Chris Smith (newsreader)
Chris Smith | |
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Radio presenter | |
Employer | BBC |
Known for | Children’s author and former presenter of Newsbeat on BBC Radio 1 |
Website | www.chrissmithauthor.co.uk |
Christopher Smith is a British children’s author and radio newsreader. He co-wrote the Kid Normal series of books, presented
Early life
Smith was born in Kettering, England and grew up in Raunds.[1] He studied English at Queen's University Belfast and was offered on-the-job training at a radio station afterwards.[2] Then, he started reading the news on air.
Radio
Smith first broadcast on
Smith joined Radio 1's Greg James Show regularly and took part in a number of segments during the show, when he was free of Newsbeat duties. Smith was also co-host of the "Greg James - That's What He Said Podcast", that started in October 2013 and was released every Friday until August 2018.[4]
On the podcast, Smith established himself as a singer/songwriter by writing, producing and singing 'The Ghost Owl' song and the theme tune to the game 'Mug on a Dog'.[5]
In March 2015, Smith travelled to Uganda alongside James, 1Xtra's Yasmin Evans and other celebrities including Alex Jones, Richard Hammond and Dermot O'Leary to participate in Comic Relief's Operation Health, a project to refurbish the Iyolwa Health Centre in eastern Uganda. Radio 1 listeners raised £551,405.[6][7][8]
It was announced on the
Other work
Together with Greg James, Smith wrote a children's book titled Kid Normal. It was published by Bloomsbury on 13 July 2017 in the UK[10] and is available in three languages, English, Spanish and German.[11]
Smith features on the
References
- ^ "Radio 1's Chris supports church campaign - Northamptonshire Telegraph". www.northantstelegraph.co.uk. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016.
- ^ "BBC Academy - Production - Chris Smith: Presenter, Radio 1 Newsbeat". Archived from the original on 24 April 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ "BBC Academy - Production - Chris Smith: Presenter, Radio 1 Newsbeat". Archived from the original on 24 April 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ "BBC Radio 1 - Radio 1 Breakfast Best Bits with Greg James".
- ^ "The Ghost Owl".
- ^ "Comic Relief's Operation Health launches | Comic Relief". www.comicrelief.com. Archived from the original on 7 February 2015.
- ^ "BBC Radio 1 - Radio 1 Breakfast with Greg James - Greg & Yasmin's Uganda Blog".
- ^ "BBC One - Comic Relief, 2015, Operation Health".
- ^ @itschrissmith (10 August 2018). "I've been presenting the news on Radio 1 and 1Xtra for 7 years now. But as someone once said, "when the curtain com…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Kid Normal: Kid Normal 1".
- ^ "Foreign rights sold in Radio 1 presenters' book | the Bookseller".
- ^ "How I featured on a George Michael song". Retrieved 26 December 2016.
External links
- Newsbeat on bbc.co.uk
- Greg James on bbc.co.uk