Patrick Kielty: From NI stand-up gigs to host of The Late Late Show
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atrick Kielty made a reputation for himself doing stand-up in Northern Ireland earlier than turning into one of many nation’s highest-regarded TV presenters.
The comic, 52, will take over as host of RTE’s The Late Late Show from Ryan Tubridy as he steps down after internet hosting the Irish speak present for 14 years.
Born in Dundrum, County Down, Kielty started his stand-up profession as host of Northern Ireland’s first comedy membership, The Empire Laughs Back, in pre-ceasefire Belfast.
He graduated to presenting programmes resembling Channel 4’s Last Chance Lottery and his BBC One chat present, Patrick Kielty Almost Live.
In 2018, Kielty introduced a BBC programme, My Dad, The Peace Deal And Me, about his father’s demise by the hands of paramilitary gunmen.
The comic was solely 16 when his father Jack Kielty was shot useless by the Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF).
The programme coincided with the twentieth anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement and noticed Kielty return to his house city of Dundrum and journey round to see if the historic peace deal has delivered on its pledge to create a brand new Northern Ireland.
It was nominated for a Bafta for greatest single documentary and he was named UK documentary host of the 12 months on the 2018 Grierson Awards.
His most up-to-date movie, Patrick Kielty: 100 Years Of Union, which explored how the trauma of the previous is shaping the way forward for Northern Ireland throughout its centenary 12 months, additionally gained an RTS award.
Later this 12 months, his first function movie Ballywalter might be launched and can see him star alongside Seana Kerslake, greatest recognized for her position within the Irish comedy sequence Can’t Cope, Won’t Cope.
Alongside his TV work, he has continued stand-up excursions which have typically bought out venues throughout Ireland and the UK.
In 2022, he went again on the highway together with his new tour, titled Borderline, and he’ll start the second leg of it in November.
The stand-up present explores his homeland’s current historical past and provides his private tackle Brexit’s new borders, nationwide id and the way forward for the Union.
He additionally hosts a radio speak present on Saturday morning on BBC 5Live.
Kielty is married to fellow TV presenter Cat Deeley and so they have two sons, James and Milo.
Deeley has hosted a variety of exhibits over time together with BBC’s Fame Academy, ITV’s Stars In Their Eyes and So You Think You Can Dance within the US.