Justin Fletcher
| Justin Fletcher MBE |
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|---|---|
| Born |
15 June 1970 Reading, Berkshire, England |
| Occupation |
Comedian Actor Presenter Voice actor Performer |
| Notable work |
Fun Song Factory Tweenies Tikkabilla Something Special Shaun the Sheep Gigglebiz Justin's House |
| Television | See below |
| Awards | BAFTA Children's Awards 2008 Best Presenter |
Justin Fletcher, MBE (born 15 June 1970) is an English children's television personality in the United Kingdom.
Fletcher is best known as a presenter and actor on the BBC pre-school television channel CBeebies, speaking and performing in various, often self-created, roles.
Born in Reading, Berkshire, he is the son of songwriter Guy Fletcher. Justin has 3 sisters.
Prior to starting at Guildford, Justin worked for a company in Reading called Sounds Good. Justin worked as a production assistant making audio cassette tapes. He was remembered for his ability to make a humdrum job fun.
While studying drama at the Guildford School of Acting, in his final year he started to watch regularly Phillip Schofield in the BBC1 broom cupboard with Gordon the Gopher, and decided that a career in children's television was for him. He then met Philip Schofield, who suggested that he should make a short reel to showcase to TV executives.
Having sketched out various comedic characters, he put together a show reel called Justin Time, which encompassed two different characters: Anna Conda, a myopic reptile-house warden; and Arthur Sleep, a regional newsreader who has difficulty staying awake and can sleep anywhere no matter what. Both characters would later be used for his CBeebies show Gigglebiz. Sent to various broadcasters and production companies his first show after graduation was Fun Song Factory for CITV, working with Dave Benson Philips.
He was part of the Tikkabilla programme, out of which was spun Higgledy House, a slapstick comedy for children with Sarah-Jane Honeywell, which progressed to the very popular Mr Tumble. Justin Fletcher has also voiced the characters of Doodles and Jake in Tweenies, Miguel in Finley the Fire Engine, Sleeping Bear and Growling Tiger in CBeebies' Boo!, with additional voices in Todd World, Shaun the Sheep and Timmy Time. In 2006 Fletcher became a presenter on CBeebies but left in 2007.
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