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| image_size = 200px | caption = Hardy in 2016
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| caption = Hardy during a recording of '']'' for ] in 2006
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| birth_name = Jeremy James Hardy | birth_name = Jeremy James Hardy
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1961|07|17}} | birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1961|07|17}}
| birth_place = ], ], England | birth_place = ], England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|02|1|1961|07|17|df=yes}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|02|1|1961|07|17|df=yes}}
| death_place = | death_place = London, England
| medium = Television, radio and stand-up | medium = Television, radio and stand-up
| education = ] (])
| nationality = British
⚫ | spouse = ] (1986–2006)<br />Katie Barlow
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| alma_mater = ] | children = 1 (adopted)
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⚫ | spouse = ] (1986–?, divorced)<br>Katie Barlow
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| website = {{official website|http://jeremyhardy.co.uk/}}
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⚫ '''Jeremy James Hardy''' (17 July 1961{{snd}}1 February 2019) was an ] comedian. Born and raised in ], Hardy studied at the ] and began his stand-up career in the 1980s, going on to win the ] at the ] in 1988. He is best known for his appearances on radio panel shows such as the '']'' and '']''.
'''Jeremy James Hardy''' (17 July 1961{{snd}}1 February 2019) was an English comedian.

⚫ Born and raised in ], Hardy studied at the ] and began his stand-up career in the 1980s, going on to win the ] at the ] in 1988. He is best known for his appearances on radio panel shows such as the '']'' and '']''.


==Early life== ==Early life==
Hardy was born in ], Hampshire,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=LxyLJJTB4%2FJ24qtD2A1HYQ&scan=1| title=Index entry|accessdate=1 February 2019|work=FreeBMD| publisher=ONS}}</ref><ref>Jeremy J Hardy in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916–2007</ref> the fifth and youngest child of rocket scientist Donald D. Hardy (1925–2016) and Sheila Stagg (1924–2012).<ref name=DHGrauniadobit>{{cite web|title=Donald Hardy obituary |author=Serena Hardy| url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/jul/17/donald-hardy-obituary|publisher=], London|date=17 July 2016|accessdate=1 February 2019}}</ref> He attended ] and studied ] and politics at the ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/feb/01/jeremy-hardy-obituary|title=Jeremy Hardy obituary|first=Miles|last=Jupp|authorlink=Miles Jupp |date=1 February 2019|publisher=theguardian.com|accessdate=2 February 2019}}</ref> He subsequently failed to obtain a place on a journalism course, and considered becoming an actor or poet.<ref name=boltonnews/> Hardy was born in ],<ref name="Jupp"/><ref name="ODNB">{{cite ODNB |doi=10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.90000381184 |title=Hardy, Jeremy James (1961–2019) |year=2023 |last1=Double |first1=Oliver |isbn=9780198614128}}</ref> the fifth and youngest child of rocket scientist Donald D. Hardy (1925–2016) and Sheila Stagg (1924–2012).<ref name=DHGrauniadobit>{{cite web|title=Donald Hardy obituary |author=Serena Hardy| url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/jul/17/donald-hardy-obituary|work=], London|date=17 July 2016|access-date=1 February 2019}}</ref> He attended ] and studied ] and politics at the ].<ref name="Jupp">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/feb/01/jeremy-hardy-obituary|title=Jeremy Hardy obituary|first=Miles|last=Jupp|author-link=Miles Jupp |date=1 February 2019|work=The Guardian|access-date=2 February 2019}}</ref> He subsequently failed to obtain a place on a journalism course, and considered becoming an actor or poet.<ref name=boltonnews/>


==Career== ==Career==
Hardy started ] before turning to ] in London in the early 1980s,<ref name=boltonnews/> funded in part by the ].<ref>{{cite newspaper|accessdate=29 July 2018|title=Jeremy Hardy looks back at 'the one decent thing Thatcher did'|url=http://www.harrowtimes.co.uk/news/11805898.Jeremy_Hardy_looks_back_at__the_one_decent_thing_Thatcher_did_/|newspaper=]|date=19 December 2015|first=Rosy|last=Moorhead}}</ref> He won the ] in 1988 at the ]. Hardy started ] before turning to ] in London in the early 1980s,<ref name=boltonnews/> funded in part by the ].<ref>{{cite news|access-date=29 July 2018|title=Jeremy Hardy looks back at 'the one decent thing Thatcher did'|url=http://www.harrowtimes.co.uk/news/11805898.Jeremy_Hardy_looks_back_at__the_one_decent_thing_Thatcher_did_/|newspaper=]|date=19 December 2015|first=Rosy|last=Moorhead}}</ref> He won the ] in 1988 at the ].


