- Henry Kelly
otheruses4|the television presenter and radio DJ|the recipient of the
Victoria Cross |Henry Kelly (VC)Henry Kelly (born
17 April 1946 ) is an Irish television presenter and radio DJ.Henry Kelly was born in Athlone,Co Westmeath,Ireland.Henry Kelly was educated at
Belvedere College SJ, and at University College Dublin where he was Auditor of theLiterary and Historical Society . After university he worked as a journalist and was theBelfast based Northern Editor of theIrish Times in the 1970s [cite web| url=http://www.ukgameshows.com/page/index.php/Henry_Kelly| title= Henry Kelly at UKGameshows.com] . He wrote "How Stormont Fell" in 1972, a still highly regarded work.In 1976, he moved toLondon to work on Radio 4's World Tonight and, in a complete career change from serious journalism, in 1980 moved into television. Kelly became a household name in the UK as part of the presenting team for LWT's practical-joke show "Game for a Laugh " in the 1980s. From 1987 to 1996 he presented "Going for Gold ", a significantly popular lunchtime TV quiz show onBBC1 . Through his work on Going for Gold, Henry developed the catchphrases "What am I?" and "Now you're playing catchup". Henry now works with renowned radio broadcastersAndrew Peach and Steve Madden atBBC Radio Berkshire .Classic FM
In 1992 Kelly was one of the launch presenters of Classic FM, initially presenting the weekday mid-morning show from 9am-12pm. He then moved onto the Breakfast Show, being replaced by
Simon Bates in June 2003.LBC 97.3
In September 2003 he took up the
Drivetime slot onLondon news & talk stationLBC 97.3 until the end of 2004, when a new year reshuffle saw some of the station's most experienced presenters such as Brian Hayes andAngela Rippon not have their contracts renewed.In February 2004, shortly after joining LBC 97.3, Kelly declared himself
bankrupt thirteen years after the BritishInland Revenue had sued him for the non-payment of income tax and national insurance contributions during the 1980s [cite web| url=http://politics.guardian.co.uk/columnist/story/0,9321,1147966,00.html| title= An Englishman's word is his bond] .Current work
At the time of his departure from LBC 97.3, Kelly announced that he was leaving to 'pursue his television career'. TV work proved scarce, however, but in June 2005, Kelly spent two weeks presenting the late (radio) show on
BBC London 94.9 and in September 2005, took over the weekday mid-morning show onBBC Radio Berkshire every weekday morning from 10am-1pm [cite web| url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/berkshire/content/articles/2006/05/18/radioberks_henry_kelly_feature.shtml| title= BBC Berkshire - Henry Kelly] .In August 2006, in addition to his daily show on
BBC Radio Berkshire , Kelly also returned toClassic FM . Here he presented a three hour Sunday morning show from 9am-12noon [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5239948.stm| title= Henry Kelly returns to Classic FM] ,but in early 2008 he was replaced by two shorter programs as part of a station reshuffle.References
He also is involved in hunting debates as he is very pro hunting.
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