Dara Ó Briain [da-ra oh breen] is an Irish comedian and television presenter. He began his career as a children's See TV (disambiguation) for other uses and Television (band) for the rock band Family watching television in the 1950s. ...television presenter before segueing into comedy.

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The comedian has also been an extensive newspaper columnist, pieces published in many national papers from the The Sunday Times is the name of several Sunday newspapers. ...Sunday Times to the The Irish Independents header consists of its name and a green harp The Irish Independent is Irelands best_selling broadsheet newspaper. ...Irish Independent.

Dara has also appeared extensively on Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ; English: Radio and Television of Ireland) is the national publicly_funded broadcaster of Ireland. ...RTÉ See TV (disambiguation) for other uses and Television (band) for the rock band Family watching television in the 1950s. ...television: he was a presenter on the bilingual children's programme Echo Island was a Irish television programme for children and young adults, shown on RTÉ Network 2. ...Echo Island, appeared as a team captain on Don't Feed the Gondolas (1998_2000), and presented It's a Family Affair and The Panel is an Australian television show, first aired in 1998. ...The Panel (2003_onwards). He also appeared on the UK panel games Bring Me The Head of Light Entertainment (a The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ...Channel 5 production) and Never Mind The Buzzcocks is a comedy panel game show with a pop and rock music theme produced for the BBC and usually aired on BBC TWO. The title is a play on the Sex Pistols Never Mind The Bollocks album along with the band Buzzcocks. Format In the show...Never Mind The Buzzcocks. In 2002 he became host of BBC Two (or BBC2 as it was formerly styled) was the second UK television station to be aired by the BBC. History The channel was scheduled to begin at 7:20pm on April 20, 1964 and show an evening of light entertainment, starting with the comedy show The Alberts and...BBC2's Live Floor Show a showcase for fellow stand up comics which brought him to the attention of a wider mainstream audience and led to a number of guest appearances as host of the popular news quiz, Have I Got News For You is a UK television panel game, on the subject of news, politics and current affairs. ...Have I Got News For You.

He was nominated in 2003 at the Chortle Comedy Awards for Live Comedy in the categories Best Compère and Best Headline Act (which he would go on to win). In 2004 he won the Best Headliner award again, as well as being nominated for Best Full_length Show.