Stand-up comedian

Hugh Dennis

Who Hugh Dennis is

Hugh Dennis is a comedian, actor and writer whose performing career began in 1985 as one half of the double act Punt and Dennis, with a television debut on Channel 4's Saturday Live; the pair have taken live shows to the Edinburgh Fringe, among them Stuff and Nonsense (2007), and toured They Should Get Out More (2009) and Ploughing On Regardless (2013).

On television Dennis is best known for the BBC Two panel show Mock the Week and all five series of the BBC One sitcom Outnumbered, won Best TV Comedy Actor at the 2011 British Comedy Awards, and has appeared in Fleabag and Not Going Out. On radio Dennis writes and presents Radio 4's The Now Show and Radio 2's It's Been a Bad Week, and in 2021 Dennis presented The Great British Dig: History in Your Back Garden on More4.

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At a glance

Podcasts and radio
The Now Show and It's Been a Bad Week
On screen
Mock the Week, Outnumbered, Saturday Live and 3 more

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Last checked 11 October 2026.

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Where is Hugh Dennis performing next?

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What podcasts and radio shows have they been on?

The Now Show and It's Been a Bad Week.

What TV shows and films are they in?

Mock the Week (BBC Two), Outnumbered (BBC One, five series), Saturday Live (Channel 4, with Punt and Dennis), Fleabag, Not Going Out (BBC) and The Great British Dig: History in Your Back Garden (More4, 2021).

Who are some comedians like them?

Mike Wilmot (also in Not Going Out), Simon Evans (also in Not Going Out), Chris McCausland (also in Not Going Out), Lee Mack (also in Not Going Out) and Mark Silcox (also in Outnumbered).

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Updated 11 October 2026 · the record checked 11 October 2026