Pat Cahill is a British comedian and Chortle Best Newcomer winner 2012.

Early life

Cahill is from

Isleham Isleham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Cambridgeshire. It is part of the Fens. It has three pubs. Geography Isleham is located in the Fens of south-east Cambridgeshire. The western parish boundary is formed by the Cro ...

, Cambridgeshire. He was educated at the

University of East Anglia The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a Public university, public research university in Norwich, England. Established in 1963 on a campus university, campus west of the city centre, the university has four faculties and twenty-six schools of ...

. He began performing in 2009. At university he lived with fellow comedian

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and radio DJ

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Career

He wrote and performed two podcasts for

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, ''Chick N Mix'' and ''Doggy Dilemma'' in 2012 as well as performing on

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's '' Chris Moyles' Comedy Empire''. Cahill also took ''The Tim and Pat Show'' to

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in 2012. He returned to the fringe in 2013 with his show ''Start''. Cahill received the Chortle Best Newcomer 2012 award and New Act of the Year (Hackney Empire Awards); he was a Latitude New Act of Year Finalist and

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's BBC New Comedy Act of the Year Finalist.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cahill, Pat Living people Alumni of the University of East Anglia Comedians from Cambridgeshire People from Isleham Year of birth missing (living people) British male comedians