Kiri Pritchard-McLean

Pritchard-McLean is the director and writer for sketch group Gein's Family Giftshop who were nominated for Best Newcomer in 2014 for the Edinburgh Comedy Award.

Pritchard-McLean has appeared on Have I Got News for You,[5] Russell Howard's Stand Up Central on Comedy Central and ITV's Elevenish, Hypothetical, and Channel 4's 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown as well as multiple appearances on the BBC Radio 4 shows The Now Show, The News Quiz and Elis James' State of the Nation.

[6] In 2019 Pritchard-McLean became the host of the BBC Radio 4 Extra satirical sketch show Newsjack.

[8] Written by Pritchard-McLean, it stars Tudur Owen, Janice Connolly, Mick Ferry, Kath Hughes, Oliver Pearce, Lisa Zahraand and Les Dennis.

The bursary, which was launched in memory of comedy star Caroline Aherne, is aimed at new writer/performers from the North of England and awards £5,000 to the successful applicant to enable them to receive support from the BBC.

[21] Pritchard-McLean was previously in a relationship with comedian James Meehan from sketch group Gein's Family Gift Shop.