Kieran Prendiville

Kieran Prendiville (born 25 December 1947) is an English-Irish television writer, producer, and presenter.

Kieran Prendiville
Born (1947-12-25) 25 December 1947
Rochdale, Lancashire, England
OccupationWriter, producer, presenter

Early life

Prendiville was born on 25 December 1947 in Rochdale, Lancashire, the son of an Irish father from Killorglin, County Kerry, who had relocated to Rochdale to practise medicine. He attended Clongowes Wood College in Clane, County Kildare, the same Jesuit boarding school his father had attended.

Career

Presenting

Working alongside Glyn Worsnip, Prendiville was a presenter of the BBC consumer programme That's Life! from 1973 to 1978. Also featuring on Tomorrow's World, the BBC's science programme, he once famously claimed that the CD was indestructible; he demonstrated this by spreading strawberry jam on a copy of the Bee Gees' Living Eyes. He was the BBC's on-site commentator on the first Space Shuttle mission, reporting from Cape Canaveral and Edwards Air Force Base. He was also a reporter at football matches on the BBC's Grandstand Saturday afternoon sports program in the 1980s.

Writing

The creator of the 1990s BBC dramas Ballykissangel and Roughnecks, Prendiville's other writing credits include episodes of The Bill, Boon and Perfect Scoundrels (all ITV). He received praise and criticism for Care (2000), his controversial drama about child abuse in a Welsh children's home.[1]

References
  1. Article about Care
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