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Darren Harriott (born 1 September 1988) is a British stand-up comedian from Oldbury, West Midlands. He was nominated for the Best Newcomer Award and Best Show Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2017 and 2019 respectively.


Early life
Harriott was born to parents Patrick and Paulette, and grew up in Oldbury, near in the West Midlands. His father was a drug dealer who was incarcerated during Harriott's childhood. He died by suicide while Harriott was still a child.


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.

Harriott has toured the UK with his shows Visceral and Good Heart Yute, and regularly appears at comedy clubs across the country. His stand-up shows became the basis for his BBC Radio 4 series Darren Harriott's Black Label.

Harriott has appeared on multiple television shows such as Live at the Apollo, The Last Leg, Ghost Bus Tours, Hey Tracey!, Comedy Games Night, 8 Out of 10 Cats, , , Catchpoint for , University Challenge for , , The Stand Up Sketch Show, , Celebrity Mastermind, Pointless Celebrities, Dave Gorman: Terms and Conditions Apply, Dave's Comedy Against Living Miserably, Comedy Central Live, , Mock the Week, Comedy Central at the Comedy Store, Hypothetical, Russell Howard's Stand Up Central, Don't Hate the Playaz, Love Island, and The Comedy Bus.

On radio he has hosted , Comedy of the Week for BBC Radio 4 and the BBC Radio 4 Summer Festival. Radio appearances include BBC Radio 4 shows Best of the Fest and The Now Show, and BBC Radio 5 Live comedy sports panel show .

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

In late 2021, Harriott co-presented the Dave travelogue British as Folk alongside fellow comedians and . In 2022, he was a regular panellist on Love Islands companion show Aftersun. He co-hosts the podcast Shame is Delicious with .

In 2023, Harriott was a contestant on the fifteenth series of Dancing on Ice, finishing seventh alongside professional partner .


Filmography
+TV !Year !Programme !Channel !Notes
2016Stand Up CentralComedy CentralSeries 2, Episode 1
2017Live at the ApolloSeries 13, Episode 3
2018The Great Xmas RantITV-
Mock the WeekBBCSeries 17, Episode 1
Comedy Central at The Comedy StoreComedy CentralSeries 5, Episodes 2 and 7
Series 2, Episode 4
2019'Don't Hate the PlayazITVSeries Regular
The Stand Up Sketch ShowSeries 1, Episode 3
The Dog Ate My HomeworkBBC
HypotheticalDaveSeries 1, Episode 6
The Comedy BusComedy CentralSeries 1, Episode 6
BBCCelebrity University Challenge aired as part of a
ITVSeries 4, Episode 4
DaveSeries 2, Episode 2
Channel 4Series 3, Episode 8
Dave Gorman's Terms and Conditions ApplyDaveEpisode 5
BBC-Series 14, Episode 5
Live at the ApolloHost/Presenter, Series 15
Romesh Presents...Host/Presenter, Episode 8: Stan By Your Man
Celebrity MastermindBBCSeries 17, Episode 2
20208 out of 10 CatsE4Series 22, Episode 7
Comedy Against Living MiserablyDaveSeries 1, Episode 2
2021OutsidersSeries 2
Richard Osman's House of GamesSeries 4, Episodes 66–70
Would You Rather?CBBCHost/Presenter
British as FolkDaveCo-presenter
2022The Real Dirty DancingE4Contestant
Backstage with Amazon Prime VideoSeries 1, Episode 5
Love Island: AftersunITVRegular panellist; series 8
Britain's Top TakeawaysBBC TwoCo-presenter
2023Dancing on IceITVContestant; series 15
Weakest LinkContestant; Series 3, Episode 4


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