Harry Hill
- 60 years old
- English
- Actor, writer, executive producer, comedian, director and editor
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Radio Times review
Harry Hill returns as the multi-spectacled boffin of Norman Hunter's children's books. After Branestawm's TV introduction last Christmas, his cartoonish adventures are once again adapted by in-demand writer Charlie Higson. This time the chocolate-box village of Pagwell is, fortuitously, hosting an invention contest. But has Branestawm met his match in the ingenious Professor Algebrain (Steve Pemberton)?
Among an extraordinary cast giving fruity performances are Diana Rigg, Simon Day, Vicki Pepperdine, Matt Berry and his absurd intonations, Sophie Thompson and David Mitchell. From the clips available to RT, it's wildly eccentric, old-school and very funny - with a barking mad chase sequence.
Mark Braxton, Radio Times, 16th December 2015Harry Hill may return to ITV with spoof cookery show
The comic, real name Matthew Hall is hoping to bring his madcap comic creation back to the channel three years after ending Harry Hill's TV Burp.
Ben Dowell, Radio Times, 28th November 2015Pictures: Harry Hill filming Professor Branestawm
Harry Hill looked worlds apart from his usual appearance when he was pictured filming scenes for a short film about inventor Professor Branestawm for a BBC One Christmas special.
Daily Mail, 18th October 2015Harry Hill begins filming another Professor Branestawm
Filming is underway on The Further Adventures Of Professor Branestawm, a second episode of the show in which Harry Hill plays the famous inventor character.
British Comedy Guide, 6th October 2015Pictures: Harry Hill's new beard
Still sporting his signature black frames, Harry Hill appears to have opted for a more rugged style as he grinned for photos alongside Bruce Forsyth at his book launch in London on Thursday.
Daily Mail, 26th September 2015Why can't the BBC do good comedy anymore? Recently we've had truly awful things such as Citizen Khan, Mrs Brown's Boys and, currently showing, the embarrassing Mountain Goats. The last time the BBC managed to provoke a laugh from me was with Murder In Successville on BBC3, a channel soon to be shoved online only.
And there were laughs in the one-off special of Burnistoun, but this was shown in Scotland only. When it comes to the BBC's mainstream, UK-wide comedy, where oh where is the good stuff?
Maybe they feel this terrible dearth of excellent comedy, as they're giving us a reunion show with Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse looking back - yes, looking back - to the good old days.
The programme puts Enfield and Whitehouse on stage together in front of an admiring crowd and parodies the An Audience With... shows, but the nice twist is that when we flash to shots of the audience we see Enfield and Whitehouse in the crowd, dressed up as various famous people, and asking cheeky questions. Jimmy Carr, Harry Hill, Ricky Gervais and Prince Charles are all gloriously ridiculed and in between we have great clips of the comedy pair's old shows.
Julie McDowall, The National (Scotland), 31st August 2015Harry Hill and Friends comedy review
Harry Hill dominated. He seemed liberated, itching to let rip and interact with the audience.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 15th June 2015Video: Harry Hill at the Royal Academy Exhibition
Harry Hill joined a selection of artists, designers and celebrities who were chosen to offer their unique perspective on this year's Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in a series of guided tours.
BBC, 12th June 2015Harry Hill: 'A lot of stand-up comedy is just a lie!'
"I'm passionate about comedy - it's a job, but I love it. It's like some people with music when you talk about discovering a band; it's the same when you discover someone doing something different in comedy."
Alex Bellotti, The Islington Gazette, 11th June 2015Win a pair of tickets to see Harry Hill + Friends Live
We've got a pair of tickets to see Harry Hill and friends live up for grabs!
Harry Hill Fansite, 5th June 2015