Andy Hamilton
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- For the jazz musician see Andy Hamilton (saxophonist).
Andy Hamilton is a British comedian, game show panelist, director and comedy scriptwriter for television and radio. He has appeared in The News Quiz, QI and If I Ruled the World, and is an occasional guest panelist in I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue.
He was born in Fulham, South West London and educated at grammar school before reading English at Cambridge, where he was a member of the Cambridge University Light Entertainment Society (CULES). Hamilton first came to major notice whilst performing in the world famous Edinburgh Fringe Festival in the 1970s.
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Scripts
Hamilton has written scripts for:
- Not the Nine O'Clock News (1979)
- Scotch and Wry (1980)
- Who Dares Wins (1983)
- Alas Smith & Jones (1984)
- The Kit Curran Radio Show (1984; with Guy Jenkin)
- Scotch & Wry (1986)
- The Return of Shelley (1988)
- Drop the Dead Donkey (1990; with Guy Jenkin)
- Eleven Men Against Eleven (1995)
- Never Mind the Horrocks (1996)
- Bedtime (2001-2003)
- Trevor's World of Sport (2003)
- The Million Pound Radio Show (radio, with Nick Revell)
- The News Huddlines (radio)
- Old Harry's Game (radio, in which he also stars as Satan)
- Revolting People (radio, in which he also stars as Sergeant McGurk)
- The Two Ronnies
- Week Ending (radio)
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External links
- Official Hat Trick Productions Website Hat Trick
- {{{2|{{{name|Andy Hamilton}}}}}} at The Internet Movie DatabaseTemplate:Comedian-stub