Michael Underwood
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| Born | Michael Paul Underwood 26 October 1975 Northampton, England |
| Occupation(s) | Television presenter, teacher |
| Years active | 1990,1999-present |
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| Children | 2 |
| Website | officialmichaelunderwood |
Michael Paul Underwood (born 26 October 1975) is an English television presenter, best known as a children's TV presenter on CBBC and CITV. He can be seen as a fifteen-year-old in an episode of The Crystal Maze, then presented by Richard O'Brien. He presented the primetime ITV series Let Me Entertain You in 2014 and was a reporter for Real Stories with Ranvir Singh.
Career
Underwood attended
Underwood was an entertainment correspondent for the
Underwood competed in the 2008 series of
Underwood presented on
In early 2014, he presented the
He appeared in the music video for Wet Wet Wet's single "Too Many People".
In 2020, due to lack of work he announced that he was to retire from presenting and had become a teacher. However he returned to presenting shortly after and is currently the host of the Channel 4 daytime show 'Tool Club'.[2]
Underwood joined digital station Virgin Radio Groove for to its weekend line-up in the 10am-2pm slot after fronting Virgin Radio's 500 Words: Black Lives Matter children's writing competition alongside his wife Angellica Bell.[3]
Personal life
Underwood married his former CBBC co-star Angellica Bell in New York City in December 2010.[4] They have a son and a daughter.[5]
Filmography
- TV presenting
- Whatever You Want (1999)
- CBBC (1999–2002) – Continuity presenter
- The Make Shift – Presenter
- CITV (2002–2003) – Continuity presenter
- The White Knuckle Tour – Presenter
- The Big Bang (2002–2003) – Presenter
- Eliminator (2003–2004) – Presenter
- Starfinder (2003–2004) – Presenter
- Jungle Run (2003–2006) – Presenter
- Ministry of Mayhem(2004) – Presenter
- Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005: British Final presenter (also in 2004)
- Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005 – Commentator
- British Soap Awards: The After Party (2006, 2009–10) – Presenter
- ITV2 Celebrity Daredevils– "SAS Training"
- It Shouldn't Happen to a Showbiz Reporter (2005) – Showbiz reporter
- GMTV (2005–2008) – Entertainment correspondent
- Bingo Night Live (2008) – Presenter
- Live from Studio Five (2010) – Guest presenter
- The Zone(2010) – Co-presenter
- OK! TV – Guest presenter
- Let Me Entertain You (2014) – Presenter
- Surprise Surprise (2014–2015) – Reporter
- Real Stories with Ranvir Singh (2015–2016) – Reporter
- Good Morning Britain (2016–2017) – Stand-in entertainment reporter
- Do the Right Thing with Eamonn and Ruth (2018–2019) – Reporter
- Tool Club (2021-) - Presenter
- Other TV work
- The Crystal Maze (1990) – Team captain
- Hollywood 7 (2001) – Pizza Delivery Boy
- Dancing on Ice (2008, 2009) – Contestant
- All Star Mr and Mrs (2009) – Contestant, with Angellica Bell
- The Door (2010) – Contestant
- Born To Shine(2011) – Contestant
- Celebrity MasterChef(2012) – Contestant
- Celebrity Mastermind (2012) – Contestant
References
- ^ "New breakfast duo for Heart South Coast". Radiotoday. 15 April 2013.
- The Daily Mirror. 23 June 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
- ^ "TV presenter Michael Underwood joins Virgin Radio Groove". RadioToday. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
- ^ "Michael Underwood and Angellica Bell tie the knot". BBC News. 29 December 2010. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ^ "Angellica Bell: My life as a mum". Mother&Baby. 16 March 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
External links
- Official website[permanent dead link]
- Michael Underwood on Twitter
- Michael Underwood at IMDb
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