Kirsty Gallacher-Scottish television presenter
In 2005, Kirsty Gallacher won the gold medal in the third series of the popular Channel 4 reality TV series, The Games. On December 26, 2005 she released a DVD “Body Sculpt With Kirsty Gallacher” in which she shows a variety of workouts. In 2006 she co-presented the fourth series of The Games alongside Jamie Theakston. She has also presented her own show on BBC Radio 5 Live. In July 2006, she co-presented the BBC reality TV show Only Fools on Horses.
She got her presenting break on Sky Sports News, and since then has been associated with many other sports shows such as 90 Minutes, Soccer Extra, Kirsty and Phil (on BBC Radio 5 Live) and Soccer AM.
Best holiday?
I’m a bit of a Caribbean lover. I’ve been to quite a few of the islands and they all have different and lovely attributes and reasons for visiting. I adore Barbados, which is very luxurious. Two years ago we went to Grenada, which is more raw and wild. They were still clearing up after Hurricane Ivan. Tobago is another fabulous island that seems to have everything, including fantastic weather and beaches.
Favourite place in the British Isles?
I love Scotland, where my family is from, particularly the outskirts of Edinburgh and Fife. It’s beautiful and I have great childhood memories of the Isle of Skye. There are some fantastic golf courses up there, too. I want to go to Donegal in Ireland, because that is where the Gallachers are from originally.
Since 2000 Gallacher has hosted the Sky One show Kirsty’s Home Videos, a satellite equivalent of ITV’s You’ve Been Framed in which viewers send in home videos to be screened. In 2002 she presented the morning show RI:SE, and in 2004 began the show Simply the Best. She has made guest appearances on They Think It’s All Over and A Question of Sport, and she is a regular guest on Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night
Gallacher and her boyfriend Paul Sampson celebrated the birth of their first child, Oscar, in December 2006. Her father’s close friendship with Kenny Dalglish secured her as a lifelong Liverpool F.C. supporter.
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