Jeremy Hardy

Jeremy Hardy is perhaps best remembered as a younger man, but there is nothing he can do about that now. He became a stand-up comic in 1984 and will be one until he dies or wins the lottery. His live work has included the prestigious Just For Laughs Montreal Comedy Festival, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, where he won the Perrier Award, and numerous tours of the UK and Ireland. Hardy is a regular on several Radio Four shows including The Newsquiz, I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue, Hamish And Dougall and Just A Minute. In 2010 he published a book, My Family And Other Strangers (Ebury Publishing) chronicling his desperate search for interesting ancestors. He has also written Jeremy Hardy Speaks To The Nation (Methuen) and When Did You Last See Your Father? (Methuen). Jeremy has had a regular column in the Guardian and the Evening Standard Magazine. In 2002 he travelled to the West Bank to film a documentary about the International Solidarity Movement. The acclaimed Jeremy Hardy V The Israeli Army has been on general release in the UK and is now being screened all over the world. Jeremy's recent television credits include QI, Mock The Week, Grumpy Old Men, Back In The Day and Not Tonight With John Sergeant. He also appeared in Hotel, a feature film directed by Mike Figgis opposite Burt Reynolds, David Schwimmer and Rhys Ifans as well as Blackadder and Sorry.