Working alongside Glyn Worsnip, Prendiville was a presenter of the BBC consumer programme That's Life!
[citation needed] He was the BBC's on-site commentator on the first Space Shuttle mission, reporting from Cape Canaveral and Edwards Air Force Base.
[citation needed] He was also a reporter at football matches on the BBC's Grandstand Saturday afternoon sports programme in the 1980s.
[citation needed] The creator of the 1990s BBC dramas Ballykissangel and Roughnecks, Prendiville's other writing credits include episodes of The Bill, Boon and Perfect Scoundrels (all ITV).
He received praise and criticism for Care (2000), his controversial drama about child abuse in a Welsh children's home.