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Miles Jupp
Jupp in 2017
Born
Miles Hugh Barrett Jupp

(1979-09-08) 8 September 1979 (age 45)
London, England
EducationUniversity of Edinburgh (BA)
Occupation(s)Actor, comedian
Years active1999–present
SpouseRachel Jupp
Children5
Miles Jupp's voice
Recorded February 2013 from the BBC Radio 4 programme Loose Ends
Websitehttp://www.milesjupp.co.uk
Signature

Miles Hugh Barrett Jupp (born 8 September 1979) is an English actor and comedian. He began his career as a stand-up comedian before playing the role of the inventor Archie in the children's television series Balamory. He also played John Duggan in The Thick of It, Nigel in the sitcom Rev and appeared on many comedy panel shows.[1][2] Between 2015 and 2019, Jupp was the host of The News Quiz on BBC Radio 4, replacing Sandi Toksvig.[3][4]

Early life

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Jupp was born in 1979 in London and spent his early childhood in West Hampstead.[5] He is the son of a minister in the United Reformed Church. For much of his life, Jupp believed he was of Belgian stock, descended from 16th-century Huguenot immigrants. However, while creating a programme for BBC Radio 4 in 2015, he discovered his roots are actually in Sussex.[6]

Jupp attended three independent schools: The Hall School in Hampstead, North London; St George's School in Windsor; and Oakham School in Rutland. He studied Divinity at the University of Edinburgh.[7][8][1] While there, he performed with an improvised comedy troupe, the Improverts, and took part in pantomime productions with the Edinburgh University Theatre Company at Bedlam Theatre.[9]

Career

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Jupp won So You Think You're Funny?, Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year in 2001 and was a Perrier Award Best Newcomer nominee in 2003 for his show Gentlemen Prefer Brogues. During his appearance on Celebrity Mastermind and Test Match Special in 2011, he claimed to have bluffed his way onto an England cricket tour to India as the cricket correspondent for both BBC Scotland and the Western Mail. He wrote Fibber in the Heat, a book about his adventures as a cricket journalist in India.[10]

Television and film

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Jupp in 2009

Jupp played Archie, the Inventor in CBeebies' Balamory.[11] He also had a role in the BBC Scotland comedy programme, Live Floor Show, where he played an eccentric, foul-mouthed comedian. In 2007, Jupp appeared fleetingly in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix as a television weatherman who complained about a hot drought.

Jupp appeared in Series 3 and 4 of the political comedy, The Thick of It, as John Duggan, an incompetent press officer with a habit of making inappropriate comments.[12] He appeared in BBC Scotland's comedy Gary: Tank Commander as Captain Fanshaw. In 2009, he appeared briefly in the film Sherlock Holmes as a waiter. In the same year, he also appeared in Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle.

In 2010, Jupp appeared on Mock the Week and Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow. He performed as Nigel, a Church of England Lay Reader, in the BBC sitcom Rev. He also appeared as an under-secretary in the film Made in Dagenham (2010).

In January 2011, Jupp was a team member alongside Goldie and Phill Jupitus on the music quiz Never Mind The Buzzcocks. In May 2011, November 2011, and April 2012, he was a panelist on Have I Got News for You and Would I Lie To You? (BBC). On 22 August 2011, he was a lunchtime guest on Test Match Special, where he revealed a love of cricket and that he had previously worked with the Test Match Special team, who had no idea who he was. This became the basis of the book Fibber in the Heat.[13]

In October 2011, he again appeared in Mock the Week. Jupp had a cameo role in Johnny English Reborn in 2011 as an employee of MI7. He appeared in Series 4, Episode 4 of the comedy panel game Argumental, which aired on 24 November 2011. In 2012, he appeared on Mock the Week.

In January 2012, he won on Celebrity Mastermind. In February 2012, he appeared on BBC Let's Dance for Sport Relief and danced to The Prodigy's "Firestarter". In March 2012, he appeared in an episode of the televised 45th Anniversary series of BBC Radio 4's Just a Minute quiz show, alongside Paul Merton, Gyles Brandreth and Liza Tarbuck. In July 2013, he appeared in an episode of I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue on BBC Radio 4. He was featured in the 2014 World War II film, The Monuments Men, as British officer Major Fielding. Jupp has also appeared eight times on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown[2] between 2014 and 2021.

