Kiri Pritchard-McLean
- 38 years old
- Welsh
- Actor, writer, stand-up comedian and director
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Salisbury gets its first comedy festival
Salisbury is to stage its first comedy festival - a day-long outdoor event headlined by Frankie Boyle and Dara O Briain.
Chortle, 25th May 2021Chortle Awards names Legends Of Lockdown
Fergus Craig, Mark Watson, Tim Key, Alex Horne, John Robertson, Marcus Brigstocke, Rachel Parris, Richard Herring, Robin Ince, Stevie Martin, Alistair Green, Janey Godley, Mark Olver, Archie Henderson, Catherine Bohart, Toussaint Douglass and Munya Chawawa are amongst those named Legends Of Lockdown in the Chortle Awards.
British Comedy Guide, 28th March 2021Comedians stand up against workplace sexual harassment
A pair of comedians say they are standing up for victims of sexual harassment in the workplace by starting their own "HR service" for comics. The move by Kiri Pritchard-McLean and Nina Gilligan comes as a report by Welsh Women's Aid found harassment "grey areas" went unchallenged.
Jenny Rees, BBC, 10th March 2021Review: Kiri Pritchard-McLean; The Empire
Reviews of the Radio 2 Festival Of Funny pilots Kiri Pritchard-McLean: Secret Desires (3 stars) and The Empire (2 stars).
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 7th March 2021Comedians on their stand-up heroes
We've done a lot of things in lockdown - followed the news obsessively, become amateur crafters, howled with despair - but laughing hasn't been one of them. Thank goodness, then, for the BBC's Festival Of Funny, celebrating all things comedy. To mark the occasion, we asked some of our favourite comedians to tell us which stand-up they love the most.
Nancy Durrant, Evening Standard, 7th March 2021BBC Two's Funny Festival Live line-up revealed
Jason Manford, Jo Brand, Sara Pascoe and Kiri Pritchard-McLean will be amongst the hosts of Funny Festival Live, the nightly BBC Two stand-up series which starts on Sunday 7th March.
British Comedy Guide, 24th February 2021Standing up to sexual harassment in comedy
Live comedy's lack of regulation has enabled sexist and predatory behaviour but a group of female stand-ups have ambitious plans to overhaul the industry.
Rachael Healy, The Guardian, 22nd February 2021BBC to broadcast The Festival Of Funny
The BBC has announced The Festival Of Funny. Running across its TV, radio and online channels from late February to mid-March, the festival will see fourteen hours of new content broadcast.
British Comedy Guide, 15th February 2021Radio 4 stand-ups zoom through angst from all angles
The BBC's new comedy series brings together half-hour sets from Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Imran Yusuf and Joz Norris.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 20th January 2021Kiri Pritchard-McLean to host BBC Radio Wales show
Kiri Pritchard-McLean has landed a regular show on BBC Radio Wales. She'll present the station on Sunday afternoons from 1pm to 3pm.
British Comedy Guide, 17th December 2020