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He’s put down his iPad long enough to pay us a visit in the studio. It's the very funny, charming, and as we discover, neighbour of Harry, Jake Lambert!
How did a young crime fighting boy from Slough pass up on becoming a police officer to become an online joke writer in demand before going out on stage on his own? Also, how far can Jake throw a sausage?
In this episode we also learn all about snakes! Thank you to Faith from Jungle Reptiles for tell us all about what they’re like as pets, what snakes we have in the UK and much much more. Visit them here - www.junglereptiles.uk
Jake is on tour, get your tickets now at www.jakelambertcomedy.com
Listen to Jake’s podcast with former AWTY? guest George Lewis here
Harry’s new book How To Be Silly Every Day Of The Year is out, order here! Harry is also on tour across the UK in 2025, get your tickets at harryhill.co.uk
Get in touch with your jokes on a voice note, minor irritation, TV theme tune lyrics or to say hello at [email protected]
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Despite being a self-proclaimed shy boy, Rhys was still confident enough to try and get his school friends into his own home casino but it was swiftly cancelled before it could even begin by his parents which is why Rhys says he’s a comedian and not an entrepreneur.
Rhys is a very fine comedian and you can see his new stand-up special Split Milk on his website - rhysjames.co.uk
Why do we have bonfire night and fireworks? Friend of the podcast, Matt Lewis, shares the story of the gun powder plot and Guy Fawkes. Don’t forget to check out Matt’s own podcast - Gone Medieval.
Harry’s new book How To Be Silly Every Day Of The Year is out, order here! Harry is also on tour across the UK in 2025, get your tickets at harryhill.co.uk
Get in touch with your jokes on a voice note, minor irritation, TV theme tune lyrics or to say hello at [email protected]
Website: www.harryhill.co.uk
Instagram: @mrharryhill
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Producer Neil Fearn
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Marjolein Robertson is a Scottish stand-up comedian, actress and wonderful human from way up north in Shetland.
How did coming from such a remote island shape her childhood? What games did she play with her brother that are unique only to them? How is she such a fountain of knowledge about Shetland?
It is halloween so it is our theme of the week and all the way from America we speak to halloween historian Lisa Morton. Learn where the traditions of halloween came from and why pumpkins are the vegetable of choice for your spooky creations. Read more about Lisa and buy her book - lisamorton.com
Harry’s new book How To Be Silly Every Day Of The Year is out, order here! Harry is also on tour across the UK in 2025, get your tickets at harryhill.co.uk
Get in touch with your jokes on a voice note, minor irritation, TV theme tune lyrics or to say hello at [email protected]
Website: www.harryhill.co.uk
Instagram: @mrharryhill
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Producer Neil Fearn
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You’ve probably seen George Lewis’s excellent takes on what life is like as a parent in today’s world or even putting himself into the shoes of his kids thinking what life is like for them.
We learn all about how George became an online star and how he’s been a successful standup for over a decade.
There is a slightly left-field suggestion for Harry’s Virtual Graveyard, and as we’re now in the grasp of Autumn we thought now would be the best time to speak to an expert on… barbecues!
Listen to George's podcast here and check him out on tour, all dates on his website plus don't forget to check out his book Don't Panic.
Thanks to Christian Stevenson aka DJ BBQ for telling us how to bbq a turkey at Christmas! See Christian’s YouTube channel and Instagram where he shares all his tips and tricks!
Harry’s new book How To Be Silly Every Day Of The Year is out, order here! Harry is also on tour across the UK in 2025, get your tickets at harryhill.co.uk
Get in touch with your jokes on a voice note, minor irritation, TV theme tune lyrics or to say hello at [email protected]
Website: www.harryhill.co.uk
Instagram: @mrharryhill
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Producer Neil Fearn
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He’s a comedian, he’s a musician, he’s an actor and he’s one of the gang (name TBC)... he’s Nick Helm!
Harry and Gary learn all about Nick’s childhood, what he and friends would do for fun, and why he might be the last Cockney born.
A huge thank you to Anna Morecrop from WDC, the Whale and Dolphin Conservation who gave us lots of interesting facts about Orcas and why we should call them Orcas and not Killer Whales.
Harry’s new book How To Be Silly Every Day Of The Year can be ordered here and he’s on tour in 2025, get your tickets at harryhill.co.uk
Get in touch with your jokes on a voice note, minor irritation, TV theme tune lyrics or to say hello at [email protected]
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Gary - Harry’s son from his first marriage - is still a little nervous about taking over the family business, so to help him and all the young listeners, this is the first Are We There Yet? Careers Convention!
