Des Kelly
Des Kelly
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Born | Desmond Kelly 19 February 1965 |
Occupation(s) | Journalist, Broadcaster |
Spouse |
Paulina Kelly (m. 2015) |
Partner | Carol Vorderman (2001–2006) |
Desmond Kelly (born 19 February 1965) is a British journalist and broadcaster.
Kelly was the Chief Reporter and interviewer for British broadcaster BT Sport for a decade. He was part of the live broadcast team mainly for the channel's Champions League and Premier League coverage. He was nominated as SJA Broadcast Journalist of the Year for 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022 - and highly commended in 2017 and 2018.[1]
Kelly presented 136 editions of Life's A Pitch with Des Kelly, a live, late-night sport/entertainment show on BT Sport. It was rebranded Follow the Football with Des Kelly for the new season in 2014. Kelly was also executive producer of the programme, which originally launched on 5 August 2013 and was nominated for SJA Television Show of the Year in 2013.[2] Kelly simultaneously presented SportsHUB, BT Sport's sports news programme, from Monday to Thursday, until the show closed in 2015. He left when BT Sport transitioned to TNT Sports.
Kelly was a long-standing presenter on
Journalism
A winner of the SJA Sports Columnist of the Year award, Kelly was nominated as UK Press Gazette Sports Writer of the Year and commended on four occasions by the Sports Journalists' Association for his articles.
In 2012 Kelly was named among the top 10 most influential sportswriters in Britain by the trade publication, UK Press Gazette.[3]
Kelly was a sports columnist on the Daily Mail for nearly a decade, having joined the paper in 2004.
Previously, Kelly was the Acting Editor and Deputy Editor of the Daily Mirror. Kelly replaced Piers Morgan after he was sacked for publishing faked photos of Iraqi prisoners being "tortured" by British troops[4] and edited the paper in the wake of that controversy. Kelly was also forced out of the Mirror later in 2004 when Richard Wallace was handed the position.[5]
A contributor to
Broadcasting
Kelly was part of the
He has made television appearances on the BBC's Match of the Day 2 and was the first journalist to appear as a pundit on either show. He has also guested on Channel 4's Clive Anderson's Sports Talk Show, Sky Sports' Hold the Back Page show and one of his first assignments was to provide live reports for Sky News from England's 3–0 win over Poland in 1989. He has been a contributor to a number of programmes, including BBC's The Noughties... Was That It? and Britain's Most Annoying People as well as GMTV and others.
Outside journalism
Kelly is patron of the Great Britain Blind Football team and opened the new Royal National College for the Blind Paralympic Centre in Hereford.[10][11] He was also a member of the Jaguar Sports Academy and on the judging panel for the Laureus World Sports Awards.
Kelly has also been an Executive Consultant for the PR agency
He has completed two
Personal
Kelly lives in Bristol. Born in London of an Irish family, he was educated at Wimbledon College and has a University of Surrey BA (Hons) in English and History from Froebel College in Roehampton, London.[14] For several years, he was in a relationship with TV presenter Carol Vorderman. He is married to dress designer Paulina. Their engagement was announced in The Times on 26 December 2014. They married on 13 June 2015 at the Bristol Planetarium.
TV and filmography
Year | Show | Role | Channel | Notes |
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2014 - 2023 | Live football Premier League & Champions League coverage | Chief reporter & interviewer | BT Sport
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2013 - 2014 | Life’s A Pitch with Des Kelly | Presenter | 136 episodes | |
2014 | Follow The Football with Des Kelly | 6 episodes | ||
2013 - 2014 | Transfer Deadline Day | |||
2013 | Football Tonight | |||
2013 | SportsHUB | |||
2013 | Arctic Lapland Rally documentary | Sky News | ||
2012 | Olympics Most Amazing Moments | contributor | BBC Three | |
2011 - 2013 | Murnaghan | regular guest | Sky News | |
2010 - 2013 | Daybreak | regular contributor | ITV | |
2009 | The Noughties review | contributor | BBC2 | |
2008 | Britain’s Most Annoying People | |||
2009 - 2013 | Saturday Sport | regular contributor | Sky News | |
2007 - 2008 | Inside Sport | Co-Presenter | BBC1 | Series 1 and 2 |
2005 - 2012 | Sunrise | regular contributor | Sky News | |
2004 - 2013 | The Press Preview | |||
2004 - 2010 | GMTV | regular guest | ITV | |
2001 | Clive Anderson’s Sports Talk Show | contributor | Channel 4 | |
2000 - 2004 | Hold The Back Page | multiple contributor | Sky Sports | |
1996 - 2012 | BBC News | multiple guest apps | ||
1999 | England v Poland Live | Sky Sports |
References
- ^ "Media release: Winners at the British Sports Journalism awards". Sports Journalists' Association. 26 February 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
- ^ "Des Kelly presents Life's a Pitch".
- ^ In 2012 Samuel was named top in a UK Press Gazette poll of Britain's best sports journalists.
- ^ Editor sacked over 'hoax' photos BBC News 14 May 2004
- ^ "Des Kelly: My Life In Media". The Independent. 12 December 2005.
- ^ "Inside Sport: Michael Schumacher". BBC Sport. 28 October 2008.
- ^ "Inside Sport: Arsene Wenger interview". BBC Sport. April 2008.
- ^ "Inside Sport: Petr Cech". BBC Sport. 21 May 2008.
- ^ "Inside Sport: Des Kelly tries blind football". BBC Sport. 16 May 2008.
- ^ "State-of-the-art facility makes an impressive bow".
- ^ "BBC personality Des Kelly launches thePoint4".
- ^ RallyBase
- ^ "Network Q Rally of Great Britain 2000 Entry List".
- ^ "AIM25 collection description".