Neil Delamere


Neil Delamere is an Irish comedian. He is a regular on the BBC Northern Ireland television show The Blame Game, and was the BBC Fighting Talk Champion of Champions in 2022.

Early life and education

Delamere is from Edenderry, County Offaly. He has a degree in Computer Applications from Dublin City University.

Career

He began his career in 2004 at the Edinburgh Festival. Since then he has worked for both Raidió Teilifís Éireann and the BBC, in programmes such as the BBC comedy series One Night Stand, BBC radio and television panel quiz The Blame Game and RTÉ topical comedy show The Panel. He hosted Neil Delamere's Just For Laughs, a comedy television show in which he interviewed acts performing at the Montreal Festival. He featured on Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow on 4 July 2009. Delamere made his debut appearance on Radio Five Live's panel show Fighting Talk, broadcast on 11 December 2010, and won.
In 2011, he hosted The Only Viking in the Village on RTÉ, in which he explored his Viking roots. The show was nominated in the factual category for an Irish Film and Television Award, and won. He has also acted as a stand-in for John Murray on RTÉ Radio 1.
He presented the comedy documentary There's Something about Patrick which aired on 14 March 2013 on RTÉ 1.
Delamere has also worked for Today FM, where he presented his own show, Neil Delamere's Sunday Best, which aired on Sundays.

Selected television credits

  • The Panel
  • Neil Delamere's Just For Laughs
  • The Blame Game
  • The World Stands Up
  • Republic of Telly
  • Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow
  • There's Something about Patrick - 2013
  • Holding out for a Hero - 2014
  • Ireland's Fittest Family, Celebrity Special - 2021
  • Dancing With the Stars, fifth Irish series