Thank you to ex-pro snowboarder Tim Warwood, Jon Davison from the London Clown School, furniture maker Clemi Conlon-Spears and Maz Tappuni, music promoter at Communion One for telling us all about their jobs and how they got started.
Harry’s new book How To Be Silly Every Day Of The Year can be ordered here and he’s on tour in 2025, get your tickets at harryhill.co.uk
Get in touch: [email protected]
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Countdown has been a staple of British TV on Channel 4 for over four decades and is now hosted by Colin Murray.
How did a boy who was kicked out of school, become the chair of a show all about numbers and letters? Colin has had a rich career across TV and radio, including Radio 1 where Harry was a dedicated listener and we’ll hear how Harry played a part in Colin’s final Radio 1 show.
Alongside comedian and broadcaster Elis James, Colin hosts the excellent podcast Everything To Play For which you can listen to wherever you get your podcasts.
Harry and Colin love a curry so we spoke to curry expert Lizzy Collingham who gave us some very surprising facts! Lizzie’s book Curry: A Tale of Cooks and Conquerors can be found here.
Harry’s new book How To Be Silly Every Day Of The Year can be ordered here and he’s on tour in 2025, get your tickets at harryhill.co.uk
Get in touch: [email protected]
Website: www.harryhill.co.uk
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He’s not really huge in height, but is huge in talent.
Comedia Huge Davies takes Harry through his love of You’ve Been Framed, his shrine to Harry in his flat and how he & Harry made Van Morrison fall asleep.
Listen to find out Hugh’s score on Biscuit In An Unusual Place plus there is an update on The Are We There Yet? theme park.
In this episode we touched upon the world of ghosts with host of the Uncanny podcast and paranormal Evelyn Hollow. Learn more about Evelyn and find links to Uncanny and her book at evelynhollow.com.
Harry’s new book How To Be Silly Every Day Of The Year can be pre-ordered here and he’s on tour in 2025, get your tickets at harryhill.co.uk
Get in touch: [email protected]
Website: www.harryhill.co.uk
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From going viral as a youngster for a chicken shop rap, to starring in the hit comedy Ghosts, before fronting the Great British Sewing Bee, Kiell Smith-Bynoe holds Harry’s hand as they travel through his childhood and career to date.
Harry, Gary and Kiell also learn all about the misunderstood wasp! Thanks for Professor Adam Hart from the University of Gloustershire for telling us just how much good wasps do for us.
You can buy Adam’s latest book (which isn’t about wasps) The Deadly Balance is available here and in all other good book selling places.
Harry’s new book How To Be Silly Every Day Of The Year can be pre-ordered here and he’s on tour in 2025, get your tickets at harryhill.co.uk
Get in touch: [email protected]
Website: www.harryhill.co.uk
Instagram: @mrharryhill
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From bringing iconic characters to life on Spitting Image, Dead Ringers and more, Jan Ravens has blazed a red hot trail through comedy.
She teaches Harry and Gary how to work on their impressions, gives Gary a great joke from when he takes over the family business and learns all about sharks with us.
Ali Hood from Sharktrust.org told us all about sharks, which sharks are in the UK oceans, how sharks feel the world around them and why we should love sharks! The Shark Trust need your help counting shark and ray eggs, you can find out more about that here and you can help sharks in the UK by making a pledge for protection here.
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A veteran of the comedy game Mark Steel has been making people laugh from the stage for over three decades and has been a regular on the radio and TV shows such as Have I Got News For You and others, but before that he had plenty of other jobs including being a milkman and achieving a possible unofficial world land speed record in a milk float.
In this episode Harry has a Silly Thing you can build at home, and we learnt all about the mysteries of UFOs thanks to Nick Pope formerly of the Ministry of Defence. Find out more about Nick and his work at nickpope.net or follow him on Twitter / X
You can find out when Mark is touring and follow him on his socials at marksteelinfo.com
Harry is on tour in 2025! Get your tickets at harryhill.co.uk
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Devon’s finest son (don’t tell Josh Widdicombe) Charlie Baker is our guest on this episode.
When he’s not tap dancing, playing his trumpet, or selling out comedy tours up and down the country you can often hear Charlie on Talksport… but how did his childhood shape the man he is today and can he identify Harry’s seed?
The Sky At Night presenter Professor Chris Linott (another Devonshire lad) gave us all the information about the moon! You can read more about Chris and find links to his new book here.
