Ed Petrie

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• Galloways
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• Siren Talent Management
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About me

I am a BAFTA nominated children’s television presenter and comic actor with over 15 years’ experience in live, pre-record, studio and location filming.

I've recently finished filming on Julia Donaldson's new CBBC comedy 'Princess Mirror-Belle' and I currently present CBBC’s RTS nominated 'Marrying Mum and Dad', as well as three times BAFTA nominated comedy travelogue show 'All Over the Place'. They are now on their 7th and 10th series respectively. During the course of making ‘All Over The Place’ I've filmed across the UK, Europe, USA, Australia and Asia.

I was the main continuity presenter on CBBC for 3 years with my cactus sidekick Oucho, and was nominated for a BAFTA for 'Best Children’s Presenter' in 2008. My other CBBC shows include 'Ed and Oucho’s Excellent Inventions' and the BBC2 live morning show 'Transmission Impossible with Ed and Oucho'. I also appear regularly in comedy sketches alongside Hacker the dog in 'Hacker Time', as well as frequent appearances in other CBBC programmes such as 'Blue Peter'.

I'm also an experienced voice-over artist, having regularly recorded V/O for Nickelodeon and BBC continuity, Red Bee Media and the BAFTA winning spin off series 'All Over The Workplace'.

I was a member of the National Youth Theatre throughout the 1990s and went on to study Drama at Goldsmiths in London. I began performing stand-up in 2002 and a year later gave up my job as a TV researcher on the panel show 'They Think It’s All Over' to become a full-time stand-up comedian, actor and television presenter. After appearances on comedy shows such as 'Smack the Pony' and 'Green Wing' I began presenting children’s television daily on Nickelodeon from 2005, before moving to CBBC in 2007.

As well as my television work I have continued performing stand-up comedy for both adults and children, and supported the comedian Greg Davies on his 'Back Of My Mum’s Head' tour. I have been compering annually at the Glastonbury Festival for the last 17 years and have also enjoyed taking part in eight pantomimes around the country. In 2019 I was nominated for 'Best Comic' in the 'Great British Pantomime Awards'.

I also present events for BAFTA and work on a number of corporate projects for clients such as Puffin Books. I have presented a series of educational videos for the Royal Opera House and live, worldwide cinema broadcasts of the British Museum’s Pompeii and Vikings exhibitions. During the pandemic I was familiar to schoolchildren all over the country as the face of the ‘Letters and Sounds’ Department for Education phonics videos.

License & Passport

Skills

Languages Spoken	English, French
Accents/Dialects	English - Cockney, English - England South East (Oxford, Sussex), English - Essex, English - General, English - London, English - Northern England, English - Southwest England, French (Standard International)
Additional Skills	Acting, Standup
Athletics	Cycling, Ping Pong, Running, Skiing, Swimming, Tennis, Yoga
Organisations / Memberships	Equity (UK)