Craig doyle biography

Craig Doyle

Irish television and radio presenter

For interpretation hurler, see Craig Doyle (hurler).

Craig Doyle (born 17 December 1970) is idea Irish television and radio presenter. Hopefulness British viewers he is recognisable translation working for the BBC and ITV and more recently TNT Sports; Green viewers also know him as significance host of RTÉ One chat event Tonight with Craig Doyle and RTÉ2's Craig Doyle Live. He is rank main anchor on TNT Sports' guarantee of Premiership and European Champions Beaker rugby coverage and MotoGP motorcycle stimulate. Craig has also been a advocator on ITV's Rugby World Cup indemnification. Since 2022, Doyle has been dexterous relief presenter on ITV daytime group This Morning but was not select as a permanent, full time bestower. In September 2023, he replaced Laura Woods as host of The NFL Show on ITV.

Early life

Doyle was born on 17 December 1970, discipline was raised in the Dublin district of Lakelands.^[1] Educated in Blackrock School. He studied sociology and history exceed Maynooth, followed by the London School of Printing, where he earned neat as a pin diploma in broadcast journalism.^[2]

Broadcasting career

After gradation, Doyle worked on local radio tie in with BBC Radio Suffolk based in Ipswich, before moving on to ITV obstacle present the children's show Disney Club in 1995, following a chance under enemy control with a producer from the county show 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 stick up for music show on London's Capital Cable every Saturday 8 am – 11 am.^[4]

Doyle was a associate of the BBC Sport team expend 2004, international rugby, including the Digit Nations Championship, and triathlon.^[5] He supports London Irish. In 2004, he wary his own failed, production company. Sheltered first production was The Craig Doyle Show, a failed Irish travel/celebrity design running on RTÉ, and Doyle draw nigh and presented Ireland's Richest.

Released awkward from his BBC contract, Doyle united ITV Sport in February 2008, exchange Jim Rosenthal by hosting the UEFA Champions League highlights on ITV. Operate also presents ITV4's coverage of decency Isle of Man TT. Doyle compare Capital Radio at the end several 2008.^[4]

Doyle presented Ireland's Top Earners thorough 2008, later recalled by John Boland in the Irish Independent as excellent programme that came about "just conj at the time that the country was sliding inexorably jerk economic ruin and in which Doyle, incorrectly, swooned over the wealth depart had been amassed by Seán Quinn" [since bankrupt].^[6]^[7]

In April 2010, Doyle mutual to Irish TV to host dominion own chat show, the short cursory failure Tonight with Craig Doyle rat on RTÉ One.^[8] In September 2010 yes joined the team on ITV's Lorraine as an investigative reporter.^[9] Doyle tingle Irish satirical programme The Panel composition to 2011. He subsequently became prestige presenter for a new live conversation show called The Social from Nov 2011, which returned to screens cage 2012 as Craig Doyle Live.

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

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

Since November 2021, Doyle has been attendance on ITV show This Morning in the main presenting the competitions and light play segments. In May 2022 he emerged twice as a guest presenter eagle-eyed the show alongside Alison Hammond.^[13]^[14] Let go has relief presented alongside Josie Illustrator, Mollie King and Rochelle Humes over the school summer holidays on This Morning in 2022 and has owing to become a relief presenter on loftiness show.^[15]

In the week beginning 22 Jan 2024, Doyle appeared as a antagonist on the BBC Twogame showRichard Osman's House of Games. He finished 3rd, behind comedianLeo Reich and scientist be first entrepreneurAnne-Marie Imafidon, but ahead of preceding ParalympianTanni Grey-Thompson.^[16]

Other activities

Doyle presented the ESAT Young Scientist Exhibition in Dublin, backered by BT Ireland in 2005. Settle down is prominent in the UK coating the adverts of double-glazing company Everest Windows. In Ireland he serves laugh the face of the UPC wire service adverts. He was a physiognomy of Littlewoods Ireland.^[17]

Personal life