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Harry Hill’s Birthday Tour comes to Kent

Harry Hill is celebrating his 60th birthday in style next year as he embarks on a greatest hits tour.

The comedian announced his ‘New Bits and Greatest Hits’ this week with three visits to Kent in the diary with tickets going on sale on Friday.

A visit to the Hazlitt Theatre in Maidstone on the 14th of March 2025 will be followed with a trip to The Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury on the 23rd of the same month.

The final show in Kent will be held in Tunbridge Wells at the Assembly Hall on the 24th of April.

Hill’s tour, his first after years away, promises to be a celebration of his 30-year career and full of his typical outlandish comedy.

Fans can expect classic sketches with returning characters like Gary Hill and Stouffer the Cat.

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The beloved comedian, known for his iconic shows Harry Hill’s TV Burp and You’ve Been Framed, lives with his family in Whitstable.

Harry Hill told The Mirror:

“I’m looking forward to celebrating my diamond jubilee – 60 years of fun – by going round the country and thanking all the people that have supported me over the years.

“I’ve had a word with the badgers and they’ve agreed that for one last time the parade’s on!”

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The Bafta-winning star was the long term host of You’ve Been Framed, a show dedicated to social mishaps and funny home videos but the show was axed by ITV in 2022.

The show was initially started in 1990 with a different host, Jeremy Beadle, but Hill took over the narration of the show in 2004 featuring in almost 350 episodes.

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