Darren Harriott | |
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| Born | 1 September 1988  |
| Website | https://darrenharriott.com |
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]
Harriott was born to parents Patrick and Paulette, and grew up in Oldbury, near Birmingham in the West Midlands. [4] His father was a drug dealer who was incarcerated during Harriott's childhood. He died by suicide while Harriott was still a child. [4]
Harriott moved to London at the age of 26 to pursue a career in comedy. He worked as a security guard at venues including the Hammersmith Apollo to finance his early years. [5]
Harriott has toured the UK with his shows "Visceral" and "Good Heart Yute," [6] [7] and regularly appears at comedy clubs across the country. [8] His stand-up shows became the basis for his BBC Radio 4 series Darren Harriott's Black Label. [9]
Harriott has appeared on multiple television shows such as Live at the Apollo , [10] The Last Leg , [11] Ghost Bus Tours, [12] Hey Tracey! , [13] Comedy Games Night, [14] 8 Out of 10 Cats , [15] The Apprentice: You're Fired! , [16] The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice , [17] Catchpoint for Sport Relief, [18] University Challenge for Comic Relief, [19] CelebAbility , [20] The Stand Up Sketch Show, [21] Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier , [22] Celebrity Mastermind , [23] Pointless Celebrities , [24] Dave Gorman: Terms and Conditions Apply, [25] Dave's Comedy Against Living Miserably, [26] Comedy Central Live, [27] Roast Battle , Mock the Week , [28] Comedy Central at the Comedy Store, [29] Hypothetical , [30] Russell Howard's Stand Up Central , [31] Don't Hate the Playaz, Love Island , [32] and The Comedy Bus. [33]
On radio he has hosted Newsjack Unplugged , [34] Comedy of the Week [35] for BBC Radio 4 and the BBC Radio 4 Summer Festival. [36] Radio appearances include BBC Radio 4 shows Best of the Fest [37] and The Now Show , [38] and BBC Radio 5 Live comedy sports panel show Fighting Talk . [39]
He appeared on Dave's Campaign Against Living Miserably , where he discussed his father's incarceration and death. [40]
In late 2021, Harriott co-presented the Dave travelogue British as Folk alongside fellow comedians Ivo Graham and Fern Brady. In 2022, he was a regular panellist on Love Island's companion show Aftersun. [41] He co-hosts the podcast Shame is Delicious with Eshaan Akbar. [42] [43]
In 2023, Harriott was a contestant on the fifteenth series of Dancing on Ice. [44]
| Year | Programme | Channel | Notes |
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| 2016 | Stand Up Central | Comedy Central | Series 2, Episode 1 |
| 2017 | Live at the Apollo | BBC | Series 13, Episode 3 [45] |
| 2018 | The Great Xmas Rant | ITV | - |
| Mock the Week | BBC | Series 17, Episode 1 [46] | |
| Comedy Central at The Comedy Store | Comedy Central | Series 5, Episodes 2 and 7 [47] | |
| Roast Battle | Series 2, Episode 4 [48] | ||
| 2019 | ' Don't Hate the Playaz | ITV | Series Regular [49] |
| The Stand Up Sketch Show | Series 1, Episode 3 [50] | ||
| The Dog Ate My Homework | BBC | [51] | |
| Hypothetical | Dave | Series 1, Episode 6 [52] | |
| The Comedy Bus | Comedy Central | Series 1, Episode 6 [53] | |
| Comic Relief | BBC | Celebrity University Challenge aired as part of a telethon [54] | |
| CelebAbility | ITV | Series 4, Episode 4 [55] | |
| Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier | Dave | Series 2, Episode 2 [56] | |
| The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice | Channel 4 | Series 3, Episode 8 [57] | |
| Dave Gorman's Terms and Conditions Apply | Dave | Episode 5 [58] | |
| The Apprentice: You're Fired! | BBC- | Series 14, Episode 5 [59] | |
| Live at the Apollo | Host/Presenter, Series 15 [60] | ||
| Romesh Presents... | Sky | Host/Presenter, Episode 8: Stan By Your Man [61] | |
| Celebrity Mastermind | BBC | Series 17, Episode 2 [62] | |
| 2020 | 8 out of 10 Cats | E4 | Series 22, Episode 7 [63] |
| Comedy Against Living Miserably | Dave | Series 1, Episode 2 [64] | |
| 2021 | Outsiders | Series 2 | |
| Richard Osman's House of Games | BBC Two | Series 4, Episodes 66–70 [65] | |
| Would You Rather? | CBBC | Host/Presenter | |
| British as Folk | Dave | Co-presenter [44] | |
| 2022 | The Real Dirty Dancing | E4 | Contestant [66] |
| Backstage with Katherine Ryan | Amazon Prime Video | Series 1, Episode 5 [67] | |
| Love Island: Aftersun | ITV | Regular panellist; series 8 [68] | |
| Britain's Top Takeaways | BBC Two | Co-presenter [69] | |
| 2023 | Dancing on Ice | ITV | Contestant; series 15 [70] |
| Weakest Link | BBC One | Contestant; Series 3, Episode 4 [71] |
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