He made his television debut in the late 1980s, featuring regularly as Jeremy the ] in the ]-led comedy show ''Now – Something Else'' on ], along with guest appearances on programmes including the ] talk show '']''.<ref name=boltonnews>{{cite newspaper|accessdate=29 July 2018|title=Jeremy's stand-up routine|url=http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/5983532.Jeremy_s_stand-up_routine/|newspaper=]|date=22 February 2002}}</ref> He went on to feature in various comedy shows including '']'' (1989), and presented a television documentary about the political background to the ] as well as an edition of '']'' in 1996. He was one of the two team captains on the BBC Two game show '']'' that ran for two series in 1998–1999.<ref name=boltonnews/> ] featured alongside him in the BBC radio sitcoms '']'' and '']''.<ref name="At Home" /><ref name="Unnatural Acts">{{cite web |title=Unnatural Acts |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00k9h8b |publisher=BBC |accessdate=1 February 2019}}</ref> He made his television debut in the late 1980s, featuring regularly as Jeremy the ] in the ]-led comedy show '']'' on ], along with guest appearances on programmes including the ] talk show '']''.<ref name=boltonnews>{{cite news|access-date=29 July 2018|title=Jeremy's stand-up routine|url=http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/5983532.Jeremy_s_stand-up_routine/|newspaper=]|date=22 February 2002}}</ref> He went on to feature in various comedy shows including '']'' (1989), and presented a television documentary about the political background to the ] as well as an edition of '']'' in 1996. He was one of the two team captains on the BBC Two game show '']'' that ran for two series in 1998–1999.<ref name=boltonnews/> ] featured alongside him in the BBC radio sitcoms '']'' and '']''.<ref name="At Home" /><ref name="Unnatural Acts">{{cite web |title=Unnatural Acts |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00k9h8b |publisher=BBC |access-date=1 February 2019}}</ref>


He became best known for his work on ], particularly on '']'', '']'' and his long-running series of monologues '']''.<ref name="Caustic comic"/> His excruciatingly off-key singing was a long-running joke on the radio panel show ''I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue'', on which he appeared regularly and which was replicated to great disadvantage in the spin-off radio series ''You'll Have Had Your Tea: The Doings of ]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jeremy Hardy – Comedian, Writer and Political Activist |url=https://h2g2.com/edited_entry/A17617007 |publisher=BBC |accessdate=1 February 2019 |date=6 January 2007}}</ref> He appeared as a panelist on the first and second series of '']''.<ref>{{cite web |title = Jeremy Hardy Dies at 57|url=https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/celebs-tv/former-qi-mock-week-star-2495399|publisher=Nottinghamshire Live|accessdate=2 February 2019}}</ref> Hardy worked extensively on ], particularly on '']'', '']'' and his long-running series of monologues '']''.<ref name="Caustic comic"/> His excruciatingly off-key singing was a long-running joke on the radio panel show ''I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue'' — on which he appeared regularly — as well as the spin-off radio series ''You'll Have Had Your Tea: The Doings of ]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jeremy Hardy – Comedian, Writer and Political Activist |url=https://h2g2.com/edited_entry/A17617007 |publisher=BBC |access-date=1 February 2019 |date=6 January 2007}}</ref> He appeared in the Radio 4 sitcom '']'',<ref>{{cite web|title=A Brief History of Timewasting: The Complete Series 1 and 2|url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/144/1445542/a-brief-history-of-timewasting--the-complete-series-1-and-2/9781529143010.html|website=Penguin Books|access-date=7 June 2021}}</ref> and he also appeared as a panellist on the first and second series of '']''.<ref>{{cite web |title = Jeremy Hardy Dies at 57|date=February 2019|url=https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/celebs-tv/former-qi-mock-week-star-2495399|publisher=Nottinghamshire Live|access-date=2 February 2019}}</ref> His experiences in Palestine during the ] became the subject of a feature documentary '']'' (2003), directed by ]. A four-episode series entitled ''Jeremy Hardy Feels It'' was broadcast on Radio 4 in December 2017 to January 2018.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=29 July 2018|title=Jeremy Hardy Feels It|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09kbs4h|website=BBC Radio 4}}</ref>
His experiences in Palestine during the ] became the subject of a feature documentary '']'' (2003), directed by ]. A four-episode series entitled ''Jeremy Hardy Feels It'' was broadcast on Radio 4 in December 2017 to January 2018.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=29 July 2018|title=Jeremy Hardy Feels It|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09kbs4h|website=BBC Radio 4}}</ref>


