Simeon Courtie
Simeon Courtie | |
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Born | Simeon Armstrong Courtie 1 April 1970 |
Nationality | British |
Other names | Sim |
Occupation(s) | Broadcaster and writer |
Known for | BBC Television (Children's BBC), BFBS Radio, the books The Long and Whining Road and All Hollow |
Simeon Courtie (born 1 April 1970) is an English broadcaster and writer. He is known as a TV presenter on
Career
Courtie left school in 1986, aged 16, and became a
After an unsuccessful audition at
Between 1996 and 2000 Courtie hosted several television shows on ITV including the live Saturday morning show Wow! and You'll Never Believe It, both produced by The Media Merchants,[7] and Get Wet produced by Scottish Television.[9] He presented several BBC Education series, including Working in... which gave advice to school leavers pursuing careers in various industries including engineering, construction and IT, and the Revise Wise series on Key Stage 2 English.[10]
Between 2000 and 2005 he wrote television quiz and game show formats, which were distributed by Ludus Entertainment. He created the
He was a regular presenter for the TV and radio station
In 2010 he spent a year driving around the world with his family in a
In June 2013 he won a New York Festival Radio Award, with his BFBS producer Hal Stewart, for Best Radio Personality (Network/Syndicated).[7][15]
In November 2013 Simeon became a regular presenter on BBC Wiltshire, presenting the daily 9-12 morning show until December 2015. In September 2015 he was the first to broadcast a full live radio programme from CERN. His final show for the station was a live outside broadcast from the Science Museum in London at the BBC Stargazing event to watch the launch of British ESA astronaut Tim Peake to the International Space Station.[2][16]
In 2016 his podcast Serial Box, a satire of the global podcast hit Serial, achieved notoriety when the makers of the original Serial issued a Cease and Desist order claiming copyright infringement of the letter 'S'.
In October 2019 he published his first novel, All Hollow, a horror thriller set in the tunnels within the Rock of Gibraltar. The story is based on a screenplay he wrote in 2016 with Hal Stewart who is credited on the cover. In 2020 it won a Distinguished Favourite Independent Press Award, a Silver eLit Award, a finalist place in the 2020 International Book Awards and was shortlisted as Best Thriller finalist in the Killer Nashville Awards.
In 2020 he presented a TEDx talk entitled Aristotle the Ultimate Stand Up Comedian explaining how Aristotle's tools of rhetoric can be easily learned by remembering how a simple joke works.
Courtie founded Kindred Skills in 2020 with fellow communication skills trainers Michelle Lewis, Steve Sarossy and Marcus Webb.
Awards
For The Long and Whining Road:[17]
London Book Festival Grand Prize Winner, 2012[18]
USA Book News International Book Award Winner, 'Humor' category, 2013
Readers' Favorite Gold Award, 'Humour' category, 2013
IPPY Award for Independent Publishing, 'Travel' category, 2013
Shirley You Jest, winner 2013
For broadcasting:
Silver New York Festival Award, Best Radio Personality, 2013
For All Hollow:[19]
Distinguished Favourite Independent Press Award, 2020
Silver eLit Award, 2020
International Book Awards Finalist, 2020
Best Thriller finalist, Killer Nashville Awards, 2020
Personal life
Courtie is married to former BBC journalist Jillian Moody. They have three children and live in Oxfordshire.[7]
References
- ^ a b BFBS web page. "BFBS web page". British Forces Broadcasting Service. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
- ^ a b Courtie, Simeon. "BBC Wiltshire". BBC. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
- ^ Ican Talk. "Simeon Courtie biography". Ican Talk agency. Ican Talk. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
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- ^ a b "Broom Cupboard". Broom Cupboard: An unofficial history of Children's BBC presentation. Greg Taylor. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
- ^ a b c d Courtie, Simeon. "Simeon Courtie official web site". Courtie. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
- ^ TVajb. "CBBC Simeon Courtie". YouTube clip. YouTube TVajb. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
- ^ Scottish Television. "Get Wet". Get Wet YouTube channel. STV Ents and Comedy. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
- ^ BFI Film and TV database. "BFI Film and TV database". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
- ^ UK Gameshows. "Risg - UK Gameshows". Risg - UK Gameshows, inventor Simeon Courtie. Labyrinth Games UK Gameshows web site. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
- ^ Courtie, Simeon. "HIGNFY - YouTube". Courtie - YouTube. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
- ^ Beatnik Beatles. "Beatnik Beatles official website". Beatnik Beatles. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
- ^ JM Northern Media LLC. "London Book Festival winners". JM Northern Media LLC. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
- ^ Courtie, Simeon. "Best Radio Personality". New York Festivals -2013. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
- ^ BBCWiltshire, Sim. "Larkhill to Launch". Soundcloud. Simeon Courtie. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
- ^ The Long and Whining Road. Simantics. July 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2020 – via Amazon.
- ^ "The Long and Whining Road". Goodreads. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
- ^ All Hollow. ASIN 0957198027.