Darren Harriott

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Darren Harriott
Born1 September 1988 Edit this on Wikidata (age 33)
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Darren Harriott (born 1 September 1988) is a British stand-up comedian from Oldbury, West Midlands.[1] He was nominated for the Best Newcomer Award and Best Show Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2017 and 2019 respectively.[2][3]

Career[]

Harriott has toured the UK with his shows ‘Visceral’ and ‘Good Heart Yute’,[4][5] and regularly appears at comedy clubs across the country.[6] His stand-up shows became the basis for his BBC Radio 4 series Darren Harriott’s Black Label.[7]

Harriott has appeared on multiple television shows such as Live at the Apollo,[8] The Last Leg,[9] Ghost Bus Tours,[10] Hey Tracey,[11] Comedy Games Night,[12] 8 Out of 10 Cats,[13] The Apprentice: You’re Fired!,[14] Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice,[15] Catchpoint for Sport Relief,[16] University Challenge for Comic Relief,[17] CelebAbility,[18] The Stand Up Sketch Show,[19] Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier,[20] Celebrity Mastermind,[21] Pointless Celebrities,[22] Dave Gorman: Terms and Conditions Apply,[23] Dave’s Comedian’s Against Living Miserably,[24] Comedy Central Live,[25] Roast Battle,[26] Mock the Week,[27] Comedy Central at the Comedy Store,[28] Hypothetical,[29] Russell Howard’s Stand Up Central,[30] Don't Hate the Playaz and The Comedy Bus.[31]

On radio he has hosted Newsjack Unplugged,[32] Comedy of the Week[33] for BBC Radio 4 and the BBC Radio 4 Summer Festival.[34] Radio appearances include BBC Radio 4 shows Best of the Fest[35] and The Now Show,[36] and BBC Radio 5 Live comedy sports panel show Fighting Talk.[37]

He appeared on Dave's Campaign Against Living Miserably, where he discussed the fact that his father was a drug addict/dealer who hanged himself in prison on 2 March 2000.[38]

In late 2021, Harriott co-presented the Dave travelogue British as Folk alongside fellow comedians Ivo Graham and Fern Brady.[39]

Filmography[]

TV
Year Programme Channel Notes
2016 Stand Up Central Comedy Central Series 2, Episode 1
2017 Live at the Apollo BBC Series 13 Episode 3[40]
2018 ITV -
2018 Mock the Week BBC Series 17: Episode 1[41]
2018 Comedy Central Series 5: Episode 2, Episode 7[42]
2018 Roast Battle Comedy Central Series 2: Episode 4[43]
2019 ITV Series Regular[44]
2019 ITV Series 1 Episode 3[45]
2019 The Dog Ate My Homework BBC [46]
2019 Hypothetical Dave Series 1 Episode 6[47]
2019 Comedy Central Series 1 Episode 6[48]
2019 Comic Relief BBC Celebrity University Challenge aired as part of a telethon[49]
2019 ITV Series 4 Episode 4[50]
2019 Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier Dave Series 2 Episode 2[51]
2019 The Great British Bake Off: Channel 4 Series 3 Episode 8[52]


2019 Dave Episode 5[53]
2019 The Apprentice: You're Fired BBC Series 14 Episode 5[54]
2019 Live at the Apollo BBC Host/Presenter Series 15[55]
2019 Sky Host/Presenter Episode 8: Stan By Your Man[56]


2019 Celebrity Mastermind BBC Series 17 Episode 2[57]
2020 8 out of 10 Cats E4 Series 22 Episode 7[58]
2020 Dave Series 1 Episode 2[59]
2021 Richard Osman's House of Games BBC Two Series 4, Episodes 66–70[60]
2021 Would You Rather? CBBC Host/Presenter
2021 British as Folk Dave Co-presenter[39]

References[]

