During the early 1970s, Monteith performed as a guest comedian on various talk shows, including
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson,
The Merv Griffin Show and
The Mike Douglas Show. In 1976, Monteith had a short-lived variety show on
CBS,
The Kelly Monteith Show. After successful guest appearances on British talk shows, he was offered his own series by the
BBC. Montieth was given his break in the UK by Des O'Connor in 1977 on his show "Des O'Connor Tonight" and featured as regular guest comedian thereafter. In 1979,
Kelly Monteith was broadcast, and ran for six seasons. From 2014 to 2020, Monteith co-hosted
Brit Flix with Kelly, Paul and Two-Buck Chuck. From 2019 to 2020, Monteith worked again with The Anglophile Channel in ''Kelly Monteith's BBC Memories''. The series looked back at Monteith's groundbreaking BBC series,
Kelly Monteith. == Personal life ==