The Channel 4 show “Last Chance Lottery”, saw Patrick make the move to network television and he was soon a household name fronting shows like “Fame Academy” along side his own late night talk show “Patrick Kielty Almost Live” which ran for 6 seasons on BBC1.

In 2006, a sell out UK stand up tour and a headline appearance on “Live at The Apollo” along side Joan Rivers confirmed him as one of Ireland’s most successful comedy exports.

However it was his acting debut, playing Kenneth McCallister in “A Night in November” at Belfast’s Opera House that saw things come full circle for Patrick – back on the stage that launched his Comic Relief debut a dozen years earlier. It was a role that charmed both critics and audiences and a transfer to London’s West End quickly followed.

Treading the boards of the Trafalgar Theatre was his second Whitehall engagement of 2008, the first being his interview of both the British and Irish Prime Ministers at 10 Downing Street where he raised eyebrows when comparing the success of the Irish peace process with the failures in the Middle East – “Surely Iraq is just IRA with a Q on the end?”

In 2009 Patrick played his first shows at Montreal’s “Just For Laughs” Comedy Festival and took to the airwaves for the first time on BBC Radio 2 where he has been a regular host and firm favourite ever since.

Appearances on The CH4 Comedy Gala, BBC’s Comedy Roadshow and CH4’s Comedy Roasts followed in 2010 and saw him named as the host of Ch4’s new satirical review -‘Stand Up for the Week’ later that year.

In 2011 he would also assume the presenting duties on the BBC New Comedy Award – a role he has made his own over the last 4 seasons.

In 2012, his sell out comedy tour “Home’ led to his first network stand up special “Patrick Kielty’s One Night Stand’ and his first US stand up performances.

More recently his work on Radio 2 has also taken him Stateside, fronting BBC music specials from Nashville and Boston in 2013 and 14.

Patrick’s latest stand up tour ‘Help’ debuted in Belfast’s Grand Opera House earlier this year to both audience and critical acclaim with an Edinburgh Festival run and a UK tour to follow this autumn.

He is also currently writing his first sitcom for the BBC, set to be broadcast in 2016.