Charlie began treading the boards at an early age making his stage debut at the Opera House on his native island of Jersey at the age of nine.
After many successful appearances touring the UK and two years at the Edinburgh Festival with the National Youth Music Theatre which included 'Oliver', as Joseph in 'Joseph and his Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat' and "Bodywork" a musical by Richard Stilgoe, Charlie decided to further his dance and musical training at the Doreen Bird College of Performing Arts in London.
Whilst training, he played the leads in numerous college productions and professional summer seasons. After leaving college Charlie spent three years performing in cabaret, panto and London's West End. It was while working and living in London that Charlie decided to move his career into a different direction when the opportunity arose to return to Jersey and join ITV’s Channel Television as a presenter.
Charlie became the face of Channel Television, initially reading the daily Birthday greetings with a stuffed bird called Oscar (of the Puffin variety) and then reading the news. It was as the presenter and producer of his own weekly entertainment programme that he found his niche interviewing celebrities and attempting daredevil stunts. He also hosted 'The Lottery Show' and presented, wrote and subbed news stories for the GMTV regional opt-outs.
Whilst at Channel Charlie had the opportunity to showcase his talents as an actor and dancer appearing in the ITV series "Island".
After cutting his teeth at Channel, Charlie moved to the UK where he joined the presenting team of UK Gold writing and presenting links and voicing promotions he also continued to read the news, this time for ITV's Border Television and regularly presented travel programmes for ‘The TV Travel Shop'.
As the main Anchor of “The Measure” Charlie hosted a daily live 2-hour news magazine programme for SKY, presented infomercials and has been the technical and internet expert for NTL. Not everything goes to plan on the first take, so Charlie has on more than one occasion been the subject of ‘TV’s Naughtiest Blunders’
Most recently he has been making a name for him self fronting ‘Make Your Play’ on ITV1 where his humour and unique style has not gone unnoticed. He has also become a much loved and popular presenter on Price-drop TV and Endemol’s Gala TV. Charlie has also hosted two series of ‘Search for a Presenter’ a reality show where wannabee presenters compete to front their own show.
Radio has always been a passion and apart from brief foray in BBC Radio Charlie has never really had the chance to showcase his talents behind the mic. That all changed when he presented a music show on ‘The Radio Music Shop’ for Somethin’ Else the UK’s top radio production company.
Constantly in demand as a TV presenter and a host of major corporate events and video’s his clients include Barclays, Peugeot, T-Mobile, Curry’s, New Look, One-Tel and the Cooperative society to name but a few. He has also presented a number of live road shows including “Taste for Life” a Ready Steady Cook style cookery contest and “Style Challenge”
Charlie has gained experience presenting a variety of programmes news, factual entertainment, lifestyle and entertainment and has presented for the BBC, ITV, GMTV, FIVE and SKY. He’s not the type to sit in front of the camera and let the scriptwriters make him look good. When it comes to presenting Charlie is extremely diligent and can get involved with producing. He is very much an accomplished live presenter whether it’s in the studio or on location and is always professional and relaxed in front of the camera.
It's not all work and no play, apart from a love of the theatre and music, Charlie’s Interests include regular trips to the gym, Computers, television and all the latest gadgets. DIY and design, cooking, entertaining and travel are major Passions along with scuba diving.
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