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Keith Chegwin
Cheggers
Date of Birth	17 January 1957
Place of Birth	Bootle, Liverpool
Education	Unknown
Occupation	Actor/Presenter
Partner	Maria Fielden
Parents	Unknown
Children	Rose Ted

Keith "Cheggers" Chegwin (born 17 January 1957) is an English television presenter, former child actor and singer.

Career

Chegwin is best known for presenting the shows, Multi-Coloured Swap Shop, Cheggers Plays Pop and Saturday Superstore. He released a pop single called "I Wanna Be a Star" with his Swap Shop co-presenters Noel Edmunds and Maggie Philbin in 1981. He also appeared in the controversial game show Naked Jungle in which all of the contestants and presenters had to be naked.

Extras

Chegwin played himself in the first episode of the second series of Extras written by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. After Paul Shane backed out of When The Whistle Blows because it was "too broad," he was replaced with Chegwin. His character made bigoted remarks about black people and homosexuals and was inept at acting. The role was originally offered to ventriloquist, Keith Harris, but he declined because he felt the script was racist. In an article from the Liverpool Echo, Chegwin commented on the controversy by saying, "The people who didn't get it probably think Johnny Depp really is a pirate."

Quotes

Kimberley: Why are you late?
Keith Chegwin: Because my sister buried me today.
Andy: Oh for fuck’s sake! Why would your sister bury you?! That would be mental.
Keith Chegwin: Well, sorry I got so confused. The thing is my sister’s not dead.
Chegwin: 14 years at the BBC. Swap Shop. Cheggers Plays Pop. Still run by Jews and Queers, is it?
Andy: Jews and Quee-?! I think there are a few Jewish people, and some gay people yeah.
Chegwin: (sarcastically) "Gay!" I forgot, not allowed to say queer nowadays, are you? Suggests something abnormal. What could be more normal than shoving your cock up a bloke's arse? Let's face it; If God had wanted a cock up an arse, he wouldn't have given us minges. Men have knobs. Women have fannies. Pop knob in fanny. Not up the arse.
Andy: Should really be taking notes.
Chegwin: What?
Andy: Nothing. It's all good advice.

Keith smiles while delivering a sad line.
Keith looks directly at the camera.
Keith misses his mark.
Keith can't open the door.

External Links


Series 1:	Episode 1 \| Episode 2 \| Episode 3 \| Episode 4 \| Episode 5 \| Episode 6
Series 2:	Episode 7 \| Episode 8 \| Episode 9 \| Episode 10 \| Episode 11 \| Episode 12
Specials:	Extras Christmas Special
Main Characters:	Andy Millman \| Maggie Jacobs \| Darren Lamb \| Shaun Williamson
Guest Stars:	Ben Stiller \| Kate Winslet \| Samuel L Jackson \| Patrick Stewart \| others...

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+'''Keith "Cheggers" Chegwin''' (born 17 January 1957) is an English television presenter, former child actor and singer.
-Keith Chegwin is an English television presenter and actor. He is best known for presenting the shows, ''Multi-Coloured Swap Shop'', ''Cheggers Plays Pop'' and ''Saturday Superstore''. He released a pop single called "I Wanna Be a Star" with his Swap Shop co-presenters Noel Edmunds and Maggie Philbin in 1981. He also appeared in the controversial game show ''Naked Jungle'' in which all of the contestants and presenters had to be naked.
-=Extras=
+==Career==
-Chegwin played himself in the [[Series 2 - Orlando Bloom|first episode]] of the second series of ''[[Extras]]''. After Paul Shane backed out of ''[[When The Whistle Blows]]'' because it was "too broad," he was replaced with Chegwin. His character made bigoted remarks about black people and homosexuals and was inept at acting. The role was originally offered to ventriloquist, Keith Harris, but he declined because he felt the script was racist.
+Chegwin is best known for presenting the shows, ''Multi-Coloured Swap Shop'', ''Cheggers Plays Pop'' and ''Saturday Superstore''. He released a pop single called "I Wanna Be a Star" with his Swap Shop co-presenters Noel Edmunds and Maggie Philbin in 1981. He also appeared in the controversial game show ''Naked Jungle'' in which all of the contestants and presenters had to be naked.
+==Extras==
+Chegwin played himself in the [[Series 2 - Orlando Bloom|first episode]] of the second series of ''[[Extras]]'' written by [[Ricky Gervais]] and [[Stephen Merchant]]. After Paul Shane backed out of ''[[When The Whistle Blows]]'' because it was "too broad," he was replaced with Chegwin. His character made bigoted remarks about black people and homosexuals and was inept at acting. The role was originally offered to ventriloquist, Keith Harris, but he declined because he felt the script was racist. In an article from the ''Liverpool Echo'', Chegwin commented on the controversy by saying, "The people who didn't get it probably think Johnny Depp really is a pirate."
 ===Quotes===
 *''Kimberley: Why are you late?''<br>''Keith Chegwin: Because my sister buried me today.''<br>''Andy: Oh for fuck’s sake! Why would your sister bury you?! That would be mental.''<br>''Keith Chegwin: Well, sorry I got so confused. The thing is my sister’s not dead.''
-*''Chegwin: 14 years at the BBC. ''Swap Shop''. ''Cheggers Plays Pop''. Still run by Jews and Queers, is it?''<br>''Andy: Jews and Quee-?! I think there are a few Jewish people, and some gay people yeah.''<br>''Chegwin: (sarcastically) "Gay!" I forgot, not allowed to say queer nowadays, are you? Suggests something abnormal. What could be more normal than shoving your cock up a bloke's arse? Let's face it; If God had wanted a cock up an arse, he wouldn't have given us minges. Men have knobs. Women have fannies. Pop knob in fanny. Not up the arse.''<br>''Andy: Should really be taking notes.''<br>''Chegwin: What?''<br>''Andy: Nothing. Its all good advice.''
+*''Chegwin: 14 years at the BBC. ''Swap Shop''. ''Cheggers Plays Pop''. Still run by Jews and Queers, is it?''<br>''Andy: Jews and Quee-?! I think there are a few Jewish people, and some gay people yeah.''<br>''Chegwin: (sarcastically) "Gay!" I forgot, not allowed to say queer nowadays, are you? Suggests something abnormal. What could be more normal than shoving your cock up a bloke's arse? Let's face it; If God had wanted a cock up an arse, he wouldn't have given us minges. Men have knobs. Women have fannies. Pop knob in fanny. Not up the arse.''<br>''Andy: Should really be taking notes.''<br>''Chegwin: What?''<br>''Andy: Nothing. It's all good advice.''
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+==External Links==
+*[http://www.keithchegwin.com/  Official Site]
+*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0154961/  IMDb Profile]