From Outnumbered to Fleabag, Mock the Week to The Now Show, The Great British Dig to the Bond film No Time to Die, Hugh has covered comedy, impressions, dramatic acting, and even competed in a stage of the Tour de France.
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Hugh Dennis started out in comedy over three decades ago, making his name as one half of Punt & Dennis. Since then, he's stared in the improvised family sitcom Outnumbered, as well as Lee Mack's Not Going Out, and appeared on every edition of the original 21 series of Mock the Week. He co-hosted and co-wrote Radio 4's The Now Show, with Steve Punt, for 26 years, and has taken on a range of dramatic acting and presenting roles.
After originally working as a brand manager for Unilever, Hugh turned a talent for impressions to better use and began to provide voices for Spitting Image. He then became a regular guest on the Jasper Carott Show and joined the team on the seminal standup and sketch show The Mary Whitehouse Experience, which first aired on the radio before becoming a cult BBC2 hit.
Hugh has been a guest on panel shows from QI to Would I Lie to You?, and presented The Great British Countryside and The Great British Dig. Turning to dramatic acting, he's taken on roles in The Couple Next Door, Agatha Christie’s Marple, and Midsomer Murders. He also appeared in the acclaimed TV version of Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Fleabag, and even made a brief appearance as a scientist in an MI6 laboratory in the Bond film, No Time to Die.