Justin Fletcher, MBE (born 15 June 1970 in Reading, Berkshire) is an English children's television personality in the United Kingdom.

Fletcher is most associated as a presenter and actor on the BBC pre-school television channel CBeebies, speaking and performing in various, often self-created, roles.

Early life

Born in Reading, Berkshire, he is the son of songwriter Guy Fletcher, best known for writing songs for Elvis Presley, Cliff Richard, Ray Charles, Frankie Valli and many others. Justin has 1 brother and 3 sisters. On Justin's House (Episode 9 of 25 - "Just the Part") he has mentioned his mother's name as being Sheila.

Career

While studying drama at the Guildford School of Acting, in his final year he started to watch regularly Phillip Schofield in the BBC1 broom cupboard with Gordon the Gopher, and decided that a career in children's television was for him.

Having sketched out various comedic characters, he put together a show reel called Justin Time, which encompassed two different characters: Anna Conda, a myopic reptile house warden; and Arthur Sleep, a regional newsreader who has difficulty staying awake and can sleep anywhere no matter what. Both characters would later be used for his CBeebies show Gigglebiz. Sent to various broadcasters and production companies his first show after graduation was Fun Song Factory for CITV, working with Dave Benson Philips.

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