Dallas Campbell
Born: 1970-09-17 in Kilmalcolm, Scotland, UK
Known For: Acting
Biography
Dallas Campbell is a well-known British television presenter whose credits include BBC One's Supersized Earth, Bang Goes the Theory (BBC America, 2013), Egypt's Lost Cities, BBC Four's Horizon Guides, and The Drake Equation: The Search for Life. Before joining the BBC, he presented Channel Five's technology program The Gadget Show, as well as Dallas Campbell's Guide to the Impossible, also known as Dallas in Wonderland, a comedy science series he co-produced with R.J. Cutler for Discovery Science in the United States. Prior to moving into factual presenting, he worked as an actor in several of the UK's most popular television shows, including Casualty, Doomwatch, A Touch of Frost, and Moll Flanders. In theatre, he frequently collaborated with the late, legendary director Ken Campbell on various projects, most notably The Warp, the world's longest play, which ran for 29 hours. He wrote and directed the short film No Deposit No Return. He is married to Victoria Goodall, the sister of actress Caroline Goodall.
Filmography
2026
- The Christophers as Art Fight Moderator
2022
- Slow Horses as Newsreader
2020
- Red Dwarf: The First Three Million Years as Self
- The Infinite Monkey Cage as Panellist
2018
- Egypt's Sun King: The Mystery Tombs as Narrator - (Voice)
2017
- Positive Energy as Self
2016
- The Crown as Morton's Interviewer
- City in the Sky as Self - Presenter
- Television's Opening Night: How the Box Was Born as Self
- Time Scanners: Jerusalem
2015
- Time Scanners: Macchu Picchu as Self
- Britain Beneath Your Feet as Self - Presenter
2014
- Science of Stupid as Self - Host
- The Treasure Hunters as Self - Presenter
- Time Scanners as Himself - Host
- Tutankhamun: The Truth Uncovered as Self - Presenter
2013
- Airport Live as Presenter
- The Science of Doctor Who as Self
2012
- The Science of Doctor Who
- Supersized Earth as Self - Presenter
- Voyager: To the Final Frontier as Self - Presenter
- Woof! A Horizon Guide to Dogs as Presenter
2011
- Extinct: A Horizon Guide to Dinosaurs as Himself - Presenter
- Egypt's Lost Cities as Presenter
- Egypt: What Lies Beneath as Presenter
2010
- The Search for Life: The Drake Equation as Himself
2009
- Bang Goes the Theory as Self - Presenter
2007
- M.I. High as Dallas Campbell
2004
- The Gadget Show as Self - Host
2002
- Fallen Angels as Brett Murray
2001
- Attila as Eugenis
1999
- Doomwatch: Winter Angel as Hugo Cox
1996
- The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders as Master Deniston
1992
- A Touch of Frost as Simon Renfrew
1991
- Spender as Young College Type