed presented Weekend links on the CBBC Channel with new CBBC presenter Chris Johnson as of January 2010 whilst Oucho (Warrick Brownlow-Pike) was either away or had been replaced by Dodge T Dog (Warrick Brownlow-Pike).
Ed left CBBC presentation on the 30th October 2010, to present All Over The Place, a television show on CBBC with Holly Walsh which started airing in February 2011. A Second Series of All Over The Place aired this year (2012)
[edit] Personal Life
Ed has said through Twitter that his girlfriend is French and that she also appears in Misery Bear 's Comic Relief special (starring Kate Moss)
[edit] Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | They Think It's All Over | Researcher | Ed quit his job as a researcher to become a full-time stand up comedian. |
| 2002 | Smack the Pony | Various | Christmas Specials |
| 2003 | Can't Get In | Himself/presenter | MTV Trailers. |
| 2004 | Later... with Jools Holland | Himself | Warm-up. |
| 2004–2007 | The Crunch | Himself/presenter | Nickelodeon UK. |
| 2004–2007 | Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards | Himself/presenter | Presenter. |
| 2005 | Green Wing | Social Worker | Series 2 episode 4. |
| 2006–2007 | ME:TV | Himself/presenter | Nickelodeon UK. |
| 2007 | Wonderful World of Weird | Himself/presenter | Main host - with presenters Jake Humphrey, Lizzie Greenwood and Ortis Deley |
| 2007 | Slime Across The UK | Himself/presenter | Nickelodeon UK - with presenter Sy Thomas. |
| 2007–2010 | CBBC Channel Continuity | Himself/presenter | With puppet cactus companion Oucho (voiced and operated by Warrick Brownlow-Pike). The original slot was weekday afternoons. |
| 2007 | SMart | Guest presenter | One episode |
| 2007 | TMi | Special guest | Special guest on the Saturday morning show - he branded himself as a "Friend of Flack". |
| 2008 | Basil's Swap Shop | Special guest. | Special guest on the show, he swapped some CBBC goodies (including a signed photo of himself, a mug and a ruler) in exchange for a remote controlled Lamborghini. He also appeared in the sketch "Zeroes". |
| 2008 | SMart | Guest presenter | One episode. |
| 2009 | TMi | Special guest | Ed was on TMI on Saturday 19 December 2009. He played are you scarder than a 10 year old and Total Wipeout limbo cube. |
| 2009–2010 | Ed and Oucho's Excellent Inventions. | Himself/presenter | CBBC invention show with Oucho T. Cactus. |
| 2009 | Transmission Impossible with Ed and Oucho | Himself/presenter | A weekend morning show that aired on BBC Two on Saturday and Sunday on the CBBC Channel |
| 2011-Present | All Over The Place | Himself/presenters | Weekends, 10 am on CBBC with lots of presenters (series 1), Wednesdays, 5:45pm on CBBC with lots of diffrent presenters (series 2) |
| 2011 | Blue Peter | Special guest | Ed was on Blue Peter on Wednesday 4th May 2011. He wasn't in the studio but took part in a mud race with Andy. |
