Des Clarke is one of the UK's
most exciting rising stars. He has made a name for himself as both a highly
successful comedian and as one of television's hottest young presenters.
Thanks to his sparkling wit and enthusiastic presenting skills, Des beat
thousands of hopefuls to be asked to host ITV1's Saturday morning live programme
SM:TV Live. This weekly 2 hour broadcast showcased his abilities both
as a comedian and presenter, including character sketches, celebrity interviews
and comic monologues.
Des is the presenter of Xfm Scotland's Drive time
show and he has now made the breakthrough into prime time
television as anchor of BBC 1 Scotland's live Children in Need coverage
since 2005.
Des can currently be seen onscreen presenting Club Cupid, the new hit
entertainment dating show for Scottish Television. He is also making his mark as
a sports broadcaster appearing regularly on BBC1 Scotland's flagship football
programmes, Sportscene and Offside. Recent presenting work has included
Invention SOS for Discovery and Sky One's youth show, Whatever.
In 2003 Des was asked to present the backstage celebrity coverage at the MTV
Europe Awards in Edinburgh. Here, he had the opportunity to interview some of
the world's biggest music and film stars, including Beyonce, Justin Timberlake
and Christina Aguilera.
In addition, he has gained widespread industry recognition for his radio work,
winning the prestigious British Radio Awards 2004 - Presenter Of The Year for
his weekday morning show on Beat 106 FM, The Beat 106 Breakfast Show.
Des has since gone on to work with BBC Radio in a number of sketch shows,
sitcoms and as a guest panellist.
His show stealing spot on The Weakest Link: Stand Up Comedy Special was
a huge hit and he featured as a regular cast member for the third series of BBC1
Scotland's cult comedy Live Floor Show, after guest starring in the previous two
series.
At the age of 25, Des has already performed his own full length sell-out comedy
shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2003-2005 and at the Glasgow
International Comedy Festival in 2004-2006. He has played all over the world,
with appearances at the New York, Adelaide, Dublin and Dubai Comedy Festivals
under his belt.
Des is also well known as a celebrity columnist for The Daily Record,
Scotland's best selling newspaper, and as an accomplished After Dinner Speaker.
British Radio Awards 2004, Scotland: Presenter of the
Year (Winner)
Chortle Open Mic Comedian of The Year 2002 (Winner)
ITV Golden Mic Award 2001 (Winner)
Daily Telegraph Open Mic Award 2001 (Runner-up)
BBC New Comedy Award 2001 (Runner-up)
Channel 4 'So You Think You're Funny' 2000 (Runner-up)
Please
note: Most comedians are lazy incompetent sods, who can't read a train
timetable, or would pay 30 pieces of silver to appear on a pilot for a radio
panel show. Thus all line ups are subject to change.
Please check with the venue 24hrs prior
to the show for confirmation of line ups.
