McGuinness made his television debut in 1995 as a contestant for the show ''
God's Gift. He also appeared in the second series of the Sky 1 show The Match. On 15 May 2006, McGuinness hosted Inside Wayne Rooney'' on Sky 1, a programme where he completed different tasks to see the difference between him and the professional footballer. McGuinness' other television work includes his own
Chuck Stryker: The Unknown Stuntman on
E4 which he wrote and starred in opposite Jonathan Wrather and a few other familiar faces. McGuinness presented
Stars in Their Cars, a series for the
Travel Channel in 2016.
Rory and Paddy First airing on 13 August 2008, McGuinness co-starred in a television series with British comedian
Rory McGrath, broadcast on
Channel 5, ''
Rory and Paddy's Great British Adventure''. This was a four-part series in which McGuinness and McGrath embark on a nationwide road-trip, "on a mission to explore Britain's sporting heritage by probing the hidden life of its towns and villages". The series focuses on arcane sports, such as
cheese rolling. A second series began on 20 September 2010 on Channel 5.
Channel 4 In 2006, McGuinness guest hosted ''
The Paul O'Grady Show. He presented the entertainment series Hotel GB in 2012. In 2013 McGuinness presented Paddy's TV Guide. In 2014 McGuinness narrated the three-part charity series Stars at Your Service for Channel 4. In 2015, he presented the Channel 4 daytime game show series Benchmark'' for 30 episodes as well as five celebrity editions. From April 2023, he hosted new reality show
Tempting Fortune, which was renewed for a second series in 2024. In August 2023, Channel 4 announced McGuinness as presenter for ''Don't Look Down
in aid of Stand Up to Cancer. In 2015, he regularly starred in the ITV2 comedy show The Keith Lemon Sketch Show''. McGuinness played the role of policeman Ian in the ITV comedy
The Delivery Man, beginning in April 2015. In 2015, McGuinness guest starred in six episodes of
Coronation Street, playing the role of
Dougie Ryan. The episodes were shown in August. On Christmas Eve in 2015 he presented one-off ITV special,
The ABBA Christmas Party He starred in the ITV comedy series
The Keith & Paddy Picture Show with
Keith Lemon in 2017. It returned for a second series in April 2018. In January 2018, McGuinness presented
The Greatest TV Moments of All Time, a one-off special for
ITV. McGuinness has appeared as a panellist on numerous episodes of
Keith Lemon's shows
Celebrity Juice and
Through the Keyhole. In 2019, he replaced
Fearne Cotton as team captain on the former show. He left after one series due to other work commitments.
BBC Paddy co-presented two episodes of
Even Better Than the Real Thing on
BBC One. McGuinness presented ''
Paddy McGuinness' Sport Relief Warm-Up and was one of the presenters for the 2018 Sport Relief show. He provided the voiceover for the BBC series Ready or Not'' in 2018. In 2018, McGuinness began co-presenting series 27 of
Top Gear. In 2020, it was announced that McGuinness and fellow
Top Gear presenter
Freddie Flintoff would host
Total Wipeout: Freddie and Paddy Takeover, a six episode best of series, featuring the presenters narrating classic episodes of
Total Wipeout. The first episode aired on 8 August 2020 and received negative reviews. In 2021, McGuinness replaced
Sue Barker as host of BBC game show
Question of Sport for its 51st series. In 2024 he replaced
Gregg Wallace as host for
Inside the Factory. ==Radio==