Kiri Pritchard-McLean

Kiri Pritchard-McLean is a multi-award winning comedian, satirist and writer with appearances on many of the UK's most popular entertainment shows, including hosting Live at the Apollo, Have I Got News For You, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, QI and Frankie Boyle's New World Order.

Kiri's comedy tackles thorny subjects with humour and grace, often in a deeply personal way.

In 2024, she embarked on her fourth tour yet with her show, Peacock, a show about her journey to become a Local Authority foster carer. Performing to rave reviews, she took the show across the country and to Australia and New Zealand.

A regular on the radio, Kiri joined BBC Radio Wales as the face of their comedy strand and has regularly hosted Loose Ends. She was also the host of Newsjack and has guest-hosted The News Quiz.

For Radio 4, Kiri has hosted her own comedy and science panel show, Best Medicine and a BBC Sounds series Kiri’s Farm, discussing her experience navigating owning a smallholding on the island of Ynys Môn.

In addition to radio, Kiri has hosted several podcasts including Who are you Wearing and The Pod of Wales with Esyllt Sears; a comedy travel podcast in association with Visit Wales where the duo become tourists in their own country.

Along with comedian Rachel Fairburn, Kiri has also co-hosted the popular podcast All Killa No Filla, which has gone on to produce several live shows.

No stranger to a writer's room Kiri has written extensively across radio and was a writer on four series of the Russell Howard Hour.

During lockdown, Kiri hosted Live from the Covid Arms, which emerged top of the online comedy gigs during this period and was sighted as a cultural highlight of 2020 by The Telegraph. It was recognised by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's largest online pub; it had 6,215 visitors to its online quiz and The Covid Arms also raised over £150, 000 for food banks and The Trussell Trust.

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