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Rory McGrath
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| Rory McGrath | |
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 Rory McGrath in 2007 |
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| Born | 27 March 1956 |
| Nationality | English |
Patrick Rory McGrath (born March 17, 1956) is an English comedian.
He studied at Redruth Grammar School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge where he became a member of the Cambridge Footlights. He is best known for his appearances as a panel member on the BBC comedy sports quiz They Think It's All Over. He was also a cast member of the British Channel 4 comedy series Who Dares Wins and Chelmsford 123. He was presenter of the series Rory's Commercial Breakdown, where humorous adverts were shown from different countries.
He was cofounder, with Denise O'Donoghue and Jimmy Mulville, of the independent British TV production company Hat Trick Productions. However he left the company in 1992.[1]
He has written jokes for many comedians including Frankie Howerd. One of his early writing projects was Black Cinderella Two Goes East with Clive Anderson for BBC Radio 4 in 1978.
McGrath supports Arsenal. He and Peter Cook (a Tottenham supporter) used to have a friendly rivalry over their respective clubs. On the night that Cook died, Tottenham had beaten Arsenal. McGrath found out about his friend's death by the fact that he hadn't received the traditional abusive phonecall the next morning.
His appearance on the quiz show QI made him one of the highest-scoring contestants, particularly due to his seemingly endless knowledge of cormorants and the Latin names of birds, although this knowledge left him open to severe mocking from the other guests. (Stephen Fry jokingly informed him that the show "was not an autistic quiz".)
Rory was one of the Three Men in a Boat in the 2005 BBC reinterpretation of the travelogue by Jerome K. Jerome along with fellow rowers Griff Rhys Jones and Dara O'Briain.
Rory has written many songs over the years and intends on recording an album in the near future. It is 40 years since the psychedelic summer of ‘67 (and love), so he decided to write a tribute song, a nostalgic ditty to remind us of those strange days. "Where have all the Hippies Gone?"[2].
- ^ Rory McGrath punched on TV. BBC. Retrieved on April 14, 2007.
- ^ Rory McGrath - Where Have All The Hippies Gone
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