Jeremy Hardy Movies and Career Information

Jeremy James Hardy (born 17 July 1961) is a British alternative comedian who is also known for his socialist politics. Hardy was born in Farnborough, Hampshire. He attended Farnham College and studied Modern History and Politics at the University of Southampton. He started his stand-up career in the early 1980s, and won the Perrier Comedy Award in 1988 at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. He is best known for his radio work, particularly on The News Quiz and his long running series of monologues Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation. His experiences in Palestine during the Israeli army incursions of 2002 became the subject of a feature documentary Jeremy Hardy vs the Israeli Army (2003), directed by Leila Sansour. He made his television debut in the late 1980s in various comedy shows including Blackadder Goes Forth (1989), and has presented a television documentary about the political background to the English Civil War as well as an edition of Top of the Pops in 1996. To BBC Radio 4 audiences, Hardy is renowned for his off-key singing in I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, and for his often left-wing interpretations of current events in The News Quiz, regularly commenting on the social