Dave Benson Phillips is a British children's television presenter. He gained high popularity as the host of the children's game show Get Your Own Back, shown on BBC One (later CBBC) between 1991 and 2003. He was also a presenter on Playdays, especially its memorable "Playground Stop" segment, in which he enabled viewers to become knowledgeable about the basic sign language Makaton.
After Get Your Own Back ended, Dave Benson Phillips continued a busy work schedule in children's and preschool educational television, particularly for the BBC and Playhouse Disney, including a role in Planet Cook, portraying Bouma, an orange-furred Yeti, alongside popular British chef Kevin Woodford, and TV personality Ruby Wax, whose participation was limited to voice only. He also hosted a local weekly segment on the Worthing, West Sussex radio station, Splash FM.
Dave Benson Phillips is an instructor at London Academy of Media, Film and TV, providing insight into childrens' TV presenting and has also released two music albums aimed at young children—"Nap Attack", and "Are We There Yet?", as well as a series of children's music CDs. He provides an item moving service called "Benson's Big Red Mover" and, as a member of Chester Benson Productions, has been touring with his show, Get Up and Go!. He has been a longtime resident of Welbourn, a small village in Lincolnshire.
