A Kick Up the Eighties own career as an actor. The first series won a Scottish BAFTA for Best Entertainment Programme in 1982. A compilation episode was broadcast on 31 December 1987, entitled "A Kick Up The Bells". A Kick Up the Eighties A Kick Up the Eighties was a 1981-1984 BBC 2 sketch show starring Robbie Coltrane, Tracey Ullman, Richard Stilgoe, Miriam Margolyes, Rik Mayall, Ron Bain and Roger Sloman. The series was created by Tom Gutteridge (producer/director) and Sean Hardie (executive producer). Colin Gilbert was script editor. The show was the first break into television for Rik Mayall, who played the anorak-wearing investigative
Kevin McGahern Kevin McGahern Kevin McGahern (born 1986) is an Irish comedian, TV presenter, writer and actor. He is the former host of "Republic of Telly" between 2013 and 2017 and documentary series "Kevin McGahern's America". McGahern was born in 1986 and grew up on a farm in Gowna, County Cavan. McGahern graduated from Wolverhampton University in 2009 with a degree in Animation. He became a stand up comedian after working as a barman in the birthplace of Irish comedy, the International Bar. He stated in an interview that the two biggest influences on his early stand up were Steve Martin and