Sean Hughes (comedian)
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Sean Hughes (born John Hughes, November 19, 1965) is an Irish comedian who, whilst being born in London, spent much of his youth in Firhouse, Dublin.
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[edit] Early life
He had an unhappy childhood moving from school to school, and found it hard to make friends. It was his desire to escape from this unhappiness that first led him into comedy.
[edit] Stand-up comedy
Whilst working part time in a London supermarket he came across the Comedy Store, and was determined to work there in the future. In 1987 he started working in The Comedy Store, and with his show, 'A One Night Stand With Sean Hughes' he became the youngest ever winner of the prestigious Perrier Comedy Award. In the early 1990s he had his own TV show, Sean's Show, ostensibly set in his own home, which was broadcast on Channel 4. He later recorded a series of brief programmes called Sean's Shorts, in which he toured England, visiting many of the country's towns and cities, visiting local places of interest and meeting local people.
[edit] Writing
As well as comedy, he has also written collections of prose and poetry and worked on a number of films. He also presented weekend radio shows on the BBC's London radio station BBC GLR, and in 2002 joined BBC 6 Music, presenting the Sunday morning programme. He left the station a year after its launch, proclaiming it had turned into everything he had wanted it to be.
He has also written two novels, The Detainees (1998) and It's What He Would Have Wanted (2000). Both have the same dark observational humor of his other work and compare favourably with the writings of other stand-ups turned novelists.
[edit] Television
Until 2002 he was a panellist on the BBC 2 comedy quiz show Never Mind The Buzzcocks, alongside Phill Jupitus and Mark Lamarr. He has since stated, in the course of his stand up routine, that he purposely left the show because he disliked the fact that much of the apparent "spontaneity" from the guests was, in fact, rehearsed.
In ITV's series, The Last Detective, featuring "Dangerous" Davies, Sean plays his friend, the perpetually unemployed and well-read Mod Lewis (he spends all his time at the library to save on heating).
Hughes currently lives in London with his cat and two dogs. He continues to be an avid fan of Crystal Palace Football Club.
A friend of the late Bill Hicks, he wrote the foreword to Cynthia True's biography, American Scream. The Bill Hicks Story. Often compared to one another, Hughes wrote about Hicks, "Being a genius is a heavy burden and he's the only one I'm ever likely to meet. I still miss you Bill"
[edit] External links
| Never Mind the Buzzcocks |
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| Presenters |
| Simon Amstell Mark Lamarr • Jonathan Ross • Ricky Wilson • Lauren Laverne • Jeremy Clarkson • Huey Morgan • Dale Winton |
| Team Captains |
| Phill Jupitus • Bill Bailey Sean Hughes |
| Format |
| List of episodes • List of Intros Rounds • List of Identity Parade Guests |
