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Dara O Briain
Dara O Briain

Dara O Briain

  • 53 years old
  • Irish
  • Stand-up comedian and writer

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Dara O Briain Q&A

The comedian and TV presenter on his new children's book and standup show, being starstruck by Stephen Hawking, and David Beckham's weird way with Lego.

Michael Hogan, The Guardian, 3rd September 2017

Latitude Festival review

The go-to event for a full-on comedy fix.

Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 17th July 2017

Dara O Briain at Latitude 2017 review

The autumn tour's looking in good shape already...

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 15th July 2017

Update: Day 1 at Latitude Festival 2017 (Cont.)

Along with Edinburgh and panto, Latitude is the one time of year where theatre can be a morning activity as well as a form keeping nocturnal hours.

Kris Hallett, The Reviews Hub, 15th July 2017

Preview - Mock the Week: election special

Returning for its thirteenth series, Dara O Briain accompanies our late nights once more with comedy news show, Mock The Week. Tonight's timely episode is an election special talking all things, May, Corbyn and those folks from UKIP.

Eloise Craven-Todd, On The Box, 8th June 2017

There has long been a fairly glaring gap in the TV market for a show exploring gaming. This cheerful gameshow does the job reasonably well as guests waggle their joysticks at each other, offering a competitive spectacle but also practical game reviews into the bargain. This week's episode is notable for featuring a game called Goat Simulator. Surely a prospect to pique the curiosity of even the most luddite of viewers?

Phil Harrison, The Guardian, 22nd May 2017

Preview - Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit

Dave's video game comedy returns for a second series - and it's even managed to spawn a spin-off.

Ian Wolf, On The Box, 15th May 2017

Richard Osman and Sara Pascoe are the celeb joystick-wagglers launching the second series of Dave's arcade thunderdome. This anarchic gameshow has finally cracked how to turn video gaming into a spectator sport by booking enthusiastic guests, adding studio audience interactivity and, crucially, putting game-literate wits O Briain and Ellie Gibson in charge. A new reviews-focused companion show, Go 8 Bit: DLC, follows straight after.

Graeme Virtue, The Guardian, 15th May 2017

Dara O Briain takes Guardian to task on 'British' label

The Guardian has revised a television review which implied Irish comedians Dara O Briain and Ed Byrne were British.

BT, 8th May 2017

Mock The Week to return on General Election day

Series 16 of topical BBC Two comedy show Mock The Week will start on TV as polling booths close on the General Election.

British Comedy Guide, 27th April 2017

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