Jez Edwards
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Jez Edwards is currently one of Xchange’s seven-strong presenting team, the live daily magazine show on CBBC Channel. He has also fronted the kids show for fitness freaks, Freestyle. Previous work has included presenting Exclusive, Channel 5’s weekly entertainment news programme as well as four series of BBC ONE’s popular Record Breakers now in it’s 30th year.
Jez Edwards is also now working in a pub called the Marlborough in tottenham court road collecting glasses and serving food.
[edit] Overview
Edwards, who grew up in Knutsford, Cheshire, got the broadcasting bug whilst he was at school when he researched and conducted interviews for Piccadilly Radio’s Saturday Express which was followed by a regular slot on hospital radio. On stage Jez is also a panto regular. Stevenage saw him tread the boards in his fourth pantomime playing Muddles in Snow White. He has twice played Buttons in Cinderella, (Torquay and Gravesend) as well as Simple Simon in Jack and the Beanstalk (York).
His first major TV work was as one of the main presenters on ITV’s live children’s magazine programme Sticky, and in his time at CITV he was nominated for Best Presenter in the CITV Awards.
[edit] Other TV credits
- Planet Pop on Channel 4’s T4
- BBC ONE’s Sunday morning programme Football Fever
- K Club for BBC Knowledge and The Phonezone for UK Play
- Two series of ITV's chaotic gameshow Crazy Cottage
- Hosted live summer Saturday morning programme, Mashed.
[edit] Stage credits
- 2006: Dick Whittington, playing the role of Idle Jack, at The Playhouse in Weston-super-Mare.
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