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Chris Tarrant is regarded by many as the king of popular broadcasting. With his popular breakfast show on Capital Radio and his regular peak-time appearances on ITV he's the biggest personality on UK commercial radio and has done wonders for the popularity of ITV's Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, which is now the world's most successful quiz show... See full bio »

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Christopher John Tarrant
in Reading, Berkshire, England, UK
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Hide HideActor (9 titles)
2009 The Colour of Money (TV series)
 
2008 It's Not What You Know (TV series) (uncredited)
 
2004 The Impressionable Jon Culshaw (TV series)
Foreign Presenter
– Episode #1.6 (2004) … Foreign Presenter
 
2003 Johnny English
Radio Announcer (voice)
 
1999 Man O Man (TV series)
Presenter
– Episode dated 19 June 1999 (1999) … Presenter
– Episode dated 12 June 1999 (1999) … Presenter
 
1999 Holby City (TV series)
Radio DJ
– Staying Alive: Part 1 (1999) … Radio DJ (voice)
 
1993 The Main Event (TV series)
Host
– Episode #1.7 (1993) … Host
 
1986 Prove It (TV series)
 
1981 Metal Mickey (TV series)
Newscaster
– Mickey the Demon Barber (1981) … Newscaster
 
Show ShowProducer (5 titles)
2007 Tiswas Reunited (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1994 The Opposite Sex (TV movie) (producer)
 
1983 Saturday Stayback (TV series) (producer)
 
1982 OTT (TV series) (producer)
 
1979-1980 Tiswas (TV series) (producer - 4 episodes)
– Episode dated 6 September 1980 (1980) (producer)
– Episode dated 12 January 1980 (1980) (producer)
– Episode dated 3 November 1979 (1979) (producer)
– Episode dated 12 May 1979 (1979) (producer)
 
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
1990 Tarrant on TV (TV series)
 
Show ShowSelf (107 titles)
1998-2013 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (TV series)
Himself - Host
– Best of Friends Special (2013) … Himself - Host
– Episode dated 8 January 2013 (2013) … Himself - Host
– Episode dated 1 January 2013 (2013) … Himself - Host
– Pantomime Special (2012) … Himself - Host
– I'm a Celebrity Special (2012) … Himself - Host
See all 50 episodes »
 
2012 The Golden Rules of TV (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #1.5 (2012) … Himself
 
2012 From Headlines to Tight-Lines the Story of ATV Today (video)
Himself
 
2012 Hello Quo (documentary)
Himself
 
2012 War Hero in My Family (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #1.1 (2012) … Himself
 
2012 Would I Lie to You? (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #6.1 (2012) … Himself
 
1997-2012 Room 101 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #12.3 (2012) … Himself
– Episode #3.5 (1997) … Himself
 
2011 From ATVLand in Colour (video documentary)
Himself
 
2011 Shooting Stars (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #8.5 (2011) … Himself
 
2011 Chris Moyles Quiz Night (TV series)
Himself
– Chris Tarrant, Paddy McGuinness and Olly Murs (2011) … Himself
– Jimmy Carr, Stacey Solomon and Chris Tarrant (2011) … Himself
 
2010-2011 Breakfast (TV series)
Himself - TV Presenter / Himself - TV and Radio Presenter
– Episode dated 7 May 2011 (2011) … Himself - TV Presenter
– Episode dated 23 July 2010 (2010) … Himself - TV and Radio Presenter
 
2011 The Magicians (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.3 (2011) … Himself
 
2010 The Unforgettable Jeremy Beadle (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2010 30 Years of 'An Audience With...' (TV series documentary)
Himself - Narrator
– Episode #1.5 (2010) … Himself - Narrator (voice)
– Episode #1.4 (2010) … Himself - Narrator (voice)
– Episode #1.3 (2010) … Himself - Narrator (voice)
– Episode #1.2 (2010) … Himself - Narrator (voice)
 
2010 The ONE Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 4 August 2010 (2010) … Himself
 
2010 Chris Tarrant: A Comedy Roast (TV movie)
Himself
 
2004-2009 The Paul O'Grady Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 20 March 2009 (2009) … Himself
– Episode #1.32 (2004) … Himself
 
2003-2009 This Morning (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 26 February 2009 (2009) … Himself
– Episode dated 13 February 2006 (2006) … Himself
– Episode dated 4 November 2004 (2004) … Himself
– Episode dated 9 March 2004 (2004) … Himself
– Episode dated 26 June 2003 (2003) … Himself
 
2009 The Money Programme (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Media Revolution: Tomorrow's TV (2009) … Himself
 
