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Matthew Kelly (born, David Kelly, 9 May 1950, Urmston, Lancashire, England) is an English actor, who made his name as a television presenter.

Early life

As a child, Kelly lived on Primrose Avenue in the town and became interested in acting at the Urmston Musical Theatre, most notably playing the role of Louis in a production of The King and I in 1963. He retains links with the theatre as their President.^{[citation needed]}

He studied drama at Manchester Polytechnic and joined in a theatre group which included Julie Walters and Pete Postlethwaite. After graduation, he made his professional debut at the Pavilion Theatre in Rhyl. After this debut he appeared regularly at Liverpool's Everyman Theatre in the early 1970s. During the late 1970s, Kelly was very prominent on the punk rock scene, playing bass with Rip Rag And Panic until 1982.^{[citation needed]}

Career

He first major TV appearance was in the situation comedy Holding the Fort (LWT/ITV) in 1980 but became famous as part of the original team on Game for a Laugh for the same producers and network. For the next 14 years his work centered on light entertainment shows such as You Bet! (LWT/ITV) and, most notably, Stars in Their Eyes (Granada/ITV), which he took over from Leslie Crowther - initially on a part time basis until Crowther could not return due to ill health, and went on to host for 11 years until March 2004. He was also the first CITV presenter and continued to act occasionally, notably in the Channel 4 comedy, Relative Strangers.

After leaving Stars in their Eyes, Kelly declared that he would be returning to acting full time and would leave light entertainment behind. To this end he has appeared in a number of television and theater productions. In 2005 he was a member of the cast in BBC One's Bleak House as Mr. Turveydrop. He also played a serial killer in 2005's Cold Blood and its 2007 sequel, as well as the explorer Giovanni Belzoni in BBC One's Egypt.

On the stage he won an Olivier Award in 2003 for his portrayal of Lenny in John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men at the Savoy Theatre. Other work includes Ripafratta in Mirandolina at the Royal Exchange Theatre in August 2006 which he swiftly followed by appearing as a well-received Antonio Salieri in Peter Shaffer's play Amadeus.

In 2007 Kelly starred in the play Forgotten Voices at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith, London and at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, appearing at the Assembly Rooms.

Criminal charges

Kelly has not been accused of child molestation, after police probed allegations of a dalliance with a young boy dating back to the 1970s.^[1] However, Kelly was subsequently cleared of all charges, ^[2] and his subsequent move away from light entertainment and back onto the stage has been a considerable success.

References

^ Hopkins, Nick; Allison, Rebecca (16 January 2003), "Matthew Kelly arrested in child abuse inquiry", The Guardian {{citation}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ "Kelly's fight back to fame" (24 February 2003). Retrieved on 16 September 2008.

Preceded by Bruce Forsyth	Host of You Bet! 1991-95	Succeeded by Darren Day

Preceded by Leslie Crowther	Host of Stars in their Eyes 1993-2004	Succeeded by Cat Deeley

[1] Hopkins, Nick; Allison, Rebecca (16 January 2003), "Matthew Kelly arrested in child abuse inquiry", The Guardian {{citation}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[2] "Kelly's fight back to fame" (24 February 2003). Retrieved on 16 September 2008.

