Kirsty Gallacher on the web
Biography
The daughter of the former Ryder Cup captain, Bernard Gallacher, she
graduated from the London College of Fashion, and began work as a production
assistant before moving on to the position of editorial assistant on
Sky Sports.
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 Five) and Soccer AM.
Since 2000 she 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 purportedly entertaining 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 was a regular guest on the fifth series of Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway.
5ft 4in tall, she was a cover girl on the February 2001 issue of Maxim, and was a cover girl for FHM. She has appeared regularly in FHM's annual 'Sexiest Women' poll
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Further Information
Reality TV
In 2005, she won the gold medal in the third series of the popular Channel
4 reality TV series, The Games. 26 December 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 also presents her own show on BBC Radio Five Live. In July
2006, she co-presented the BBC reality TV show Only Fools on Horses
Personal life
Gallacher is currently delighted with her newborn son, Oscar, who she
had with Paul Sampson. Her father's close friendship with Kenny Dalglish
secured her as a lifelong Liverpool F.C. supporter, although she also
follows Fulham F.C.
