URBAN TALENT___ Barney Harwood - BAFTA AWARD WINNING PRESENTER

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Blackpool-born Barney Harwood is best known as the BAFTA-winning, cheeky, comic face of CBBC’s Smile and for presenting the top children’s entertainment shows such as Crush, Totally Doctor Who, Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Smokehouse, Barney’s Barrier Reef, Basil’s Swap Shop and the extremely popular Prank Patrol.

In addition to presenting at the 2009 BBC Proms, Barney has recently recorded 'Horrible Histories' for BBC School Radio and is currently filming on children's game show Bamzooki for CBBC.

Barney Harwood - BAFTA AWARD WINNING PRESENTER

LOCATION	London
HEIGHT	5'10
EYE COLOUR	Brown
HAIR COLOUR	Brown
HAIR LENGTH	Medium
ACCENTS	Native Northern, others include - Yorkshire, Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, London, Welsh, Scottish, German, American
SPOTLIGHT	Click here to view Spotlight CV
UNIONS	Member of the British Academy of Composers & Songwriters Equity & MU Member
TRAINING	Urban Talent TV & Drama Workshops BBC Presenters Course

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TELEVISION
INSIDE LIFE (Voice Over)/ BBC BAMZOOKI STREET WARS (Presenter)/ CBBC THE SCHOOL OF SILENCE (Presenter)/ Lucky Day Productions BASIL’S SWAP SHOP II (Presenter)/ The Foundation BAFTA CHILDREN’S AWARDS (Presenter)/ BAFTA Productions Ltd ‘GONE’ NEWSROUND SPECIAL (Presenter)/ CBBC BARNEY’S BARRIER REEF (Presenter)/ CBBC SMART (Guest Presenter)/ CBBC BEAR BEHAVING BADLY II (Lead)/ Darrall MacQueen Ltd THE SMOKEHOUSE (Voice Over)/ Endemol UK BASIL’S SWAP SHOP (Presenter)/ The Foundation PRANK PATROL II (Presenter)/ Baker Media THE SORCERER’S APPRENTICE (Presenter)/ TwentyTwenty Television BEAR BEHAVING BADLY (Lead)/ Darrall MacQueen Ltd PRANK PATROL (Presenter)/ Baker Media SMILE (Presenter)/ Darrall MacQueen Ltd WORLD CUP COVERAGE (Presenter)/ BBC SPORT RELIEF GETS SU SUB’D (Presenter)/ CBBC TOTALLY DR WHO (Presenter)/ BBC CRUSH (Presenter)/ CBBC WHEREITS.AT (Presenter)/ BBC PLANET POP (Presenter)/ Channel 4


RADIO
THE BBC FAMILY PROMS ‘EVOLUTION’ 2009 (Presenter) BBC Radio 3 HORRIBLE HISTORIES (Presenter) BBC School Radio GO 4 IT (Presenter for 7 years) BBC Radio 4 BIG TOE (Regular Guest Presenter) BBC Radio 7 SECRET UNDERCOVER VETS ON ICE (LEAD) BBC Radio


THEATRE
The Grand Theatre, Blackpool 09/10 - PETER PAN/ Peter Pan The Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth 08/09 - PETER PAN/ Peter Pan The Central Theatre, Chatham 2008 - BEAUTY & THE BEAST/ Jangles the Jester The Assembly Hall Theatre, Tunbridge Wells 07/08 - CINDERELLA/ Buttons The Anvil Theatre, Basingstoke 05/06 - DICK WHITTINGTON/ Idle Jack The Anvil Theatre, Basingstoke 2006 - BASINGSTOKE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA/ Narrator


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Former band member Barney has a very good and wide ranging knowledge of the music industry, and is also a singer/song-writer - recently composing the theme tune and the incidental music for the CBBC programme "Bear Behaving Badly", and also the music for "Prank Patrol" Barney also won the 2007 Children's Bafta for his presenting on "Smile"!