Karim Zeroual (born 14 November 1993) is a British television presenter and actor.
Early life
Zeroual was born in London to parents of
Moroccan heritage and was brought up by his mother.
He attended theatre school in London.
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Stage and television career
Zeroual starred as Sadiq in ''The Sparticle Mystery
''The Sparticle Mystery'' is a British science fiction television series written and created by Alison Hume and produced by Sparticles Productions for CBBC. The series follows a group of ten children within modern Britain, where an experiment ...
'', which ran for three series between 2011 and 2015. He has also appeared on '' EastEnders'', '' Blue Peter'', ''Top Class
''Top Class'' is a British children's television quiz show produced by ITV Studios for CBBC.
Format
Although the competition is open to all state schools, only 16 teams per series make it through the audition stage and proceed to take part. All ...
'', '' DaVinci's Demons'', ''Saturday Mash-Up!
''Saturday Mash-Up!'' is a British Saturday morning children's magazine entertainment programme on CBBC and BBC Two, first broadcast on 30 September 2017. It is currently presented by Joe Tasker and a puppet monster called Stanley performed by ...
'', ''Richard Osman's House of Games
''Richard Osman's House of Games'' is a British quiz show produced by Banijay (owners of Endemol Shine UK), a branch of Remarkable Television for the BBC. The show is hosted by Richard Osman. It is played on a weekly basis, with four "celebri ...
'', ''Bitesize Daily'', '' Horrible Histories: Gory Games'' and ''Remotely Funny
''Remotely Funny'' is a British children's game show hosted by Sara Forsberg. The show is produced by Twenty Twenty Kids for CBBC. The show features three children from across the United Kingdom connected remotely via webcam competing in variou ...
''.Children's BBC
BBC Children's and Education is the BBC division responsible for media content for children in the UK. Since the launch of specially dedicated television channels in 2002, the services have been marketed under two brands. CBBC (short for Chi ...
presenter since 2014, presenting directly from the CBBC HQ. He has fronted ''Ten Pieces Party Live Lesson'' events with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales
The BBC National Orchestra of Wales (BBC NOW) ( cy, Cerddorfa Genedlaethol Gymreig y BBC) is a Welsh symphony orchestra and one of the BBC's five professional radio orchestras. The BBC NOW is the only professional symphony orchestra organisatio ...
and hosted interviews at CBBC ''Summer Social'' events with a range of children’s authors.The Lion King
''The Lion King'' is a 1994 American animated musical drama film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 32nd Disney animated feature film and the fifth produced during the Disney Renaissance ...
'' and '' Chitty Chitty Bang Bang''.[
In 2019, he started filming a travel and sport documentary for CBBC titled ''A Week to Beat the World'', in which he takes three British children to countries including Guatemala, ]Brazil
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and Japan to play national sports and see if they can beat the locals at their own game.[ A year later, it was announced that he would be starring in the ninth series of '']Celebs Go Dating
''Celebs Go Dating'' is a British dating reality series. It began broadcasting on 29 August 2016 on E4, with the first series having 15 episodes. Paul Carrick Brunson and Anna Williamson currently appear as the dating agents, with Tom Read Wil ...
''.
In December 2020 he featured on an episode of '' Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel'' as a specialist on children’s TV.
''Strictly Come Dancing''
In 2019, he appeared in the seventeenth series of BBC's '' Strictly Come Dancing'' in which he was partnered with professional dancer Amy Dowden.[ The pair received the first perfect 40 points of the series for their Jive in Week 11 and were runners-up in the competition.]Alfonso Ribeiro
Alfonso Lincoln Ribeiro (born September 21, 1971) is an American actor, comedian and television host. He is best known for his roles as Alfonso Spears on the sitcom ''Silver Spoons'', Carlton Banks on the NBC sitcom ''The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air ...
* number indicates Karim & Amy were at the top of the leaderboard
References
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Living people
1993 births
Television personalities from London
British people of Moroccan descent