Stephen Mulhern

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Stephen Mulhern interviewed on television

Stephen Mulhern born 4 April 1977 is a children's TV presenter and entertainer. He began presenting in the studio on CITV in 1998 and became a leading presenter on the channel, until he left in 2002. He has presented a number of other shows, including Finger Tips, The Quick Trick Show, SMTV Live, Globo Loco, Ministry of Mayhem and Tricky TV.

1 Magic
2 Stage career
3 Television credits
4 Presentation style
5 External links

[edit] Magic

Mulhern began entertaining from a very young age and become interested in comedy and magic. He is a member of The Magic Circle, when he joined he became the youngest member ever member at just 17^{[citation needed]}, and has become a successful TV magician. Magic credits have included "The Quick Trick Show" and more recently "Tricky TV." He has released a number of children's magic sets and videos and has toured the UK with his show entitled "Stephen's Mega Mad Magic Show". The show proved popular attracting large audiences. He has taken part in the Royal Variety Performance at the Victoria Palace Theatre with The Queen in attendance. In 2005 Mulhern created and presented the Channel 4 magic show "Freaky" and was credited as executive producer. In 2006 he performed a magic routine in an episode of "The Slammer", he came in second place, and thus was not released, to the dance group "Flawless".

[edit] Stage career

Mulhern has starred in the stage version of Grease as Danny Zuko and has stated his ambition is to play the title role in Joseph And The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat. In 2005 he appeared on "Celebrity Stars In Their Eyes" as Robbie Williams. Mulhern has a regular slot at Butlins during the summer season with a show of comedy, magic and gunge. For Christmas 2005 he appeared in Cinderella at the Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon, with Danny La Rue and hee will be performing in Mother Goose in Bromley for the 2006/07 panto season.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Television credits

Mulhern's television credits consist mainly of entertainment shows:

"The Slammer", 2006 (guest appearance)
"Harry Potter at the Castle: Magic at Midnight", 2005
"Stars In Their Eyes": Live Grand Final 2005, 2005 & Celebrity Special, 1998
"Animals Do the Funniest Things", 1999 & 2004-2006
"Tricky TV", 2005
"Freaky", 2005
"The Record of the Year 2004", 2004
"Celebrities Under Pressure", Episode #3.4, 2004
"Stars In Their Eyes Kids", Live Final 2004, 2004
"Globo Loco", 2003-2004
"Ministry of Mayhem", 2004 aka M.O.M. (UK: short title)
"SMTV Live", 1998-2003, aka SMTV (UK: short title) also known as SMTV Gold (UK: new title) and Saturday Morning Television Live (UK: long title)
"The National Music Awards" 2003, 2003
"Finger Tips", 2002
"The Quick Trick Show", 1999-2002, 2004
"Brilliant Creatures", 1998
"CITV" Presenter, May 1998-August 2002

[edit] Presentation style

Mulhern's presentation style includes him getting messy and he is a known joker. Features devised and/or presented by Mulhern include "Stephen's Sick Tricks" and "Stephen's Dirty Tricks" both of which involved magic and mess. Celebrities and crew members were often the victims during these slots.