Iain Stirling is a Scottish comedian, writer, television presenter, and narrator, born on 27 January 1988 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He began performing stand-up comedy while studying law at the University of Edinburgh, becoming a finalist in the Chortle Student Comedian of the Year competition. He started his television career on CBBC, later co-writing and hosting the panel show The Dog Ate My Homework. Since June 2015, Stirling has narrated ITV2's Love Island, and he took on narration duties for Love Island USA in 2022. He has also hosted the game show CelebAbility, competed on Taskmaster, and appeared on Celebrity Gogglebox and Celebrity MasterChef. Stirling has written and starred in the ITV2 sitcom Buffering and published a book, Not Ready to Adult Yet, in 2018.

Filmography

• 2025Love Island: Decade of Love — Self - Narrator, Writer
• 2023Laugh Till It Hurts: In aid of The Felix Project
• Fin vs the Internet — Voice Only
• 2022Iain Stirling Failing Upwards
• Buffering — Iain, Creator
• Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains — Guest
• Love Island USA — Narrator (voice)
• Shopping with Keith Lemon
• Celebrity Catchphrase
• Love Island — Self - Narrator (voice), Additional Writing
• BBC Comedy Feeds — Spunk
• Horrible Histories — Additional Voices, Love Island Narrator
• Scoop — Newspaper Deliverer
• Phineas and Ferb — Dating Show Host (voice)
• Celebrity Mastermind

Appearances as themselves (32)

• Race Against the Tide — Self - Presenter
• Iain Stirling's Roast The Internet — Self
• Love Island: All Stars — Self - Narrator (voice)
• Out of Order — Self - Guest
• Romesh Ranganathan's Parents' Evening — Self
• The Traitors: Uncloaked — Self
• Love Island Games — Self - Narrator (voice)
• 2023Mary Berry's Highland Christmas — Self
• Blankety Blank — Self - Panellist
• Paul Sinha's TV Showdown — Self
• The Weakest Link — Self - Contestant
• Channel Hopping with Jon Richardson — Self
• Michael McIntyre's The Wheel — Self - Expert
• 2019Selling Scotland — Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• Roast Battle — Self
• The Big Narstie Show — Self
• CelebAbility — Self
• Richard Osman's House of Games — Self - Contestant
• 2017Scotland's Big Night Out — Self
• The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice — Self
• The Russell Howard Hour — Self
• Celebrity Advice Bureau — Self
• 2015Hacker's Birthday Bash: 30 Years of Children's BBC — Self
• Taskmaster — Self
• The Dog Ate My Homework — Self - Presenter
• Virtually Famous — Self - Panelist
• Tipping Point: Lucky Stars — Self - Contestant
• All Over the Place — Self - Host
• Comedy Central at the Comedy Store — Self - Host
• Live at the Apollo — Self - Presenter
• The Late Late Show — Self