Harry Hill

Harry Hill

Date of birth: 01-10-1964

Harry Hill was born in Woking in 1964, grew up in Kent and lived as a teenager in Hong Kong. He trained as a doctor, holds a medical degree from the University of London, and is still registered as a medical practitioner.



He made his comedy debut at the Edinburgh Fringe in 1992, winning the Perrier best newcomer prize. It lead t comedy series for BBC Two and Channel 4, before he created Harry Hill's TV Burp for ITV, which ran for 11 years from 2001. More recently he created Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule, two series of Harry Hill’s Tea-Time and Harry Hill's World of TV.

He is the long-standing voice of ITV's You've Been Framed and is the co-host of Channel 4's Junior Bake Off.

Hill has written several joke books, the children’s novel series Matt Millz and the autobiography, Fight: Thirty Years Not Quite At The Top. He is also an artist and has shown his work at the Royal Academy.

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Harry Hill launches family-friendly podcast

...and he needs your jokes

Harry Hill has launched a new family-friendly podcast.

Are We There Yet? features listeners’ jokes, comedians and other celebrities sharing childhood memories and experts talking about topic such as  ants, blood and the Moon.

Guests will include Alan Carr, Gyles Brandreth, Josh Widdicombe, Suzi Ruffell,  Grayson Perry and pastry chef Ravneet Gill – as well as the regular characters of Hill’s son Garry and Sarah the AI Bot.

Hill has put out a call for fans to send jokes  for when his son ‘takes over the family business’. Submit a voicenote to harry@arewethereyetpod.co.uk. Contributors get a free badge.

Are We There Yet? is being launched on all the main podcast platforms today. It is made by Keep it Light Media, whose other podcasts include Parenting Hell with Rob Beckett & Josh Widdicombe  and Alan Carr’s Life’s A Beach.

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Published: 24 Apr 2024

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