Hardy wrote a regular column for '']'' until 2001.<ref>{{cite web|author=Hardy, Jeremy|title=Frankly, I've got nothing to joke about|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/Columnists/Column/0,,468272,00.html|date=4 April 2001|accessdate=13 September 2007}}</ref> He then wrote a column in the '']''{{'}}s magazine.<ref name=boltonnews/> His first book, ''When Did You Last See Your Father'', was published by ] in 1992. ''My Family and Other Strangers'', based on his research into his ], was published by ] on 4 March 2010.<ref>{{cite newspaper|first1=Jeremy|last1=Hardy|accessdate=29 July 2018|title=Jeremy Hardy's family tree|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/feb/27/jeremy-hardy-family-tree-grandmother|date=27 February 2010|newspaper=]}}</ref> Hardy wrote a regular column for '']'' until 2001.<ref>{{cite web|author=Hardy, Jeremy|title=Frankly, I've got nothing to joke about|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/Columnists/Column/0,,468272,00.html|date=4 April 2001|access-date=13 September 2007}}</ref> He then wrote a column in the '']''{{'}}s magazine.<ref name=boltonnews/> His first book, ''When Did You Last See Your Father'', was published by ] in 1992. ''My Family and Other Strangers'', based on his research into his ], was published by ] on 4 March 2010.<ref>{{cite news|first1=Jeremy|last1=Hardy|access-date=29 July 2018|title=Jeremy Hardy's family tree|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/feb/27/jeremy-hardy-family-tree-grandmother|date=27 February 2010|newspaper=]}}</ref>

An anthology of Hardy's writing, ''Jeremy Hardy Speaks Volumes'', was published in February 2020.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hardy |first1=Jeremy |title=Jeremy Hardy Speaks Volumes |url=https://www.johnmurraypress.co.uk/titles/jeremy-hardy/jeremy-hardy-speaks-volumes/9781529300376/ |website=johnmurraypress.co.uk |date=21 October 2019 |publisher=John Murray Press |access-date=18 February 2020}}</ref> It was edited by his wife Katie Barlow and his long-time radio producer ].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Merritt |first1=Stephanie |title='I knew he was loved but not the scale of it': Katie Barlow on her late husband Jeremy Hardy |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/feb/15/jeremy-hardy-speaks-volumes-interview-katie-barlow-wife-book-extract|newspaper=The Guardian|date=15 February 2020 |access-date=18 February 2020}}</ref>


==Political views== ==Political views==
Hardy was a committed socialist, and a supporter of the ]. He performed at Labour Party rallies and Labour leader ] considered him a "dear, lifelong friend".<ref name=JCGuardianobit01022019 /> His comedy embodied his radical politics, including outspoken opposition to former Labour leader ]<ref name="Graun-Ferocious">{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/feb/01/jeremy-hardy-a-ferocious-talent-who-radicalised-radio-comedy |title=Jeremy Hardy: a ferocious talent who radicalised radio comedy |last=Lawson |first=Mark |date=1 February 2019|website=The Guardian |access-date=2 February 2019}}</ref> – he was conflicted during the Blair and ] leadership period, quoted as saying "To me, voting Labour is like wiping your bottom: I can't say I like doing it but you've got to – because you're in a worse mess if you don't." <ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/society/2012/03/labour-party-election-british |title=Things can only get bitter |access-date=2 February 2019}}</ref> Hardy was banned from voting in Labour internal elections in 2015 because he had also raised funds for the ].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://newint.org/taxonomy/term/6795 |title=The Labour purge is underway |work=New Internationalist |access-date=2 February 2019|language=en}}</ref> He strongly supported Corbyn in the leadership election of 2015.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/aug/21/jeremy-hardy-labour-rig-leadership-election-corbyn |title=Comic Jeremy Hardy accuses Labour of trying to rig leadership election |last=Association |first=Press |date=21 August 2015|work=The Guardian |access-date=2 February 2019|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> He was also an outspoken opponent of the ].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/comedian-jeremy-hardy-under-fire-after-suggesting-labour-supporters-of-trident-are-mentally-ill-a6923446.html |title=Comedian Jeremy Hardy is under fire for suggesting Trident supporters are mentally ill |date=10 March 2016|access-date=2 February 2019}}</ref> Hardy was a committed socialist, and a supporter of the ]. He performed at Labour Party rallies and Labour leader ] considered him a "dear, lifelong friend".<ref name=JCGuardianobit01022019 /> His comedy embodied his radical politics, including outspoken opposition to former Labour leader ]<ref name="Graun-Ferocious">{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/feb/01/jeremy-hardy-a-ferocious-talent-who-radicalised-radio-comedy |title=Jeremy Hardy: a ferocious talent who radicalised radio comedy |last=Lawson |first=Mark |date=1 February 2019|website=The Guardian |access-date=2 February 2019}}</ref> – he was conflicted during the Blair and ] leadership period, quoted as saying "To me, voting Labour is like wiping your bottom: I can't say I like doing it but you've got to – because you're in a worse mess if you don't."<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/society/2012/03/labour-party-election-british |title=Things can only get bitter |access-date=2 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325213524/https://www.newstatesman.com/society/2012/03/labour-party-election-british |archive-date=25 March 2012 | first=Alwyn W |last=Turner |date=22 March 2012 |work=New Statesman}}</ref> Hardy was banned from voting in Labour internal elections in 2015 because he had also raised funds for the ].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://newint.org/taxonomy/term/6795 |title=The Labour purge is underway |work=New Internationalist |access-date=2 February 2019|language=en}}</ref> He strongly supported Corbyn in the leadership election of 2015.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/aug/21/jeremy-hardy-labour-rig-leadership-election-corbyn |title=Comic Jeremy Hardy accuses Labour of trying to rig leadership election |agency=Press Association |date=21 August 2015|work=The Guardian |access-date=2 February 2019|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> He was also an outspoken opponent of the ].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/comedian-jeremy-hardy-under-fire-after-suggesting-labour-supporters-of-trident-are-mentally-ill-a6923446.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220608/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/comedian-jeremy-hardy-under-fire-after-suggesting-labour-supporters-of-trident-are-mentally-ill-a6923446.html |archive-date=8 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Comedian Jeremy Hardy is under fire for suggesting Trident supporters are mentally ill |date=10 March 2016|access-date=2 February 2019}}</ref>


