Harry Hill
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Hill in Putney with The Caterers in 2006
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| Birth name | Matthew Keith Hall |
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1 October 1964 Woking, Surrey, England |
| Medium | Stand-up, Television, Film |
| Nationality | British |
| Years active | 1993–present |
| Genres | Improvisational comedy, surreal comedy, musical comedy, character comedy |
| Subject(s) | Humanity, pop culture, television, world history |
| Spouse | Magda Archer (m. 1996) |
| Children | 3 |
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| Website | Official website |
Harry Hill (born Matthew Keith Hall; 1 October 1964) is an English comedian, author and television presenter, best known as the narrator of You've Been Framed since 2004, and hosting Harry Hill's TV Burp for eleven years, from 2001 to 2012. A former physician, Hill began his career in comedy when he began hosting his popular radio show Harry Hill's Fruit Corner, but has worked on a number of projects, including his film The Harry Hill Movie, which was released in 2013.
Hill was born as Matthew Keith Hall in Woking, Surrey on 1 October 1964 and grew up in Staplehurst, Kent, where he attended the local primary school.
At the age of 14, Hill's family moved to Hong Kong for two years where he attended Island School. He was later educated at Angley School and then Cranbrook School in Kent and St George's Hospital Medical School before training in neurosurgery at the University of London.
Hill worked as a house officer at Doncaster Royal Infirmary, before quitting the medical profession because he "didn't feel in control of what was happening".
Hill achieved his breakthrough in 1992, when he won the Perrier Award for Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Shortly after, a radio show starring Hill was commissioned by BBC Radio 4 entitled Harry Hill's Fruit Corner. Hill hosted the show as himself, and each week, he was joined by various other guest performers, as well as regular character actors including Al Murray and Burt Kwouk. The show featured a variety of other celebrity guests during its run including Rolf Harris and Ronnie Corbett.
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