Originally a doctor and still a registered medical practitioner, Harry Hill cemented his career as a spectacle-wearing, large-collared standup by winning the Perrier Best Newcomer award at Edinburgh in 1992. More than 30 years on, and he’s just announced his New Bits & Greatest Hits tour, celebrating “60 years of fun” ahead of the milestone birthday next year.
Hill has written a novel, a collection of short stories and a (fictional) autobiography. His new book, How To Be Silly Every Day of the Year, is out in October. He’s co-written two musicals – I Can’t Sing! The X Factor Musical (2014) and TONY! – A Tony Blair Rock Opera (2021). He’s hosted a spoof podcast – Harry Hill’s Noise, the “antidote to podcasts” – while his proper podcast, Are We There Yet?, is coming soon.
