Matthew Keith Hall (born 1 October 1964), better known as Harry Hill, is a triple BAFTA award-winning English comedian, author and television presenter. A former medical doctor, Hill began his career in comedy with the popular radio show Harry Hill's Fruit Corner.
Hill's humour is quirky and surreal, with comedy historian Oliver Double describing Hill's performance as that of "Ronnie Corbett possessed by the ghost of Salvador Dalí." His character...
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Matthew Keith Hall (born 1 October 1964), better known as Harry Hill, is a triple BAFTA award-winning English comedian, author and television presenter. A former medical doctor, Hill began his career in comedy with the popular radio show Harry Hill's Fruit Corner.
Hill's humour is quirky and surreal, with comedy historian Oliver Double describing Hill's performance as that of "Ronnie Corbett possessed by the ghost of Salvador Dalí." His character has a trademark appearance, comprising a bald head, thick black spectacles, pens in his top pocket, small badges on his lapel, a comically oversized shirt collar and brothel creeper shoes.
Harry Hill has established a tight and successful standup structure in which he employs the comedic process of 'reincorporation' to a uniquely obsessive degree. He sets up a number of running themes and slips in and out of each thread without warning. Hill is one of the comedians set on his way by Malcolm Hardee, and is one of many alternative British...
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