Andy Hamilton

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Andy Hamilton
Born	Andrew Neil Hamilton 1954 Fulham, London
Nationality	British
Occupation	Comedian

Andrew Neil Hamilton (born 1954) is a British comedian, game show panellist, director and comedy scriptwriter for television and radio. He has appeared in Chelmsford 123, Have I Got News for You, The News Quiz, QI and If I Ruled the World, and is an occasional guest panellist in I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue. He is noted for his sharp wit and irreverent sense of humour.

Since 1995 Hamilton has written and played the lead role of Satan in the Radio 4 sitcom Old Harry's Game.

Contents 1 Background 2 Trivia 3 Scripts 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Background

Hamilton was born in Fulham, south-west London. Educated at a grammar school, Hamilton read English at Downing College, Cambridge, where he was a member of the Cambridge University Light Entertainment Society (CULES). Hamilton first came to major notice whilst performing in the world famous Edinburgh Fringe Festival in the 1970s.

On 16 March 2007, he co-presented BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour programme, alongside usual presenter Martha Kearney, as part of that day's Comic Relief fundraising activities, after defeating Richard Hammond and Kelvin Mackenzie in a poll. He is currently married to Libby Asher^[1]

[edit] Trivia

• He starred as the voice of an elephant dentist in Channel Five's Peppa Pig.

• Hamilton has no right thumb.

[edit] Scripts

Hamilton has written scripts for:

• Not the Nine O'Clock News (1979)
• Scotch and Wry (1980)
• Who Dares Wins (1983)
• Alas Smith & Jones (1984)
• The Kit Curran Radio Show (1984; with Guy Jenkin)
• Scotch & Wry (1986)
• Shelley (1979)
• Drop the Dead Donkey (1990; co-creator with Guy Jenkin)
• Eleven Men Against Eleven (1995)
• Never Mind the Horrocks (1996)
• The Exam (2002; for the National Theatre Connections Anthology)
• Bedtime (2001–2003)
• Trevor's World of Sport (2003)
• Outnumbered (2007; co-written with Guy Jenkin)
• The Million Pound Radio Show (radio, with Nick Revell)
• The News Huddlines (radio)
• Old Harry's Game (radio, creator, in which he also stars as Satan)
• The Armstrong and Miller Show (2007)
• Revolting People (radio; co-creator with Jay Tarses), in which he also stars as Sergeant McGurk)
• The Two Ronnies
• Week Ending (radio)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official Hat Trick Productions Website
• Andy Hamilton at the Internet Movie Database

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NAME	Hamilton, Andy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hamilton, Andrew Neil
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Comedian
DATE OF BIRTH	1954
PLACE OF BIRTH	Fulham, London
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH