Martin Christopher Jarvis (born 20 April 1969)[1] 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.
[2] Jarvis made his name in the early 1990s on Children's BBC, presenting from the "Broom Cupboard" alongside Zoe Ball and Josie d'Arby,[3] as well as hosting his own shows like Look Sharp.
[8] Jarvis was one of the original lineup of CBeebies presenters,[9] alongside Pui Fan Lee, Sidney Sloane, and Sue Monroe every day.
[11] 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.
[5] 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,[17] 2010's Aladdin (in which he plays Emperor Sho Mee)[13] and 2009's Jack & Jill (which he wrote and made a cameo appearance in).