Fred Harris is a British comedian and children's television presenter. Formerly a schoolteacher, he began his television career as a presenter of the BBC children's programme Play School, on which he appeared regularly between 1973 and 1988. During this time he was also a presenter on Ragtime and Chock-A-Block. His career in comedy involved regular appearances in radio shows such as Huddwinks, , The Burkiss Way and Star Terk II and in the television show End of Part One. In the 1990s, he presented the Radio 4 programme .