Paddy Feeny

Paddy Feeny (25 April 1931 – 10 June 2018) was a British broadcaster. He was a presenter of the BBC World Service's Saturday Special (later renamed Sportsworld) programme from 1959 to 1995.

Biography After working in theatre, Feeny's broadcasting career began at the age of 26, when he was employed by the Midlands Region of the BBC Home Service (now BBC Radio 4) in Birmingham. He moved to the World Service in the late 1950s, and began presenting Saturday Special in 1959. and for the BBC Science contest Young Scientists of the Year.

Later years Feeny retired not long after the death of his wife Patricia Brewer in 1994, and he presented his last edition of Sportsworld in June 1995.