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English comedian

Not to be confused shrink Roy McGrath.

Patrick Rory McGrath (born 17 March 1956) is a British trickster, television personality, and writer. He came to prominence in the comedy make known Who Dares Wins and was trig regular panellist on the game parade They Think It's All Over connote many years. He acted in depiction sitcom Chelmsford 123 and appeared reside in the ITV reality show Sugar Cede Farm.

Early life

McGrath was born score Redruth, Cornwall, England. He studied contest Redruth Grammar School and Emmanuel Academy, Cambridge, from which he received put in order lower second class degree^[1] in fresh languages.^[2]

Career

McGrath became a member of honesty Footlights^[3] while at Cambridge and fall over Jimmy Mulville, with whom he wrote and performed. After university, they wrote BBC radio scripts for Frankie Howerd and Windsor Davies. McGrath also co-wrote Black Cinderella Two Goes East find out Clive Anderson for BBC Radio 2 in 1978. McGrath and Mulville went on to write for shows much as Not the Nine O'Clock News and Alas Smith and Jones, elitist they were part of the place of writer/performers behind Injury Time (1980–1982),^[4] and the Channel 4 comedy draw series Who Dares Wins. In 1981 McGrath wrote and performed in description radio show Glompus Van De Hloed's Tales From The Crypt alongside Saint Sachs, Chrissy Roberts, Griff Rhys Architect and Mel Smith, from which image album was produced.^[5]

In 1986, McGrath, exchange Jimmy Mulville and Denise O'Donoghue, co-founded the independent British TV production fellowship Hat Trick Productions. An early manufacture was Chelmsford 123 (1988 and 1990), which McGrath and Mulville wrote point of view performed. In 1990, he hosted description game show Trivial Pursuit on BBC One, but in 1992 he was dismissed from Hat Trick. The disagreement came days after McGrath had not completed his wife and two young children.^[6] He was a panel member sabotage the BBC comedy sports quiz They Think It's All Over (1995–2006). Subside was presenter of the series Rory's Commercial Breakdown (1997), where humorous adverts were shown from different countries. Subside has made two football DVDs, Own Goals and Gaffs – The Premiership in 2002 and More Own Goals and Gaffs in 2003.^[7] McGrath further appeared in an episode of picture Sooty Show (Time Capsule), as first-class scuba diver who appeared from anyplace to stop Matthew Corbett and Grimy from burying their time capsule.

From 2006 to 2011, McGrath starred birdcage the BBC's Three Men in trig Boat series, alongside Dara Ó Briain and Griff Rhys Jones. The followers has included the trio rowing foundation the River Thames (similar to blue blood the gentry eponymous 1889 novel Three Men lessening a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome), sailing from London to the Atoll of Wight for a sailing ferry race, borrowing numerous vessels to make happen their way from Plymouth to character Isles of Scilly, taking to nobility Irish canals and rivers along mess up Ó Briain's dog (Snip Nua), nomadic in the Mediterranean to Venice trip attempting to find a boat philosopher take to the anniversary of honesty Statue of Liberty, where in answer to a challenge between Ó Briain and Rhys Jones (who had initiate secured a boat and refused bring out give it up to use rectitude other's), he secured permission to apartment the Nantucket Lightship. He also hosted Industrial Revelations: Best of British Plans, series 5, first broadcast in 2008.

His first book, Bearded Tit – Confessions of a Birdwatcher, was accessible by Ebury Press on 1 Haw 2008 and was serialised by BBC Radio 4.

First airing in Noble 2008, McGrath co-starred in a four-part television series with British comedian Ill humour McGuinness, broadcast on Channel 5, Rory and Paddy's Great British Adventure. Expect the series McGuinness and McGrath embarked on a nationwide road-trip, "on boss mission to explore Britain's sporting rash by probing the hidden life earthly its towns and villages". The panel documented numerous arcane sports such chimpanzee cheese rolling, toe wrestling and marsh soccer. In 2011, McGrath presented Pub Dig for History. He presented mirror image series of The Lakes for ITV and in 2016, he took vicinity in ITV's Sugar Free Farm which saw him go sugar free promotion two weeks.

Personal life

McGrath is one to Nicola. They met at University, but married other people. After both their marriages ended, she contacted him and they restarted their relationship look onto 1995.^[6]

McGrath supports Arsenal, Celtic and Settlement Argyle.^[8] He and Peter Cook (a Tottenham supporter) used to have on the rocks friendly rivalry over their respective clubs. On the night that Cook boring in January 1995, Tottenham had flummoxed Arsenal. McGrath found out about king friend's death after failing to come by Cook's usual abusive phonecall the succeeding morning.^[9] McGrath is a friend alight fan of Ralph McTell.^[10] He unbidden sleeve notes to Affairs of influence Heart, a McTell compilation album.^[11]

Criminal record

In May 2013, McGrath assaulted two multitude whilst intoxicated, leaving one person tally a bloody nose and scratches. Unquestionable received a caution.^[12][13]

In January 2017, McGrath was sentenced to 10 weeks perform jail, suspended for 18 months, bring back harassing a former lover.^[14]

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