Ben Baldwin is a British television presenter, he was one of the main hosts of ITV

ITV

ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...

's Make Your Play

Make Your Play

Make Your Play was a live, interactive quiz show, showing in the UK on the ITV Network, from Monday to Saturday, beginning after midnight. The show was launched on Friday September 29, 2006 on ITV and ITV Play....

. Ben has also presented on ITV Play

ITV Play (channel)

ITV Play was a 24/7 participation television channel in the United Kingdom owned by ITV plc. The ITV Play name continued on the ITV Network until December 2007....

's This Morning Puzzle Book. He currently works on Endemol Produced Gala TV

Gala TV

Gala TV is a bingo channel in the United Kingdom which launched on October 4, 2006 replacing Avago. The channel was due to be launched on September 13, 2006, but due to technical problems it was held back. Gala TV is produced by production company etv media group...

 every Thursday and Friday.

Early life and education

Ben was born in Sheffield

Sheffield

Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. Its name derives from the River Sheaf, which runs through the city. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and with some of its southern suburbs annexed from Derbyshire, the city has grown from its largely...

, 1979. He graduated from the Central School of Speech and Drama

Central School of Speech and Drama

The Central School of Speech and Drama was founded in London in 1906 by Elsie Fogerty to offer a new form of training in speech and drama for young actors and other students...

 in 1998 with a Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Arts

A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...

 in Acting

Acting

Acting is the work of an actor or actress, which is a person in theatre, television, film, or any other storytelling medium who tells the story by portraying a character and, usually, speaking or singing the written text or play....

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Other projects

Baldwin was a member of the presentation and development team on Sky's interactive gaming channel Sky Vegas, and reported regularly on the SkyPoker website. He has also been a presenter for corporate training and informational videos for several companies, including TKMaxx, Avid

AVID

AVID stands for:* Advancement Via Individual Determination, a college-readiness system designed to increase the number of students who enroll in four-year colleges in the U.S....

, Unilever

Unilever

Unilever is a British-Dutch multinational corporation that owns many of the world's consumer product brands in foods, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products....

, Irn Bru, Royal Mail

Royal Mail

Royal Mail is the government-owned postal service in the United Kingdom. Royal Mail Holdings plc owns Royal Mail Group Limited, which in turn operates the brands Royal Mail and Parcelforce Worldwide...

 and Virgin Mobile

Virgin Mobile

Virgin Mobile is a brand used by many mobile phone service providers across the globe; its headquarters are based in the United Kingdom. Virgin Mobile has local operations in Australia, Canada, France, India, South Africa, Greece, United Kingdom and the United States. It briefly also had operations...

. One of the videos he made with TKMaxx, entitled "The Journey of the Jeans" won a certificate in 2007 at the International Film and Video Festival for corporate employee communications.http://www.filmfestawards.com/awards/index.asp?PROCESS=Y&F_ENTRY_YEAR=2007&F_AWARD=CERTIFICATE&F_TITLE01=Journey+of+the+Jean&F_CATEGORY01=CORPORATE%3A+Corporate+Communications+-++Employee+Oriented&F_KEYWORDS=&F_MATCH_TYPE=OR

External links

• Benbaldwin.tv, Official website
• "Journey Of The Jeans" certificate information£