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{{Short description|British comedian and writer}} {{Other people}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Use British English|date=March 2012}} {{Infobox comedian | name = Andy Hamilton | image = Andy Hamilton cropped.jpg | caption = Hamilton, 2007 | birth_name = Andrew Neil Hamilton | birth_date = {{nowrap|{{Birth date and age|1954|5|28|df=y}}}} | birth_place = [[Fulham]], [[London]], England | medium = [[Radio]], [[television]] | active = 1972βpresent | genre = [[Political satire]] | subject = Politics | spouse = {{marriage|Libby Asher<br>|1988}} | children = 3 | notable_work = ''[[Old Harry's Game]]''<br />''[[Outnumbered (British TV series)|Outnumbered]]'' | education = [[Downing College, Cambridge]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]]) }} '''Andrew Neil Hamilton''' (born 28 May 1954) is a British comedian, [[game show]] panellist, [[television director]], comedy [[screenwriter]], radio dramatist, [[novelist]] and actor. ==Early life and education== Hamilton was born in [[Fulham]], West London. He was educated at [[Westminster City School]] which was then a [[voluntary aided school|voluntary aided]] [[grammar school]]<ref>[http://www.wcsch.com/our-school/history/ Westminster City School β A Brief History] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121028231859/http://www.wcsch.com/our-school/history |date=28 October 2012 }} Retrieved 21 April 2015</ref> and later read [[English studies|English]] at [[Downing College, Cambridge]], where he was a member of the [[Cambridge University Light Entertainment Society]] (CULES). ==Career== Hamilton first came to notice while performing at the [[Edinburgh Festival Fringe]] in the 1970s. In the mid-1970s he sustained himself by taking jobs at [[Harrods]] and the [[Post Office]] before joining the BBC in 1976.<ref>''Have I Got News for You'' β Series 44 β Episode 10 (BBC), 21 December 2012</ref> His early radio work, mostly on BBC Radio 4, included ''[[Week Ending]]'', ''[[The News Huddlines]]'' and ''[[The Million Pound Radio Show]]'' (with [[Nick Revell]]). He has since appeared regularly in ''[[Chelmsford 123]]'', ''[[Have I Got News for You]]'', ''[[The News Quiz]]'', ''[[QI]]'', and ''[[If I Ruled the World (game show)|If I Ruled the World]]''. Hamilton is frequently invited as a panellist on ''[[The News Quiz]]'' and as a guest panellist on ''[[I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue]]''. On television, he has been a regular contributor to a range of comedy programmes, and co-created ''[[The Kit Curran Radio Show]]'',<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0295105/ | title=Kit Curran | website=[[IMDb]] }}</ref> ''[[Drop the Dead Donkey]]'',<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098781/ | title=Drop the Dead Donkey | website=[[IMDb]] }}</ref> and ''[[Outnumbered (British TV series)|Outnumbered]]''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1086191/ | title=Outnumbered | website=[[IMDb]] }}</ref> with [[Guy Jenkin]]. He is the voice of Dr Elephant, the dentist in the animation series ''[[Peppa Pig]]''. He was also the original voice of Bob Fish, who is also a dentist, in the cartoon ''[[Bob and Margaret]]''. Hamilton is also the voice of Captain Squid, the pirate in the children's show ''[[Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom]]''. 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 (charity)|Comic Relief]] fundraising activities, after defeating [[Richard Hammond]] and [[Kelvin MacKenzie]] in a poll. Since 1995, Hamilton has written and played the lead role of [[Satan]] in the [[BBC Radio 4|Radio 4]] sitcom ''[[Old Harry's Game]]''. He toured with his UK stand-up show ''Hat of Doom'' in 2008. In 2009, Hamilton presented the [[BBC Four]] series ''[[It's Only a Theory]]'' with [[Reginald D. Hunter]]. BBC Radio 4 broadcast two four-part series of ''Andy Hamilton Sort of Remembers'', in 2017 and 2018. Series 1 comprised the topics of childhood, politics, the human body, and animals, based on his own personal experiences of them.<ref name="BBC Sort of Remembers">{{cite episode| title= Andy Hamilton Sort of Remembers | series= Andy Hamilton Sort of Remembers | credits= Presenter and writer: Andy Hamilton| network= BBC| station= [[BBC Radio 4]]| url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b098jtq1 | airdate= 18 October 2017| access-date= 18 October 2017 }}</ref> ==Personal life== He has no thumb on his right hand. He joked that it was amputated when he was five "by a surgeon who felt that symmetry was over-rated" to the audience of ''Andy Hamilton Sort of Remembers'' on Radio 4 in October 2017.