Hardy supported Irish nationalist ], the then-pregnant daughter of ], when the former was accused of involvement in an IRA mortar attack in Germany, and put up part of the bail money to free her.<ref name="Caustic comic" /> He also supported the campaign to free ], wrongly convicted of involvement in the ]'s (IRA) ] on 20 July 1982.<ref name="mult1">{{cite news | title = McNamee's 11-year campaign for justice | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/236912.stm | publisher = BBC News | date = 17 December 1998 | accessdate = 27 February 2007}}</ref> Hardy supported Irish nationalist ], the then-pregnant daughter of ], when the former was accused of involvement in an IRA mortar attack in Germany, and put up part of the bail money to free her.<ref name="Caustic comic" /> He also supported the campaign to free ], whose conviction for involvement in the ]'s (IRA) ] on 20 July 1982 was quashed in 1999, after several years of prison.<ref name="mult1">{{cite news | title = McNamee's 11-year campaign for justice | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/236912.stm | work = BBC News | date = 17 December 1998 | access-date = 27 February 2007}}</ref>


In an edition of ''Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation'' on BBC Radio 4 "How to be Afraid", broadcast in September 2004, Hardy joked that members and supporters of the ] should be "shot in the back of the head", sparking complaints and causing ] to cancel a show in the town over fears that it could be "disruptive" in an area with a recent history of racial tension.<ref>{{cite news|title=Comic banned for 'shoot BNP' joke|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lancashire/3974731.stm|publisher=]|date=2 November 2004|accessdate=13 September 2007}}</ref> In an edition of ''Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation'' on BBC Radio 4 "How to be Afraid", broadcast in September 2004, Hardy said during one of his comedy routines that "if you just took everyone in the ] and everyone who votes for them and shot them in the back of the head, there would be a brighter future for us all."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vimeo.com/314868978|title=Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation s06e01 How to Be Afraid|via=vimeo.com}}</ref> This sparked complaints and caused ] to cancel a show in the town over fears that it could be "disruptive" in an area with a recent history of racial tension.<ref>{{cite news|title=Comic banned for 'shoot BNP' joke|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lancashire/3974731.stm|work=]|date=2 November 2004|access-date=13 September 2007}}</ref>


In September 2016 Hardy performed at the Keep Corbyn rally in ] in support of ]'s campaign in the ].<ref name="doncasterfreepress">{{cite news |last=Burke|first=Darren|url=https://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/news/tv-star-comedians-line-up-for-jeremy-corbyn-rally-in-doncaster-1-8090226|title=TV star comedians line up for Jeremy Corbyn rally in Doncaster|work= |location=Doncaster|publisher='']''|date=26 August 2016|accessdate=1 June 2018}}</ref> On Hardy's death, Corbyn said "He always gave his all for everyone else and the campaigns for social justice."<ref name=JCGuardianobit01022019>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/feb/01/comedian-jeremy-hardy-dies-of-cancer-aged-57 |title=Comedian Jeremy Hardy dies of cancer aged 57 |newspaper=The Guardian |accessdate=1 February 2019|date=1 February 2019 |last1=Mumford |first1=Gwilym }}</ref> In September 2016 Hardy performed at the Keep Corbyn rally in ] in support of ]'s campaign in the ].<ref name="doncasterfreepress">{{cite news |last=Burke|first=Darren|url=https://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/news/tv-star-comedians-line-up-for-jeremy-corbyn-rally-in-doncaster-1-8090226|title=TV star comedians line up for Jeremy Corbyn rally in Doncaster|location=Doncaster|publisher=]|date=26 August 2016|access-date=1 June 2018}}</ref> On Hardy's death, Corbyn said "He always gave his all for everyone else and the campaigns for social justice."<ref name=JCGuardianobit01022019>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/feb/01/comedian-jeremy-hardy-dies-of-cancer-aged-57 |title=Comedian Jeremy Hardy dies of cancer aged 57 |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=1 February 2019|date=1 February 2019 |last1=Mumford |first1=Gwilym }}</ref>


