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Iain Coyle (born 9 January 1968 in
Burscough Burscough () is a town and civil parish in West Lancashire in the ceremonial county of Lancashire, England. It is located to the north of Ormskirk and northwest of Skelmersdale. The parish also includes the hamlet of Tarlscough and the Martin M ...
,
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) is a British
TV presenter A television presenter (or television host, some become a "television personality") is a person who introduces, hosts television programs, often serving as a mediator for the program and the audience. Nowadays, it is common for people who garner ...
and
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and
comedian A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing Amusement is the state of experiencing humorous and entertaining events or situations while the person or a ...
. He was educated at St Bede's RC Comprehensive,
St John Rigby College, Wigan St John Rigby College (abbreviated as St.JR, SJR or simply John Rigby) is a sixth form college in the Orrell district of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester situated in a estate. As a college for students who intend to procee ...
, and
Sheffield Polytechnic Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) is a public research university in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The university is based on two sites; the City Campus is located in the city centre near Sheffield railway station, while the Collegiate C ...
where he studied Fine Art.


Broadcasting career

Iain has juggled presenting, writing, producing and formatting various television and radio projects, as well as heading the development departments at Cactus TV,
Channel X Channel X Productions is a UK comedy and entertainment company with a 22–year history of producing programmes for all of the major broadcasters. The company specialises in scripted broken and narrative comedy, comedy-entertainment formats and g ...
and
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 ...
, where he has devised and produced. His most recent projects has been producing
Big Brother's Big Mouth This is a complete list of shows about and relating to ''Big Brother UK'' and ''Celebrity Big Brother''. The civilian edition ran from 2000 to 2018 and the celebrity edition ran from 2001 to 2018. ''Big Brother'' ''Big Brother'' was a daily sho ...
and The Games on
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, and now exec producing
Sky One Sky One was a British pay television channel operated and owned by Sky Group (a division of Comcast). Originally launched on 26 April 1982 as Satellite Television, it was Europe's first satellite and non-terrestrial channel. From 31 July 1989, ...
's forthcoming ' Premiership All Stars'. "Dicing With Debt" (Channel 4), "
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" (
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) and "Rum" (Sky 1). He recently devised all the games and pranks on
Celebrity Big Brother ''Big Brother VIP'', is an adaptation of the '' Big Brother'' reality television series. It is the celebrity version of its parent franchise ''Big Brother'', the celebrity version airs in several countries, however, the housemates or houseguest ...
for
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and even found himself interviewing contestants from the ‘diary room'. Iain has written for a broad range of comedy and entertainment shows including Vic& Bob's "Shooting Stars" & "Families at War",
Clive Anderson Clive Stuart Anderson (born 10 December 1952) is an English television and radio presenter, comedy writer, and former barrister. Winner of a British Comedy Award in 1991, Anderson began experimenting with comedy and writing comedic scripts durin ...
's "If I Ruled the World", Alan Davies' pan-European "One For The Road" and Rowland Rivron's "Bite The Bullet". He also had a hand in many other successful productions like "Phil Kay Feels", "So
Graham Norton Graham William Walker (born 4 April 1963), better known by his stage name Graham Norton, is an Irish actor, author, comedian, commentator, and presenter. Well known for his work in the UK, he is a five-time BAFTA TV Award winner for his comedy ...
" and game shows "Dating Hell", "Incognito", "Food Fight" and "The Waiting Game". Iain wrote and presented over 50 episodes of "Funny Business",
ITV ITV or iTV may refer to: ITV *Independent Television (ITV), a British television network, consisting of: ** ITV (TV network), a free-to-air national commercial television network covering the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islan ...
's weekly late night comedy magazine show, he was a roving reporter on Channel 4's "Last ChanceLottery", a celebrity film interviewer on both "Moviewatch" and " This Morning". He also co-presented "One Night Stand", LWT's late night entertainment show with Gail Porter, was the comedy advisor on ITV's primetime talent show "Give Your Mate A Break" and the consumer reporter on ITV's "We Can Work It Out". Recently broadcast material on the
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include Iain's interviews with
Peter Kay Peter John Kay (born 2 July 1973) is an English actor, comedy writer and stand-up comedian. He has written, produced and acted in several television and film projects, and has written three books. Born and brought up in Bolton, Kay studied ...
(Peter Kay - The Early Years) and
Little Britain Little Britain may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Little Britain'' (sketch show), a British radio and then TV show ** ''Little Britain USA'', an American spin-off * "Little Britain", a song by Dreadzone from the 1995 album '' Second Light'' ...
's
Matt Lucas Matthew Richard Lucas (born 5 March 1974) is an English actor, comedian, writer, and television presenter. He is best known for his work with David Walliams on the BBC sketch comedy series '' Little Britain'' (2003–2006, 2020) and '' Come Fly ...
and
David Walliams David Edward Williams (born 20 August 1971), known professionally as David Walliams, is an English comedian, actor, writer, and television personality. He is best known for his work with Matt Lucas on the BBC sketch comedy series '' Little B ...
(Lucas & Walliams - The Early Years). Iain has also been the Host of 'Not Just a Matter of Life and Death – The Liverpool Podcast' for more than 65 episodes since 2009.


References

Mike Leigh Associates Agent

Uk Games Show Databas

Yorkshire Post Intervie


External links

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* Not Just a Matter of Life and Death - Liverpool FC Podcast at Playback Medi

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