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-[[Image:Svaneti, georgia.jpg|thumb|right|380px|The climate of Georgia makes it ideal for growing corn and harvesting grapes and tea]]
+{{For|the musician associated with Ratdog, Kingfish, and T-Bone Walker|Matthew Kelly (musician)}}
-'''[[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]’s''' [[climate]] and [[soil]] have made agriculture one of its most productive economic sectors; the eighteen percent of Georgian land that is arable provided thirty-two percent of the republic's NMP in 1990. In the Soviet period, swampy areas in the west were drained and arid regions in the east were salvaged by a complex [[irrigation]] system, allowing Georgian agriculture to expand production tenfold between 1918 and 1980. <ref name="LOC"> {{cite web|author=Curtis, Glenn E.|url=http://countrystudies.us/georgia/43.htm|title=Georgia: A Country Study:Agriculture|date=1991|publisher=Washington GPO for the [[Library of Congress]]|accessdate=September 4|accessyear=2008}}</ref> Production was hindered in the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] period, however, by the misallocation of agricultural land such as the assignment of prime grain fields to tea cultivation and excessive specialization. <ref name="LOC"/> Georgia’s emphasis on labor-intensive crops such as [[tea]] and [[grape]]s kept the rural work force at an unsatisfactory level of productivity. Some twenty-five percent of the Georgian work force was engaged in agriculture in 1990; thirty-seven percent had been so engaged in 1970.<ref name="LOC"/> In the spring of 1993, sowing of spring crops was reduced by onethird on state land and by a substantial amount on private land as well because of fuel and equipment shortages. For the first half of 1993, overall agricultural production was thirty-five percent less than for the same period of 1992.
+'''Matthew Kelly''' (born, David Kelly, [[9 May]] [[1950]], [[Urmston]], [[Lancashire]], [[England]]) is an [[England|English]] [[actor]], who made his name as a [[television presenter]].
-==Crops==
-[[Image:GWS Versuchsweinberge.JPG|thumb|right|300px|Vineyards in Georgia]]
-[[Image:GeorgiaGuriateaplnatation.jpg|thumb|right|300px| A tea plantation in Georgia]]
-In 1993 about eighty-five percent of cultivated land, excluding [[orchard]]s, [[vineyard]]s, and tea plantations, was dedicated to grains. Within that category, [[corn]] grew on forty percent of the land, and winter wheat on 37 percent. The second most important agricultural product is wine. Georgia has one of the world's oldest and finest [[Georgian wine|winemaking]] traditions; archeological findings indicate that wine was being made in Georgia as early as 300 B.C. <ref name="LOC2"> {{cite web|author=Curtis, Glenn E.|url=http://countrystudies.us/georgia/43.htm|title=Georgia: A Country Study:Crops|date=1991|publisher=Washington GPO for the [[Library of Congress]]|accessdate=September 4|accessyear=2008}}</ref>Some forty major wineries were operating in 1990, and about five hundred types of local wines are made. The center of the wine industry is [[Kakhetia]] in eastern Georgia. Georgia is also known for the high quality of its mineral waters. <ref name="LOC2"/>
+==Early life==
-Other important crops are tea, [[citrus fruit]]s, and noncitrus fruits, which account for 18.3 percent, 7.7 percent, and 8.4 percent of Georgia's agricultural output, respectively. Cultivation of tea and citrus fruit is confined to the western coastal area. <ref name="LOC2"/> Tea accounts for 36 percent of the output of the large food-processing industry, although the quality of Georgian tea dropped perceptibly under Soviet management in the 1970s and 1980s.  <ref name="LOC2"/> Animal husbandry, mainly the keeping of cattle, pigs, and sheep, accounts for about 25 percent of Georgia's agricultural output, although high density and low mechanization have hindered efficiency.  <ref name="LOC2"/>
+As a child, Kelly lived on Primrose Avenue in the town and became interested in acting at the Urmston Musical Theatre, most notably playing the role of Louis in a production of ''[[The King and I]]'' in 1963. He retains links with the theatre as their President.{{Fact|date=September 2008}}
+He studied drama at [[Manchester Metropolitan University|Manchester Polytechnic]] and joined in a theatre group which included [[Julie Walters]] and [[Pete Postlethwaite]]. After graduation, he made his professional debut at the Pavilion Theatre in [[Rhyl]]. After this debut he appeared regularly at [[Liverpool]]'s [[Everyman Theatre]] in the early 1970s.  During the late 1970s, Kelly was very prominent on the [[punk rock]] scene, playing bass with [[Rip Rag And Panic]] until 1982.{{Fact|date=September 2008}}
+==Career==
-Until 1991 other Soviet republics bought 95 percent of Georgia's processed tea, 62 percent of its wine, and 70 percent of its canned goods. In turn, Georgia depended on Russia for 75 percent of its grain. One-third of Georgia's meat and 60 percent of its [[dairy products]] were supplied from outside the republic. Failure to adjust these relationships contributed to Georgia's food crises in the early 1990s. <ref name="LOC2"/>
