Rory McGrath

Acting

Rory McGrath

Born

1956-03-17 (70)

Place of birth

Cornwall, England, UK

Known for

Acting

Credits

36 titles

Patrick Rory McGrath (born 17 March 1956), known as Rory McGrath, is a British comedian, television personality, and writer. He came to prominence in the comedy show Who Dares Wins and was for many years a team captain on the gameshow They Think It's All Over. He acted in the sitcom Chelmsford 123 and appeared in the ITV reality show Sugar Free Farm.

Known for

Film credits

2010s · 2 titles

2000s · 7 titles

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A Discovery Channel documentary exploring the influence of the work of J.R.R. Tolkien from the counter-culture of the 1960s to the present day.

Bilbo & Beyond

2001

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4.0

Griff Rhys Jones, Dara O'Briain and Rory McGrath reunite for a follow-up journey, this time on board Griff's classic yacht. The trio endeavor to sail from Tower Bridge to the Isle of Wight, followed by participation in a yacht race, with Griff teaching Dara and Rory how to sail.

Three Men In Another Boat

2008

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A frank documentary about the scandalous private life of Frankie Howerd.

Sex, Secrets and Frankie Howerd

2004

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Griff Rhys Jones, Rory McGrath, Dara O'Briain and Loli the dog set out from Kingston to Oxford across the Thames in a wooden skiff, attempting to re-trace the journey of Jerome K. Jerome in his classic 1889 book "Three Men in a Boat" and having some adventures of their own along the way, including entering a race after rowing into the middle of the Wallingford Regatta.

Three Men in a Boat

2006

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6.0

'They Think It's All Over' regular Rory McGrath presents more gaffs and own goals from football around the world.

Rory McGrath's More Own Goals and Gaffs

2003

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Celebrating its tenth year on the screen this hilarious compilation of the very best of the show features regulars David Gower, Gary Linekar, Rory McGrath, Lee Hurst, his replacement Jonathan Ross and hapless quiz master Nick Hancock. Of course that doesn’t include a decades worth of top sports and TV stars both on the teams and taking part in the infamous “feel the sportsman” round. More laddish and less staid than A Question Of Sport this really is the very best of They Think It’s All Over.

The Very Best of They Think It's All Over

2005

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In their third trip, the trio attempt to get from Plymouth to the Isles of Scilly using several boats.

Three Men in More Than One Boat

2009

Series credits

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7.1

Hilarious, totally-irreverent, near-slanderous political quiz show, based mainly on news stories from the last week or so, that leaves no party, personality or action unscathed in pursuit of laughs.

Have I Got News for You

1990

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7.9

Comedy quiz show full of quirky facts, in which contestants are rewarded more if their answers are 'quite interesting'.

QI

2003

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6.0

Antiques experts accompany celebrities on a road trip around the UK searching for treasures and competing to make the most money at auction

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

2011

Whose Line Is It Anyway? poster
7.7

An un-scripted comedy show in which four guest performers improvise their way through a series of games, many of which rely on audience suggestions.

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

1988

They Think It's All Over poster
7.4

They Think It's All Over is a British comedy panel game with a sporting theme produced by Talkback and shown on BBC One. The show's name is taken from Kenneth Wolstenholme's famous 1966 World Cup commentary quotation, "they think it's all over...it is now!" and the show used the phrase as the last line of every programme. In 2006 the show was axed after 11 years of being on-air.

They Think It's All Over

1995

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6.0

The clock is ticking as contestants compete in games of lexical dexterity and numerical agility.

Countdown

1982

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7.4

Chelmsford, Britain in the year AD 123; there is a power struggle between Roman governor Aulus Paulinus and the British chieftain, Badvoc. Britain is a miserable place, cold and wet – just the place to exile Aulus for accidentally insulting the Emperor's horse, but also give him something useful to do. Aulus, probably a play on Aulus Platorius Nepos, the governor of Roman Britain between 122 and 125, was a rather delicate Roman, who was usually outwitted by the scheming Badvoc, who hadn't had a haircut for twenty-five years.

