Rory McGrath came to prominence writing and starred in Channel 4’s hit 1980s sketch show Who Dares Wins. He was a permanent panellist on BBC One’s They Think It’s All Over for over a decade and starred in seven series of the documentary series Three Men in a Boat alongside Griff Rhys Jones and Dara O Briain and the Channel 5 show Rory and Paddy’s Great Adventure alongside Paddy McGuiness.

He wrote and starred in the Radio 4 series Injury Time as well as working as a writer for the likes of Peter Cook, Frankie Howerd and Alfred Marks. He is also the co-founder of Hat-Trick productions, responsible for shows including Have I Got News For You, Whose Line is it Anyway and Father Ted.