• Profile: Chris Hollins
Profile: Chris Hollins
Profile: Chris Hollins

Chris Hollins, an English television presenter and former sportsman, was born on 20th March 1971. He is known for presenting a range of different programmes and for appearing on Strictly Come Dancing.

  • Chris Hollins played professional football for Charlton, Queens Park Rangers, and Aldershot Town.
  • Chris also played first-class cricket for Oxford University, after attending Durham University.
  • Chris' media career started at the London-based station Channel One TV before moving to Sky Sports, GMTV, Meridian and eventually Five.
  • Chris' career really started to get traction after he joined BBC News in 1999, subsequently moving on to Grandstand and Football Focus.
  • The sport work, led to Chris reporting from the 2002 and 2010 World Cup.
  • in 2009, Chris won the reality series Strictly Come Dancing alongside dance partner Ola Jordan.
  • For one week in 2010, Chris co-presented The One Show with Louise Minchin.
  • Chris has also presented Watchdog and Cash in the Attic.
  • In 2011 Chris presented the first series of the genealogy programme Find My Past.
  • This was followed by the second series of Find My Past which is due to air on Yesterday in late 2012.


    You can see Chris Hollins on Yesterday in Find My Past series 1.
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