Kevin Connelly

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Kevin Connelly Biography

Kevin Connelly is in great demand for corporate events and sportsmen’s dinners and has worked for a host of clients in the UK and Europe. Kevin’s is one of the stars of BBC2’s highly acclaimed Dead Ringers series and his extensive repertoire includes sportsmen, politicians and television personalities and characters.   

Kevin Connelly - In the Beginning

Born in Middlesbrough, Kevin Connelly found fame while still at school, mimicking his fellow students and, of course, his teachers.  As his ‘turns’ became more popular, he gained confidence and included a few leading personalities into his repertoire.  While working as restaurant manager in his brother-in-law’s hotel near Thirsk, he would entertain his customers at the end of the evening to a small cameo piece, quite unrehearsed, but which certainly delighted the clientele.  It was through this venue that someone asked him to speak at the Yorkshire CCC dinner.  Engagements rolled in from there and eventually he decided to give up his position in restaurant management to become a professional impressionist.

Many Television Credits

Kevin’s many television credits include Today with Des and Mel, BBC Sports Review of The Year, Des O’Connor’s World Cup Party, The Full Motty, We’re On Our Way To Wembley, The Sports Show, It’s Just Not Cricket With Rory Bremner, Saint & Greavsie, The Pavilion End, The Impressionable Jon Culshaw and Double Take.  He was also given his own show on Tyne Tees TV.  Kevin’s radio credits include Talk Radio’s World Cup team, BBC Radio 4’s Dead Ringers and The Steve Penk Breakfast Show on Virgin Radio. 

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Kevin Connelly News

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Micky Flanagan Joins Channel 4

21st December 2011

Comedian Micky Flanagan has signed an exclusive one-year deal with Channel 4.

Armando Iannucci Wins Writers’ Guild of Great Britain Award

20th December 2011

Armando Iannucci, responsible for such ground-breaking shows as The Day Today, I’m Alan Partridge and The Thick Of It, was honoured at the British Comedy Awards with the “Outstanding Achievement In Writing Award”, presented to him by long-time friend and colleague Steve Coogan.

Peter Kay Sells 10 Million DVDs

16th December 2011

Comedian Peter Kay has become the first British comic to sell more than 10 million copies of his DVD.

Ruby Wax's 'Losing It' Honoured

12th December 2011

Ruby Wax, charismatic awards host and comedian, has been nominated for The Jo Hutchinson International Best Solo Performance in the 2012 WhatsOnStage.com Awards, for her performance of Losing It.

Shooting Stars Moves from TV to Corporate Entertainment

7th December 2011

Bob Mortimer and Vic Reeves’ surreal TV panel show Shooting Stars is making the move from TV to corporate entertainment, as its run at the BBC comes to an end.

Jack Whitehall Lands his own Sitcom

5th December 2011

Comedian and Fresh Meat star Jack Whitehall has landed his own sitcom, announced BBC3.

Billy Connolly Named Greatest Stand-Up Comedian

22nd November 2011

Veteran Scottish star Billy Connolly has been named the greatest stand-up comedian of all time by readers of Digital Spy.

Mark Dolan Hosts Mad Bad Ad Show

1st November 2011

Stand-up comedian and accomplished awards host Mark Dolan presents a new panel show for Channel 4, the Mad Bad Ad Show, alongside fellow comedians Micky Flanagan and Mark Watson.

The Telegraph's best laughs of 2010

29th December 2010

As the year draws to a close, there are a multitude of reviews of 2010 being compiled on a range of topics from business to the environment. We’ve taken a look at the Telegraph’s comedy highlights from 2010 including, John Bishop, Greg Davies, Russell Kane, Sarah Millican and Josie Long.

Michael McIntyre to judge Britain's Got Talent

15th December 2010

It has been confirmed that Michael McIntyre and David Hasselhoff will join the next series of Britain's Got Talent as judges. Michael and David will replace Piers Morgan who has landed a US chat show. Simon Cowell will return as a judge in the live portion of the show.

Kevin Connelly Reviews

Kevin Connelly has spoken and appeared at a number of recent corporate events. Please find some client speaker testimonials and reviews for Kevin Connelly for a number of these events and conferences. If you would like some additional information as to how to book Kevin Connelly for your corporate event, then please contact one of the Speakers Corner booking agents on +44 (0) 208 365 3200 or email info@speakerscorner.co.uk

"The evening was a great success for us and feedback from guests is excellent....I will certainly be recommending Kevin to anyone who is looking for a after dinner speaker, he was superb!"
NOF Energy

"It would have been helpful if we had more time with pre-event preparation, Telephone conversations were not enough of a substitute for face-to-face discussions and this was reflected in the first days performance"
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