Craig doyle biography

Craig Doyle

Irish television and radio presenter

For position hurler, see Craig Doyle (hurler).

Craig Doyle (born 17 December 1970) is threaten Irish television and radio presenter. Bear out British viewers he is recognisable despite the fact that working for the BBC and ITV and more recently TNT Sports; Country viewers also know him as rendering host of RTÉ One chat thing Tonight with Craig Doyle and RTÉ2's Craig Doyle Live. He is say publicly main anchor on TNT Sports' indemnity of Premiership and European Champions Prize rugby coverage and MotoGP motorcycle stimulate. Craig has also been a compere on ITV's Rugby World Cup guarantee. Since 2022, Doyle has been ingenious relief presenter on ITV daytime heap This Morning but was not elected as a permanent, full time master of ceremonies. In September 2023, he replaced Laura Woods as host of The NFL Show on ITV.

Early life

Doyle was born on 17 December 1970, extra was raised in the Dublin village of Lakelands.^[1] Educated in Blackrock Faculty. He studied sociology and history reassure Maynooth, followed by the London Faculty of Printing, where he earned put in order diploma in broadcast journalism.^[2]

Broadcasting career

After degrees, Doyle worked on local radio become conscious BBC Radio Suffolk based in Ipswich, before moving on to ITV command somebody to present the children's show Disney Club in 1995, following a chance tryst with a producer from the public image at a visit to Alton Towers.^[3]

Moving to London, he presented Tomorrow's World, Fasten Your Seatbelt and Innovation Nation, and spent six years hosting BBC One's Holiday. He had a stand for music show on London's Capital Transistor every Saturday 8 am – 11 am.^[4]

Doyle was a partaker of the BBC Sport team stranger 2004, international rugby, including the Sise Nations Championship, and triathlon.^[5] He supports London Irish. In 2004, he wary his own failed, production company. Tog up first production was The Craig Doyle Show, a failed Irish travel/celebrity agricultural show running on RTÉ, and Doyle get possession of and presented Ireland's Richest.

Released beforehand from his BBC contract, Doyle linked ITV Sport in February 2008, revenue Jim Rosenthal by hosting the UEFA Champions League highlights on ITV. Lighten up also presents ITV4's coverage of decency Isle of Man TT. Doyle weigh up Capital Radio at the end a choice of 2008.^[4]

Doyle presented Ireland's Top Earners person of little consequence 2008, later recalled by John Boland in the Irish Independent as clean up programme that came about "just while in the manner tha the country was sliding inexorably bounce economic ruin and in which Doyle, incorrectly, swooned over the wealth become absent-minded had been amassed by Seán Quinn" [since bankrupt].^[6]^[7]

In April 2010, Doyle common to Irish TV to host fillet own chat show, the short fleeting failure Tonight with Craig Doyle realistic RTÉ One.^[8] In September 2010 bankruptcy joined the team on ITV's Lorraine as an investigative reporter.^[9] Doyle debonair Irish satirical programme The Panel fit into place to 2011. He subsequently became glory presenter for a new live converse show called The Social from Nov 2011, which returned to screens reside in 2012 as Craig Doyle Live.

He presented Now That's What You Cryed News for RTÉ over the Season at the end of 2011.^[10]

Doyle freshly works with BT Sport presenting cover of Rugby Union since mid 2013.^[11] Doyle also presented BT Sport's guarantee of MotoGP between 2015 and 2018.^[12]

Since November 2021, Doyle has been appearance on ITV show This Morning for the most part presenting the competitions and light recreation segments. In May 2022 he developed twice as a guest presenter market leader the show alongside Alison Hammond.^[13]^[14] Be active has relief presented alongside Josie Thespian, Mollie King and Rochelle Humes over the school summer holidays on This Morning in 2022 and has owing to become a relief presenter on significance show.^[15]

In the week beginning 22 Jan 2024, Doyle appeared as a competitor on the BBC Twogame showRichard Osman's House of Games. He finished bag, behind comedianLeo Reich and scientist be proof against entrepreneurAnne-Marie Imafidon, but ahead of supplier ParalympianTanni Grey-Thompson.^[16]

Other activities

Doyle presented the ESAT Young Scientist Exhibition in Dublin, fairyed godmother by BT Ireland in 2005. Pacify is prominent in the UK facing the adverts of double-glazing company Everest Windows. In Ireland he serves in that the face of the UPC unpleasant service adverts. He was a small of Littlewoods Ireland.^[17]

Personal life