+He first major TV appearance was in the [[situation comedy]] ''Holding the Fort'' ([[London Weekend Television|LWT]]/[[ITV]]) in [[1980]] but became famous as part of the original team on ''[[Game for a Laugh]]'' for the same producers and network. For the next 14 years his work centered on [[light entertainment]] shows such as ''[[You Bet!]]'' ([[LWT]]/[[ITV]]) and, most notably, ''[[Stars in Their Eyes]]'' ([[Granada Television|Granada]]/[[ITV]]), which he took over from [[Leslie Crowther]] - initially on a part time basis until Crowther could not return due to ill health, and went on to host for 11 years until [[March 2004]]. He was also the first [[CITV]] presenter and continued to act occasionally, notably in the [[Channel 4]] comedy, ''Relative Strangers''.
+After leaving ''Stars in their Eyes'', Kelly declared that he would be returning to acting full time and would leave light entertainment behind. To this end he has appeared in a number of television and theater productions. In 2005 he was a member of the cast in [[BBC One]]'s ''[[Bleak House (2005)|Bleak House]]'' as Mr. Turveydrop. He also played a [[serial killer]] in 2005's ''[[Cold Blood]]'' and its [[Cold Blood II|2007 sequel]], as well as the explorer [[Giovanni Belzoni]] in [[BBC One]]'s ''[[Egypt (TV series)|Egypt]]''.
-==Land distribution==
-[[Image:Georgiangreenfarming.jpg|thumb|right|180px|An agrobusiness in Georgia]]
+On the stage he won an [[Olivier Award]] in 2003 for his portrayal of Lenny in [[John Steinbeck]]'s ''[[Of Mice and Men]]'' at the [[Savoy Theatre]]. Other work includes Ripafratta in ''[[Mirandolina]]'' at the [[Royal Exchange Theatre]] in [[August 2006]] which he swiftly followed by appearing as a well-received [[Antonio Salieri]] in [[Peter Shaffer]]'s play ''[[Amadeus]]''.
-Until the land-privatization program that began in 1992, most Georgian farms were state-run collectives averaging 428 hectares in size.  <ref name="LOC3"> {{cite web|author=Curtis, Glenn E.|url=http://countrystudies.us/georgia/43.htm|title=Georgia: A Country Study:Land distribution|date=1991|publisher=Washington GPO for the [[Library of Congress]]|accessdate=September 4|accessyear=2008}}</ref>Even under Soviet rule, however, Georgia had a vigorous private agricultural sector. In 1990, according to official statistics, the private sector contributed 46 percent of gross agricultural output, and private productivity averaged about twice that of the state farms. <ref name="LOC3"/> Under the state system, designated plots were leased to farmers and town dwellers for private crop and livestock raising. As during the Soviet era, more than half of Georgia's meat and milk and nearly half of its [[eggs]] come from private producers. <ref name="LOC3"/>
-[[Image:Georgiancattlefarmer.jpg|thumb|left|250px|A cattle farmer on a recently privatized farm outside [[Tbilisi]]]]
+In 2007 Kelly starred in the play ''[[Forgotten Voices]]'' at the [[Riverside Studios]] in [[Hammersmith, London]] and at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, appearing at the Assembly Rooms.
-As was the case with enterprise privatization, Gamsakhurdia postponed systematic land reform because he feared that local mafias would dominate the redistribution process. But within weeks of his ouster in early 1992, the new government issued a [[land reform]] resolution providing land grants of one-half hectare to individuals with the stipulation that the land be farmed. Commissions were established in each village to inventory land parcels and identify those to be privatized. Limitations were placed on what the new "owners" could do with their land, and would-be private farmers faced serious problems in obtaining seeds, fertilizer, and equipment. By the end of 1993, over half the cultivated land was in private hands. Small plots were given free to city dwellers to relieve the acute food shortage that year.<ref name="LOC3"/>
+==Criminal charges==
+Kelly has not been accused of [[child molestation]], after police probed allegations of a dalliance with a young boy dating back to the 1970s.<ref>{{Citation | last = Hopkins | first = Nick | author-link =  | last2 = Allison | first2 = Rebecca | author2-link =  | title = Matthew Kelly arrested in child abuse inquiry | newspaper = The Guardian | pages =  | year = | date = [[16 January]] [[2003]] | url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2003/jan/16/childprotection.television}}</ref> However, Kelly was subsequently cleared of all charges, <ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/2794967.stm "Kelly's fight back to fame"] ([[24 February]] [[2003]]). Retrieved on [[16 September]] [[2008]].</ref> and his subsequent move away from light entertainment and back onto the stage has been a considerable success.
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