==Personal life== ==Personal life==
In 1986 Hardy married the actress and comedian ]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ancestry.co.uk/cs/offers/join?sub=11540774699171840&dbid=8753&url=https%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3findiv%3d1%26dbid%3d8753%26h%3d2571404%26usePUB%3dtrue%26_phsrc%3ddjv946%26_phstart%3dsuccessSource%26requr%3d11540774699171840%26ur%3d0&gsfn=&gsln=&h=2571404|title=Join Ancestry|website=www.ancestry.co.uk|accessdate=2 February 2019}}</ref> and in 1990 they adopted a daughter, Elizabeth Hardy. He later married the photographer and filmmaker Katie Barlow.<ref name="BBC obit" /> In 1986 Hardy married the actress and comedian ]<ref name="ODNB" /> and in 1990 they adopted a daughter, Elizabeth Hardy. He later married the photographer and filmmaker Katie Barlow.<ref name="BBC obit" />

⚫ Hardy was a close friend of the comedian ]; when she died of ] on 27 February 2006 he publicly eulogised her in many media outlets<ref>{{cite news|last=Hardy|first=Jeremy|title=Her mind was extraordinary|work=BBC News|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4760038.stm|date=28 February 2006|access-date=13 September 2007}}</ref> and wrote her obituary in '']''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hardy|first=Jeremy|title=Obituary: Linda Smith|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/obituaries/story/0,,1720290,00.html|date=1 March 2006|access-date=13 September 2007}}</ref>


⚫ Hardy died at St Christopher’s Hospice in ] of cancer on 1 February 2019, at the age of 57.<ref name ="ODNB"/><ref name="BBC obit" /> Julia McKenzie, the head of Radio team at BBC Studios, said of Hardy "I will remember him as someone who could convulse an audience with laughter at a comic image whilst at the same time making a point of substance that reverberated on a much deeper level and spoke to his principles and unflinching concern for the less fortunate."<ref name="JMK">{{cite press release |last=McKenzie |first=Julia |date=1 February 2019 |title=The News Quiz twitter feed |url=https://twitter.com/TheNewsQuiz/status/1091306718510964737|access-date=1 February 2019}}</ref> ], then-host of '']'' and a longtime friend, wrote his obituary in ''The Guardian''.<ref name="Jupp"/>
⚫ Hardy was a close friend of the comedian ]; when she died of ] on 27 February 2006 he publicly eulogised her in many media outlets<ref>{{cite news|last=Hardy|first=Jeremy|title=Her mind was extraordinary|publisher=BBC News|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4760038.stm|date=28 February 2006|accessdate=13 September 2007}}</ref> and wrote her obituary in '']''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hardy|first=Jeremy|title=Obituary: Linda Smith|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/obituaries/story/0,,1720290,00.html|date=1 March 2006|accessdate=13 September 2007}}</ref>


== Collections ==
⚫ Hardy died of cancer on 1 February 2019, at the age of 57.<ref name="BBC obit" /> Julie McKenzie, the head of Radio team at BBC Studios, said of Hardy "I will remember him as someone who could convulse an audience with laughter at a comic image whilst at the same time making a point of substance that reverberated on a much deeper level and spoke to his principles and unflinching concern for the less fortunate."<ref name="JMK">{{cite press release |last=McKenzie |first=Julia |date=1 February 2019 |title=The News Quiz twitter feed |url=https://twitter.com/TheNewsQuiz/status/1091306718510964737|access-date=1 February 2019}}</ref>
The University of Kent holds a collection of Hardy's work as part of the British Stand-Up Comedy Archive.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2021-12-06 |title=Jeremy Hardy Collection |url=https://www.kent.ac.uk/library-it/special-collections/british-stand-up-comedy-archive/jeremy-hardy-collection |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Special Collections and Archives - University of Kent |language=en-GB}}</ref> The archive is composed of audio-visual material from Hardy's career, including recordings of live performances.<ref name=":0" />


