Julian Peedle-Calloo

Julian Peedle-Calloo (born 1977) is a British actor, writer, director and television presenter, he has been deaf since birth, and is a presenter of the BBC deaf magazine programme See Hear.

Julian Peedle-Calloo
Born	1977 (age 47–48) Oxfordshire, England
Occupation(s)	Presenter, actor, writer, director

Personal life

Julian Peedle-Calloo was born in Oxfordshire, England, in 1977, and has been deaf since birth. He regards himself as being part of a linguistic minority, rather than identifying his deafness as a disability; British Sign Language is his first language, and English (written and spoken) is his second language. He can hear a little with a hearing aid, but rarely uses one.^[1] He graduated from the University of Wolverhampton with a 2:1 degree in electronic media in October 2000.

Career

Peedle-Calloo wrote and directed the 30-minute drama film Battle Lines (2014),^[2] about deaf people during the First World War, for online channel BSLZone.^[3] His other short films include 5 Needles (2011) and Confession (2012).

He is a presenter on deaf magazine programme See Hear.

As an actor, he has appeared in episodes of New Tricks^[4] and Holby City in 2012 and 2015 respectively.

In 2024, he was cast in BBC One series Reunion.^[5]