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Kiri Pritchard-McLean

Kiri Louise Pritchard-McLean(born 6 November 1986) is a Welsh comedian and writer.[1]She has performed for several consecutive years at theEdinburgh Festival Fringeand won fiveChortle Awards.

Kiri Pritchard-McLean
Born
Kiri Louise Pritchard-McLean

(1986-11-06)6 November 1986(age 38)
Gloucester,England
NationalityWelsh
Years active2010–present

Career

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Pritchard-McLean is the director and writer for sketch group Gein's Family Giftshop who werenominated for Best Newcomerin 2014 for theEdinburgh Comedy Award.[2]As a sketch group they were also nominated forChortle Awardsin 2015. She took her debut showHysterical Womanto theEdinburgh Festival Fringein 2016.[3]It transferred to theSoho Theatrefor a run in June 2017. Her 2017 Edinburgh Fringe show was calledAppropriate Adultand 2018's show was calledVictim, Complex.Both shows were critically acclaimed and also transferred to Soho Theatre the following year.

2024 was the Peacock Tour where she spoke about her three years of fostering[4](here inMelrose)

Pritchard-McLean has appeared onHave I Got News for You,[5]Russell Howard'sStand Up CentralonComedy CentralandITV'sElevenish,Hypothetical,and Channel 4's8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdownas well as multiple appearances on theBBC Radio 4showsThe Now Show,The News QuizandElis James'State of the Nation.She is also co-host of thepodcastAll Killa No Fillaalong with fellow comedianRachel Fairburn.[6]In 2019 Pritchard-McLean became the host of theBBC Radio 4 Extrasatirical sketch showNewsjack.[7]In September 2019, she presented an edition ofThe News Quiz.In January 2020, she appeared as a panellist onWould I Lie to You?alongsideDavid MitchellandJo Brand.

Her radio comedy pilotThe Learners,a sitcom set in a Welsh-for-beginners class, premiered on 4 January 2021 onBBC Radio Wales.[8]Written by Pritchard-McLean, it stars Tudur Owen,Janice Connolly,Mick Ferry, Kath Hughes, Oliver Pearce, Lisa Zahraand andLes Dennis.[9][10]Her half-hour radio stand-up showKiri Pritchard-McLean: Egg-sistential Crisiswas released on BBC Radio 4 on 10 January 2020.[11][10]

From June to August 2020, Pritchard-McLean presented a two-hour radio show on Saturday afternoons onBBC Radio Wales.[12][13]She returned to the station in January 2021 to host a weekly Sunday afternoon show which she hosted until March 2024.[14][15]

Kiri now also presents "Kiri's TV Flashback" formally "Tudur's TV Flashback" onBBC One Wales.

Comedy awards

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Pritchard-McLean won Best Compere and Best Club Comedian at theChortle Awardsin 2018,[16] Best Compere and Breakthrough Act at the Chortle Awards in 2019,[17] and Best Compere at the Chortle Awards in 2020.[18] She was awarded the Caroline Aherne Bursary in 2020. The bursary, which was launched in memory of comedy starCaroline Aherne,is aimed at new writer/performers from the North of England and awards £5,000 to the successful applicant to enable them to receive support from the BBC. Kiri will also receive mentorship from a BBC Comedy Commissioning Editor to develop a comedy script.[19]

Personal life

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Born inGloucester[20]she was the first daughter and last child of three.[4]Pritchard-McLean was raised on a farm inLlanbedrgoch[20]on the island ofAnglesey,Wales.[21]

Pritchard-McLean was previously in a relationship with comedian James Meehan from sketch group Gein's Family Gift Shop. Their relationship ended in 2017 with both using their experience of the break-up to create Edinburgh Fringe shows in 2018. Pritchard-McLean's show partly concerned the accusation that Meehangaslither during the relationship.[22]

In April 2024 it was revealed that she and her partner had been respite foster parents in Anglesey for three years. This was a central theme of her "Peacock tour" that year.[4]

References

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  1. ^"Kiri Pritchard-McLean".British Comedy Guide.Retrieved2 January2021.
  2. ^Logan, Brian (14 August 2015)."Edinburgh comedy roundup: the best of the rest – week one".The Guardian.ISSN0261-3077.Retrieved11 May2017.
  3. ^Logan, Brian (28 April 2017)."Hysterical Woman: the standup show addressing sexism in comedy".The Guardian.ISSN0261-3077.Retrieved11 May2017.
  4. ^abc"Kiri Pritchard-McLean: Comedian's foster role prompts new show".BBC News.27 April 2024.Retrieved29 November2024.
  5. ^"Have I Got News for You - S56 - Episode 3".Radio Times.Archived fromthe originalon 20 October 2018.Retrieved20 October2018.
  6. ^Hershon, Marc (18 March 2016)."Podcast Reviews: I Am Rapaport & All Killa No Filla".Huffington Post.Retrieved11 May2017.
  7. ^"New presenters announced for BBC Radio 4 Extra's Newsjack and Comedy Club".BBC Media Centre. 12 December 2018.Retrieved12 December2018.
  8. ^"The Learners".BBC.Retrieved11 January2021.
  9. ^"The Learners - Radio Wales Sitcom".British Comedy Guide.Retrieved11 January2021.
  10. ^ab"Kiri Pritchard-McLean lands a hat-trick of BBC radio comedies".British Comedy Guide.30 October 2020.Retrieved11 January2021.
  11. ^"Stand-Up Specials - Kiri Pritchard-McLean: Egg-sistential Crisis - BBC Sounds".www.bbc.co.uk.Retrieved11 January2021.
  12. ^"Comedian Kiri Pritchard-McLean joins BBC Radio Wales".RadioToday.20 June 2020.Retrieved11 January2021.
  13. ^"Kiri Pritchard-McLean".BBC.Retrieved11 January2021.
  14. ^"Kiri Pritchard-McLean to host BBC Radio Wales show".British Comedy Guide.17 December 2020.Retrieved11 January2021.
  15. ^"Kiri Pritchard-McLean".BBC.Retrieved11 January2021.
  16. ^"Chortle Awards 2018: The results".Chortle.Chortle Awards.Retrieved22 April2018.
  17. ^"Chortle Awards 2018: The results".Chortle.Chortle Awards.Retrieved18 March2019.
  18. ^"Chortle Awards 2018: The results".Chortle.Chortle Awards.Retrieved19 March2020.
  19. ^"Kiri Pritchard-McLean: Welsh comic wins Aherne award - BBC News".BBC News.16 March 2020.Retrieved2 April2020.
  20. ^abPrice, Karen (5 August 2015)."7 ways how life on a rural Welsh farm inspired a new radio comedy".WalesOnline.Media Wales.Retrieved13 June2020.
  21. ^Burgess, Marissa (25 July 2017)."Kiri Pritchard-McLean – 'I grew up on a farm where you're confronted with horrific things".The List.Retrieved20 February2020.
  22. ^Armstrong, Stephen (12 August 2018)."Edinburgh comedy reviews: Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Natalie Palamides, Elf Lyons".The Times.ISSN0140-0460.Retrieved2 July2020.
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