==Appearances== ==Appearances==
===Television=== ===Television===
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*'']'' (1988) – the voice of Henry<ref name=BFI>{{cite web |title=Jeremy Hardy |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba572418a |publisher=British Film Institute |accessdate=1 February 2019}}</ref> *'']'' (1988) – the voice of Henry<ref name=BFI>{{cite web |title=Jeremy Hardy |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba572418a |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202041848/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba572418a |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 February 2019 |publisher=British Film Institute |access-date=1 February 2019}}</ref>
*'']'' (1989) ("]") – Corporal Perkins<ref name=BFI /> *'']'' (1989) ("]") – Corporal Perkins<ref name=BFI />
*'']'' (1996) (with ]) *'']'' (1996) (with ])
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*'']'' (2004)<ref>{{cite journal |title=Grumpy Old Men |journal=Radio Times |date=2 September 2004 |issue=4198 |page=108 |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/3097b977fadc483784b049c0c6ab4249 |accessdate=1 February 2019}}</ref> *'']'' (2004)<ref>{{cite journal |title=Grumpy Old Men |journal=Radio Times |date=2 September 2004 |issue=4198 |page=108 |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/3097b977fadc483784b049c0c6ab4249 |access-date=1 February 2019}}</ref>
*'']'' (2005)<ref>{{cite journal |title=Mock the Week |journal=Radio Times |date=2 June 2005 |issue=4236 |page=74 |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/ca93f99722ca418abbeb44822eed0b3e |accessdate=1 February 2019}}</ref> *'']'' (2005)<ref>{{cite journal |title=Mock the Week |journal=Radio Times |date=2 June 2005 |issue=4236 |page=74 |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/ca93f99722ca418abbeb44822eed0b3e |access-date=1 February 2019}}</ref>
*'']'' (2007) (Dictionary Corner)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Collier |first1=Hatty |title=Jeremy Hardy death: Comedian dies from cancer aged 57 |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/jeremy-hardy-death-comedian-dies-from-cancer-aged-57-a4054981.html |accessdate=1 February 2019 |work=Evening Standard |date=1 February 2019}}</ref> *'']'' (2007) (Dictionary Corner)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Collier |first1=Hatty |title=Jeremy Hardy death: Comedian dies from cancer aged 57 |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/jeremy-hardy-death-comedian-dies-from-cancer-aged-57-a4054981.html |access-date=1 February 2019 |work=Evening Standard |date=1 February 2019}}</ref>
*''The Voice'' (2008)<ref>{{cite journal |title=The Voice |journal=Radio Times |date=17 January 2008 |issue=4370 |page=124 |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/92cefb0a0bf6495b981c5847059735d2 |accessdate=1 February 2019}}</ref> *''The Voice'' (2008)<ref>{{cite journal |title=The Voice |journal=Radio Times |date=17 January 2008 |issue=4370 |page=124 |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/92cefb0a0bf6495b981c5847059735d2 |access-date=1 February 2019}}</ref>
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*'']''<ref name="At Home">{{cite web |title=At Home With the Hardys |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00l7zf6 |website=BBC |accessdate=1 February 2019}}</ref> *'']''<ref name="At Home">{{cite web |title=At Home With the Hardys |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00l7zf6 |website=BBC |access-date=1 February 2019}}</ref>
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*'']''<ref>{{cite journal |title=Chain Reaction |journal=Radio Times |date=8 February 2007 |issue=4322 |page=123 |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/65f3e78e3f154158b5d12bf83ee56b1f |accessdate=1 February 2019}}</ref> *'']''<ref>{{cite journal |title=Chain Reaction |journal=Radio Times |date=8 February 2007 |issue=4322 |page=123 |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/65f3e78e3f154158b5d12bf83ee56b1f |access-date=1 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007746h |title=Chain Reaction – Series 3 – Jeremy Hardy |date=14 February 2007 |website=BBC Radio 4 |access-date=10 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00mtpl4 |title=Chain Reaction – Series 3 – Jack Dee interviews Jeremy Hardy |website=BBC Radio 4 Extra |access-date=10 April 2019}}</ref>
*''Comic to Comic''<ref>{{cite journal |title=Comic to Comic |journal=Radio Times |date=17 August 2006 |issue=4298 |page=127 |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/284ca352370baf87e437d363ba9619a3}}</ref> *''Comic to Comic''<ref>{{cite journal |title=Comic to Comic |journal=Radio Times |date=17 August 2006 |issue=4298 |page=127 |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/284ca352370baf87e437d363ba9619a3}}</ref>
*'']''<ref>{{cite journal |title=The Unbelievable Truth |journal=Radio Times |date=12 October 2006 |issue=4306 |page=133 |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/b2effea1874d409e8e55357509bd5514 |accessdate=1 February 2019}}</ref> *'']''<ref>{{cite journal |title=The Unbelievable Truth |journal=Radio Times |date=12 October 2006 |issue=4306 |page=133 |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/b2effea1874d409e8e55357509bd5514 |access-date=1 February 2019}}</ref>
* ''Jeremy Hardy Feels It'' (2018)<ref>{{cite web |title=Jeremy Hardy Feels It |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09kbs4h/broadcasts/2018/01 |publisher=BBC |accessdate=1 February 2019}}</ref> * ''Jeremy Hardy Feels It'' (2018)<ref>{{cite web |title=Jeremy Hardy Feels It |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09kbs4h/broadcasts/2018/01 |publisher=BBC |access-date=1 February 2019}}</ref>
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===Film=== ===Film===


