{{Short description|British television presenter}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{BLP sources|date=October 2020}} {{Infobox person | image = | caption = | birth_name = Charlotte Anne Hudson | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1972|01|04}} | birth_place = [[Sheffield]], England, UK | occupation = Presenter, actress | years_active = 1999–present }} '''Charlotte Hudson''' (born 4 January 1972){{citation needed|date=October 2020}} is an English actress and television presenter. Hudson was born in Sheffield.<ref name="Ent.ie">{{Cite web |title=Charlotte Hudson - About |url=https://entertainment.ie/person/charlotte-hudson-930638/ |website=Entertainment.ie}}</ref><ref name="TFLHealth" /> Her brother is actor [[Robert Hudson (actor)|Robert Hudson]].<ref name="Ent.ie" />
==Education and early career== After attending [[Fitzwilliam College]], [[Cambridge]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 February 2018 |title=2018 Fitzwilliam Campaign Report by Fitzwilliam College |url=https://issuu.com/fitzwilliamcollegecomms/docs/2018_fitzwilliam_campaign_report_fi |website=[[issuu.com]] |publisher=[[Fitzwilliam College]]}}</ref> Hudson started in television co-presenting [[BBC]]'s ''[[Watchdog (TV programme)|Watchdog]]'' with [[Anne Robinson]], replacing [[Alice Beer]] in 1999.<ref name="TFLHealth">{{Cite web |date=6 February 2000 |title=Me and my health: Charlotte Hudson |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Me+and+my+health:+Charlotte+Hudson.-a060899341 |website=[[Sunday Mercury]] |via=[[TheFreeLibrary.com]]}}</ref> She presented ''What's the Story''- and ''Are You Being Cheated'' for [[Channel 5 (British TV channel)|Channel 5]].<ref name="TFLBeer">{{Cite web |title=BEER SHE GOES; Watchdog sidekick Alice quits to star in own show. |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/BEER+SHE+GOES;+Watchdog+sidekick+Alice+quits+to+star+in+own+show.-a060407788 |website=[[TheFreeLibrary]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Collections Search | BFI | British Film Institute |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150506943 |website=[[BFI.org.uk]]}}</ref><ref name="TFLHealth" />
==Career== She presented the [[Sky One]] television series ''[[Brainiac: History Abuse]]'', a [[Spin-off (media)|spin-off]] from the award-winning ''[[Brainiac: Science Abuse]]'', which she also co-presented.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Alex |date=2 May 2019 |title=Brainiac Live! to run in the West End |url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/news/brainiac-live-to-run-in-the-west-end_48991/ |website=[[WhatsOnStage.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=14 September 2006 |title=Vic Reeves to host Sky's Brainiac |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5345812.stm |via=[[News.BBC.co.uk]]}}</ref> Hudson has also appeared as an actress in various UK TV shows. She appeared as a guest on both ''[[Big Brother's Little Brother]]'' and ''[[Big Brother's Big Mouth]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 December 2006 |title=TV Times magazine (UK) 23 Dec 2006 - 5 Jan 2007 |url=http://archive.org/details/tv-times-dec-06-jan-07 |via=Internet Archive}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Tingay |first=Emzi |date=20 January 2005 |title=Thursday's CBBLB, eFourum update |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a53110/thursdays-cbblb-efourum-update/ |website=[[Digital Spy]]}}</ref>
Hudson also appeared in the [[sketch show]] ''[[Bruiser (TV series)|Bruiser]]'' opposite [[Mitchell & Webb]], [[Olivia Colman]], [[Martin Freeman]] and [[Matthew Holness]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Guide |first=British Comedy |title=Charlotte Hudson |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/charlotte_hudson/ |website=[[British Comedy Guide]]}}</ref> She was one half of comedy sketch double act Two Left Hands with comedian Leila Hackett, performing at the [[Edinburgh Festival Fringe]] in August 2007 and 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 August 2007 |title=Charlotte Hudson and Leila Hackett |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLNI9AwtkDU |publisher=Magic Lantern Productions |via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref>
In summer 2009, Hudson provided the in-game voiceover for the ITV show ''[[Divided (game show)|Divided]]''.{{Citation needed|date=October 2023}} Between 2010 and 2012, she narrated the [[ITVBe]] programme ''[[Dinner Date]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dinner Date - Where to Watch and Stream Online |url=https://entertainment.ie/tv/where-to-watch/dinner-date-447958/ |website=[[Entertainment.ie]]}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{IMDb name}} *[http://www.twolefthands.co.uk/ Two Left Hands] – Charlotte Hudson and Leila Hackett's live comedy sketch group
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