Mark Curry (television presenter)

Mark Curry
Born	27 August 1961 (1961-08-27) (age 50) Stafford
Nationality	English
Occupation	Television presenter

Mark Curry (born 27 August 1961, Stafford) is an English television presenter most often in children's programmes.

Early career

He started his television career aged seven appearing on ITV's Junior Showtime and played the producer in the film Bugsy Malone (1976).^[1]

In 1981, Curry co-hosted the series Get Set For Summer on BBC1 with main host Peter Powell and Lucie Skeaping. The series returned the following year as Get Set but eventually became The Saturday Picture Show with Curry as main host, running until 1986. Curry's co-hosts over the years included Deborah Appleby, Maggie Philbin and Cheryl Baker.

In 1984 he was the question master on the final series of Screen Test, the BBC's cinematic quiz show for children.^[2]

In 1990, Curry played the role of a TV host in the ITV drama London's Burning.

Blue Peter

On 23 June 1986, Curry joined the children's television programme Blue Peter. During his time on the show, he did such things as being strapped to the sails of Outwood Windmill in Surrey and accidentally knocking the head off a man made of Lego. He left on 26 June 1989. Curry admitted later that he had refused to follow John Noakes and Simon Groom as a 'dog act'; co-presenter Yvette Fielding was given the task of introducing the new Blue Peter dog.

Later career

In 1998, Mark Curry presented a DIY show called Change That and also presented the final series of the popular quiz show, Catchphrase in 2002. More recently, he has been a presenter on the now defunct TV Travel Shop channel on Sky Digital and appeared in pantomime at The Capitol Horsham in December 2006 and again in 2008.

Mark Curry has made an appearance in an episode of Last of the Summer Wine, entitled "Will The Nearest Alien Please Come In", broadcast 19 August 2007, playing a character trying to get in touch with extra terrestrials.^[3]

Curry is currently (July - Sept 2011) appearing at the Mill at Sonning, Dinner Theatre in Berkshire, in "Wife Begins at 40".

Personal life

In September 2008, Curry formed a civil partnership with his long-term partner, Jeremy Sandle.^[4][5]

References

1. ^ BBC - I Love Blue Peter - Mark Curry presenter biography, bbc.co.uk
2. ^ Screen Test on IMDb
3. ^ BBC: Will the Nearest Alien Please Come In
4. ^ Thornton, Michael (2008-09-21). "Mark Curry marries in civil ceremony". Digital Spy. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/a130764/mark-curry-marries-in-civil-ceremony.html. Retrieved 2008-09-21. 
5. ^ Johnson, Angella (21 September 2008). "Ex-Blue Peter star Mark Curry marries his gay partner of ten years". Daily Mail (London). http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1058807/Ex-Blue-Peter-star-Mark-Curry-marries-gay-partner-years.html. 

External links

• Mark Curry at the Internet Movie Database

Preceded by Simon Groom	Blue Peter Presenter No. 15 1986-89	Succeeded by John Leslie
Preceded by Nick Weir	Host of Catchphrase 2002	Succeeded by none (series cancelled)

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Date of birth	27 August 1961
Place of birth	Stafford
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