In 2014, Jupp narrated the BBC television documentary series, Building Dream Homes. In 2016, he appeared in Grimsby as a police officer. On 27 April 2016, it was announced that Jupp would voice Blackberry in the forthcoming adaptation of Watership Down. In 2015, Jupp appeared as a team captain on The Really Welsh Christmas Quiz, alongside comedians Chris Corcoran, Elis James, and Omar Hamdi.[14]

In October 2016, Jupp appeared as Giles, the chairman of the residents' committee, in the sitcom from BBC Three Josh.[15] In 2017, he appeared as Hardy in the film, Journey's End.[1] He played auction house appraiser Winford Collins in the episode "The Tanganyika Green" of Father Brown. In 2018, Jupp made guest appearances as Basil, an incompetent lawyer, in the television drama by ITV The Durrells.

Radio

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Jupp was the narrator of the radio show The Penny Dreadfuls Present...The Brothers Faversham by the Penny Dreadfuls, which was broadcast at the beginning of 2008 on BBC Radio 7.

In 2009, Jupp became the host of BBC Radio 7 satirical comedy series Newsjack and the host of BBC Radio Scotland comedy quiz show Swots. In February 2011, he appeared as a panelist on BBC Radio 4's panel show It's Your Round. Starting in February 2012, Jupp hosted three series of a BBC Radio 4 panel show It's Not What You Know (based on his suggestion for a round on It's Your Round.[16]), before handing the job over to Joe Lycett.

In 2011, he starred in the self-penned BBC Radio 4 comedy, In and Out of the Kitchen, "the diary, written for publication, of a somewhat minor celebrity chef, Damien Trench".[17] A second series followed in 2013, and continued with a third series in 2014. The show had a short-lived television version in 2015. A six-part fourth series aired on BBC Radio 4 in August and September 2015.[18]

He played the title character in BBC Radio 4 comedy Boswell's Lives (written by Jon Canter) which ran for four series, 2015–2018.

Jupp appeared as a contestant on BBC Radio 4's The News Quiz in April 2012 (Series 77; Episode 1). In June 2015 he became the new presenter of the show, replacing Sandi Toksvig.[19] He chaired the show for 12 series, with his last appearance on 31 May 2019 (Series 99; Episode 8).[20]

Jupp appears as retired Prime Minister Henry Tobin in Party's Over from 2019 to 2022 (12 episodes). In 2022, his four-episode sketch show, Whatever Next? With Miles Jupp was broadcast on Radio 4.[21]

Live

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In March 2008, Jupp performed his third solo show, Everyday Rage and Dinner Party Chit Chat, at the Etcetera Theatre in Camden. He presented Live at the Gilded Balloon podcast for The Guardian newspaper's coverage of the 2008 and 2009 Edinburgh Fringe.[22][23] In 2019, Jupp played the role of actor David Tomlinson in The Life I Live, a one-man show at the Salisbury Playhouse and other theatres.

Personal life

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Jupp and his wife Rachel met while studying in Edinburgh.[24] They have five children.[25] The family moved from Peckham, South London, to Monmouthshire, Wales.[26] In 2021, Jupp suffered a brain seizure, following which he had surgery to remove a brain tumour.[27]

Stand-up shows

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Year Title Notes
2003–04 Gentlemen Prefer Brogues
2005 Young Man in a Huff
2007 Everyday Rage & Dinner Party Chit Chat
2008 Drifting
2009 Telling It Like It Might Be
2010–14 Fibber in the Heat
2014 Miles Jupp Is the Chap You're Thinking Of
2016–17 Songs of Freedom
2024 On I Bang

DVD releases

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Title Release Date Notes
Fibber in the Heat 23 September 2014 Live at Milford Haven's Torch Theatre
Miles Jupp Is the Chap You're Thinking Of 11 November 2015 Live at Margate's Theatre Royal
Songs of Freedom 1 December 2017

