Reginald Yates (born 31 May 1983) is a British actor, television
presenter and radio DJ. He was the voice actor for Rastamouse and
played Leo Jones in Doctor Who. Yates has worked at the BBC in radio
and televisionâ€"presenting various shows for BBC Radio 1 with Fearne
Cottonâ€"as well as hosting the ITV2 reality show Release the Hounds
from 2013 until 2017.Yates co-presented the prime-time BBC One game
show Prized Apart, alongside Emma Willis. He is also the presenter of
the BBC Three show Reggie Yates' Extreme Russia, Extreme South Africa
and Extreme UK.Yates' parents, Felicia Asante and Reginald "Jojo"
Yates, were both born in Ghana; however, his paternal grandfather
Harry was the son of an English accountant, George Yates, who worked
in the gold mining industry. Harry Yates' mother Dorothy was also of
mixed race: her father was a British colonial administrator, Augustus
George Lloyd, while her mother Sarah was a Fante farmer and trader
from Dixcove.
presenter and radio DJ. He was the voice actor for Rastamouse and
played Leo Jones in Doctor Who. Yates has worked at the BBC in radio
and televisionâ€"presenting various shows for BBC Radio 1 with Fearne
Cottonâ€"as well as hosting the ITV2 reality show Release the Hounds
from 2013 until 2017.Yates co-presented the prime-time BBC One game
show Prized Apart, alongside Emma Willis. He is also the presenter of
the BBC Three show Reggie Yates' Extreme Russia, Extreme South Africa
and Extreme UK.Yates' parents, Felicia Asante and Reginald "Jojo"
Yates, were both born in Ghana; however, his paternal grandfather
Harry was the son of an English accountant, George Yates, who worked
in the gold mining industry. Harry Yates' mother Dorothy was also of
mixed race: her father was a British colonial administrator, Augustus
George Lloyd, while her mother Sarah was a Fante farmer and trader
from Dixcove.
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