Nationality British Name Kieran Prendiville | Role Television writer | |
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Books Ballykissangel: The New Arrival Awards British Academy Television Award for Best Single Drama Movies and TV shows Similar People Joe Savino, Frankie McCafferty, Deirdre Donnelly, Tony Doyle, Peter Caffrey | ||
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Kieran Prendiville (born 25 December 1947) is a television writer, producer and presenter.
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- Bbc tomorrow s world fairlight cmi from 1980 kieran prendiville
- Hello Campers 50 Years of Butlins TVS 1986 Part 1 of 2
- Early years
- Presenting
- Writing
- References
Hello Campers!: 50 Years of Butlin's: TVS 1986 (Part 1 of 2)
Early years
After his Irish father emigrated from Killorglin in County Kerry to practise medicine, Prendiville was born in Rochdale, Lancashire. He later attended Clongowes Wood College in County Kildare, Ireland, the same Jesuit boarding school as his father.
Presenting
Working alongside Glyn Worsnip, Prendiville was a presenter of the BBC consumer programme That's Life! from 1973 to 1978. Also featuring on Tomorrow's World, the network's science programme, he once famously claimed that the CD was indestructible; he demonstrated this by spreading strawberry jam on a copy of the Bee Gees' Living Eyes. He was the BBC's on-site commentator of the first space shuttle mission, reporting from Cape Canaveral and Edwards Air Force Base.
Writing
The creator of the BBC's popular drama Ballykissangel, Prendiville's other writing credits include The Bill, Boon (Central/ITV) and Roughnecks (BBC). He received praise and criticism for Care (2000), his controversial drama about child abuse in a Welsh children's home.