Edward Oliver James "Ed" Petrie (; born 22 August 1978) is an English actor, comedian, and television presenter.
Early life Petrie was born and raised in Rustington, West Sussex. He was educated at Broadwater Manor in Worthing, West Sussex, and the independent school Ardingly College in Ardingly, West Sussex.
Career Previous presenting work for Petrie includes hosting various children's programmes on Nickelodeon from January 2005 until September 2007, including Slime Across the UK and The Crunch.
In 2002, Petrie was a researcher for the BBC programme They Think It's All Over and, in 2005, was a comedy sketch writer for BBC Radio 1's The Milk Run.
He was a finalist in both So You Think You're Funny? and York's comedy festival National Talent Hunt in 2003. The following year, Petrie was a semi-finalist in the BBC's New Comedy Awards.
His acting work has included appearances in the Channel 4 comedy programmes Green Wing and Smack the Pony.
In 2012, he performed as one of the warm up acts on Greg Davies's Back of My Mum's Head tour.
Before joining CBBC's presentation team in September 2007, Petrie hosted the game show Wonderful World of Weird.
He later became the chief continuity presenter for the CBBC channel, presenting afternoon links for CBBC alongside Oucho T Cactus. The duo subsequently presented Ed and Oucho's Excellent Inventions and a weekend morning show entitled Transmission Impossible with Ed and Oucho.
In 2008, Petrie was nominated for a BAFTA in the Best Children's Presenter category, and collected the BAFTA for Best Children's Channel when it was won by CBBC.
A second series of Ed and Oucho's Excellent Inventions aired on the CBBC channel from 2 January 2010.
Petrie presented weekend links on the CBBC Channel with new CBBC presenter Chris Johnson from January 2010, whilst Oucho (Warrick Brownlow-Pike) was replaced by Dodge T Dog (Warrick Brownlow-Pike).
Petrie left CBBC presentation in June 2010 to present All Over the Place, a CBBC programme with Holly Walsh, which started airing in February 2011. As part of promotion for the series, Petrie returned to CBBC Continuity for a day. A second series of All Over the Place aired between January and March 2012.
In summer 2012, he presented a new CBBC series with Naomi Wilkinson, Marrying Mum and Dad, in which children plan their parents' weddings.
In November 2012, he starred in 12 Again with Dionne Bromfield, Adam Lambert and John Humphrys.
Petrie left the BBC in January 2024. His last appearance on CBBC was during Blue Peter on 17 March 2023. , Petrie is working as an organiser for the Labour Party in Putney and Wimbledon.
Personal life Petrie has said through Twitter that his girlfriend is French, and that she also appeared in a Comic Relief special starring Kate Moss. They have two children.
He supports Crystal Palace FC.
He confirmed on his Instagram Livestream on 22 April 2020 that he is married and has a wife.
Filmography Television YearTitleRoleNotes2002They Think It's All OverResearcherSmack the PonyChristmas Specials 2003Can't Get InMTV Trailers 2004Later... with Jools HollandHimselfWarm-up artist 2004–2006The CrunchPresenter 2004–2007Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards UKHimselfPresenter 2005Green WingSocial WorkerSeries 2, episode 4 2006–2007ME:TVPresenterNickelodeon UK2007Wonderful World of WeirdPresenterMain host – with presenters Jake Humphrey, Lizzie Greenwood and Ortis DeleySlime Across the UKPresenterNickelodeon UK – with presenter Sy ThomasSMartGuest presenter1 episode 2007–2010CBBC OfficePresenter 2007–2010TMiSpecial guest2008Basil's Swap ShopSpecial guestSMartGuest presenter1 episode 2009–2010Ed and Oucho's Excellent InventionsPresenter/actor 2009Transmission Impossible with Ed and OuchoPresenter 2011–presentAll Over The PlacePresenter 2011-2016Hacker Time Guest/Various characters Guest on Series 2, Episode 7 2011Blue PeterSpecial guest 2012 – presentMarrying Mum and DadPresenterCo-presenter with Naomi Wilkinson 201212 AgainHimselfSeries 2, Episode 1 2015Hacker's Birthday Bash: 30 Years of Children's BBC Himself One-off special2016–presentThe Dog Ate My HomeworkPanelist3 episodesAll Over the Workplace Narrator 20 episodes2016Naomi's Nightmares of NatureHimself2 episodes2015,2018Sam & Mark's Big Friday Wind-UpHimself1 episode
References
External links Ed Petrie's own website
Ed Petrie's Twitter page CBBC stars Ed Petrie on Chortle