Reggie Yates (born May 31, 1983) is a British actor, television presenter and radio DJ, best known from his roles as Rastamouse, Leo Jones in Doctor Who, and for his work at the BBC in radio and television – presenting various shows for BBC Radio 1 with Fearne Cotton – as well as hosting the ITV2 reality show Release the Hounds.
Since 2015, he has co-presented the primetime BBC One game show Prized Apart, alongside Emma Willis. He is also the presenter of the BBC Three show Reggie Yates’ Extreme Russia, Extreme South Africa and Extreme UK.
Yates’ parents, Felicia Asante and Reginald “Jojo” Yates, were both born in Ghana; however, his paternal grandfather Harry was the son of an English accountant, George Yates, who worked in the gold mining industry. Harry Yates’ wife Dorothy, who was married to him in a customary marriage, was also of mixed race: her father was a British colonial administrator, A. G. Lloyd, while her mother Sarah was a farmer and trader.
Yates grew up in north London, and attended Central Foundation Boys’ School in Cowper Street, Islington. A large photo of him, as with other famous ex-pupils, adorns a wall of fame at the school. He then attended City & Islington Sixth Form College on Goswell Road, Islington. Yates has 2 sisters.
In January 2015, Yates announced his engagement to model girlfriend Tia Ward. They had been dating for two years. In 2016 Reggie Yates and Tia Ward separated. Yates is a fan of Arsenal.
Yates made his first television appearance in Desmond’s at the age of eight. He also appeared in Disney Club, as Robbie. In 1998, Yates appeared as a guest presenter on Diggit on CITV also under the name Robbie. In 2002, he played Carl Fenton in the popular children’s series Grange Hill. From 2002 to 2004, he presented the Sunday morning programme Smile, and then went on to present Top of the Pops with former Smile co-host Fearne Cotton before the final episode broadcast on BBC Two on 30 July 2006. He also created and starred in the series The Crust and presented Dance Factory and his own radio show on BBC Radio 1.
In 2005, Yates appeared in the BBC singing contest Comic Relief Does Fame Academy in aid of Comic Relief, finishing in fourth place. On the show, his songs included ” Boombastic”, “You’re The First, The Last, My Everything”, “It Ain’t Over Til It’s Over”, “U Can’t Touch This” and “This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)”. He also sang a duet, “It Takes Two”, with Edith Bowman, the eventual winner of the show. He dyed his hair red for his performance of ” Dancing on the Ceiling”.
On 10 March 2006, Yates appeared on Stars in Fast Cars and won his heat to get into the final, beating Elton Welsby and Ben Fogle in the last round.
Yates presented Mighty Truck of Stuff and Only in America with Fearne Cotton on CBBC as well as a programme on BBC Radio 1. They presented a breakfast show on Saturday and Sunday mornings, taking over from JK and Joel. They played from 7:00 a.m.–10:00 a.m. The duo then went on to present The Radio 1 Chart Show starting on 14 October 2007 until Sunday 20 September 2009. Cotton left following her promotion to weekday mornings on Radio 1 from 10:00 a.m.–12:45 p.m. leaving Yates to present on his own. In addition to the chart show, Yates also presented a request show on Saturday afternoons, known as The Radio 1 Request Show, where listeners could send in a text or phone in to request a song. In April 2012, it was announced that Yates would finish the request show and continue with only The Official Chart. He announced in November 2012 that he would leave BBC Radio 1, and his last show aired on 23 December that year.
In 2016, Reggie was awarded Best Presenter for his critically acclaimed series Extreme Russia at the Royal Television Society Awards and Best Multi-channel Programme at the Broadcast Awards.
Continuing his documentarian journey, in 2016 Reggie’s BBC Three series The Insider saw the presenter spend time behind bars in Texas and join Unit 27 of the 56th Infantry Battalion in Acapulco to live the life of an ordinary soldier fighting on the front line of the brutal war against the country’s powerful and violent drug cartels.
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