Filmography

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Film

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Year Film Role Notes
2007 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix TV Weatherman
Death Defying Acts Ventriloquist
2008 Is Anybody There? Vicar
2009 Sherlock Holmes Waiter
2010 Made in Dagenham Undersecretary 2
Timber! Miles Short film
2011 Johnny English Reborn Technician
Connected Shop Manager Short film
2013 The Look of Love Interviewer
2014 The Monuments Men Major Fielding
Rosewater Maziar's Producer
The Riot Club Male Banker
The Last Sparks of Sundown Geoffrey Chicken
2015 The Dark Room The Charity Collector Short film
2016 Grimsby Policeman
The Legend of Tarzan The Valet
ChickLit Marcus
Waterboys Horatio
2017 Journey's End Hardy
The Man Who Invented Christmas William Makepeace Thackeray
2019 Greed Select Committee Chairman
2020 Misbehaviour Clive
2023 Napoleon Emperor Francis II

Television

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Year Film Role Notes
1992 Songs of Praise: A Celebration of Christmas Himself
2001 Revolver Shoe Salesman
2002–2005 Live Floor Show Rupert Donaldson
Balamory Archie 74 episodes
2006 Feel the Force Mr. Bramwell Episode: "Murder"
2007 Wedding Belles Male Host Television film
2008 She Stoops to Conquer Tony Lumpkin Television film
The Wrong Door Ninja Episode: "Bondo"
2009 Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle Various 4 episodes
2009–2012 The Thick of It John Duggan 2 episodes
Gary: Tank Commander Captain Fanshaw 10 episodes
2010 Lip Service Rory 2 episodes
2010–2014 Rev. Nigel McCall 19 episodes
2011 Campus Arnold Episode: "Post-Coital"
Peeder Jigson's Video Diary Trevor Gertrude Episode: "What Everyone's Up to in the Break"
Comedy Lab Stu Carter Episode: Rick and Peter"
2012 Spy Owen 9 episodes
A Young Doctor's Notebook Palchikov the Clerk Episode: "Episode Four"
2013 Man Down Man in Pub Episode: "Episode One"
Harrow: A Very British School Narrator 8-part documentary
2014 Building Dream Homes Narrator
2014–present 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown Himself – Guest
2015 In and Out of the Kitchen Damian Trench 3 episodes; also writer
The Million Pound Motors[28] as narrator
2016 Do Not Disturb John
Josh Giles Episode: "Sex & Politics"
Alan Partridge's Scissored Isle James Havant Brown Television special
Outnumbered Stuart Episode: "Christmas Special 2016"
2017 Father Brown Wynford Collins Episode: "The Tanganyika Green"
Quacks George Combe Episode: "The Madman's Trial"
James and Jupp Himself 4 episodes
The Crown Humphrey Episode: "Marionettes"
2017–2018 Bad Move Matt 12 episodes
2017–2022 Frankie Boyle's New World Order Panellist 24 episodes (+4 clip show episodes)
2018 Watership Down Blackberry (voice) Miniseries
2018-2019 The Durrells Basil Recurring role
2019 Tourist Trap Dr. Phillip Hobbs Episode: "Culture"
Midsomer Murders Cornelius Tetbury Episode: "With Baited Breath"
2020 The Great Maxim the Painter Episode: "War and Vomit"
2021 Sex Education Obstetrician Episode: season 3, episode 5
Grantchester (TV series) Marcus Asper Episode: season 6, episode 2
A Very British Scandal Dr. Ivor Griffiths 3 Part mini-series: part 2, episode 2
2022 Why Didn't They Ask Evans? Henry Bassington-ffrench 3 Part miniseries
SAS: Rogue Heroes Major Alfred Knox 6 Part miniseries
Professor T. (British TV series) Sean Hallett Season 2, Episode 5

Theatre

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Year Title Role Notes
2005–06 Jack and the Beanstalk Simple Simon His Majesty's Theatre[29]
2007 The Way of the World Petulant Royal Theatre[30]
2011 A Day in the Death of Joe Egg Bri Citizen's Theatre[31]
2012–13 People Bevan National Theatre[32]
2014 Neville's Island Angus Duke of York's[33]
2015 Rules for Living Matthew National Theatre[34]
2019 The Life I Lead David Tomlinson UK tour
2022–23 The Lavender Hill Mob Henry Holland UK tour

