Barney Harwood (born 7 November 1979 in Blackpool, United Kingdom) is a Children's BAFTA Award-winning British presenter well known for his work with CBBC.
Career
Harwood is represented by Manchester-based agency Urban Talent, which is owned by Take That creator Nigel Martin-Smith.Television
For CBBC, he most recently presented Prank Patrol and was a voice-over commentator for The Smokehouse, while on BBC Two, he co-presented Basil's Swap Shop (a re-make of Multi-Coloured Swap Shop), alongside Basil Brush.Previous work for CBBC included gameshow Crush in 2004, Sport Relief Gets Sub'd!, a Sport Relief 2006 show and as co-presenter of Smile, which aired each Sunday on BBC Two until 26 August 2007 and saw him win a Children's BAFTA for best presenter. He also co-hosted the Doctor Who tie-in programme Totally Doctor Who until it was scrapped after series 3 in 2007. Harwood was also the Control Voice in an episode of the Doctor Who spin off animated series The Infinite Quest. As an extra, he appeared in the Doctor Who episode "Love & Monsters", which was first transmitted on 17 June 2006.
In July 2007, Harwood fronted The Sorcerer's Apprentice, a daily reality series following a group of children learning magic at a Harry Potter-style boarding school.. Bear Behaving Badly, a 26-part sitcom starring Barney and Nev the bear from Smile, was broadcast on BBC One between September and October 2007. In February 2008, Barney was the celebrity in Hider in the House.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | CBBC | Himself | Continuity Presenter |
| 2003 | CBBC | Himself | Continuity Presenter |
| 2004 | CBBC | Himself | Continuity Presenter |
| Crush | Himself | Main Presenter (Series 1) | |
| Smile | Himself | One of the Presenters | |
| 2005 | CBBC | Himself | Continuity Presenter |
| Smile | Himself | One of the presenters | |
| Crush | Himself | Main Presenter (Series 2) alongside Jean Anderson | |
| 2006 | Smile | Himself | One of the Presenters |
| Sport Relief Get Sub'd | Himself | Main Presenter | |
| Totally Doctor Who | Himself | Main Presenter alongside Liz Barker | |
| Doctor Who | Man in the street | Guest Role, "Love and Monsters" episode | |
| Doctor Who: The Infinite Quest | Control | Voice | |
| Prank Patrol | Himself/Other Characters | Main Presenter/Actors (series 1) | |
| 2007 | CBBC | Himself | Returning Continuity Presenter (see below) |
| Prank Patrol | Himself/Other Characters | Main Presenter/Actors (series 1 & 2) | |
| The Sorcerer's Apprentice | Himself | Main Presenter (series 1) | |
| The Sorcerer's Apprentice Extra | Himself | Main Presenter (series 1) | |
| Smile | Himself | Main Presenter until 27th August 2007 | |
| Bear Behaving Badly | Barney | A Main Character | |
| 2008 | Basil's Swap Shop | Himself | Alongside Basil Brush |
| Basil's Game Show | Himself | Narrator/Presenter | |
| The Smokehouse | Himself | Narrator | |
| Hider in the House | Hider | Celebrity Guest Appearance | |
| The Sorcerer's Apprentice | Himself | Main Presenter (series 2) coming soon | |
| The Sorcerer's Apprentice Extra | Himself | Main Presenter (series 2) coming soon |
Radio
In addition to his television work, he presents BBC Radio 4 children's magazine programme Go 4 It and co-presents Big Toe Books (previously The Big Toe Radio Show), for BBC 7.Music
Harwood can play the guitar and piano and is also the keyboardist in The MüVs. As a singer/songwriter he composed the theme music to Bear Behaving Badly.Other appearances
In pantomime, he played Idle Jack in Dick Whittington at The Anvil Theatre, Basingstoke, between November 2005 and January 2006.From December 2007 to January 2008, Harwood appeared at The Assembly Hall Theatre, Tunbridge Wells as Buttons in Cinderella.
In April 2008, he appeared in a musical version of Beauty and the Beast as Jangles the court jester at the Central Theatre in Chatham, Kent.
References
External links
- Barney Harwood at the Internet Movie Database
- Urban Talent: Barney Harwood
- Barney answers questions
- The MüVs
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