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| Birth name | Andrew Neil Hamilton |
| Born | 28 May 1954 Fulham, London, England |
| Medium | Radio, television |
| Education | Downing College, Cambridge (BA) |
| Years active | 1972–present |
| Genres | Political satire |
| Subject(s) | Politics |
| Spouse | Libby Asher (m. 1988) |
| Children | 3 |
| Notable works and roles | Old Harry's Game Outnumbered |
Andrew Neil Hamilton (born 28 May 1954) is a British comedian, television director, comedy screenwriter, radio dramatist, novelist and actor.
Hamilton was born in Fulham, West London. He was educated at Westminster City School which was then a voluntary aided grammar school [1] and later read English at Downing College, Cambridge, where he was a member of the Cambridge University Light Entertainment Society (CULES).
Hamilton first came to notice while performing at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in the 1970s. In the mid-1970s he sustained himself by taking jobs at Harrods and the Post Office before joining the BBC in 1976. [2]
His early radio work, mostly on BBC Radio 4, included Week Ending , The News Huddlines and The Million Pound Radio Show (with Nick Revell). He has since appeared regularly in Chelmsford 123 , Have I Got News for You , The News Quiz , QI , and If I Ruled the World . Hamilton is frequently invited as a panellist on The News Quiz and as a guest panellist on I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue .
On television, he has been a regular contributor to a range of comedy programmes, and co-created The Kit Curran Radio Show , [3] Drop the Dead Donkey , [4] and Outnumbered [5] with Guy Jenkin.
He is the voice of Dr Elephant, the dentist in the animation series Peppa Pig . He was also the original voice of Bob Fish, who is also a dentist, in the cartoon Bob and Margaret . Hamilton is also the voice of Captain Squid, the pirate in the children's show Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom .
On 16 March 2007, he co-presented BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour programme alongside usual presenter Martha Kearney as part of that day's Comic Relief fundraising activities, after defeating Richard Hammond and Kelvin MacKenzie in a poll.
Since 1995, Hamilton has written and played the lead role of Satan in the Radio 4 sitcom Old Harry's Game . He toured with his UK stand-up show Hat of Doom in 2008.
In 2009, Hamilton presented the BBC Four series It's Only a Theory with Reginald D. Hunter.
BBC Radio 4 broadcast two four-part series of Andy Hamilton Sort of Remembers, in 2017 and 2018. Series 1 comprised the topics of childhood, politics, the human body, and animals, based on his own personal experiences of them. [6]
He has no thumb on his right hand. He joked that it was amputated when he was five "by a surgeon who felt that symmetry was over-rated" to the audience of Andy Hamilton Sort of Remembers on Radio 4 in October 2017. [7] [8]
He married Libby Asher in 1988, and they have three children.[ citation needed ]
He is a supporter of Chelsea Football Club.
Hamilton has written for:
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