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ITV Love Island star unrecognisable since kids TV show role
ITV Love Island star unrecognisable since kids TV show role
Iain Stirling has been the voice over for Love Island since 2015 and fans of the hit ITV2 show have been left stunned to see him in a throwback photo to his first ever TV role
Iain has been the voiceover on Love Island since 2015
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A Love Island star is barely recognisable in a photograph from an overlooked role on a once-popular children's television programme. Love Island has made a comeback this month, already causing a stir with some brutal new twists and surprises wreaking havoc in the villa.
From fresh bombshells to secrets being unveiled, tensions are escalating. Despite new challenges and new surprises, one thing has stayed consistent since the series returned in 2015, Iain Stirling. The sarcastic Scottish comedian is now for his witty voiceover of the reality show, however some may know him for different reasons.
Iain Stirling was once the face of a CBBC programme, and in fact it was his first gig alongside his canine co-star Hacker T Dog. For the latest TV and showbiz gossip sign up to our newsletter .
The Love Island star hosted Scoop on CBBC, providing links between shows around 16 years ago. He left CBBC in 2013, only to return for a special 30th-anniversary celebration two years later.
He went on to present programmes like The Dog Ate My Homework and Love Island on ITV2. He is also recognised as a comedian and a writer.
However, as the latest series of Love Island graces our screens, a major throwback photo reveals the star looking vastly different from his current appearance. In a photo shared last year, Stirling sports longer hair than he does today and looks significantly younger as he poses next to fan favourite Hacker T Dog and Phil Fletcher who is the puppeteer behind the character.
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Iain said: "The wonderful @philfletcherofficial just sent me a load of these absolute CLASSICS! Who remembers the classic CBBC days?"
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Fans were eager to join in the conversation, with some only now realising it is the popular voiceover artist. They said: "How have I just realised this is you!??"
Another joked: "Omg I can't believe that's you and I didn't put it together! You said you were on a show but I had no idea you were my little teen crush! Awkward"
One person said: "This was my whole childhood mate"
Another chimed in: "Ngl. I actually think I remember watching you on ur first day and I'm now in college. That makes me feel super old!".
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Someone else simply wrote: "Memories!".
Now, as we know Iain works on Love Island and Love Island USA, but he also co-hosts the podcast Murder They Wrote with his wife and presenter, Laura Whitmore. The pair married in 2020 and they have a 4-year-old daughter together.
