Chris Tarrant
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Chris Tarrant OBE |
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Tarrant in 2009,
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| Born |
Christopher John Tarrant 10 October 1946 Reading, Berkshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Broadcaster |
| Years active | 1974–present |
| Spouse(s) |
Sheila Tarrant (m. 1971; div. 1982) Ingrid Tarrant (m. 1991; div. 2007) |
| Children | 4 |
| Website | Official website |
Christopher John "Chris" Tarrant, OBE (born 10 October 1946) is an English radio and television broadcaster. He hosted the ITV children's television show Tiswas from 1974 to 1982, the ITV game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? from 1998 to 2014, and was a Capital Radio host from 1984 to 2004.
Tarrant was educated as a boarder in Choir House at the King's School, Worcester from 1960 to 1964. He represented the school at hockey and cricket and gained A, B and D grades at A-level in English, History and Ancient History. He then studied English at the University of Birmingham, having declined an Oxford boxing scholarship. Tarrant worked as a schoolteacher and also briefly as a researcher for the Central Office of Information before joining ATV as a newsreader on ATV Today.
Tarrant rose to prominence after becoming a co-host on Tiswas, a children's television show broadcast on a Saturday morning from 1974 to 1981. In 1982, he hosted the short-lived Saturday evening show O.T.T., which was billed as an adult version of Tiswas, but this was not such a success. After this, he did a stint on the breakfast television station TV-am.
In 1984, Tarrant joined Capital Radio as a presenter, initially presenting the station's Sunday lunchtime show before moving to a late-morning weekday slot, following David Jensen. From March 1987 until April 2004 he hosted Capital Breakfast. The show was highly popular, increasing Capital Radio's audience share in London. Tarrant had regular co-presenter Kara Noble as his sidekick for the early years until she moved to Heart FM in 1995 with regular contributions from Flying Eye traffic reporter Russ Kane and news reader Howard Hughes.
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