| Pat Cahill | |
|---|---|
| Born | England |
Pat Cahill is a British comedian and Chortle Best Newcomer winner 2012.
Early life
Cahill is from Isleham, Cambridgeshire. He was educated at the University of East Anglia. He began performing in 2009. At university he lived with fellow comedian John Kearns and radio DJ Greg James.
Career
He wrote and performed two podcasts for BBC Radio, Chick N Mix and Doggy Dilemma in 2012 as well as performing on BBC Three's Chris Moyles' Comedy Empire. Cahill also took The Tim and Pat Show to Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2012. He returned to the fringe in 2013 with his show Start.
Cahill received the Chortle Best Newcomer 2012 award and New Act of the Year (Hackney Empire Awards); he was a Latitude New Act of Year Finalist and BBC Radio 2's BBC New Comedy Act of the Year Finalist.
References
- The Guardian "This Week's New Comedy" 28 January 2012
- Chortle "Chortle Page, Pat Cahill" 2012.
- "BBC New Comedy Award: Meet the finalists". Chortle. 17 June 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
- "e-ziggurat August - University of East Anglia". www.alumni.uea.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
- "The Spotlight on ... Pat Cahill". London is Funny. 2012-05-24. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
- "'We all have to be laughing by 5.30am': how Radio 1's Greg James saved Breakfast". The Guardian.
- "Comedian John Kearns: The next wig thing swaps Parliament for perverts". The Independent. 10 January 2014.
- BBC "Comedy Clips. Pat Cahill's Chick N Mix" 2012.
- BBC "BBC Comedy Empire, Pat Cahill"
- Ed Fringe What's On "What's On The Tim and Pat Show" Archived 2013-01-22 at archive.today August 2012
- "Pat Cahill: Start | Edinburgh Festival Fringe". archive.vn. 2013-08-25. Archived from the original on 2013-08-25. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
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- Patrick Kielty (2011). 2011 Final (BBC Radio 2). BBC Introducing Radio 4 Comedy Award. BBC Sounds.
