Craig Doyle (born 17 December 1970,

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) is an Irish television and radio presenter. To British viewers he is recognisable as working for the BBC and ITV and more recently BT Sport. Irish viewers also know him as the host of

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chat show '' Tonight with Craig Doyle'' and

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's''

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''. He is the main anchor on

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Premiership, European Champions Cup rugby coverage and MotoGP motorcycle racing. Craig has also been a presenter on ITV's Rugby World Cup coverage.

Early life

Doyle grew up in the Dublin suburb of

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. Educated in Blackrock College. He studied sociology and history at

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, followed by the

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, where he earned a diploma in broadcast journalism.

Broadcasting career

After graduation, Doyle worked on local radio with BBC Radio Suffolk based in Ipswich, before moving on to ITV to present the children's show '' Disney Club'' in 1995, having been head hunted following a chance meeting with a producer from the show at a visit to Alton Towers. Moving to London, he presented ''

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'', ''Fasten Your Seatbelt'' and ''Innovation Nation'', and spent six years hosting

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's ''

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''. He also had a live music show on London's

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every Saturday 8am11am. Doyle was a key member of the

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team from 2004, anchoring international rugby, including the

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, and

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. He supports

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. In 2004, he formed his own production company Boxer. Its first production was ''The Craig Doyle Show,'' an Irish travel/celebrity program running on RTÉ, and Doyle produced and presented ''Ireland's Richest''. Released early from his BBC contract, Doyle joined

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by hosting the

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highlights on ITV. He also presents

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's coverage of the

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. Doyle left Capital Radio at the end of 2008. Doyle presented ''Ireland's Top Earners'' in 2008, later recalled by John Boland in the ''Irish Independent'' as a programme that came about "just when the country was sliding inexorably into economic ruin and in which Doyle swooned over the wealth that had been amassed by

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" ince bankrupt In April 2010, Doyle returned to Irish TV once again to host his own chat show '' Tonight with Craig Doyle'' on

. In September 2010 he joined the team on ITV's ''

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'' as an investigative reporter. Doyle presented Irish satirical program '' The Panel'' up to 2011. After that he became the presenter for a new live chat show called '' The Social'' from November 2011, which returned to screens in 2012 as ''

''. He presented ''Now That's What You Called News'' for RTÉ over the Christmas at the end of 2011. Doyle currently works with BT Sport presenting coverage of Rugby Union since mid 2013. Doyle also presented BT Sport's coverage of MotoGP between 2015 and 2018. Since November 2021, Doyle has been appearing on ITV show ''

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'' usually presenting the competitions. In May 2022 he appeared twice as a guest presenter on the show alongside Alison Hammond. He presented alongside

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, Mollie King &

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during the school summer holidays on ''

'' in 2022.

Other activities

Doyle presented the ESAT Young Scientist Exhibition in

, sponsored by

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in 2005. He is prominent in the UK fronting the adverts of double-glazing company Everest Windows. In Ireland he serves as the face of the UPC cable service adverts. He was a face of Littlewoods Ireland.

Personal life

In December 2001, Doyle married his longtime girlfriend Doon. The couple have four children and live in

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. They also have a home in Kew, West London. Doyle completed his first triathlon in 2006; a year later he represented Ireland at the World Championships in Hamburg, Germany.2007 Hamburg BG Triathlon World Championships
Triathlon.org. Retrieved 4 June 2017. He is a big fan of

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References

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