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Chris Tarrant

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English radio and television broadcaster

United KingdomActorsBorn 1946 · age 79
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Christopher John Tarrant is an English retired broadcaster, television personality, radio DJ, and comedian. He is best known for presenting the ITV children's television show Tiswas from 1974 to 1981 and the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? from its inception in 1998 until 2014.

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Wax statue of Tarrant at Madame TussaudsWax statue of Tarrant at Madame TussaudsTarrant promoting the National Lottery's 'People's Portraits' series of Ukrainian refugees at the Royal Albert Dock, LiverpoolTarrant promoting the National Lottery's 'People's Portraits' series of Ukrainian refugees at the Royal Albert Dock, LiverpoolTarrant's star on Broad Street, awarded to him in 2010Tarrant's star on Broad Street, awarded to him in 2010

Filmography 10

Johnny English2003 · ★ 6.3
Major Fraud2003
Sex, Lies & Michael Aspel2003
Brains of Britain (or How Quizzing Became Cool)2016
An Audience with Elton John1997
An Audience with Joan Rivers1984
Hitler's Holocaust Railways2018
Tommy Cooper: In His Own Words2018
An Audience without Jeremy Beadle2008
A Carlton New Year1993

46 credits on file

Television 24

Have I Got News for You1990
The One Show2006
The IT Crowd2006
Would I Lie to You?2007
Ready, Steady, Cook1994
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?1998
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway2002
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
The Paul O'Grady Show2004
Parkinson1998
An Audience with...1978
Tiswas1974
Room 1011994
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross2001
Duck Quacks Don't Echo2014
The Frank Skinner Show1995
Holly & Stephen's Saturday Showdown2004
This Morning1988
Cluedo1990
Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railways2014
A Life on Screen2014
A Comedy Roast2010
Saturday Stayback1983
InterCity 125: The Train That Saved Britain's Railways2018

Awards 1

Officer of the Order of the British Empire

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Oliver Ford DaviesAlso in Johnny English (2003)Melinda MessengerAlso in Sex, Lies & Michael Aspel (2003)Trevor McDonaldAlso in Johnny English (2003)Nicholas BurnsAlso in Sex, Lies & Michael Aspel (2003)Gail PorterAlso in Sex, Lies & Michael Aspel (2003)Eric FellnerAlso in Johnny English (2003)

About this person

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
living
Dates
Born 1946 · age 79
Written about in
8 languages

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