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Dominic Wood

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Dominic Wood
Wood in 2012
Born
Dominic Simon Wood

(1977-01-03) 3 January 1977 (age 48)
Exeter, Devon, England
Occupations
Years active1996–present
Known forDick and Dom
Spouse
Sandi Lee Hughes
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(m. 2005)​
Children2

Dominic Simon "Dom" Wood (born 3 January 1977) is an English entertainer, magician, TV presenter and DJ. He is best known as one half of the double act Dick and Dom with Richard "Dick" McCourt, with whom he was won two British Academy Children's Awards for the shows Dick and Dom in da Bungalow and Absolute Genius with Dick and Dom.[1]

Media Career

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After joining the National Youth Music Theatre, Wood made his TV debut on CBBC's Friday Zone in 1996 and became a presenter on The Broom Cupboard in 1998,[2] where he first worked with Richard McCourt. The two later became known as "Dick and Dom" and appeared on CBBC together until 2018.

Dick and Dom in 2006

From 14 October 2007 to September 2008, he and McCourt presented the Sunday morning show on BBC Radio 1 from 10:00 am – 1:00 pm, but later left the show due to TV commitments.[3] The duo later became on-air hosts of Virgin Radio UK on Saturday and Sunday afternoons.

On his own, Wood presented The Animal Magic Show from 1998 to 2001; the CITV game show Jungle Run in 1999; Comic Relief Does Fame Academy on BBC Three in 2007; and was the narrator for the Sky1 reality show Showboaters in 2011. In 2021, Wood began his own DIY channel on social media platform TikTok, which has amassed more than 200,000 followers. [4]

Magic career

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Wood was at one point the youngest member of the magician's society The Magic Circle. He was however later expelled[5] in the wake of disapproval over Dick & Dom in da Bungalow, on which he would occasionally perform and reveal tricks, despite him protesting that other entertainers and magicians had effectively done the same publicly before with no blowback.[6]

His magical achievements and awards include:[7]

Author

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Wood has co-written several books, including:

  • Wood, Dominic (2004). Dominic and the Magic Topper. ISBN 0-552-55157-0.
  • Wood, Dominic (October 2004). Dominic Wood's Mini Magic: Party Tricks. Red Fox. ISBN 0-09-945137-9.
  • Wood, Dominic (2004). Dominic Wood's Mini Magic: Playground Pranks. Red Fox. ISBN 0-09-945138-7.
  • Dominic Wood's Magic Book ISBN 0-09-944767-3
  • Dominic Wood's Spooky Magic ISBN 0-370-32766-7
  • Wood, Dominic (2002). Dominic Wood's Magic Book. ISBN 0-370-32756-X.
  • Wood, Dominic (2001). Simply Magic. Random House Children's Books. ISBN 0-09-941396-5.

Personal life

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Wood married Sandi Lee Hughes of the pop band allSTARS*, which disbanded in 2002, and the couple have two sons, Tommy and Sam.[8] McCourt is also the godfather of both children. He has an older brother Jim who appeared on an episode of Dick and Dom in da Bungalow, and two other brothers, Matt and Tim.[9]

Wood is a vegetarian[10] and has been diagnosed as dyslexic.[11] Wood ran the annual charity event the Great North Run for the first time in 2007.

References

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  1. ^ "2014 Children's Presenter BAFTA". BAFTA. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  2. ^ "BBC - Comic Relief does Fame Academy - BBC THREE". BBC.co.uk. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  3. ^ "Dick and Dom leave 'da Bungalow' – TV News". Digital Spy. 17 February 2006. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
  4. ^ Hurst, Millie (19 August 2022). "Dom Wood from Dick & Dom now has a popular DIY TikTok channel". idealhome.co.uk. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  5. ^ Angus Deayton, John Barrowman, Fay Ripley, Paddy McGuinness and Dominic Wood. Would I Lie to You (Panel show) (TV). England. Event occurs at 22:00. Retrieved 14 May 2008. TO DOMINIC:Before you were expelled from the magic circle?
  6. ^ Young, Richard (8 March 2019). "The Magicians' Podcast". Podbean (Podcast). Event occurs at 41:30. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Melanie Rockcliffe and Dylan Hearn – Troika". Troikatalent.com. Archived from the original on 9 October 2008. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
  8. ^ Getty Images
  9. ^ "Dominic Wood Q&A bbc.co.uk – 1998". Da Bungalow Online. Archived from the original on 14 February 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  10. ^ "Dominic Wood Q&A bbc.co.uk – 1998". Da Bungalow Online. Archived from the original on 14 February 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  11. ^ BBC's Dick and Dom Strike Back, The Mirror, 21 January 2005, viewed online 7 October 2007
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