*'']'' (2001)<ref name="Caustic comic">{{cite news |title=Jeremy Hardy: Caustic comic |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/uk/2000/newsmakers/1913049.stm |accessdate=1 February 2019 |work=BBC |date=5 April 2002}}</ref> *'']'' (2001)<ref name="Caustic comic">{{cite news |title=Jeremy Hardy: Caustic comic |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/uk/2000/newsmakers/1913049.stm |access-date=1 February 2019 |work=BBC |date=5 April 2002}}</ref>
*'']'' (2003)<ref name="BBC obit">{{cite news |title=Jeremy Hardy: Comedian and Radio 4 panel star dies aged 57 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-47056671 |accessdate=1 February 2019 |work=BBC |date=1 February 2019}}</ref> *'']'' (2003)<ref name="BBC obit">{{cite news |title=Jeremy Hardy: Comedian and Radio 4 panel star dies aged 57 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-47056671 |access-date=1 February 2019 |work=BBC |date=1 February 2019}}</ref>
*'']'' (2008)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Groves |first1=Nancy |title=Observations: Oliver Irving gets by with a little help from his friends |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/observations-oliver-irving-gets-by-with-a-little-help-from-his-friends-1688879.html |accessdate=1 February 2019 |work=The Independent |date=22 May 2009}}</ref> *'']'' (2008)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Groves |first1=Nancy |title=Observations: Oliver Irving gets by with a little help from his friends |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/observations-oliver-irving-gets-by-with-a-little-help-from-his-friends-1688879.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220608/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/observations-oliver-irving-gets-by-with-a-little-help-from-his-friends-1688879.html |archive-date=8 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=1 February 2019 |work=The Independent |date=22 May 2009}}</ref>


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English comedian (1961–2019)

Jeremy Hardy
Hardy in 2016
Birth nameJeremy James Hardy
Born(1961-07-17)17 July 1961
Farnborough, Hampshire, England
Died1 February 2019(2019-02-01) (aged 57)
London, England
MediumTelevision, radio and stand-up
EducationUniversity of Southampton (BA)
SpouseKit Hollerbach (1986–2006)
Katie Barlow
Children1 (adopted)

Jeremy James Hardy (17 July 1961 – 1 February 2019) was an English comedian. Born and raised in Hampshire, Hardy studied at the University of Southampton and began his stand-up career in the 1980s, going on to win the Perrier Comedy Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1988. He is best known for his appearances on radio panel shows such as the News Quiz and I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue.

Early life

Hardy was born in Farnborough, Hampshire, the fifth and youngest child of rocket scientist Donald D. Hardy (1925–2016) and Sheila Stagg (1924–2012). He attended Farnham College and studied modern history and politics at the University of Southampton. He subsequently failed to obtain a place on a journalism course, and considered becoming an actor or poet.

Career

Hardy started scriptwriting before turning to stand-up comedy in London in the early 1980s, funded in part by the Enterprise Allowance Scheme. He won the Perrier Comedy Award in 1988 at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

He made his television debut in the late 1980s, featuring regularly as Jeremy the boom operator in the Rory Bremner-led comedy show Now – Something Else on BBC Two, along with guest appearances on programmes including the BBC One talk show Wogan. He went on to feature in various comedy shows including Blackadder Goes Forth (1989), and presented a television documentary about the political background to the English Civil War as well as an edition of Top of the Pops in 1996. He was one of the two team captains on the BBC Two game show If I Ruled the World that ran for two series in 1998–1999. Kit Hollerbach featured alongside him in the BBC radio sitcoms Unnatural Acts and At Home with the Hardys.

