Popular children's TV entertainer joins Worthing pantomime cast

Spokeswoman Kathryn Follis said: “Dave Benson Phillips is revered for his many career roles: presenter, entertainer, broadcaster, musician, performer, prolific writer and doer of to-do lists. His career started in 1981 at the Polka Children’s Theatre in Wimbledon where he worked as a theatre usher. He was bitten by the performing bug and duly set out to learn the art of entertaining children. He appeared in various magic and music shows and even helped out with the creation of props and costumes. He was eager to learn all there was to know about show business and set himself the task of doing so.

“Over the years, Dave worked his way from song and dance man at holiday parks to his own show at the BBC, the phenomenally popular, BAFTA-nominated Get Your Own Back. He then went on to present ITV’s Wake Up In The Wild Room. He has also presented numerous other series including CITV’s Petswap, Nickelodeon’s Nick JNR, BBC Education’s Go For It, as well as Disney’s Bitesize and Playhouse Disney.