References

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  1. ^ a b c Gray, Susan (2 October 2016). "Miles Jupp". The Sunday Times. ISSN 0956-1382. Retrieved 7 September 2018. (Subscription required.)
  2. ^ a b Merritt, Stephanie (11 October 2015). "Miles Jupp: 'I'd love to play a Bond villain'". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  3. ^ "BBC – Entertainment and Arts". BBC News. 29 June 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  4. ^ Smith, Julia Llewellyn (23 March 2018). "Miles Jupp interview: 'I was deported for being drunk on a plane'". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 7 September 2018. (Subscription required.)
  5. ^ "Miles Jupp". Global Player. 16 November 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  6. ^ Jupp, Miles (25 March 2015). "Miles Jupp Is Insufficiently Belgian". BBC. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  7. ^ "Have you heard the one about the vicar's son, Miles Jupp?". Evening Standard. London. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  8. ^ Logan, Brian (28 January 2011). "Miles Jupp – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  9. ^ "Miles Jupp". bedlamtheatre.co.uk. Bedlam Theatre. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  10. ^ Jupp, Miles (2013). Fibber in the heat. Ebury Press. ISBN 978-0091943134.
  11. ^ Kettle, James (4 June 2010). "This week's new comedy". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  12. ^ Heritage, Stuart (29 September 2012). "The Thick of It – Lines of the Week". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  13. ^ Blincoe, Nicholas (26 June 2012). "Fibber in the Heat by Miles Jupp: review". The Daily Telegraph. London. (Subscription required.)
  14. ^ "Christmas, The Really Welsh Quiz – BBC One". BBC. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  15. ^ "BBC Three – Josh, Series 2, Sex & Politics". BBC. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  16. ^ "BBC Radio 4 – It's Not What You Know". BBC. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  17. ^ "In And Out of the Kitchen". comedy.co.uk.
  18. ^ "In and Out of the Kitchen Series 4". BBC.
  19. ^ "BBC – Comedy – Media Centre". BBC.
  20. ^ "BBC Media Centre – Miles Jupp signs off from The News Quiz". BBC.
  21. ^ "'Whatever Next?' with Miles Jupp - Radio 4 Sketch Show". British Comedy Guide.
  22. ^ "Miles Jupp". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  23. ^ "My Edinburgh: Miles Jupp, comedian". The Independent. 24 August 2009. Archived from the original on 14 May 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  24. ^ Corcoran, Rachel (16 August 2015). "Miles ahead: Interview with actor, comedian and panellist Miles Jupp". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  25. ^ Wallop, Harry (7 January 2016). "Miles Jupp: Radio 4 comedy needs the odd 'kidney punch'". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 7 February 2019. (Subscription required.)
  26. ^ Jones, Alice (20 December 2016). "Miles Jupp: I'm a white, middle-class man and I'm not going to pretend that I'm not". inews.co.uk. Retrieved 7 February 2019. (Subscription required.)
  27. ^ Maxwell, Dominic (31 January 2024). "Miles Jupp review – joyful show about near-death is his best yet". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 31 January 2024. (Subscription required.)
  28. ^ "Supercars: the Million Pound Motors (2015)". BFI. Archived from the original on 14 February 2016.
  29. ^ "Jack and the Beanstalk". UK Theatre Web. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  30. ^ Morris, Caroline (2 May 2007). "The Way of the World review at Royal Theatre Northampton". The Stage. Archived from the original on 6 April 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  31. ^ "Interview: Miles Jupp, comedian and actor". The Scotsman. 19 October 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  32. ^ Hitchings, Henry (8 November 2012). "People, Lyttelton, National Theatre – review". Evening Standard. London. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  33. ^ Billington, Michael (21 October 2014). "Neville's Island review – descent into savagery stretches credulity". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  34. ^ Billington, Michael (25 March 2015). "Rules for Living review – Stephen Mangan and Miles Jupp are a joy". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
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