Henry Kelly

Patrick Henry Kelly known professionally as Henry Kelly was an Irish radio and television broadcaster and journalist who was based in the United Kingdom Kelly was born in Athlone County Westmeath Ireland and educated at Belvedere College SJ and at University College Dublin where he was Auditor of the Literary and Historical Society After university he worked as a journalist and was the Belfastbased Northern Editor of The Irish Times in the 1970s He wrote How Stormont Fell in 1972 a work still highly regarded In 1976 he moved to London to work on Radio 4s The World Tonight and then in a complete career change from serious journalism in 1980 moved into television Kelly became a household name in the UK as part of the team presenting LWTs practicaljoke show Game for a Laugh in the 1980s In June 1983 He joined TVam and become the host of the Saturday edition of Good Morning Britain with Toni Arthur He was also a regular stand in presenter on the weekday programme and could also be seen presenting Summer Sunday over the years His last appearance was in 1987 From 1987 to 1996 he presented Going for Gold a lunchtime TV quiz show on BBC1 where he developed the catchphrases What am I and Now youre playing catchup He hosted After Dark in 1988 a programme he had also once appeared on discussing the Irish civil rights struggle as well as appearing as himself in two episodes of dinnerladies 1998 In 1992 Kelly was one of the launch presenters of Classic FM initially presenting the weekday midmorning show from 9 am to 12 noon He then moved on to the Breakfast Show until replaced by Simon Bates in June 2003 He returned between 2006 and 2008 to present a threehour show on Sunday mornings He also appeared on Sky News TV reviewing the Sunday morning newspapers Henry is a keen golfer playing off a handicap of 4 In 1994 he won the inaugural William Roache charity classic golf invitational at Woburn In a field which included a whole host of celebrities including Kenny Lynch Robert Powell Johnny Briggs Kevin Kennedy Leslie Grantham and Oliver Skeet Henry won the tournament after beating former champion jockey Pat Eddery in a 4 hole playoff