Kiri Pritchard-McLean
Who Kiri Pritchard-McLean is
Kiri Pritchard-McLean is a Welsh stand-up comedian, writer and broadcaster who grew up on a farm on Anglesey. A multi-award-winning comic, she has hosted Live at the Apollo and appeared on QI, Have I Got News For You and 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, and she compèred the Stand Up at BBC Wales show. On radio she is a regular on BBC Radio 4's The News Quiz, has hosted Newsjack and Loose Ends, hosts BBC Radio Wales's comedy strand and has her own Radio 4 panel show, Best Medicine. In 2020 she won the BBC's bursary in memory of Caroline Aherne.
At a glance
- Stand-up specials
- Egg-sistential Crisis
- Podcasts
- All Killa No Filla
- On screen
- Live at the Apollo, QI, Have I Got News For You and 13 more
- Official site
- kiripritchardmclean.co.uk ↗
On stage
No dated show on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now — their own site has their dates: kiripritchardmclean.co.uk ↗.
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Specials, shows and podcasts
Stand-up specials
- Egg-sistential Crisis BBC Radio 4, 2020
On screen
- Live at the Apollo host
- QI
- Have I Got News For You
- 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
- Stand Up at BBC Wales compère
- The News Quiz BBC Radio 4
- Newsjack host, BBC Radio 4
- Best Medicine host, BBC Radio 4
- Loose Ends host, BBC Radio 4
- Russell Howard's Stand Up Central Comedy Central
- Elevenish ITV
- Hypothetical
- Would I Lie to You? 2020
- The Now Show BBC Radio 4
- Elis James' State of the Nation BBC Radio 4
- The Learners writer, BBC Radio Wales, 2021
Podcasts
- All Killa No Filla co-host, with Rachel Fairburn
Comedians like Kiri Pritchard-McLean
Each linked to them by something on the record — a stage they both came through, a bill, a show, a style or a home town.
- Dan Tiernan also in QI
- Ed Byrne also in QI
- Ian Smith also in Have I Got News for You
- Josh Pugh also in QI
- Alasdair Beckett-King also in 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown
- Elis James also in QI
- Harriet Kemsley also in 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown
- Huge Davies also in 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Their stand-up
Kiri Pritchard-McLean directed and wrote for the sketch group Gein's Family Giftshop, nominated for Best Newcomer at the 2014 Edinburgh Comedy Awards, and took her debut solo show Hysterical Woman to the Edinburgh Fringe in 2016 before it transferred to the Soho Theatre; Appropriate Adult (2017) and Victim, Complex (2018) followed it there.
She won five Chortle Awards: Best Compere and Best Club Comedian in 2018, Best Compere and Breakthrough Act in 2019, and Best Compere again in 2020.
Career timeline
- 2020Egg-sistential Crisis (BBC Radio 4, 2020) Special
- 2020Would I Lie to You? (2020) On screen
- 2021The Learners (writer, BBC Radio Wales, 2021) On screen
Questions and answers
Where is Kiri Pritchard-McLean performing next?
No date is on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now; their own site has their dates: kiripritchardmclean.co.uk ↗.
What stand-up specials have they released?
Egg-sistential Crisis.
What podcast do they host?
All Killa No Filla.
What TV shows and films are they in?
Live at the Apollo, QI, Have I Got News For You, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, Stand Up at BBC Wales and The News Quiz, among 16 credits.
Who are some comedians like them?
Dan Tiernan (also in QI), Ed Byrne (also in QI), Ian Smith (also in Have I Got News for You), Josh Pugh (also in QI) and Alasdair Beckett-King (also in 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown).
The full SUCDb record
The full record — the career in order, the specials and credits, and the sources for each — is on SUCDb, with a button to add them to your D.O.C., your twelve.
Sources
- Official site ↗ Welsh comedian Kiri Pritchard-McLean is a multi-award winning comedian, writer and broadcaster; recent credits include hosting Live at the Apollo and…
- BBC News — Welsh comic wins Aherne award ↗ 16 March 2020: the third recipient of the bursary honouring Caroline Aherne (£5,000 and mentorship from the BBC); grew up on a farm on Anglesey; well known…
- Wikipedia ↗ Gein's Family Giftshop and its 2014 Best Newcomer nomination; Hysterical Woman (2016) and its Soho Theatre transfer; Appropriate Adult (2017); Victim,…
Updated 9 October 2026 · the record checked 8 October 2026