Harry Hill pursued a career in stand-up following years working as a medical doctor, developing an off-beat, energetic performance style that fused elements of surrealism, observational comedy, slapstick, satire and music.
37 Facts About Harry Hill
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Harry Hill won the Perrier Award for Best Newcomer at the 1992 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and began his career in radio and television comedy with the radio series Harry Hill's Fruit Corner.
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At the age of 14, Harry Hill moved with his family to Hong Kong for two years and attended Island School there.
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Harry Hill was later educated at Angley School and then Cranbrook School in Kent and St George's Hospital Medical School.
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Harry Hill received his MBBS medical degree from the University of London in 1988.
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Harry Hill worked as a house officer at Doncaster Royal Infirmary, before quitting the medical profession because he "didn't feel in control of what was happening"; he is still registered on the General Medical Council's list of Registered Medical Practitioners.
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Harry Hill achieved his breakthrough in 1992, when he won the Perrier Award for Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
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Harry Hill hosted the show as himself, and each week, he was joined by various guest performers, as well as regular character actors including Al Murray and Burt Kwouk.
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Harry Hill was a regular on Saturday Live, which was broadcast in 1996 on ITV for eight episodes.
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Harry Hill got his own television series on Channel 4 in 1997.
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In October 2005, Hill wrote and starred in Harry Hill's Shark Infested Custard, a thirteen part show broadcast in the CITV children's television slot, on ITV.
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The Harry Hill Movie premiered in the United Kingdom on 20 December 2013.
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The film sees Harry Hill embark on a road trip to Blackpool with his Nan when he discovers that his hamster only has one week to live.
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Harry Hill presented a revived version of the ITV talent show Stars in Their Eyes.
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Fans of the original format were extremely critical of it, saying that Harry Hill had made the show about himself rather than the contestants.
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The panel show sees Harry Hill welcoming two teams of two celebrity guests as they are tasked with saving planet Earth from alien invasion by sending evidence that Earthlings are good fun and therefore worthy of saving from destruction.
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Harry Hill alludes to the premise of the show as being rather tenuous in a running joke during each show's introduction, before introducing the two teams of guests, usually a mix of comedians and television stars.
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In 2020, Harry Hill started presenting Harry Hill's World of TV.
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In 2002, Harry Hill published a novel entitled Flight From Deathrow, based around the unlikely antics of real-life celebrities and politicians, as seen through the eyes of a storyteller who drifts in and out of a coma.
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Harry Hill's third book, The Further Adventures of the Queen Mum, was published in October 2007, and was a comic take on the life and times of the Queen Mother.
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Harry Hill's fourth novel, Tim the Tiny Horse at Large, which is a sequel to Tim the Tiny Horse, was published in October 2009.
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In 2010, Harry Hill released Livin' the Dreem, a fictional account of a year in his life with frequent references to pop culture.
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Harry Hill sang in 2001 "This Charming Man" by The Smiths as Morrissey in Stars in their Eyes.
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In February 2001, and again in April, Harry Hill appeared on Lily Savage's Blankety Blank.
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Harry Hill has appeared as a guest on the BBC Radio 4 series I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, in the ChuckleVision episode "Mind Your Manors", the first episode of the twentieth series, and as Joon Boolay in the Sky Atlantic sitcom This is Jinsy.
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In October 2006, Harry Hill presented his own episode of long running ITV series, An Audience With.
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In November 2010, Harry Hill released his debut comic album, 'Funny Times'.
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Harry Hill was directly involved in its creation and is co-credited with Parkinson.
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On 13 December 2006, Harry Hill won two Highland Spring British Comedy Awards, over the favourites Ant and Dec, which Harry Hill made light of in his acceptance speeches.
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Harry Hill won again in 2011, but was unable to be there and sent Wagbo to collect it on his behalf.
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Harry Hill was nominated for 3 other awards, including the People's Choice Award, which was won by Miranda Hart.
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Harry Hill married artist Magda Archer in 1996, in Wandsworth, London.
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On 17 July 2014, Harry Hill was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Arts by the University of Kent, in recognition of his contribution to television and the arts.
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On 25 August 2016, Harry Hill became a patron of Action Duchenne which funds research for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, and fights for improved standards of care.
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On 8 March 2023, Harry Hill joined math-rock band Black Midi onstage during their residency at the Village Underground in London.
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Harry Hill performed a verse of Cardi B's "I Like It" to applause.
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Harry Hill is a supporter of the Labour Party and canvassed for the party during the 2015 general election.