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Saturday Live: Patrick Kielty

02/04/2022

Patrick Kielty

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Bestselling author Amy Bloom, choreographer Les Child and Craig Revel Horwood.

Comedian Patrick Kielty; writer Amy Bloom, voguer and choreographer Les Child, pioneering priest Revd Dr Ellen Clark-King, Craig Revel Horwood's Inheritance Tracks.

Patrick Kielty joins Nikki Bedi and Richard Coles. The award winning stand-up and broadcaster talks about growing up in Northern Ireland, his path to comedy and making his screen acting debut.

Bestselling novelist Amy Bloom turns to memoir as she recounts the journey she and her husband took to the Dignitas clinic in Switzerland after his diagnosis of Alzheimer’s.

Pioneering priest Reverend Doctor Ellen Clark-King will talk about learning to sing, after decades of being ashamed of her voice.

Craig Revel Horwood shares his Inheritance Tracks.

Les Child teaches elegance and poise to models and shared his choreography skills with musicians including the Pet Shop Boys and the Rolling Stones. But before this he was busy creating Britain's first vogue house and working as a principal dancer with the pioneering Michael Clark Company.

Producer: Claire Bartleet
Editor: Richard Hooper

Patrick Kielty's stand-up tour Borderline runs from April 21st starting in Ballymena, reaching Nottingham on the 11th May and then continues until 2nd July.
In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss by Amy Bloom is out now.
Anyone Can Sing, featuring Reverend Doctor Ellen Clark-King, airs on Wednesdays at 8pm on Sky Arts.
Craig Revel Horwood: The All Balls and Glitter Tour continues in Cardiff on the 3rd April and runs in venues around the UK until 27th May.

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