Pat Cahill

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Pat Cahill
Born
England

Pat Cahill is a British comedian[1] and Chortle Best Newcomer winner 2012.[2]

Early life[edit]

He was educated at the University of East Anglia.[3] He began performing in 2009.[4] At university he lived with fellow comedian John Kearns and radio DJ Greg James.[5][6]

Career[edit]

He wrote and performed two podcasts for BBC Radio, Chick N Mix[7] and Doggy Dilemma in 2012 as well as performing on BBC Three's Chris Moyles' Comedy Empire.[8] Cahill also took The Tim and Pat Show[9] to Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2012. He returned to the fringe in 2013 with his show Start.[10]

Cahill received the Chortle Best Newcomer 2012 award and New Act of the Year (Hackney Empire Awards);[11] he was a Latitude New Act of Year Finalist and BBC Radio 2's BBC New Comedy Act of the Year Finalist.[12]

References[edit]

  1. ^ The Guardian "This Week's New Comedy" 28 January 2012
  2. ^ Chortle "Chortle Page, Pat Cahill" 2012.
  3. ^ "e-ziggurat August - University of East Anglia". www.alumni.uea.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
  4. ^ "The Spotlight on ... Pat Cahill". London is Funny. 2012-05-24. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
  5. ^ "'We all have to be laughing by 5.30am': how Radio 1's Greg James saved Breakfast". The Guardian.
  6. ^ "Comedian John Kearns: The next wig thing swaps Parliament for perverts". The Independent. 10 January 2014.
  7. ^ BBC "Comedy Clips. Pat Cahill's Chick N Mix" 2012.
  8. ^ BBC "BBC Comedy Empire, Pat Cahill"
  9. ^ Ed Fringe What's On "What's On The Tim and Pat Show" Archived 2013-01-22 at archive.today August 2012
  10. ^ "Pat Cahill: Start | Edinburgh Festival Fringe". archive.vn. 2013-08-25. Archived from the original on 2013-08-25. Retrieved 2020-11-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  11. ^ Spoonfed "Editor's Comedy Choice" Archived 2012-10-15 at the Wayback Machine 25 September 2012
  12. ^ Patrick Kielty (2011). 2011 Final (BBC Radio 2). BBC Introducing Radio 4 Comedy Award. BBC Sounds.


External links[edit]

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