<ref>''[[Drop the Dead Donkey]]'' Series 1 DVD</ref><ref name="QuiteSpecialInterview">{{cite news |first = Penny| last = Wark| url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/i-was-made-to-feel-quite-special-dn5sv5svd3n |title=I was made to feel quite special |work=[[The Times]] (paywall restrictions apply)|date=13 July 2005 | location=London}}</ref> He married Libby Asher in 1988, and they have three children.{{Citation needed|date=March 2024}} He is a supporter of [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea Football Club]]. ==Writing== Hamilton has written for: ===Television=== *''[[Not the Nine O'Clock News]]'' (1979) *''[[Les Dawson|The Dawson Watch]]'' (1979β1980) *''[[Shelley (TV series)|Shelley]]'' (1979) *''[[Scotch and Wry]]'' (1980) *''[[Who Dares Wins (TV comedy)|Who Dares Wins]]'' (1983) *''[[Alas Smith & Jones]]'' (1984) *''[[The Kit Curran Radio Show]]'' (1984) *''[[The Kit Curran Radio Show|Kit Curran]]'' (1986; with [[Guy Jenkin]]) *''[[Scotch & Wry]]'' (1986) *''[[Drop the Dead Donkey]]'' (1990; co-creator with [[Guy Jenkin]]) *''Eleven Men Against Eleven'' (1995) *''[[Never Mind the Horrocks]]'' (1996) *''Underworld'' (1997) *''[[Bob and Margaret]]'' (1998β2000) *''[[Bedtime (TV series)|Bedtime]]'' (2001β2003) *''The Exam'' (2002; for the National Theatre Connections Anthology) *''[[Trevor's World of Sport]]'' (2003) *''[[The Armstrong and Miller Show]]'' (2007) *''[[Outnumbered (British TV series)|Outnumbered]]'' (2007β2014; co-written with [[Guy Jenkin]]) *''[[The Two Ronnies]]'' *''[[It's Only a Theory]]'' (2009) *''Just Around The Corner'' (2012; Pilot only; co-written with [[Guy Jenkin]]) *''[[Ballot Monkeys]]'' (2015) *''[[Power Monkeys]]'' (2016) *''[[Kate & Koji]]'' (2020β2022; co-written with [[Guy Jenkin]]) ===Radio=== *''[[The Million Pound Radio Show]]'' (with [[Nick Revell]]) *''[[The News Huddlines]]'' *''[[Old Harry's Game]]'' (creator, in which he also stars as [[Satan (Old Harry's Game)|Satan]]) *''[[Trevor's World of Sport]]'' (radio version broadcast years: 2004, 2005 and 2007) *''[[Revolting People]]'' (co-creator with [[Jay Tarses]], in which he also stars as Sergeant McGurk) *''[[Week Ending]]'' *''Andy Hamilton Sort of Remembers'' (2017) ===Film=== *''[[What We Did on Our Holiday]]'' (2014) ===Books=== *''The Thatcher Papers'' ([[New English Library]], 1980) (with [[Alistair Beaton]]) *{{Citation |publisher = Little, Brown |isbn = 0316912360 |ol = 22627103M |location = London |title = Drop the Dead Donkey 2000 |author = Andy Hamilton |date = 1994 |id = 0316912360 }} *"The Star Witness" ([Unbound Publishers], {{ISBN|1-78352-298-4}}, 2016), "Like its author, this book is funny, poignant and too short" - Jack Dee ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20180507085522/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba7ae60fa Andy Hamilton] at the [[British Film Institute]] *{{IMDb name|id=0357725}} *{{British Comedy Guide|people|andy_hamilton}} *[https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/people/andy_hamilton_person_page.shtml Andy Hamilton Biography at bbc.co.uk] *[https://www.amazon.com/Star-Witness-Andy-Hamilton/dp/1783522984] appears to be a totally different Andy Hamilton {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hamilton, Andy}} [[Category:1954 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:20th-century English comedians]] [[Category:20th-century English male actors]] [[Category:20th-century English male writers]] [[Category:20th-century British screenwriters]] [[Category:21st-century English comedians]] [[Category:21st-century English male actors]] [[Category:21st-century English male writers]] [[Category:21st-century English screenwriters]] [[Category:Alumni of Downing College, Cambridge]] [[Category:British male television writers]] [[Category:Comedians from the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham]] [[Category:English comedy writers]] [[Category:English male comedians]] [[Category:English male screenwriters]] [[Category:English male television actors]] [[Category:English male voice actors]] [[Category:English radio personalities]] [[Category:English radio writers]] [[Category:English stand-up comedians]] [[Category:English television directors]] [[Category:English television personalities]] [[Category:English television writers]] [[Category:Male actors from London]] [[Category:People educated at Westminster City School]] [[Category:Actors from the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham]] [[Category:People from Fulham]]
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