2009 Ready, Steady, Cook (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #20.5 (2009) … Himself
 
2008 How TV Changed Britain (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Intelligence (2008) … Himself
 
2008 A Taste of My Life (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Rory Bremner (2008) … Himself
 
2008 Emmerdale 5000 (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2008 An Audience Without Jeremy Beadle (TV movie)
Himself - Host
 
2003-2008 Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #8.6 (2008) … Himself
– Episode #3.4 (2004) … Himself
– Episode #2.7 (2003) … Himself
 
2008 Happy Birthday Brucie! (TV documentary)
Himself (as Chris Tarrant OBE)
 
2007 Kenny Everett: Licence to Laugh (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Great Pretender (TV series)
Himself - Presenter
 
2007 The Way We Were (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Food & Drink (2007) … Himself
 
2007 Tiswas Reunited (TV movie)
Himself
 
2007 Have I Got News for You: The Inevitable Internet Spin-Off (TV series)
Himself - Guest Presenter
– Episode #1.6 (2007) … Himself - Guest Presenter
 
1992-2007 Have I Got News for You (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest Presenter
– Episode #33.6 (2007) … Himself - Guest Presenter
– Episode #4.7 (1992) … Himself
 
2007 Deadline (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.2 (2007) … Himself (uncredited)
 
2007 Raiders of the Lost Archive (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #1.1 (2007) … Himself (also archive footage)
 
2006 Viewer of the Year 2006 (TV movie)
Himself
 
2006 The British Comedy Awards 2006 Live (TV movie)
Himself
 
2006 The Xtra Factor (TV series)
Himself
– The Aftermath (2006) … Himself
– Episode #3.28 (2006) … Himself
 
1990-2006 Tarrant on TV (TV series)
Himself - Presenter
– Episode #16.7 (2006) … Himself - Presenter
– Episode #16.1 (2006) … Himself - Presenter
– Episode #1.1 (1990) … Himself - Presenter
 
2006 The Wright Stuff (TV series)
Himself - Guest Panelist
– Episode #7.7 (2006) … Himself - Guest Panelist
 
2006 TV's 50 Greatest Stars (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 The Kumars at No. 42 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #7.6 (2006) … Himself
 
2006 The IT Crowd (TV series)
Himself
– Fifty-Fifty (2006) … Himself (voice)
 
2006 Dancing on Ice (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.1 (2006) … Himself
 
2005 Tarrant in the Land of the Polar Bear (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002-2005 Parkinson (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 22 October 2005 (2005) … Himself
– Episode dated 27 April 2002 (2002) … Himself
 
2005 What Did ITV Do for Me? (TV documentary)
Himself (as Chris Tarrant OBE)
 
2005 Avenue of the Stars: 50 Years of ITV (TV special)
Himself - Host
 
2005 Ministry of Mayhem (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 17 September 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 ITV 50 Greatest Shows (TV movie)
Himself
 
2005 Spelling Bee (TV movie)
Himself - Host
 
2005 The Story of ITV: The People's Channel (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
– The People's Channel (2005) … Himself
 
2005 UK Radio Aid (TV documentary)
Himself (voice)
 
2004 The 100 Greatest Christmas Moments (TV documentary)
Himself (also archive footage)
 
2004 The British Comedy Awards 2004 (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
2004 Richard & Judy (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 22 December 2004 (2004) … Himself
 
2004 Abbamania 2 (TV documentary)
Himself - Host
 
2004 An Audience with Harry Hill (TV movie)
Himself - Audience Member (uncredited)
 
2004 The Late Late Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 8 October 2004 (2004) … Himself
 
2004 The Impressionable Jon Culshaw (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.3 (2004) … Himself
 
2004 They Think It's All Over (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #17.2 (2004) … Himself
 
2004 National Television Awards Party of the Year (TV movie)
Himself
 
2003 Today with Des and Mel (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 14 October 2003 (2003) … Himself
 
2003 95.8 Capital FM's Party in the Park for the Prince's Trust 2003 (TV special)
Himself
 
2003 Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #4.12 (2003) … Himself
 
2003 Who Wants to Steal a Million? (TV documentary)
Himself - Host
 
2003 V Graham Norton (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #4.11 (2003) … Himself
 
2003 Millionaire: A Major Fraud (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Pride of Britain Awards 2003 (TV special)
 
2003 This Is Your Life (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Mike Rutherford (2003) … Himself
 
2002 Billy Connolly: A BAFTA Tribute (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002 The Frank Skinner Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #6.3 (2002) … Himself
 
2002 The BAFTA TV Awards 2002 (TV movie)
Himself - Host
 
2001 Kelly (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 22 November 2001 (2001) … Himself
 
2001 National Television Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
2001 The 100 Greatest Kids TV Shows (TV special)
Himself
 
