Presenters & HostsOrtis Deley is an experienced presenter, who is a member of the presenting team on Five’s flagship programme, The Gadget Show.
With over 15 years of television presenting, Ortis Deley has become a familiar and popular choice for media projects and corporate events.
Ortis started his presenting career presenting shows for LWT, then got spotted and was the main host for Trouble TV. He later moved to BBC1 hosting the popular children’s Saturday morning show Live and Kicking, alongside Why 5, Making It and Short Change.
Staying at the BBC, he went on to present various CBBC shows including X-perimental which was perfect for Ortis due to his love of science.
He has also hosted his own dating show The Love Quest for Facebook and other social networking sites. Ortis also presented his own Sunday Breakfast radio show for Choice FM London.
He has also filmed reports for BBC1’s The One Show, as well as appearing on GMTV as the gadget expert.
Other shows include:
- The Sorcerer’s Apprentice for BBC1
- CBBC’s SM:ART
- Best of Friends,
- Wild Tales
- Today on 3
Ortis Deley has a BSc Hons. degree in Pharmacy which helped him win the role of presenting a one-off special for Tomorrow’s World and then guest presenter on Watchdog both for BBC1.
Being passionate about all types of sport, he was in his element when asked to present his own sports show for BBC’s Five Live interviewing the athletes as they prepared for the Sydney Olympics. Following on from this success, Ortis went to Athens to follow Great Britain’s Paralympics basketball team for CBBC’s Short Change.
From his vast presenting experience, he is often asked to host award ceremonies, such as The People’s Choice Black Music Awards for Five, Smash Hits and the British Academy Children’s Film and Television Awards for BBC. For this, he was also nominated twice as Best Presenter.
Not limited to television presenting, as an actor, Ortis was seen in a cameo role in the feature film Derailed alongside Clive Owen and Jennifer Aniston, he also played a featured role in the British cult movie Kidulthood.
Ortis Deley is an extremely talented, rounded presenter with a charming personality and a strong character.