Neil Hurst

Neil first came prominence on British Television as the comic sidekick of Vernon Kay on ITV's All Star Family Fortunes,[2] but his career has seen him appear in many other TV roles from drama to comedy and even presenting.

His TV credits include:[3] Benny Grew in the 2018 adaptation of Agatha Christie's The A.B.C. Murders, Baz in Coronation Street , Ray Glossop in Doctors , Peter in Fresh Meat , Frank in The Syndicate and Gary Plunkett in Home From Home. In addition to this he has appeared in small cameo roles in Casualty, Moving On and 4 O'Clock Club.

In 2019 Neil began appearing as a series regular on Michael McIntyre's Big Show helping Michael McIntyre prank the Unexpected Star of the show. These episodes were filmed at the London Palladium. [4]

In 2018 Neil, and Coronation Street actress Vicky Binns, joined the original cast of Craig Cash's and Phil Mealey's sitcom Early Doors in the live stage version of the show.[5] Neil was playing the role of 'Freddie' (a replacement character for Mark Benton's character, 'Eddie') and toured arenas in the UK after sold out run at The Lowry, Salford.[6] Neil reprised his role at The Lowry for the 2019 production of Early Doors: One More Chance.[7]

In 2017 Neil originated the role of Alan in Kay Mellor's Fat Friends The Musical, the musical premièred at the Grand Theatre, Leeds in November 2017, prior to a UK tour from January to June 2018.[8] While appearing in the musical Neil was nominated for best actor in the Entertainment Views Awards [9]

For a decade, 2009 to 2019, Neil appeared at the Victoria Theatre, Halifax each Christmas in their annual pantomime, clocking up almost 1000 performances on the stage.[10] On 28 February 2019, Hurst announced his departure from the Victoria Theatre pantomime after 10 years.[11] Since his departure from Halifax he has been appearing in pantomime for Qdos Entertainment.

In 2020, Neil co-wrote an adult pantomime 'Cinderella' with Jodie Prenger for the Turbine Theatre. Starring Rufus Hound, Scott Paige, Debbie Kurup, Oscar Conlon-Morrey, Sean Parkins and Daisy Wood Davis. The run of the show was unfortunetly cut short due to lockdown restrictions due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Other theatre roles include:[12] Bouncers, Evita, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Michael Frayn's Matchbox Theatre, Lost In Yonkers, The Last Five Years and The Wizard of Oz.

In 2016 Neil presented a documentary in the United States called Hopping The Pond. The show was a documentary about craft beers of America. Filming took place in Duluth, Minnesota and Grand Marais, Minnesota[13]

He also co-host's the weekly 'Mishaps Podcast' with Emmerdale actress, Natalie Anderson and Musical Theatre star, Jodie Prenger [14]

Neil also narrates many TV documentaries.

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