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Richard Carnaby (Actor)

Richard Mark Carnaby (Born 22nd June 1975) is a British Actor, Presenter, Journalist and Businessman, known for his roles presenting and reporting for BBC Radio and Television news as well as ITV News. Carnaby has also had numerous roles in UK soap operas and dramas including EastEnders and The Bill and has fulfilled numerous cameo roles and modelling assignments.

Early Life & Education Richard Carnaby was born in Wiltshire in 1975. The son of Gloria and Alan, his Father was the Manager of a Building Society and Mother a nurse in the NHS. He is the youngest of two children and his family tree suggests he is ‘the second son of the second son of the second son of the second son.’

Following a move to Suffolk, Carnaby attended Combs Ford Primary School in Stowmarket and then onto Beyton Middle School where his skills as a performer began to develop. During the time at Beyton he met and became a close friend of Jamie Treacher who’s Father Bill Treacher (Actor) was a lead character in the hit BBC soap EastEnders.

Carnaby attended Stowupland High School where attained 10 GCSE passes grades A-C. Later moving to Norfolk to study A Levels and further attending Nottingham Trent University obtaining a Master of Arts in Broadcast Journalism. Richard Carnaby became a qualified Solicitor in 2019 obtaining a Graduate Diploma in Law at the University of East Anglia and Legal Practice Certificate at BBP University London. Despite maintaining membership of The Law Society and a practising certificate from the SRA, he does not currently practice law. Career

1997 – 2013 Carnaby finished East Norfolk Sixth Form College to start a job at the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society and onwards to Norwich Union. During this time Carnaby appeared in BBC EastEnders three times and ITV drama The Bill twice. He was also chosen as a model for the opening sequence of the millennium dome on new years eve 1999.

After two years deciding a job in financial services wasn’t for him, Carnaby left the UK to travel to Australia. During his time in Queensland Australia he obtained a job at Channel 7 News in Brisbane. After moving to Sydney, New South Wales Carnaby began working as a Researcher on ‘View Point’ a current affairs programme at the newly formed Sky News Australia under the management of Angelo Frangolpoulos. Following a brief role as a runner on Channel 7’s global soap opera Home and Away, Carnaby returned to the UK to commence work at BBC Radio Norfolk. In September 1999, Carnaby moved to a role as a Researcher at ITV Anglia where he stayed until 2002 before moving to ITV Central as a Broadcast Journalist on Central News at 6. Carnaby returned to BBC Radio in 2003 where he took up the role as News Presenter across eight BBC Radio Counties and moved to BBC Television Centre where he worked on BBC Breakfast for BBC One, the BBC News Channel and BBC World News. During his time in TV production, Carnaby also Produced ‘Vanessa’s Real Lives’ for ITV1 and Trisha for Channel 5 as well as Britain Behaving Badly for Channel 5 and Eating for Britain for Channel 4.

2013 – 2020

Carnaby left the BBC in March 2013 to renovate a 500 year old cottage in Henstead Suffolk. He married and studied law obtaining a the necessary qualifications to practice as a Solicitor. In 2016, following an attack on their home where the property was vandalised Carnaby moved to Norfolk and built his new home. 2020 - Present

Carnaby used the skills and knowledge developed in renovating and building homes to launch a podcast ‘Home:Work’. The podcast charted in the top 1% of downloaded podcasts available as at December 2021.

Global shopping channel QVC employed Carnaby as a guest presenter for their home furnishing brands in 2021

Returning to acting, Carnaby has been chosen as lead roles in a number of small films including ‘Rotten Cherry’ where he was cast as Chris O’Brien a leading character, ‘Outside the Wire’ as lead character Hunter, a semi retired secret agent with an alcohol addiction and ‘Rock Paper Scissors’ cast as a gang leader held hostage by a rival group.

In April 2024 Carnaby was confirmed as the role of Cyrus D. Conway in the comedy stage show ‘Exit Who?’. The role comprises a reclusive media mogul keen to sign a bestselling author only to end up becoming a suspect in an espionage investigation.

Personal Life Richard Carnaby is married and lives in Norfolk. He spends his time between the UK and Costa Tropical in Spain where he is currently building a house. He is a long term sufferer of depression and Seasonal Affected Disorder.