1. Patrick Henry Kelly, better known as Henry Kelly, was an Irish radio and television broadcaster, actor and journalist who was based in the United Kingdom.
20 Facts About Henry Kelly
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Henry Kelly was educated at Belvedere College and University College Dublin.
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In 1980, in a career change at the age of 34, Henry Kelly abandoned print journalism and pursued a career in television, presenting light entertainment shows.
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Whilst at university, Henry Kelly had been a friend of the family of Terry Wogan, and he was drawn to try to emulate Wogan's career path by the professional success Wogan was experiencing by the late 1970s with the BBC.
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In 1981, Henry Kelly secured a co-presenter slot on the United Kingdom's ITV television channel with the London Weekend Television prime-time light-entertainment show Game for a Laugh, which was a ratings success and made him a household name in the country.
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In June 1983 Henry Kelly joined TV-am, and co-hosted the Saturday edition of Good Morning, Britain with Toni Arthur.
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Henry Kelly was a regular stand-in presenter on the weekday programme and presented Summer Sunday.
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Henry Kelly left TV-am in 1987, and from 1987 to 1996 he presented Going for Gold, a lunchtime television quiz show on BBC1, with contestants from across Europe.
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Henry Kelly had previously appeared on the programme discussing the activities of the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association, which he had witnessed first-hand as a journalist in the early 1970s.
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Henry Kelly had previously worked with Wood on her show Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV in the 1980s.
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Henry Kelly appeared occasionally on Sky News television reviewing Sunday newspapers.
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Henry Kelly then moved on to the Breakfast Show, until he was replaced by Simon Bates in June 2003.
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Henry Kelly returned between 2006 and 2008 to present a three-hour show on Sunday mornings.
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In September 2003, Henry Kelly took up the Drivetime slot on a London news-and-talk station LBC 97.3.
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Henry Kelly later presented a Saturday mid-morning show for the station until 2015.
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In 2013, Henry Kelly presented a series of filmed adverts for a Golders Green used car dealership and garage.
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Henry Kelly was the narrator for most of Video 125's Driver's Eye Views of Irish railways.
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Henry Kelly was in a relationship with journalist Karolyn Shindler, and they resided in Hampstead, North London.
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Henry Kelly had a daughter from his first marriage and a son from his relationship with Shindler.
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Henry Kelly enjoyed golf and in 1994 he won the inaugural William Roache Charity Classic Invitational, held at Woburn.