Donna McPhail

Donna McPhail is a former British stand-up comedian who has also worked as a television presenter and journalist.

McPhail is from London and was noted for her stand-up comedy in the 1990s, most prominently in her nomination for the Perrier Comedy Award in 1993.

McPhail hosted BBC Two's The Sunday Show (1995–1996), a studio-based comedy programme which also starred Katie Puckrik, Paul Kaye (in his Dennis Pennis persona) and Paul Tonkinson.

McPhail has also written for a monthly column for Diva, the UK's bestselling magazine for lesbians.

Television appearances

 * StandUp (Granada Television)
 * The Comedy Club (London Weekend Television)
 * Have I Got News for You (BBC)
 * Without Walls (Channel 4)
 * Edinburgh Nights (BBC)
 * Reportage (BBC)
 * Just For Laughs (Channel 4 & CBC)
 * The Stand-Up Show (BBC)
 * Never Mind The Buzzcocks (BBC)

Radio credits

 * Loose Ends (BBC Radio 4)
 * Loose Talk (BBC Radio 1)
 * Room 101 (BBC Radio 5)
 * The Mark Radcliffe Show (BBC Radio 1)
 * Woman's Hour (BBC Radio 4)
 * Missed Demeanours (BBC Radio 4)
 * Currently presents her own show on GLR.
 * Co-wrote and presented two series of Windbags with Jo Brand for BBC Radio 1.
 * The Mary Whitehouse Experience (BBC Radio 1)

Stand-up comedy

 * Melbourne Comedy Festival.
 * Montreal Just For Laughs Festival
 * Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
 * A nationwide tour in spring 1996, that culminated in two sell-out performances at the Duke of York Theatre in London.