Chelmsford 123

1988

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What the Dickens is a television panel game hosted by Sandi Toksvig. Team captains were Dave Gorman and Tim Brooke-Taylor for the first series and Sue Perkins and Chris Addison for the second and third. It is recorded at Sky Studios in West London.

What the Dickens?

2008

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7.4

Series giving a voice to 35- to 54-year-old men, very probably the grumpiest sector of our society.

Grumpy Old Men

2003

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5.0

Three Men in a Boat is a television comedy/documentary series produced by Liberty Bell Productions for BBC Two starring Dara Ó Briain, Rory McGrath and Griff Rhys Jones, first shown on 3 January 2006. In this first rendition, the three participants rowed in a replica wooden skiff from Kingston upon Thames to Oxford. The BBC subsequently commissioned and aired Three Men in Another Boat, Three Men in More Than One Boat, Three Men go to Ireland, Three Men go to Scotland; Three Men go to Venice, and Three Men go to New England, broadcast in 2008, 2009, 2009/2010, 2010 and 2011 respectively. Every series, bar the first, has featured the music from the Pirates of the Caribbean film series. In late October 2011, a production team was shooting in Provincetown, Massachusetts, America's oldest art colony, at the tip of Cape Cod.

Three Men in a Boat

2006

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7.0

Industrial Revelations is a Documentary show showing the connections between related industrial advances. The show's presenter has changed several times since the first series in 2002 hosted by Mark Williams.

Industrial Revelations

2002

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Daring 1980s alternative comedy sketch show that helped launch the careers of a number of British comedians. Often parodies the channel it aired on. Recurring characters include Terry and Wang-Wang - a pair of swearing Pandas.

Who Dares Wins

1984

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7.0

About Face is a series of twelve unconnected half-hour sitcoms all starring Maureen Lipman in the lead role. Each episode featured a guest cast of well known actors and actresses. The episodes were written by Richard Harris, Geoffrey Perkins, Chips Hardy & John Henderson, Astrid Ronning, John Wells, Paul Smith & Terry Kyan, Jack Rosenthal, Carol Bunyan and Ian Hislop & Nick Newman. It was made for the ITV network by Central Independent Television.

About Face

1989

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A look at endangered species in the regions around the UK

Saving Planet Earth UK

2007

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Comedic British History

The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything

2000

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Commercial breakdown is a BBC/Celador light entertainment television programme which shows humorous television advertisements from around the world.

Commercial Breakdown

2008

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Celebrities undertake a dietary experiment as they attempt to live entirely without sugar for two weeks, working on a farm where they enjoy healthy, wholesome food.

Sugar Free Farm

2016

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7.0

Bloody Britain is a British history documentary, presented by TV comedian Rory McGrath and produced by Sophie Theunissen for the Discovery Channel. The series looks into Britain's more gruesome past, such as public executions and bloody battles. The show uses computer animation to create a more realistic and in depth program.

Bloody Britain

2004

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Rory and Paddy's Great British Adventure was a television documentary series presented by comedians Rory McGrath and Paddy McGuinness. The series was broadcast on Five between 13 August and 3 September 2008. The series followed McGrath and McGuinness travelling around Great Britain, taking part in, "strange but quintessentially British sporting events". Examples of sports that appeared in the series include cheese rolling, pie eating, bog snorkelling, Eton Fives and Egg Throwing. A second series, Rory and Paddy's Even Greater British Adventure, began on 20 September 2010 and ended on 18 October 2010.

Rory and Paddy's Great British Adventure

2008

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Griff Rhys Jones takes a startlingly honest look at anger in himself and others

Losing It: Griff Rhys Jones On Anger

2008

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8.5

Trivial Pursuit was a game show loosely based on the board game of the same name. The show first aired on BBC1 from 4 September to 18 December 1990 hosted by Rory McGrath.

Trivial Pursuit

1990

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Rory McGrath and his team undertake historical investigations across the UK.

History Fix

1999

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Rory and Paddy's Even Greater British Adventure

2010

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Rory McGrath's Pub Dig

2012

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Monte Carlo or Bust

2010