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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]

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Early life

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]

Career

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]

Filmography

TV
YearProgrammeChannelNotes
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 BBCSeries 17, Episode 1 [46]
Comedy Central at The Comedy Store Comedy CentralSeries 5, Episodes 2 and 7 [47]
Roast Battle Series 2, Episode 4 [48]
2019' Don't Hate the Playaz ITVSeries Regular [49]
The Stand Up Sketch Show Series 1, Episode 3 [50]
The Dog Ate My Homework BBC [51]
Hypothetical DaveSeries 1, Episode 6 [52]
The Comedy Bus Comedy CentralSeries 1, Episode 6 [53]
Comic Relief BBCCelebrity University Challenge aired as part of a telethon [54]
CelebAbility ITVSeries 4, Episode 4 [55]
Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier DaveSeries 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 DaveEpisode 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 BBCSeries 17, Episode 2 [62]
2020 8 out of 10 Cats E4 Series 22, Episode 7 [63]
Comedy Against Living Miserably DaveSeries 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 FolkDaveCo-presenter [44]
2022The Real Dirty DancingE4Contestant [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 TakeawaysBBC TwoCo-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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