Matches in DBpedia 2015-04 for { ?s ?p "Paul James Michael O'Grady, MBE (born 14 June 1955) is an English comedian, television presenter, actor, writer and radio disc-jockey. He rose to prominence in the United Kingdom for his comedic drag queen character, Lily Savage, and later became well known for presenting daytime talk show The Paul O'Grady Show.Born to a working-class Irish migrant family in Birkenhead, Cheshire, O'Grady moved to London in the late 1970s, there working as a peripatetic care officer for Camden Council. It was here in 1978 that he developed his drag act, basing the character of Lily Savage upon traits found among female relatives. Touring Northern England as part of drag mime duo, the Playgirls, he eventually went solo as a stand-up comedian. Performing as Savage for eight years at a South London gay pub, the Royal Vauxhall Tavern (RVT), he gained a popular following among the city's gay community and used his character to speak out for LGBT rights. After being nominated for a 1992 Perrier Award, he attracted mainstream attention and made various television, radio, and theatrical appearances. As Savage, he presented morning chat show The Big Breakfast (1995–96), game show Blankety Blank (1997–99) and comedy series Lily Live! (2000–01), earning various awards and becoming a well known public figure.Trying to diversify his career away from Savage, O'Grady starred in BBC sitcom Eyes Down (2003–04) and presented two travel documentaries for ITV. In 2004, he began presenting ITV's daytime chat show The Paul O'Grady Show, which proved a hit with audiences. After the network refused to allow O'Grady's production company, Olga TV, creative control of the series, in 2006 O'Grady defected to rival Channel 4, where the show was rebranded as The New Paul O'Grady Show and became an even greater hit running until 2009. O'Grady subsequently presented a late night ITV show, Paul O'Grady Live (2010–11) as well as Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs (2012–) and Paul O'Grady's Animal Orphans (2014–), while presenting BBC Radio 2's Paul O'Grady on the Wireless and publishing a three-volume autobiography.Although O'Grady has been criticised for his risqué humour and for publicly espousing leftist criticism of the government, he is a popular and highly acclaimed figure in Britain, having been awarded a variety of awards, among them honorary degrees and an MBE for services to entertainment."@en }
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- Paul_O'Grady abstract "Paul James Michael O'Grady, MBE (born 14 June 1955) is an English comedian, television presenter, actor, writer and radio disc-jockey. He rose to prominence in the United Kingdom for his comedic drag queen character, Lily Savage, and later became well known for presenting daytime talk show The Paul O'Grady Show.Born to a working-class Irish migrant family in Birkenhead, Cheshire, O'Grady moved to London in the late 1970s, there working as a peripatetic care officer for Camden Council. It was here in 1978 that he developed his drag act, basing the character of Lily Savage upon traits found among female relatives. Touring Northern England as part of drag mime duo, the Playgirls, he eventually went solo as a stand-up comedian. Performing as Savage for eight years at a South London gay pub, the Royal Vauxhall Tavern (RVT), he gained a popular following among the city's gay community and used his character to speak out for LGBT rights. After being nominated for a 1992 Perrier Award, he attracted mainstream attention and made various television, radio, and theatrical appearances. As Savage, he presented morning chat show The Big Breakfast (1995–96), game show Blankety Blank (1997–99) and comedy series Lily Live! (2000–01), earning various awards and becoming a well known public figure.Trying to diversify his career away from Savage, O'Grady starred in BBC sitcom Eyes Down (2003–04) and presented two travel documentaries for ITV. In 2004, he began presenting ITV's daytime chat show The Paul O'Grady Show, which proved a hit with audiences. After the network refused to allow O'Grady's production company, Olga TV, creative control of the series, in 2006 O'Grady defected to rival Channel 4, where the show was rebranded as The New Paul O'Grady Show and became an even greater hit running until 2009. O'Grady subsequently presented a late night ITV show, Paul O'Grady Live (2010–11) as well as Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs (2012–) and Paul O'Grady's Animal Orphans (2014–), while presenting BBC Radio 2's Paul O'Grady on the Wireless and publishing a three-volume autobiography.Although O'Grady has been criticised for his risqué humour and for publicly espousing leftist criticism of the government, he is a popular and highly acclaimed figure in Britain, having been awarded a variety of awards, among them honorary degrees and an MBE for services to entertainment.".