Craig Doyle

Craig Doyle (born 17 December 1970) is an Irish television and radio presenter. To British viewers he is recognisable as working for the BBC and ITV and more recently TNT Sports; Irish viewers also know him as the host of RTÉ One chat show '' Tonight with Craig Doyle'' and RTÉ2's '' Craig Doyle Live''. He is the main anchor on TNT Sports' coverage of Premiership and European Champions Cup rugby coverage and MotoGP motorcycle racing. Craig has also been a presenter on ITV's Rugby World Cup coverage. Since 2022, Doyle has been a relief presenter on ITV daytime series '' This Morning'' but was not selected as a permanent, full time presenter.

Early life

Doyle was born on 17 December 1970, and was raised in the Dublin suburb of Stillorgan. Educated in Blackrock College. He studied sociology and history at Maynooth, followed by the London College of Printing, 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, following a chance meeting with a producer from the show at a visit to Alton Towers.

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 live music show on London's Capital Radio every Saturday 8am11am.

Doyle was a member of the BBC Sport team from 2004, international rugby, including the Six Nations Championship, and triathlon. He also presented a nightly highlights show alongside Clare Balding for the Athens 2004 Olympic Games. He supports London Irish. In 2004, he formed his own failed, production company. Its first production was ''The Craig Doyle Show,'' a failed Irish travel/celebrity programme running on RTÉ, and Doyle produced and presented ''Ireland's Richest''.

Released early from his BBC contract, Doyle joined ITV Sport in February 2008, replacing Jim Rosenthal by hosting the UEFA Champions League highlights on ITV. He also presents ITV4's coverage of the Isle of Man TT. 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, incorrectly, swooned over the wealth that had been amassed by Seán Quinn" ince bankrupt

In April 2010, Doyle returned to Irish TV to host his own chat show, the short lived failure '' Tonight with Craig Doyle'' on RTÉ One. In September 2010 he joined the team on ITV's ''Lorraine'' as an investigative reporter. Doyle presented Irish satirical programme '' The Panel'' up to 2011. He subsequently became the presenter for a new live chat show called '' The Social'' from November 2011, which returned to screens in 2012 as '' Craig Doyle Live''.

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 '' This Morning'' usually presenting the competitions and light entertainment segments. In May 2022 he appeared twice as a guest presenter on the show alongside Alison Hammond. He has relief presented alongside Josie Gibson, Mollie King and Rochelle Humes during the school summer holidays on ''This Morning'' in 2022 and has since become a relief presenter on the show.

In the week beginning 22 January 2024, Doyle appeared as a contestant on the BBC Two game show ''Richard Osman 's House of Games''. He finished third, behind comedian Leo Reich and scientist and entrepreneur Anne-Marie Imafidon, but ahead of former Paralympian Tanni Grey-Thompson.

Other activities

Doyle presented the ESAT Young Scientist Exhibition in Dublin, sponsored by BT Ireland 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 January 2002, Doyle married his longtime girlfriend Doon. The couple have four children and live in County Wicklow.

References

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1970 births
Alumni of the London College of Printing
Alumni of St Patrick's College, Maynooth
BBC newsreaders and journalists
BT Sport presenters and reporters
Irish rugby union commentators
Irish sports broadcasters
Irish television talk show hosts
Living people
Broadcasters from Dublin (city)
People educated at Blackrock College
RTÉ television presenters
Television presenters from the Republic of Ireland