Darren Harriott

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]

Darren Harriott
Born1 September 1988 Edit this on Wikidata (age 35)
Websitehttps://darrenharriott.com Edit this on Wikidata

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] 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 Comedian's Against Living Miserably,[26] Comedy Central Live,[27] Roast Battle,[28] Mock the Week,[29] Comedy Central at the Comedy Store,[30] Hypothetical,[31] Russell Howard's Stand Up Central,[32] Don't Hate the Playaz, Love Island,[33] and The Comedy Bus.[34]

On radio he has hosted Newsjack Unplugged,[35] Comedy of the Week[36] for BBC Radio 4 and the BBC Radio 4 Summer Festival.[37] Radio appearances include BBC Radio 4 shows Best of the Fest[38] and The Now Show,[39] and BBC Radio 5 Live comedy sports panel show Fighting Talk.[40]

He appeared on Dave's Campaign Against Living Miserably, where he discussed his father's incarceration and death.[41]

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.[42] He co-hosts the podcast Shame is Delicious with Eshaan Akbar.[43][44]

In 2023, Harriott was a contestant on the fifteenth series of Dancing on Ice.[45]

Filmography
TV
Year Programme Channel Notes
2016 Stand Up Central Comedy Central Series 2, Episode 1
2017 Live at the Apollo BBC Series 13, Episode 3[46]
2018 The Great Xmas Rant ITV -
2018 Mock the Week BBC Series 17, Episode 1[47]
2018 Comedy Central at The Comedy Store Comedy Central Series 5, Episodes 2 and 7[48]
2018 Roast Battle Comedy Central Series 2, Episode 4[49]
2019 Don't Hate the Playaz ITV Series Regular[50]
2019 The Stand Up Sketch Show ITV Series 1, Episode 3[51]
2019 The Dog Ate My Homework BBC [52]
2019 Hypothetical Dave Series 1, Episode 6[53]
2019 The Comedy Bus Comedy Central Series 1, Episode 6[54]
2019 Comic Relief BBC Celebrity University Challenge aired as part of a telethon[55]
2019 CelebAbility ITV Series 4, Episode 4[56]
2019 Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier Dave Series 2, Episode 2[57]
2019 The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice Channel 4 Series 3, Episode 8[58]


2019 Dave Gorman's Terms and Conditions Apply Dave Episode 5[59]
2019 The Apprentice: You're Fired BBC Series 14, Episode 5[60]
2019 Live at the Apollo BBC Host/Presenter, Series 15[61]
2019 Romesh Presents... Sky Host/Presenter, Episode 8: Stan By Your Man[62]


2019 Celebrity Mastermind BBC Series 17, Episode 2[63]
2020 8 out of 10 Cats E4 Series 22, Episode 7[64]
2020 Comedy Against Living Miserably Dave Series 1, Episode 2[65]
2021 Outsiders Dave Series 2
2021 Richard Osman's House of Games BBC Two Series 4, Episodes 66–70[66]
2021 Would You Rather? CBBC Host/Presenter
2021 British as Folk Dave Co-presenter[45]
2022 The Real Dirty Dancing E4 Contestant[67]
2022 Backstage with Katherine Ryan Amazon Prime Video Series 1, Episode 5[68]
2022 Love Island: Aftersun ITV Regular panellist; series 8[69]
2022 Britain's Top Takeaways BBC Two Co-presenter[70]
2023 Dancing on Ice ITV Contestant; series 15[71]

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