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Connor and Holly to Host Children In Need 2024!

Coming to BBC 1 on Friday the 15th of November AND to BBC 1 NI on Saturday the 16th of November - Connor Phillips and Holly Hamilton are BACK to present Children In Need!

Watch Connor and Holly on the big appeal night UK wide and a very special show showcasing Children In Need NI the following night- highlighting how your support is helping local projects!

Connor is also taking part in The Thousand Mile Challenge - helping swim 1000 Miles for Pudsey and Children In Need!

Connor and Holly are VERY excited watch HERE

Connor Phillips makes his (full) Radio 2 debut!

After co-presenting Country 2 Country on BBC Radio 2 earlier this year and helping Vernon Kay celebrate 100 years of BBC Northern Ireland - Connor joined the on-air team to present his first full show.

Connor brought the UK audience Midnight Mastermind, launched BBC Radio 2’s Album of the week and kept the national audience entertained!

Listen to the full show HERE

BBC NI turns 100 with a bit of help from Connor Phillips and Vernon Kay on BBC Radio 2.

BBC NI has been around for a century so Connor and Vernon joined forces As BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio Ulster with a little bit of assistance from BBC Achieve to relive one of BBC Ni’s most iconic moments from the past!

Have a listen and a laugh HERE

Armagh are All Ireland Football Champions!

Connor joined Armagh legends Joe Kernan, Jimmy Smyth and Galway great Alan Kerins on BBC Two for an amazing day of GAA action with BBC Sport NI.

Broadcast on BBC Two across Northern Ireland and BBC iPlayer across the UK - Connor and the BBC Sport NI Team watched Armagh pick up only their second All Ireland Title! Watch HERE

Could Connor hide his Armagh Fanboy on LIVE TV? Have a look HERE

BBC NI take Hurling across the UK!

Connor Phillips joined BBC Two UK wide with some famous faces to help the BBC Sport NI team bring the greatest sport on earth to the masses!

Along side comedian Dara O’Briain, Derry Girls star Siobhan McSweeney, actor James Nesbitt and comedian David O’Doherty they brought the fans eye view of one of the greatest All Ireland Hurling finals of recent times!

Watch the game unfold HERE

Connor goes Country on BBC Radio 2!

Connor joined BBC Radio 2 along side Edith Bowman, ‘Whistling’ Bob Harris and Alana Spingsteen to showcase the UK’s biggest country music festival Country 2 Country! Listen HERE

Connor also took to the stage in front of 20,000 music fans to introduce some of the worlds biggest music acts to the SSE Arena, Belfast. Acts like Brad Paisley, Brothers Osbourne, Kane Brown and Carly Pierce!

Gold at the Irish Radio Awards!

‘The Belfast Mixtape - Songs from Lockdown’ radio show presented by Connor Phillips wins GOLD at the IMRO Awards in Kilkenny!

The radio show that complemented the already award winning TV Show - ‘The Belfast Mixtape - Song from Lockdown’ swept the boards at the biggest media awards ceremony on the island of Ireland!

The Belfast Mixtape picked up Gold in the #IMRO Music Special / Music Event category!

Its a WIN at Royal Television Awards!

Connor gets his hands on one of the biggest TV awards in the industry!

‘The Belfast Mixtape - Songs from Lockdown’ presented by Connor Phillips for BBC One Television wins the RTS Award for Best Entertainment TV Show.

This gala concert featuring some of Northern Ireland’s biggest stars including The Ulster Orchestra, Foy Vance, JC Stewart, Ryan McMullen and more came together to present The Freedom of The City of Belfast to the frontline pandemic workers from lockdown.