Christopher Paul Kelly (born 24 April 1940) is an

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, producer and writer.

Education

Kelly was born in 1940 at Cuddington in

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. He was educated at

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, a Catholic

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, followed by

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Career

Kelly worked as a continuity announcer for

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in 1963 before embarking on a long career as a presenter. Kelly is probably best known as the presenter of '' Wish You Were Here...?'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. His network television credits include ''Zoo Time'', in succession to

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, ''Sixth Form Challenge'', ''The Royal Film Performance'', ''The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition'', ''I've Got a Secret'', ''Kellyvision'', ''Anything You Can Do'', ''Vintage Quiz'', ''Cinema'' and ''Quisine''. As well as co-presenting ''

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'' for a season he was the programme's principal off-screen narrator for many years. He also worked extensively for regionally based TV companies including Anglia, where he wrote and presented an arts programme ''Folio'', and Tyne Tees where he co-presented the first regular ninety-minute live programme on British television, ''Friday Live''. Following the success of "The Zero Option", a two-hour screenplay he originated and co-wrote for

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, a thirteen-part series ''

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'', was transmitted. Kelly wrote two episodes. He produced series one and two of ''

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'' for Central, the first of which won the Gold Award for Best Drama Series at the 1992 Houston International Film Festival. His career as a TV producer has also included '' A Line in the Sand'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. He is the former owner of the Midsummer House restaurant in

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. Kelly has also written several books. "The Telebook", "Kellyvision" (winner Silver Medal, New York Festival of Film and Television), and four novels: "The War of Covent Garden", "Forest of the Night", "Taking Leave" and "A Suit of Lights".

Publications

* 1986 – ''The Telebook'' (Oxford University Press. ) * 1990 - "The War of Covent Garden" (Oxford University Press. ) * 1991 - "The Forest of the Night" (Oxford University Press. ) * 1995 - "Taking Leave" (Hodder & Stoughton. ) * 2000 - "A Suit of LIghts (Hodder & Stoughton. )

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kelly, Chris 1940 births English television producers English screenwriters English male screenwriters English television presenters Living people People from Cuddington, Eddisbury English television writers People educated at Downside School Alumni of Clare College, Cambridge British male television writers