Matthew Keith Hall known as Harry Hill was born in Woking, Surrey.

 

A former medical doctor, who remains on the General Medical Council's list of Registered Medical Practitioners, Hill began his career in comedy when he began hosting his popular radio show. He worked as a house officer at Doncaster Royal Infirmary, before quitting the medical profession because he "didn't feel in control of what was happening".

 

In February 2006, Hill was a victim of identity theft; a sum of £280,000 was stolen from his bank account.

 

His all-new show, Harry Hill's TV Burp, in which he would take a look at the week's television, showing clips from various British television programmes, and framing them with commentary or intercutting additional footage. The series would feature a regular stable of all new characters, including the Knitted Character, a small, knitted rabbit, Wagbo, a demon love child whose parents are reportedly Wagner Carillho and Mary Byrne of X Factor fame, an interpretation of Heather Trott from EastEnders, played by Steve Bernham, as well as a doll of Apprentice star Alan Sugar, who would regularly rap before clips of The Apprentice were introduced. The show was piloted in 2001, before running for eleven full series between 2002 and 2012, before being cancelled to allow Hill to work on other projects.

Since 2004, Harry has narrated the comical clips show You've Been Framed!