The Horne Section
| Alex Horne | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Alexander James Jeffrey Horne 10 September 1978 West Sussex, England |
| Occupation | Comedian, writer |
| Spouse(s) | Rachel Horne (m. 2005) |
| Children | 3 |
Alexander James Jeffrey "Alex" Horne (born 10 September 1978) is a British comedian. He is the host of "The Horne Section", a live music variety show which has been broadcast on BBC Radio 4.
Horne was educated at Lancing College (Fields House, 1991–1996) and at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge where he studied classics, graduating in 2001. While at Cambridge he was a member of the Footlights.
Horne married his wife Rachel, a BBC business journalist, on 1 January 2005. The couple have three sons.
He made his first appearance at the Edinburgh festival in 2000 with his show, "How To Avoid Huge Ships". His 2003 Edinburgh show, "Making Fish Laugh" was nominated for a Perrier newcomer award. In 2004 he won a Chortle Award for Best Breakthrough Act. His shows with Tim Key have been "Every Body Talks" and "When In Rome", both of which featured unusually extensive use of Microsoft PowerPoint for a comic act. Horne toured Roman towns of the UK with the "When In Rome" show in early 2006.
As a solo performer, Horne then wrote and performed "Birdwatching" at the 2007 Edinburgh Festival and "Wordwatching" at the 2008 Edinburgh Festival. He has signed a two-book deal with Virgin Publishing to write up both of these stories as books. The first, entitled Birdwatchingwatching, came out early in 2009. The second came out in early 2010. On 18 January 2007, Horne became the first ever comedian to perform in Second Life for a feature on Sky News. In 2011 he compered "The Horne Section", a comedy variety show with live music which was later broadcast on BBC Radio 4.
Between 24th October 2006 and 24th October 2007 he worked alongside fellow comedian Owen Powell, in an attempt to find a person from every nationality living in London. After a year's search, they finally managed to meet people from 189 of the UN's 192 countries, and hence suggested there is nobody in the capital from Tuvalu, Palau or the Marshall Islands.
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