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Line 1: {{short description\|British journalist and broadcaster (born 1965)}} ~~{{other people}}~~ [[File:Des Kelly presents UEFA Champions League Final 2019.jpg\|thumb\|Des Kelly at the [[2019 UEFA Champions League final]]]]▼ {{EngvarB\|date=August 2014}} {{Use dmy dates\|date=August 2014}} {{Infobox person \| name = Des Kelly \| image = Des Kelly presents UEFA Champion League Final 2019.jpg ▲~~[[File:Des~~\| ~~Kelly~~alt ~~presents~~ ~~UEFA~~ ~~Champions~~ ~~League~~ ~~Final~~ ~~2019.jpg\|thumb\|~~ = Des Kelly at the [[2019 UEFA Champions League ~~final]]]]~~Final \| caption = Kelly presents pitchside at the [[2019 UEFA Champions League Final]] \| birth_name = Desmond Kelly \| birth_date = {{Birth date and age\|df=yes\|1965\|2\|19}} \| nationality = British \| occupation = [[Journalist]], broadcaster }} '''Desmond Kelly''' (born 19 February 1965) is a British journalist and broadcaster. Kelly iswas the Chief Reporter and interviewer for British broadcaster, [[BT Sport]] for a decade. He iswas part of the live broadcast team mainly for the channel's Champions League and Premier League coverage. He was nominated as SJA Broadcast Journalist of the Year for 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022 - and highly commended in 2017 and 2018.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.sportsjournalists.co.uk/awards-news/media-release-winners-at-the-british-sports-journalism-awards/ \|title=Media release: Winners at the British Sports Journalism awards \|date=26 February 2019 \|publisher=Sports Journalists' Association \|accessdate=28 November 2020}}</ref> Kelly presented 136 editions of ''Life's A Pitch with Des Kelly'', a live, late-night sport/entertainment show on BT Sport. It was rebranded ''Follow the Football with Des Kelly'' for the new season in 2014. Kelly was also executive producer of the programme, which originally launched on 5 August 2013 and was nominated for SJA Television Show of the Year in 2013.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://sport.bt.com/watchnow/programmes/des-kelly-presents-lifes-a-pitch-S11374092420899\|title=Des Kelly presents Life's a Pitch\|publisher=}}</ref> Kelly simultaneously presented SportsHUB, BT Sport's sports news programme, from Monday to Thursday, until the show closed in 2015. He left when BT Sport transitioned to TNT Sports. Kelly was a long-standing presenter on [[talkSPORT]], the commercial national radio station which broadcasts from London across the United Kingdom. He is the former host of ''The Press Pass'', a show introduced on the first weekend of the Premier League season in August 2011. It was twice nominated as SJA Sports Radio Programme of the Year in 2011 and 2012. Kelly quit in August 2014 to concentrate on his BT commitments, but is still an occasional contributor. Line 38 ⟶ 46: ==Personal== Kelly lives in [[Bristol]]. Born in London of an Irish family, he was educated at [[Wimbledon College]] and has a University of Surrey BA (Hons) in English and History from [[Froebel College]] in [[Roehampton]], London.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cgi-bin/vcdf/detail?coll_id=5484&inst_id=50&nv1=search&nv2=\|title=AIM25 collection description\|publisher=}}</ref> ~~For several years, he was in a relationship with TV presenter [[Carol Vorderman]].~~ He is married to ~~dress designer~~ Paulina. Their engagement was announced in ''The Times'' on 26 December 2014. They married on 13 June 2015 atin the Bristol Planetarium. == TV and filmography == Line 48 ⟶ 56: !Channel !Notes \|- \|2014 - 2023 \|''Live football Premier League & Champions League coverage'' \|Chief reporter & interviewer \| rowspan="56" \|[[BT Sport]]▼ \|- \|2013 - 2014 \|''Life’s A Pitch with Des Kelly'' \| rowspan="5" \|Presenter ▲\| rowspan="5" \|[[BT Sport]] \|136 episodes \|- Line 138 ⟶ 150: \| \|- \|1999 ~~\|1989~~ \|England v Poland Live \| Line 153 ⟶ 165: {{DEFAULTSORT:Kelly, Des}} [[Category:~~Daily~~British ~~Mail journalists~~broadcasters]] [[Category:1965 births]]▼ [[Category:Living people]]▼ [[Category:Writers from London]]▼ [[Category:British male journalists]] [[Category:British people of Irish descent]] [[Category:People associated with the Royal National College for the Blind]]▼ ~~[[Category:British broadcasters]]~~ [[Category:BT Sport presenters and reporters]] [[Category:Daily Mail journalists]] ▲[[Category:Living people]] ▲[[Category:People associated with the Royal National College for the Blind]] [[Category:People educated at Wimbledon College]] ▲[[Category:Writers from London]] ▲[[Category:1965 births]]