Neil Hurst
Neil Hurst (born 5 June 1982) is an actor and presenter born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England best known for his television and stage theatre career. Film and Television career. Hurst first came prominence on British Television as the comic sidekick of Vernon Kay on ITV's All Star Family Fortunes, but his career has seen him appear in many other TV roles from drama to comedy and even presenting. His TV credits include: Benny Grew in the 2018 adaptation of Agatha Christie's "The A.B.C. Murders", Baz in Coronation Street , Ray Glossop in "Doctors" , Peter in "Fresh  Meat" , Frank in "The Syndicate" and Gary Plunkett in "Home From Home". In addition to this he has appeared in small cameo roles in "Casualty", "Moving On" and "4 O'Clock Club". In 2019 Hurst began appearing as a series regular on "Michael McIntyre's Big Show" helping Michael McIntyre prank the Unexpected Star of the show. These episodes were filmed at the London Palladium. Theatre career. In 2018, Hurst, and Coronation Street actress Vicky Binns, joined the original cast of Craig Cash's and Phil Mealey's sitcom Early Doors in the live stage version of the show. Neil was  playing the role of 'Freddie' (a replacement character for Mark Benton's character, 'Eddie') and toured arenas in the UK after sold out run at The Lowry, Salford. Neil reprised his role at The Lowry for the 2019 production of Early Doors: One More Chance. In 2017, Hurst originated the role of Alan in Kay Mellor's Fat Friends The Musical, the musical premièred at the Grand Theatre, Leeds in November 2017, prior to a UK tour from January to June 2018. While appearing in the musical Neil was nominated for best actor in the Entertainment Views Awards For a  decade, 2009 to 2019, Neil appeared at the Victoria Theatre, Halifax each Christmas in their annual pantomime, clocking up almost 1000 performances on the stage. On 28 February 2019, Hurst announced his departure from the Victoria Theatre pantomime after 10 years. Since his departure from Halifax he has been appearing in pantomime for Qdos Entertainment. In 2020, Hurst co-wrote an adult pantomime 'Cinderella' with Jodie Prenger for the Turbine Theatre. Starring Rufus Hound, Scott Paige, Debbie Kurup, Oscar Conlon-Morrey, Sean Parkins and Daisy Wood Davis. The run of the show was unfortunetly cut short due to lockdown restrictions  due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Other theatre roles include: "Bouncers", "Evita", "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat", "Michael Frayn's Matchbox Theatre", "Lost In Yonkers", "The Last Five Years" and "The Wizard of Oz". Presenting. In 2016, Hurst presented a documentary in the United States called "Hopping The Pond". The show was a documentary about craft beers of America. Filming took place in Duluth, Minnesota and Grand Marais, Minnesota He also co-host's the weekly 'Mishaps Podcast' with Emmerdale actress, Natalie Anderson and Musical Theatre star, Jodie Prenger Neil also narrates many TV documentaries.