Darren Harriott is the first Black British stand-up nominated for the main Edinburgh Comedy Award. His TV includes, co-host Love Island: Aftersun, Britain’s Best Takeaway with Sara Cox, British as Folk, host of Live at the Apollo and Dog Ate My Homework, team captain on four series of Guessable and series regular on Don’t Hate the Playaz. He has most recently been announced as a contestant on ITV’s Dancing On Ice.
On radio Darren has had two BBC Radio 4 series Black Label, which covered his time as a teenager in gangs, and the second series Red Label came out over the summer. He has hosted Newsjack Unplugged and the Radio 4 Summer Festival.