Denise O'Donoghue,
OBE (born 13 April 1955, in
Wembley
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) is a
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television production company executive.
Early life
She attended the Catholic St Dominic's Convent Grammar School in north-west London (became
St Dominic's Sixth Form College in 1979). She graduated in 1979 with a
BA in Politics from
University of York.
Career
With
Rory McGrath and
Jimmy Mulville
James Thomas Mulville (born 5 January 1955) is an English comedian, comedy writer, producer and television presenter. He is best known for co-founding (in 1986) the British independent television production company Hat Trick Productions with ...
, she co-founded the independent British
TV production company
Hat Trick Productions
Hat Trick Productions is an independent British production company that produces television and radio programmes, mainly specialising in comedy, based in London.
History
Hat Trick Productions was founded in 1986 by Rory McGrath, Jimmy Mulville ...
in 1986. As a
television producer
A television producer is a person who oversees one or more aspects of video production on a television program. Some producers take more of an executive role, in that they conceive new programs and pitch them to the television networks, but upon ...
, O'Donoghue has worked on shows such as the original British version of ''
Whose Line is it Anyway?
''Whose Line Is It Anyway?'' is a short-form improvisational comedy show originating as a British radio programme, before moving to British television in 1988. Following the conclusion of the British run in 1999, ABC began airing an American ...
'', and ''
Have I Got News for You''. McGrath left the company in 1992.
In 2003, O'Donoghue and Mulville, as the remaining co-founders of Hat Trick, were listed in ''
The Observer
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'' as two of the 50 funniest people in Britain.
Personal life
O'Donoghue married Mulville in 1987. They divorced in the mid-1990s but continued to work together. In 2006, she married Michael Holland, an oil shipping businessman, whose wife, Jane Attenborough (daughter of
Richard Attenborough), their daughter Lucy, and his mother, Jane Holland, drowned in the
tsunami in December 2004. He founded the charity Oil Aid.
She was appointed an
OBE for services to television in the
New Year Honours
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list of 1999.
Honours list
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