--- title: "Matthew Hardy: Stand-Up Comedian, TV Roles | D.O.C." description: "Matthew Hardy: 1 album and 2 screen credits. Born in Victoria, Australia, and moved to the UK in 1992 to work the stand-up circuit, staying until 2000…" url: https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-matthew-hardy.html updated: 2026-11-13 --- Stand-up comedian # Matthew Hardy ## Who Matthew Hardy is Matthew Hardy was born in Victoria, Australia, and moved to the UK in 1992 to work the stand-up circuit, staying until 2000 before spending a decade in Melbourne and returning to Britain. His festival shows include Sex & The Suburbs and Willy Wonka Explained, which transferred to Edinburgh, and he wrote the book Saturday Afternoon Fever in 2004. His television credits include Spicks & Specks and Good News Week in Australia, and he has written for The Sketch Show and The Stephen K Amos Show. He released the CD and DVD I'm So Australian in 2008. ## Follow their dates Put them in your D.O.C., your twelve, and the free D.O.C. letter brings their new dates, episodes and videos each week. Saw them live? [Make a card →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/share-my-doc.html#live) ## At a glance **From** Victoria, Australia **Albums** I'm So Australian **On screen** Spicks & Specks and Good News Week ## Is Matthew Hardy on tour? **No upcoming dates on record** No upcoming dates are on record right now. That doesn't mean they have stopped touring; follow them to hear when the next ones are booked. Last checked 13 November 2026. ### Are they coming to my town? No dates are on record right now (checked 13 November 2026), so no town is confirmed yet. Follow them and your town to hear when one is booked. ### Want them in your town? Name your town and how many of you would come: the towns fans ask for show here, with how many asked. 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[Their nights on the Comedy Calendar →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedy-calendar.html) [Build a night out around their show →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/build-my-comedy-night.html) ## Specials, shows and podcasts ### Albums - **I'm So Australian** ### On screen - **Spicks & Specks** - **Good News Week** ## Comedians like Matthew Hardy Each linked to them by something on the record — a stage they both came through, a bill, a show, a style or a home town. - [Cal Wilson](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-cal-wilson.html) also in Good News Week - [Craig Hill](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-craig-hill.html) also in Good News Week - [Dave O'Neil](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-dave-o-neil.html) also in Spicks & Specks - [Eddie Ifft](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-eddie-ifft.html) also in Good News Week - [Felicity Ward](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-felicity-ward.html) also in Good News Week - [Jimeoin](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-jimeoin.html) also in Good News Week - [Paul McDermott](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-paul-mcdermott.html) also in Good News Week [Six Degrees of Komic Bacon: how they connect to anyone →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/six-degrees-of-komic-bacon.html) [Every stand-up comedian with a page, A to Z →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/stand-up-comedians.html) ## Questions and answers ### Where is Matthew Hardy performing next? No date is on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now. ### What TV shows and films are they in? Spicks & Specks and Good News Week. ### Where are they from? Born in Victoria, Australia. ### Who are some comedians like them? [Cal Wilson](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-cal-wilson.html) (also in Good News Week), [Craig Hill](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-craig-hill.html) (also in Good News Week), [Dave O'Neil](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-dave-o-neil.html) (also in Spicks & Specks), [Eddie Ifft](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-eddie-ifft.html) (also in Good News Week) and [Felicity Ward](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-felicity-ward.html) (also in Good News Week). ## Is this you? This page can be your website, free. Send your bio in your own words, your links, your clips, who books you, a line said about you and your weekly show, and they go on this page beside the dates D.O.C. already keeps. Fans follow you here and get your news in the D.O.C. letter. Your short address, for your bio: **disciplesofcomedy.com/matthew-hardy** [Make this page yours →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-profile.html) [Your dates on your own site](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/tour-dates-widget.html) [Your show on a poster](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedy-show-flyer-maker.html) ## The full SUCDb record The full record — the career in order, the specials and credits, and the sources for each — is on SUCDb, with a button to add them to your D.O.C., your twelve. [Their SUCDb record →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-matthew-hardy.html) ### Sources - [Chortle · chortle.co.uk ↗](https://www.chortle.co.uk/comics/m/33748/matthew_hardy) Born in Victoria, Australia; moved to the UK in 1992 for the stand-up circuit; Melbourne International Comedy Festival shows; Spicks & Specks and Good News… Updated 13 November 2026 · the record checked 12 November 2026