Darren Harriott
Darren Harriott (born 1 September 1988) is a British stand-up comedian from Oldbury, West Midlands. He was nominated for the Best Newcomer Award and Best Show Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2017 and 2019 respectively. Career. Harriott has toured the UK with his shows ‘Visceral’ and ‘Good Heart Yute’, and regularly appears at comedy clubs across the country. His stand-up shows became the basis for his BBC Radio 4 series Darren Harriott’s Black Label. Harriott has appeared on multiple television shows such as "Live at the Apollo", The Last Leg, Ghost Bus Tours , Hey Tracey, Comedy Games Night, 8 Out of 10 Cats, , , Catchpoint for Sport Relief, University Challenge for Comic Relief, CelebAbility, The Stand Up Sketch Show, , Celebrity Mastermind, Pointless Celebrities, Dave Gorman: Terms and Conditions Apply, Dave’s Comedian’s Against Living Miserably, Comedy Central Live, Roast Battle, Mock the Week, Comedy Central at the Comedy Store, Hypothetical, Russell Howard’s Stand Up Central, Don't Hate the Playaz and The Comedy Bus. On radio he has hosted Newsjack Unplugged, Comedy of the Week for BBC Radio 4 and the BBC Radio 4 Summer Festival. Radio appearances include BBC Radio 4  shows "Best of the Fest" and "The Now Show", and BBC Radio 5 Live comedy sports panel show "Fighting Talk". He appeared on Dave's "Campaign Against Living Miserably", where he discussed the fact that his father was a drug addict/dealer who hanged himself in prison on 2 March 2000. In late 2021, Harriott co-presented the Dave travelogue "British as Folk" alongside fellow comedians Ivo Graham and Fern Brady.