Harry Hill: From Doctor To Comedian, TV Burp & Success in America

The Romesh Ranganathan Show

Ranga Bee & Platform Media

Society & Culture, Comedy

4.6 • 715 Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2026

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

How does someone go from medicine to comedy? Comedian Harry Hill joins Romesh Ranganathan for a funny and insightful conversation about stand-up, originality and staying relevant in comedy. Harry reflects on leaving a career in medicine to pursue his comedy dream, touring with Tim Vine, and how he developed his completely unique style. They also share on their comedy influences, from Jack Dee to Sean Lock, discuss the pressure of writing new material, and why struggling on stage is part of the process. From TV Burp, to touring, to David Letterman and making it in the US, they cover it all. Plus, expect the usual question from Shanthi and a strong game of Misquoted to top it all off. It's a masterclass in comedy with plenty of nonsense along the way. A Ranga Bee Production in partnership with Platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Where the hell am I?
0:02.0	It's a fighting tournament.
0:04.0	To the death.
0:05.0	It's called Mortal Kombat for a reason.
0:09.0	The tournament begins.
0:11.0	Johnny Case.
0:13.0	You have been chosen to fight.
0:15.0	Come in or what?
0:16.0	I'm an actor.
0:17.0	I can't do this.
0:19.0	You're fighting for the fate of our world.
0:22.0	Get over here!
0:24.9	Mortal Kombat 2. In Cinema's May 8. Book tickets now.
0:28.6	It's show time.
0:30.2	At Akado, you'll save 25% on your first shop and get free delivery.
0:34.7	Which means, if you were to buy a four cheese pizza, you'd basically be getting one of the cheeses for free.
0:55.0	Save and splurge at Accardo, the online supermarket. Deographical and other restrictions, min spend £60 on charge to supply, discount available on food, new customers only, fax saving £20,000, £20,000,000,000 £2,000 atacado.com. You've got an auto-tech here, that's good. Yeah. And I don't, don't, don't, don't do it. Only cameras. One, two, three, four. Four cameras.
0:58.1	Yeah. How many do you have on yours? Three. Yeah. But we should get a four. What do you think about this set up? Tell you the best set up I've done is Jamie Lang. Yeah. That's a nice airy. He's got the candy kitten money, isn't I? Yeah.
1:10.9	We've ever got the candy kitten money.
1:14.1	Hello, I'm Harry Hill and you're watching, Ramesh. This episode is brought to you by Tilda Rice, the UK's favourite rice brand. Now, I'll be honest with you. I used to think rice was just rice. Stick it in a pan, hope for the best eat whatever comes out. And for years I was farmed with that, almost happy.
1:44.7	My standards were frankly quite low. Turns out I've been doing myself a disservice. Tilda ages
1:50.1	their bar smutty for up to 18 months like a fine wine. So the grains cook up fluffy and separate
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