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He also sang a duet, ' It Takes Two', with Edith Bowman, the eventual winner of the show. On the show, his songs included ' Boombastic', ' You're The First, The Last, My Everything', 'It Ain't Over Til It's Over', ' U Can't Touch This' and ' This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)'. In 2005, Yates appeared in the BBC singing contest Comic Relief Does Fame Academy in aid of Comic Relief, finishing in fourth place.

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He also created and starred in the series The Crust and presented Dance Factory and his own radio show on BBC Radio 1. From 2002 to 2004, he presented the Sunday morning programme Smile, and then went on to present Top of the Pops with former Smile co-host Fearne Cotton before the final episode broadcast on BBC Two on 30 July 2006. In 2002, he played Carl Fenton in the popular children's series Grange Hill. In 1998, Yates appeared as a guest presenter on Diggit on CITV also under the name Robbie.

He also appeared in Disney Club, as Robbie. Yates made his first television appearance in Desmond's at the age of eight. Yates grew up in North London, and attended Central Foundation Boys' School in Cowper Street, Islington. Harry Yates' mother Dorothy was also of mixed race: her father was a British colonial administrator, Augustus George Lloyd, while her mother Sarah was an ethnic Fante, who worked as a farmer and trader in Dixcove, Ghana. 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. 6.2 Royal Television Society Television Awards.In 2021, Yates released his first feature film as Writer/Director, Pirates. Yates co-presented the prime-time BBC One game show Prized Apart, alongside Emma Willis, The ITV2 reality show Release the Hounds from 2013 until 2017 and was also the presenter of the BBC Three documentary series Reggie Yates' Extreme Russia, Extreme South Africa and Extreme UK as well as featuring as lead voice actor for BBC animation Rastamouse. Yates played Leo Jones in Doctor Who and has worked at the BBC in radio and television–presenting various shows for BBC Radio 1 for a decade as well as hosting the BBC One singing show The Voice UK, hosting the first two series with Holly Willoughby. Reginald (Reggie) Yates (born ) is a British writer and director with a career spanning three decades on screen as an actor, television presenter and radio DJ.

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