Drew Jarvis is an

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children's television presenter who has appeared on television programmes

The Shak ''The Shak'' was an Australian children's television program broadcast on the Nine Network. Its four hosts, Curio (Drew Jarvis), Nitro (Beau Walker), Picasso ( Kendal Nagorcka) and Eco ( Jacqueline Duncan) answered viewer questions, queries, d ...

and

Lab Rats Challenge ''Lab Rats Challenge'' is an Australian children's game show. The program began broadcasting on 4 August 2008 at 4pm on the Nine Network with hosts Drew Jarvis and Nicole Dixon. On 5 March 2012, the show moved to the Seven Network with Aleisha ...

. He married Lucy Flook in 2009.

Biography

Jarvis grew up in

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and was interested in film technology and the entertainment industry. When Jarvis was in year 7, he and his friends recorded their own shows on

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and then give them to classmates. A year later he transferred to Glenmore State High School and started studying film and television also making short films in his spare time. In the 1990s Jarvis moved to the Gold Coast where he attended Griffith University where he studied for a Bachelor of Arts degree. After graduating he performed in many shows at the Gold Coast Arts Centre’s Comedy Clubhouse while also working as a street performer in Warner Bros. Movie World as characters such as

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and

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. In 2006 he received his first major hosting role as Curio for the Channel 9 children's show

. He then went on to be in many other television programs such as

, Hole In The Wall and

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. In 2014, Jarvis joined

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's children's department as the producer of

Toasted TV ''Toasted TV'' is an Australian children's television program which aired on Network 10 and later 10 Peach from 22 August 2005 to 18 September 2020. ''Toasted TV'' replaced similar children's program ''Cheez TV'' in the same timeslot. The se ...

and in 2015 he joined as series producer of the twenty-third series of

Totally Wild ''Totally Wild'' is an Australian children's television series which premiered on Network 10 on 12 July 1992. The series aired on 10 Peach from 2013 to 2020, and 10 Shake from 2020 to 2021. It had a current affairs program format, and did stor ...

. In June 2018 he was appointed as the executive producer of children's television on the network.

Acting career

Awards

References

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