  1. ^ "Series 2 Halloween Special". Hey Tracey!. 26 October 2020. ITV2.
  2. ^ Logan, Brian (23 August 2017). "Edinburgh comedy awards: the nominees in full". The Guardian.
  3. ^ "Edinburgh Comedy awards 2019: surrealists, standups and sausage act vie for prize". The Guardian. 21 August 2019.
  4. ^ Guide, British Comedy. "Darren Harriott: Visceral". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
  5. ^ Guide, British Comedy. "Darren Harriott: Good Heart Yute". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
  6. ^ "About Darren | Darren Harriott". darrenharriott.com.
  7. ^ "BBC Radio 4 - Darren Harriott: Black Label". BBC. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
  8. ^ Guide, British Comedy. "Live At The Apollo Series 13, Episode 3 - Rob Beckett, Jen Brister, Darren Harriott". British Comedy Guide.
  9. ^ Guide, British Comedy. "The Last Leg Series 20, Episode 4". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  10. ^ Guide, British Comedy. "Ghost Bus Tours - ITV2 Comedy". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  11. ^ Guide, British Comedy. "Hey Tracey! Series 2, Episode 4". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  12. ^ Guide, British Comedy. "Comedy Game Night Series 1, Episode 6". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  13. ^ "8 Out of 10 Cats: 8 Out of 10 Cats - On Demand". Channel 4. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  14. ^ "The Apprentice: You're Fired! - TV Episode Calendar". episodecalendar.com. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  15. ^ "The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice: The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice - On Demand". Channel 4. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  16. ^ "BBC One - Catchpoint, for Sport Relief 2020, Episode 1". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  17. ^ "Comic Relief Does University Challenge". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  18. ^ Iain Stirling's CelebAbility - Series 3 - Episode 4, retrieved 2021-04-01
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  21. ^ "BBC One - Celebrity Mastermind, 2019/2020, Episode 2". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  22. ^ "BBC One - Pointless Celebrities, Series 12, Comedians". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
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  25. ^ Guide, British Comedy. "Comedy Central Live Series 1, Episode 4 - Darren Harriott". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  26. ^ , Wikipedia, 2021-03-26, retrieved 2021-04-01
  27. ^ "BBC Two - Mock the Week, Series 17, Episode 1". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  28. ^ Guide, British Comedy. "Darren Harriott - House Share - Comedy Central At The Comedy Store". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  29. ^ Guide, British Comedy. "Hypothetical Series 1, Episode 6". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  30. ^ Guide, British Comedy. "Stand Up Central Series 2, Episode 1". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  31. ^ Guide, British Comedy. "The Comedy Bus - Comedy Central Comedy". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  32. ^ "BBC Radio 4 Extra - Newsjack, Newsjack Unplugged, Series 4, Episode 8". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  33. ^ "BBC Sounds - Comedy of the Week - Available Episodes". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  34. ^ "BBC Radio 4 - Summer Comedy Festival, Darren Harriott". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  35. ^ "BBC Radio 4 - Fresh From the Fringe, Fresh from the Fringe 2018 - Part 2, Episode Two - Darren Harriott". BBC.
  36. ^ "The Now Show - Next on - BBC Radio 4". BBC.
  37. ^ "BBC Radio 5 live - Fighting Talk, Des Kelly, Kath Merry, Greg Brady, Darren Harriott". BBC.
  38. ^ "Series 1, Episode 2". Comedy Against Living Miserably. 22 April 2020. Dave.
  39. ^ a b Golby, Joel. "British As Folk: three comedians in a campervan have fun with history". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
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  43. ^ "Roast Battle - Season - TV Series | Comedy Central UK".
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  46. ^ "The Dog Ate My Homework - Series 7: 8. Kieron v Leah" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
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  48. ^ "The Comedy Bus Series and Episode Guides | TV from RadioTimes". Radio Times.
  49. ^ "BBC One - Comic Relief, 2019, University Challenge". BBC.
  50. ^ "Iain Stirling's CelebAbility - S3 - Episode 4". Radio Times.
  51. ^ "Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier | Dave Channel". dave.uktv.co.uk.
  52. ^ "The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice: The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice - Episode Guide". Channel 4.
  53. ^ "Dave Gorman: Terms and Conditions Apply | Dave Channel". dave.uktv.co.uk.
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  56. ^ "Romesh Presents". Sky.
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  58. ^ "8 Out of 10 Cats: 8 Out of 10 Cats - On Demand". Channel 4.
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