Education
University of Edinburgh.
University of Edinburgh.
Having started stand-up whilst in his final year of Law at the University of Edinburgh, a year which saw him make the final of both the Paramount Funniest Student and Chortle Student Comedian Of The Year competitions, he is now a regular on the United Kingdom comedy circuit. Having been dubbed one of Scotland"s "Hottest Newcomers" by The Scotsman after his performance in front of 750 people at the Glasgow Fruitmarket, he now gigs all over the United Kingdom including The Stand (Glasgow and Edinburgh), The Comedy Store (Manchester and London), Office The Kerb and various smaller clubs. Stirling also appeared in a singing contest in 2002.
After being spotted at a gig, Iain has since presented the CBBC Channel along with his canine sidekick Hacker T. Dog from the CBBC television show Scoop, and other sidekicks including Dodge the Dog, "The Toad of Wisdom", and "Pig With "Tasche".
He has also worked as a writer on a number of projects for the likes of CBBC and British Broadcasting Corporation Scotland. He also appeared in Scoop as the postboy in the first four episodes of the new series.
Iain presents CBBC"s show, Help! Stirling also presented 12 Again, a show in which celebrities talk about what they were like when they were twelve. Stirling also co-presents All Over the Place.
In 2012, he made an appearance on Russell Howard"s Good News Extra.
On 1 February 2013 Stirling left CBBC but returned in September 2015 for CBBC"s 30th anniversary. Since October 2012, he has been touring with Russell Kane as a warm up act for "Posturing Delivery". Since 7 June 2015, Stirling narrates the ITV2 dating show Love Island.
In early October 2013, Stirling began recording for a new series for CBBC, The Dog Ate My Homework, which was commissioned as the CBBC answer to Mock the Week.
Stirling hosts the show of "off-the-wall questions, nonsensical studio games, and slapstick challenges". He was nominated for a British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 2014 for best children"s presenter for his hosting of the programme Foreign Two Series.
lieutenant was then announced in July 2015 that a further Third Series has been renewed by British Broadcasting Corporation Scotland. lieutenant is due to be filmed in Glasgow in September 2015 with Stirling presenting again.