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Dara \\xd3 Briain is one of the UK & Ireland\\u2019s favourite stand-up comedians and television presenters. He is best known for hosting Mock The Week, Robot Wars, Three Men in a Boat, Dara and Ed\\u2019s Great Big Adventure, Stargazing Live, Dara \\xd3 Briain\\u2019s Science Club, and the documentary Dara \\xd3 Briain Meets Stephen Hawking, all on BBC Television. He also currently hosts Comedy Central\\u2019s hit gameshow Blockbusters. His latest show, Voice of Reason, has been performed across the globe, touring in the UK & Ireland, Scandinavia, mainland Europe, Australia and the Middle East.Dara started his career in television as a children\\u2019s presenter on RT\\xc9 whilst performing his first stand-up gigs on the Irish comedy circuit, after studying at University College, Dublin, where he read Mathematical Physics.Dara came to prominence in Ireland as host of topical panel show Don\\u2019t Feed the Gondolas. He had to leave the show midway through its fifth season in order to perform at the Adelaide and Melbourne comedy festivals.Dara later co-founded the television production company Happy Endings Productions, whose most famous show in Ireland is The Panel. The show became one of the most talked about shows in Ireland and was twice nominated for the Best Entertainment show IFTA (Irish Film & Television Award). His big break in UK television came in 2003 when he became host of BBC Two\\u2019s The Live Floor Show. This led to an appearance as guest \\u2013 and, ultimately, four appearances as guest host of \\u2013 the popular news quiz, Have I Got News for You. By this time, he had moved to the UK and was working on the British circuit full-time.Dara has hosted eighteen successful series of the comedy panel game Mock the Week for BBC television, and recently hosted BBC Two\\u2019s reboot of Robot Wars. He also hosted BBC Two\\u2019s The Apprentice: You\\u2019re Fired for three years.Other notable television work sees Dara as an integral member of the Three Men in a Boat, alongside Griff Rhys Jones and Rory McGrath. In 2007 Dara fronted the BBC comedy interview programme Turn Back Time and, since 2011, co-hosted BBC One\\u2019s astronomical show Stargazing Live alongside Professor Brian Cox.Dara is also one of the most sought-after award show hosts in Britain, and regularly hosts the BAFTA Games Awards.Dara tours regularly, and has performed shows all over world, from Moscow to Sydney, Troms\\xf8 to Malta, and has recorded five live DVD\\u2019s for Universal Pictures. He also holds the record for the most appearances in a year for Dublin\\u2019s legendary Vicar Street.Dara released the bestselling book Tickling The English in 2009, and more recently his non-fiction children\\u2019s book about space, Beyond The Sky, was nominated for Best Book with Facts at the 2018 Blue Peter Brook Awards. In 2018 Dara wrote the follow up book, Secret Science \\u2013 The Amazing World Beyond your Eyes, which was received with great critical acclaim.