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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Born | 1 September 1988 ![]() |
Website | https://darrenharriott.com ![]() |
Early life
editHarriott 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
editHarriott 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
editYear | 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]
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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]
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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] |
References
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- ^ "Edinburgh Comedy awards 2019: surrealists, standups and sausage act vie for prize". The Guardian. 21 August 2019.
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- ^ Lisseman, Christian (28 October 2019). "Face up, stand up". Big Issue North. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
- ^ "Darren Harriott: Visceral". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ "Darren Harriott: Good Heart Yute". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ "About Darren | Darren Harriott". darrenharriott.com.
- ^ "BBC Radio 4 - Darren Harriott: Black Label". BBC. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
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- ^ "The Last Leg Series 20, Episode 4". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
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- ^ "BBC Radio 4 Extra - Newsjack, Newsjack Unplugged, Series 4, Episode 8". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ^ "BBC Sounds - Comedy of the Week - Available Episodes". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ^ "BBC Radio 4 - Summer Comedy Festival, Darren Harriott". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ^ "BBC Radio 4 - Fresh From the Fringe, Fresh from the Fringe 2018 - Part 2, Episode Two - Darren Harriott". BBC.
- ^ "The Now Show - Next on - BBC Radio 4". BBC.
- ^ "BBC Radio 5 live - Fighting Talk, Des Kelly, Kath Merry, Greg Brady, Darren Harriott". BBC.
- ^ "Series 1, Episode 2". Comedy Against Living Miserably. 22 April 2020. Dave.
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- ^ "Darren Harriott & Eshaan Akbar: Shame is Delicious – live podcast | Leicester Comedy Festival". Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- ^ "SHAME IS DELICIOUS". Just For Laughs - London. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- ^ a b Golby, Joel (11 September 2021). "British As Folk: three comedians in a campervan have fun with history". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
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- ^ "Hypothetical Series 1, Episode 6". British Comedy Guide.
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- ^ "BBC Two - Richard Osman's House of Games, Series 4, Episode 66". BBC. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
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