Keith Chegwin

Keith Chegwin represents a vanishing breed of British entertainer, the warm-hearted presenter who built a career on making children smile. A Liverpudlian who dominated 1970s and 1980s kids television with Multi-Coloured Swap Shop and Cheggers Plays Pop, he also paid his dues in West End stage work. What I respect about Cheggers is how unglamorous yet genuinely valuable his craft was, bringing joy to ordinary households week after week. His death in 2017 closed a chapter of British broadcasting history. I think performers who devote themselves to gentle, family entertainment deserve far more credit than they usually get.

Name (English)

Keith Chegwin

Name (Japanese)

キース・チェグウィン

Reading

きーす・ちぇぐうぃん

Born

January 17, 1957 – December 11, 2017

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Rooster

Origin

Liverpool, United Kingdom

Occupation

film actor / television presenter / television actor

• Official sitehttps://www.keithchegwin.com
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith%20Chegwin
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3194729

Tags

• film actor
• television presenter
• television actor

Last updated

2026-06-18

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.