Keith Chegwin
Born	January 18, 1957 (1957-01-18) (age 50) Newbury Berkshire, England
Occupation	Television presenter
Height	5'6" (168cm)

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Biography

His early roles were in works of the Children's Film Foundation, appearing as Egghead Wentworth in The Troublesome Double (1967) and Egghead's Robot (1970). Chegwin's most prestigious acting role was that of Fleance in Roman Polanski's 1971 film Macbeth. He then had smaller parts in The Liver Birds, The Adventures of Black Beauty, My Old Man (with Clive Dunn from Dad's Army), and ITV's The Wackers and The Tomorrow People in 1975. His last major acting role was Robin in the 1975 film Robin Hood Junior, although he had two small roles with Tom Courtenay in the Chester Mystery Cycle (1976) and 23 years later in the 1999 film set in the 1970s Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?. The Childrens Film Foundation was a non-profit-making organisation which made films for children in the United Kingdom, typically running for about 55 minutes. ... Fleance is a fictional character in Shakespeares The Tragedy of Macbeth. ... Roman Polański (born August 18, 1933) is an Academy Award-winning film director, writer, actor, and producer. ... Macbeth (1971) is a film directed by Roman Polanski, based on William Shakespeares The Tragedy of Macbeth, about the Scots Lord who becomes King of Scotland through deceit, treachery, and murder. ... The Liver Birds, co-written by Carla Lane and Myra Taylor, was the distaff answer to the popular Geordie series, The Likely Lads. ... The Adventures of Black Beauty was a television drama series produced by London Weekend Television, shown on ITV in the United Kingdom and exported worldwide. ... Clive Dunn OBE (born January 9, 1920) is a retired English actor, singer and entertainer best known for his role as Lance-Corporal Jack Jones in the BBC sitcom, Dads Army. ... Dad’s Army is a British sitcom about the Home Guard in the Second World War, written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft and broadcast on BBC television between 1968 and 1977. ... Independent Television (generally known as ITV, but also as ITV Network) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority (ITA) to provide competition to the BBC. ITV is the oldest commercial television network in the UK. Since 1990 and the Broadcasting... The Tomorrow People is a childrens science fiction television series, devised by Roger Price and produced by Thames Television for Britains ITV network between 1973 and 1979. ... Tom Courtenay (pronounced Courtney) (born February 25, 1937) is a British actor who came to prominence in the early 1960s with a succession of critically-acclaimed films including The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962), Billy Liar (1963) and Dr. Zhivago (1965). ... The Chester Mystery Plays are a cycle of mystery plays from the 14th century, and the most complete set of such plays in existence. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ... Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? is a film written by Ben Steiner, directed by Peter Hewitt and released in 1999. ...

In the 1970s he had a very brief career as a singer releasing singles on the Pye Records label. He also worked as a disc jockey for 194 Radio City^[1] Pye Records was a British record label. ... For other meanings of DJ, see DJ (disambiguation). ... Radio City studios tower Radio City studios tower by night // Radio City 96. ...

In the mid 1970s he moved away from acting and became a household name presenting programmes such as Multi-Coloured Swap Shop, Cheggers Plays Pop and Saturday Superstore. As Brown Sauce, he and Swap Shop co-presenters Maggie Philbin and Noel Edmonds released the pop single I Wanna Be a Winner, which reached number 15 in December 1981, and a follow-up single as The Saucers called Spring Has Sprung, which went straight in at No. 39 in Bulgaria. He married Philbin in 1982, and the couple had a daughter Rose (born 1988). The couple divorced in 1989.^{[citation needed]} Multi-Coloured Swap Shop, more commonly known simply as Swap Shop, was a childrens television programme that aired on Saturday mornings in the UK on BBC One. ... Cheggers Plays Pop was a British childrens television show broadcast in early 1980s. ... Saturday Superstore was a childrens television series, broadcast on BBC One from 1982 until 1987. ... Maggie Philbin (born 23 June 1955 in Manchester, England) is a former British TV presenter. ... Noel Ernest Edmonds (born 22 December 1948 in Ilford, Essex) is a British television presenter, DJ, executive who made his name on BBC Radio 1 in the UK. He is more recently known as the presenter of the television gameshow Deal or No Deal. ...

Chegwin's career waned in the 1980s and 1990s, alongside tabloid allegations of alcoholism.^{[citation needed]} Chegwin's career briefly regained speed in the mid-1990s when he presented a segment on The Big Breakfast, a live breakfast programme, before going on to present a revived version of the 1970s gameshow It's a Knockout! in 1999. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Lockkeepers Cottages, in Old Ford Lock, used as the studio for The Big Breakfast The Big Breakfast was a British light entertainment television show shown on Channel 4 each weekday morning from 28 September 1992 until 29 March 2002. ... Its a Knockout was a popular British television gameshow that ran from 1966 to 1982, featuring teams in outlandish costumes (often large latex suits) competing to complete bizarre tasks in absurd games. ...

The following year, Chegwin caused controversy by presenting a one-off edition of Naked Jungle, a gameshow in which all the contestants (and Chegwin himself) appeared entirely naked. According to the Daily Mail, the show "plumbed new depths [of indecency on television]". Naked Jungle, was a somewhat notorious one-off gameshow produced by the United Kingdom terrestial TV station Channel 5 in 2000. ... The Daily Mail is a British newspaper and the oldest tabloid, first published in 1896. ...

More recently, Chegwin has presented an outdoor segment on GMTV similar to his earlier role on The Big Breakfast'; and he appeared in a 2006 episode of the sitcom Extras. GMTV (Good Morning Television) is a national British breakfast television station owned by ITV plc (75%) and The Walt Disney Company (25%). It has held the license for the breakfast Channel 3 franchise since 1993, when it outbid the previous 6am-9. ... Lockkeepers Cottages, in Old Ford Lock, used as the studio for The Big Breakfast The Big Breakfast was a British light entertainment television show shown on Channel 4 each weekday morning from 28 September 1992 until 29 March 2002. ... A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... Not to be confused with Extra (TV series). ...

Currently there is a video game in development for the PS2 called cheggers party quiz http://www.totalvideogames.com/games/Cheggers_Party_Quiz_Index_7052.htm

Chegwin also produced an autobiography about his personal experiences and his alcohoism entitled: "Cheggers can't be Boozers".

Chegwin is the brother of radio disc jockey Janice Long. For other meanings of DJ, see DJ (disambiguation). ... Janice Long (born April 5, 1955) is a Liverpudlian radio broadcaster in the UK, the sister of TV personality Keith Chegwin. ...

References

1. ^ North West Radio website, viewed 1 July 2007.

External links

• Keith Chegwin at the Internet Movie Database