The Harry Hill Show

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.Get in touch: harry@arewethereyetpod.co.ukWebsite: www.harryhill.co.ukInstagram: @mrharryhillYouTube: @harryhillshowProducer Neil FearnA 'Keep it Light Media' productionAll enquiries: HELLO@KEEPITLIGHTMEDIA.COM Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 / XYou can find out when Mark is touring and follow him on his socials at marksteelinfo.comHarry is on tour in 2025! Get your tickets at harryhill.co.ukGet in touch: harry@arewethereyetpod.co.ukWebsite: www.harryhill.co.ukInstagram: @mrharryhillYouTube: @harryhillshowProducer Neil FearnA 'Keep it Light Media' productionAll enquiries: HELLO@KEEPITLIGHTMEDIA.COM Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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.ukGet in touch: harry@arewethereyetpod.co.ukWebsite: www.harryhill.co.ukInstagram: @mrharryhillYouTube: @harryhillshowProducer Neil FearnA 'Keep it Light Media' productionAll enquiries: HELLO@KEEPITLIGHTMEDIA.COM Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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.ukGet in touch: harry@arewethereyetpod.co.ukWebsite: www.harryhill.co.ukInstagram: @mrharryhillYouTube: @harryhillshowProducer Neil FearnA 'Keep it Light Media' productionAll enquiries: HELLO@KEEPITLIGHTMEDIA.COM Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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.ukGet in touch: harry@arewethereyetpod.co.ukWebsite: www.harryhill.co.ukInstagram: @mrharryhillYouTube: @harryhillshowProducer Neil FearnA 'Keep it Light Media' productionAll enquiries: HELLO@KEEPITLIGHTMEDIA.COM Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 hereHarry is on tour in 2025! Get your tickets at harryhill.co.ukGet in touch: harry@arewethereyetpod.co.ukWebsite: www.harryhill.co.ukInstagram: @mrharryhillYouTube: @harryhillshowProducer Neil FearnA 'Keep it Light Media' productionAll enquiries: HELLO@KEEPITLIGHTMEDIA.COM Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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.ukGet in touch: harry@arewethereyetpod.co.ukWebsite: www.harryhill.co.ukInstagram: @mrharryhillYouTube: @harryhillshowProducer Neil FearnA 'Keep it Light Media' productionAll enquiries: HELLO@KEEPITLIGHTMEDIA.COM Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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.ukGet in touch: harry@arewethereyetpod.co.ukWebsite: www.harryhill.co.ukInstagram: @mrharryhillYouTube: @harryhillshowProducer Neil FearnA 'Keep it Light Media' productionAll enquiries: HELLO@KEEPITLIGHTMEDIA.COM Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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.comDaliso is on tour! Find all his dates and get your tickets at dalisochaponda.com Harry is on tour in 2025! Get your tickets nice at early at harryhill.co.ukGet in touch: harry@arewethereyetpod.co.ukWebsite: www.harryhill.co.ukInstagram: @mrharryhillYouTube: @harryhillshowProducer Neil FearnA 'Keep it Light Media' productionAll enquiries: HELLO@KEEPITLIGHTMEDIA.COM Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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.ukGet in touch: harry@arewethereyetpod.co.ukWebsite: www.harryhill.co.ukInstagram: @mrharryhillYouTube: @harryhillshowProducer Neil FearnA 'Keep it Light Media' productionAll enquiries: HELLO@KEEPITLIGHTMEDIA.COM Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices