Kiri Pritchard-McLean is a Welsh stand-up who has won five Chortle Awards, including best compere three times, and the Caroline Aherne Bursary. Born in Gloucester, she was raised on a farm on Anglesey. She began in the sketch group Gein’s Family Giftshop, which was nominated for an Edinburgh Comedy Award. She hosts the Radio 4 panel show Best Medicine and has appeared on Live At The Apollo. She co-hosts the podcast All Killa No Filla about serial killers. During lockdown she ran an online comedy night, Live From The Covid Arms, which raised money for food banks. A later stand-up show drew on her experience as a foster carer.