Jeremy Hardy (born 17 July 1961) is a British alternative comedian. July 17 is the 198th day (199th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 167 days remaining. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... A comedian, or comic, is an entertainer who amuses an audience by making them laugh. ...

Born in Aldershot, he is known for his socialist politics coupled with a very English delivery. Hardy won the Perrier Comedy Award in 1988 at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. He is best known for his radio work, particularly on The News Quiz and his long running series Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation. He has featured prominently in a film: Jeremy Hardy vs the Israeli Army (2003). He made his television debut in the late 1980s in various comedy shows including Blackadder Goes Forth (1989), and has also presented a television documentary about the political background to the English Civil War. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the British Isles Languages English (de facto) Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked 1st... The Perrier Comedy Award is a prestigious award for comedy, awarded to the best comedy show at the Edinburgh Fringe sponsored by the Perrier brand of bottled water. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Categories: Festival stubs | Edinburgh ... The News Quiz is a topical comedy quiz broadcast on British radio BBC Radio 4. ... Jeremy Hardy (born 17 July 1961) is a British alternative comedian. ... The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive. ... The second series of Blackadder was set in Elizabethan England, starring (left to right) Tony Robinson as Baldrick, Rowan Atkinson as Edmund, Lord Blackadder, and Tim McInnerny as Lord Percy Percy. ... The term English Civil War (or Wars) refers to the series of armed conflicts and political machinations which took place between English Parliamentarians and Royalists from 1642 until 1651. ...

To BBC Radio 4 audiences Jeremy Hardy is also famous for his incredibly off-key singing, as showcased in I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, and for the socialist rants, in which he loses himself, on the News Quiz. Im Sorry I Havent a Clue, sometimes abbreviated to ISIHAC, is a radio comedy programme that has had several series each year on BBC Radio 4, BBC7 and the BBCs World Service from April 11, 1972 to the present. ...

He used to write a regular column for The Guardian but was fired, allegedly for supporting the Socialist Alliance in his columns. The Guardian is a British newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. ... The Socialist Alliance was a left-wing electoral alliance in England in existence between 1992 and 2005. ...

His outspoken support for the release of Danny McNamee, who was wrongly convicted in 1987 of involvement in the Irish Republican Army's Hyde Park bombing of 1982, led to accusations (which were later retracted) that he was an IRA supporter. However, Jeremy Hardy has always made clear that he supported Danny McNamee (whose conviction was overturned in 1998, and who himself has consistently denied any sympathy for the IRA) as the victim of a miscarriage of justice. Danny McNamee is a former electronic engineer from Crossmaglen, Northern Ireland, who was wrongly convicted in 1987 of bomb-making for the Irish Republican Armys Hyde Park bombing of 1982. ... The West Cork Flying Column during the War of Independence. ... Hyde Park is the name of: Hyde Park, a Royal Park in London (the original location) Hyde Park in Sydney - a park some places in the United States of America: Hyde Park, Massachusetts Hyde Park, New York - a town in Dutchess County, New York Hyde Park, Vermont - a town Hyde... A miscarriage of justice is primarily the conviction and punishment of a person for a crime that they did not commit. ...

He was married to American-born actress and comedienne Kit Hollerbach, who featured alongside him in the Radio sitcoms At Home with the Hardys [1] and Unnatural Acts [2]. They are now separated. Unnatural Acts was a BBC radio comedy series written by, and starring, Jeremy Hardy and Kit Hollerbach as The Hardys with Paul B Davies and Caroline Leddy as Paul and Caroline. Two series were made in 1987 and 1988, with the third renamed At Home With The Hardys and broadcast...

In September 2004, on Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation on BBC Radio 4, Hardy stated that "All BNP members and supporters should be shot in the back of the head", sparking complaints and causing Burnley council to cancel a show scheduled on their premises due to fears that it could be disruptive in a town that has a history of racial tension [3][4][5][6]. BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station which broadcasts a wide variety of chiefly spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history. ... The British National Party (BNP) is the most popular political party of the far right in the United Kingdom. ... Location within the British Isles Burnley is a market town in the east of Lancashire in north-west England with a population of around 74,000. ...

Television

• Helping Henry (1988) - The voice of Henry
• Blackadder Goes Forth ("Corporal Punishment") - Prison Sergeant (1989)
• Jack and Jeremy's Real Lives (1996) (with Jack Dee)
• If I Ruled the World (1998)
• QI (2003)
• Mock the Week (2006)

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Radio

• The News Quiz
• I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue
• Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation
• Unnatural Acts [7]
• At Home with the Hardys [8]
• You'll Have Had Your Tea

The News Quiz is a topical comedy quiz broadcast on British radio BBC Radio 4. ... Im Sorry I Havent a Clue, sometimes abbreviated to ISIHAC, is a radio comedy programme that has had several series each year on BBC Radio 4, BBC7 and the BBCs World Service from April 11, 1972 to the present. ... Unnatural Acts was a BBC radio comedy series written by, and starring, Jeremy Hardy and Kit Hollerbach as The Hardys with Paul B Davies and Caroline Leddy as Paul and Caroline. Two series were made in 1987 and 1988, with the third renamed At Home With The Hardys and broadcast... Hamish and Dougal are two characters from the long-running BBC Radio 4 antidote to panel games Im Sorry I Havent A Clue. ...

External links

• Jeremy Hardy on IMDB