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| name = Kieran Prendiville | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1947|12|25|df=yes}} | birth_place = Rochdale, Lancashire | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = British | other_names = | known_for = | occupation = }} Kieran Prendiville (born 25 December 1947) is a television writer, producer and presenter. Early yearsAfter his Irish father emigrated from Killorglin in County Kerry to practise medicine, Prendiville was born in Rochdale, Lancashire. He later attended Clongowes Wood College in County Kildare, Ireland, the same Jesuit boarding school as his father. CareerPresentingWorking alongside Glyn Worsnip, Prendiville was a presenter of the BBC consumer programme That's Life! from 1973 to 1978. Also featuring on Tomorrow's World, the network's science programme, he once famously claimed that the CD was indestructible; he demonstrated this by spreading strawberry jam on a copy of the Bee Gees' Living Eyes. He was the BBC's on-site commentator of the first Space Shuttle mission, reporting from Cape Canaveral and Edwards Air Force Base. WritingThe creator of the BBC's popular drama Ballykissangel, Prendiville's other writing credits include The Bill, Boon (Central/ITV) and Roughnecks (BBC). He received praise and criticism for Care (2000), his controversial drama about child abuse in a Welsh children's home.[1] References1. ^Article about Care External links
7 : 1947 births|Living people|English television producers|English television writers|English people of Irish descent|People from Rochdale|People educated at Clongowes Wood College |
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