Hardy worked extensively on BBC Radio 4, particularly on The News Quiz, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue and his long-running series of monologues Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation. His excruciatingly off-key singing was a long-running joke on the radio panel show I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue — on which he appeared regularly — as well as the spin-off radio series You'll Have Had Your Tea: The Doings of Hamish and Dougal. He appeared in the Radio 4 sitcom Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting, and he also appeared as a panellist on the first and second series of QI. His experiences in Palestine during the Israeli army incursions of 2002 became the subject of a feature documentary Jeremy Hardy vs. the Israeli Army (2003), directed by Leila Sansour. A four-episode series entitled Jeremy Hardy Feels It was broadcast on Radio 4 in December 2017 to January 2018.

Hardy wrote a regular column for The Guardian until 2001. He then wrote a column in the London Evening Standard's magazine. His first book, When Did You Last See Your Father, was published by Methuen in 1992. My Family and Other Strangers, based on his research into his family history, was published by Ebury Press on 4 March 2010.

An anthology of Hardy's writing, Jeremy Hardy Speaks Volumes, was published in February 2020. It was edited by his wife Katie Barlow and his long-time radio producer David Tyler.

Political views

Hardy was a committed socialist, and a supporter of the Labour Party. He performed at Labour Party rallies and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn considered him a "dear, lifelong friend". His comedy embodied his radical politics, including outspoken opposition to former Labour leader Tony Blair – he was conflicted during the Blair and Gordon Brown leadership period, quoted as saying "To me, voting Labour is like wiping your bottom: I can't say I like doing it but you've got to – because you're in a worse mess if you don't." Hardy was banned from voting in Labour internal elections in 2015 because he had also raised funds for the Green Party. He strongly supported Corbyn in the leadership election of 2015. He was also an outspoken opponent of the Trident programme.

Hardy supported Irish nationalist Róisín McAliskey, the then-pregnant daughter of Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, when the former was accused of involvement in an IRA mortar attack in Germany, and put up part of the bail money to free her. He also supported the campaign to free Danny McNamee, whose conviction for involvement in the Provisional Irish Republican Army's (IRA) Hyde Park bombing on 20 July 1982 was quashed in 1999, after several years of prison.

In an edition of Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation on BBC Radio 4 "How to be Afraid", broadcast in September 2004, Hardy said during one of his comedy routines that "if you just took everyone in the BNP and everyone who votes for them and shot them in the back of the head, there would be a brighter future for us all." This sparked complaints and caused Burnley Borough Council to cancel a show in the town over fears that it could be "disruptive" in an area with a recent history of racial tension.

In September 2016 Hardy performed at the Keep Corbyn rally in Brighton in support of Jeremy Corbyn's campaign in the Labour Party leadership election. On Hardy's death, Corbyn said "He always gave his all for everyone else and the campaigns for social justice."

Personal life

In 1986 Hardy married the actress and comedian Kit Hollerbach and in 1990 they adopted a daughter, Elizabeth Hardy. He later married the photographer and filmmaker Katie Barlow.

Hardy was a close friend of the comedian Linda Smith; when she died of ovarian cancer on 27 February 2006 he publicly eulogised her in many media outlets and wrote her obituary in The Guardian.

Hardy died at St Christopher’s Hospice in Sydenham, London of cancer on 1 February 2019, at the age of 57. Julia McKenzie, the head of Radio team at BBC Studios, said of Hardy "I will remember him as someone who could convulse an audience with laughter at a comic image whilst at the same time making a point of substance that reverberated on a much deeper level and spoke to his principles and unflinching concern for the less fortunate." Miles Jupp, then-host of The News Quiz and a longtime friend, wrote his obituary in The Guardian.

Collections

The University of Kent holds a collection of Hardy's work as part of the British Stand-Up Comedy Archive. The archive is composed of audio-visual material from Hardy's career, including recordings of live performances.

Appearances

Television

Radio

Film

References

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  15. Hardy, Jeremy (21 October 2019). Jeremy Hardy Speaks Volumes. John Murray Press. Retrieved 18 February 2020. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
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  28. Hardy, Jeremy (28 February 2006). "Her mind was extraordinary". BBC News. Retrieved 13 September 2007.
  29. Hardy, Jeremy (1 March 2006). "Obituary: Linda Smith". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 September 2007.
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  34. "Mock the Week". Radio Times (4236): 74. 2 June 2005. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  35. Collier, Hatty (1 February 2019). "Jeremy Hardy death: Comedian dies from cancer aged 57". Evening Standard. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  36. "The Voice". Radio Times (4370): 124. 17 January 2008. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  37. Daoust, Phil (25 February 2004). "Radio: Pick of the day". The Guardian.
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  44. Groves, Nancy (22 May 2009). "Observations: Oliver Irving gets by with a little help from his friends". The Independent. Archived from the original on 8 June 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2019.

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