Harry is on tour in 2025! Get your tickets at harryhill.co.uk
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Possibly the widest guest we’ve had on the show, it’s former England rugby international James Haskell!
How did James reach the top of his profession? What was it like in the jungle on I’m A Celebrity? How can such a big strong man be so scared of Gary? Hit play and find out!
Friend of the show Matt Lewis, host of the excellent Gone Medieval podcast, was back as our expert to tell us all about King Richard III and how he ended up under a car park in Leicester.
Harry is on tour in 2025! Get your tickets at harryhill.co.uk
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If there is one thing you can say about Greg Jenner it is that he really loves history!
Greg combines humour with all the facts which has seen him release numerous books for children and adults, host podcasts that was been downloaded over 100 million times, and he was the main consultant on the first seven series of the brilliant Horrible Histories.
We learnt all about the history of shoes thanks to Rebecca Shawcross from the Northampton Shoe Museum, well worth a visit! You can also get Rebecca’s brilliant book here.
Greg’s new book, all his past books and podcasts can be found on - www.gregjenner.com
Harry is on tour in 2025! Get your tickets at harryhill.co.uk
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A young man from Essex who didn’t really know what stand-up comedy was until his twenties, Russell Kane has gone on to become one of the UK’s best comedians since taking the chance to step on stage.
How did Russell catch the comedy bug? Can he identify a musty flannel? Who will he put in the virtual graveyard?
In this episode we learn all about leeches. A huge thank you to Craig Macadam from Buglife and Rachel Davies formerly of The Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester & North Merseyside for telling us all about them!
You can pre-order Russell’s new book Pet-Selector here
Harry is on tour in 2025! Get your tickets at harryhill.co.uk
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An act that will make you laugh, blush and cry in equally measure we’re joined by the magnificent Danny Beard.
Danny has appeared on Britain’s Got Talent, Karaoke Club and won RuPaul’s DragRace UK. But how did a musical theatre loving boy from the Wirrel who knew he was different embrace himself and achieve so much? Well with Sarah the AI Bots help Harry find all that out plus Danny takes on ‘Name The Seed’
If all that wasn’t enough it was our pleasure to learn all about chocolate, with chocolate historian Alex Hutchinson.
Danny Beard is on tour, get your tickets here!
Harry is on tour in 2025! Get your tickets at harryhill.co.uk
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From being a contestant on The Great British Bake Off to the presenter on Bake Off: The Professionals, and a judge on Junior Bake Off, Liam Charles knows baking. How did a boy from East London discover his talent in the kitchen? Well, Harry makes Liam tell all! We discover what made him tick as a child, his favourite joke, and listen to find out who he picks for Harry’s Virtual Graveyard.
We were also joined by Chris Naunton who taught us all about Pyramids! Thank you Chris, you can buy his very good book here.
Harry is on tour in 2025! Get your tickets at harryhill.co.uk
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Britain’s Got Talent brought this episode’s guest to everyone’s attention and he even received the golden buzzer! Its Daliso Chaponda!
Daliso had a fascinating globe trotting childhood, a young love of comedy, and was everything we want in a guest. Enjoy Whispery Thing, a song from Gary, a new invention from Regency Innovations and we learn all about Pirates!
Dr Rebecca Simon took us on the high seas of knowledge where we learnt was was fact and what was fiction about Pirates. Learn more about Dr Rebecca and buy here book on her website - rebecca-simon.com
Daliso is on tour! Find all his dates and get your tickets at dalisochaponda.com
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One third of Channel 4’s The Last Leg, chart topping podcaster with Parenting Hell, author, best selling stand-up… not much that Josh Widdicombe a little boy from Devon hasn’t achieved.
Josh and Harry relive their shared history, delve into how to cope with being a socially anxious child, why they wanted to become comedians and ask, what is Dora The Explorer doing now?
A huge thank you to Cesar from Ants HQ for teaching us about the fascinating world of ants and why they are so important for us.
Harry is on tour, get your tickets here - www.harryhill.co.uk
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American singer-songwriter John Grant is a musical titan as a front man of Czars and a hugely successful solo artist. He’s also dueted with Elton John, Kylie Minogue, Robbie Williams and many more.
John tells Harry of growing up in Canada, how to get sap from a tree, he duets with Gary and helps us learn all about Mars! Thank you to Dr Catherine Regan from the Mullard Space Science Laboratory for answering our questions!
You can listen to John’s new album and find out how to see him live at - johngrantmusic.com
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