Memnos Costi

Last updated

Memnos Costi
Born (1976-08-14) 14 August 1976 (age 48)
England
Occupation(s) Television presenter, a great football player, a great manager
Website Official Website

Memnos Costi (born 14 August 1976) is an English television presenter and football player who is deaf. He is a presenter on the deaf magazine programme See Hear .

Contents

Biography

Personal life

Costi was born in England to Greek Cypriot parents, and grew up in Tottenham. [1] He has been deaf since birth.

Costi went to Sir Winston Churchill School for the Deaf until the age of 15. At this time he moved to Burwood Park School for the Deaf where he remained until he was 16 years old. [1] His brother is fellow footballer Marios Costi. He currently lives in Hertfordshire with his wife and two daughters. [1]

Career

Football

In 2002, Costi was a member of the Great Britain squad for deaf football.

From 10 to 23 June 2007, Costi, along with his brother, represented Cyprus in the European Deaf Championship. [2]

Acting and presenting

At the age of 12, Costi appeared at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. At 16 he began his television career on the BBC's See Hear , where he has remained ever since.

In 2002, Costi and Semhar Beyene were approached by producer Andrew Stibbs to take part in a project which involved creating a BSL interpretation of the famous classic Somethin' Stupid . [3]

In 2013, Costi and his eldest daughter appeared in the BBC drama 'Holby City'. Costi played a deaf single father about to undergo a heart operation, and his daughter portrayed an interpreter who did not tell her father the full risks of his surgery.

In 2018, Costi was one of the seven BSL translators for the Stand Up To Cancer UK telethon on 4seven.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">British Sign Language</span> Sign language used in the United Kingdom

British Sign Language (BSL) is a sign language used in the United Kingdom and is the first or preferred language among the deaf community in the UK. While private correspondence from William Stokoe hinted at a formal name for the language in 1960, the first usage of the term "British Sign Language" in an academic publication was likely by Aaron Cicourel. Based on the percentage of people who reported 'using British Sign Language at home' on the 2011 Scottish Census, the British Deaf Association estimates there are 151,000 BSL users in the UK, of whom 87,000 are Deaf. By contrast, in the 2011 England and Wales Census 15,000 people living in England and Wales reported themselves using BSL as their main language. People who are not deaf may also use BSL, as hearing relatives of deaf people, sign language interpreters or as a result of other contact with the British Deaf community. The language makes use of space and involves movement of the hands, body, face and head.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Frank Bough</span> English television presenter (1933–2020)

Francis Joseph Bough was an English television presenter. He was best known as the host of BBC sports and current affairs shows including Grandstand, Nationwide and Breakfast Time, which he launched alongside Selina Scott and Nick Ross.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bob Wilson (footballer, born 1941)</span> Scottish footballer and broadcaster

Robert Primrose Wilson is a former Scotland international football goalkeeper and later broadcaster.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Declan Donnelly</span> British television presenter (born 1975)

Declan Joseph Oliver Donnelly is an English television presenter, television producer, former singer, rapper, comedian and actor. He is best known for working alongside Ant McPartlin as part of the presenting duo Ant & Dec.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bob Mortimer</span> English comedian, presenter, actor (born 1959)

Robert Renwick Mortimer is an English comedian, author, television presenter, writer and actor. He is best known for his work with Vic Reeves as part of their Vic and Bob double act, and more recently the Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing series with Paul Whitehouse. He has also appeared on panel shows such as Would I Lie to You? and Taskmaster.

<i>See Hear</i> 1981 British TV series or programme

See Hear is a monthly magazine programme for deaf and hard-of-hearing people in the United Kingdom, broadcast on Wednesday mornings at 8.00am. The programme focuses on the British and the worldwide deaf community and covers a broad range of topics from areas such as education, deaf people's rights, technology and language. The programme is presented entirely in BSL and is broadcast with voice-over and subtitles in English. This allows both deaf and hearing people to understand the programme. See Hear is currently the fifth longest-running BBC programme.

Dorothy "Dot" Miles was a Welsh poet and activist in the Deaf community. Throughout her life, she composed her poems in English, British Sign Language, and American Sign Language. Her work laid the foundations for modern sign language poetry in the United States and the United Kingdom. She is regarded as the pioneer of BSL poetry and her work influenced many contemporary deaf poets.

Clive Mason is a Deaf Scottish television presenter and actor.

Julian Peedle-Calloo 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.

Tessa Padden is a Deaf British television presenter and management training consultant. Padden formerly presented the Deaf News segment of a Deaf magazine programme for the BBC, See Hear.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Paddy Ladd</span> English deaf scholar, author, activist, researcher (born 1952)

Paddy Ladd is an English deaf scholar, author, activist and researcher of deaf culture. Ladd was a lecturer and MSc Coordinator at the Centre for Deaf Studies at the University of Bristol. Despite considerable international pressure, the centre was wound down as the MSc was closed in 2009, the undergrad programme taught out from 2010 to 2013, and the centre finally closed in the July of that year.

Sophie Leigh Stone is an English stage and television actress. She was the first deaf student to win a place at the drama school RADA. she is best known for her roles as Louise in Two Doors Down and Doctor Who as Cass. In 2022, she joined the cast of the new Acorn TV detective series The Chelsea Detective, playing the forensics officer Ashley Wilton. She continued to play that role in season 2 in 2023.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Punk Chef</span>

Scott Garthwaite also known by his TV name Punk Chef, is a professional Chef and a TV Chef Presenter. He has appeared in several TV cooking shows showcasing sign language with food which has made him one of the first celebrity Deaf chef to emerge in mainstream television.

<i>The Silent Child</i> 2017 British film

The Silent Child is a British sign language short film written by and starring Rachel Shenton and directed by her own husband Chris Overton, and released in 2017 by Slick Films. It tells the story of Libby, a profoundly deaf six-year-old girl, who lives a silent life until a social worker, played by Shenton, teaches her how to communicate through sign language. The film won the Oscar for Live Action Short Film at the 90th Academy Awards. The film's television debut was on BBC One to an audience of 3.6 million, the film then received an extended period on BBC iPlayer.

David Ellington is an English actor and presenter based in Bristol. He is Deaf and uses British Sign Language (BSL).

Clark Denmark is a British activist, lecturer and interpreter. He is deaf and a British Sign Language (BSL) user, and he is widely recognised within the Deaf community for his role in advancing the recognition and wider understanding of BSL.

Rubbena Aurangzeb-Tariq is a British Muslim artist based in London. She is deaf and a British Sign Language user.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rose Ayling-Ellis</span> British actress (born 1994)

Rose Lucinda Ayling-Ellis is an English actress. Deaf since birth, she is a British Sign Language user. On television, she is best known for her role as Frankie Lewis in the BBC soap opera EastEnders (2020–2022) and for winning the nineteenth series of Strictly Come Dancing with Giovanni Pernice in 2021, when she became the programme's first deaf contestant.

John Smith is a British comedian, actor and performer. He is deaf and a British Sign Language user.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "About Memnos Costi". Memnos-Costi.com. Archived from the original on 8 October 2007. Retrieved 6 May 2007.
  2. ↑ "Community News". Arsenal.com. Archived from the original on 18 August 2007. Retrieved 6 May 2007.
  3. ↑ "Remark! news archive; Something Stupid: Signed". Remark!. Archived from the original on 25 December 2009. Retrieved 13 October 2006.


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.