2001 Alter Ego (TV short)
Himself
 
2000 National Television Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
2000 The Unforgettable Kenny Everett (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1999 An Audience with Tom Jones (TV special)
Himself - Audience Member (uncredited)
 
1998 The Basement (TV series documentary)
Contestant / Himself - Special Guest
– Episode dated 2 October 1998 (1998) … Himself - Special Guest/Contestant
 
1997 What a Performance! (TV series)
Himself
– Camp (1997) … Himself
 
1997 Selection Box (TV series)
Himself
– Dad's Army (1997) … Himself
 
1995 The London Programme (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Radio Wars (1995) … Himself
 
1994 The Opposite Sex (TV movie)
Himself - Host
 
1994 Pop Quiz (TV series)
Himself - Host
– Episode #1.7 (1994) … Himself - Host
– Episode #1.6 (1994) … Himself - Host
– Episode #1.5 (1994) … Himself - Host
– Episode #1.4 (1994) … Himself - Host
– Episode #1.3 (1994) … Himself - Host
See all 7 episodes »
 
1994 Digging the Dancing Queens (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1993 American Affair (TV series)
Himself
– Every Home Should Have One (1993) … Himself
 
1993 Lose a Million (TV series)
Himself - presenter
 
1992 The Royal Variety Performance 1992 (TV movie)
Himself
 
1992 Preview (TV movie)
Himself
 
1991 Cluedo (TV series)
Himself - Presenter
– The Bolivian Connection (1991) … Himself - Presenter
– A Traveller's Tale (1991) … Himself - Presenter
– Charity Begins at Home (1991) … Himself - Presenter
– Fatal Distraction (1991) … Himself - Presenter
– A Deadly Deal (1991) … Himself - Presenter
See all 6 episodes »
 
1991 Comic Relief (TV movie)
Himself
 
1989 Telly Addicts (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #5.17 (1989) … Himself
 
1989 Surprise Surprise! (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #6.3 (1989) … Himself
 
1988 A Question of Entertainment (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.5 (1988) … Himself
 
1988 The Media Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.1 (1988) … Himself
 
1986 Roland Rat: The Series (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.13 (1986) … Himself
 
1986 6 O'Clock Show (TV series)
Himself - Presenter
– Episode dated 28 November 1986 (1986) … Himself - Presenter
 
1983 Punchlines! (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #4.15 (1983) … Himself
– Episode #4.13 (1983) … Himself
 
1983 Hot-Line (TV series)
Himself - Presenter
 
1983 Good Morning Britain (TV series)
Himself - Presenter
– Episode dated 4 August 1983 (1983) … Himself - Presenter
 
1983 Saturday Stayback (TV series)
Himself
 
1982 OTT (TV series)
Himself
– The Worst of OTT (1982) … Himself
– Episode #1.7 (1982) … Himself
 
1974-1981 Tiswas (TV series)
Himself - Presenter / Himself
– Episode dated 14 November 1981 (1981) … Himself
– Episode dated 6 September 1980 (1980) … Himself - Presenter
– Episode dated 5 April 1980 (1980) … Himself
– Episode dated 12 January 1980 (1980) … Himself - Presenter
– Episode dated 3 November 1979 (1979) … Himself - Presenter
See all 15 episodes »
 
1980 Look Here (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.2 (1980) … Himself
 
1977 Stop Look Listen (TV series documentary)
Himself - Narrator (voice)
 
1964 ATV Today (TV series)
Himself - Presenter
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (10 titles)
2011 The Corrie Years (TV series documentary)
 
2011 Tonight with Trevor McDonald (TV series documentary)
 
2009 Roy Walker's Gameshow Moments (TV series)
 
2006 20 to 1 (TV series documentary)
 
2005 ITV 50: The Golden Years (TV documentary)
 
2004 Who Killed Saturday Night TV? (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Top of the Pops 2 (TV series)
 
2002 About a Boy
Himself (uncredited)
 
2000 Goodbye 2000 (TV movie)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1991 Auntie's Bloomers
Himself
 
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Personal Details

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Alternate Names:

Chris Tarrant OBE

Height:

6' 2" (1.88 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

(on his job as presenter of Cluedo) "I absolutely hated Cluedo, it was the worst thing I've ever done. It took forever to make the thing. We used to have to turn the studio audience over just to make sure they didn't get any bed sores." See more »

Trivia:

12th March 2003. Appeared in court as a prosecution witness in the, so called, "Millionaire Trial" against Capt. Charles Ingram who with others was accused of defrauding the TV show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. See more »

Star Sign:

Libra