John Hegley

Details

John Hegley was born in North London and was educated in Luton, Bristol and Bradford. His first public performance monies were accrued from busking his songs, initially outside a shoe shop in Hull in the late Seventies. He performed on the streets of London in the early eighties, fronting the Popticians with whom he also recorded two sessions for John Peel. He has since performed his words sung and spoken across the network for BBC radio. He has produced 10 books of verse and prose pieces, two CDs and one mug, but his largest source of income is from stages on his native island. He is an Edinburgh festival regular.

He has produced material about dog hair, potatoes and handkerchiefs in a philosophical framework. He is an occasional dancer on stage and page, you might say. Also a workshop leader using drawing, poetry and gesture. He was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Arts from what is now the University of Bedfordshire and once performed in a womens’ prison in Columbia with his daughter’s godfather, Nigel.

TELEVISION

THE CULTURE SHOW Guest / BBC2 2006
ANGLIA SOCCER NIGHT Guest / Anglia 2006
THE DAILY POLITICS Guest / BBC1 2006
BEST AND WORST OF GOD Guest / Radar TV for BBC 2005
THE BATTLE OF THE BOOKS Lion TV for BBC4 2004
JOY OF CHRISTMAS Guest / BBC1 2003
CALL MY BLUFF Guest / BBC1 2003
I LOVE THE 90′S BBC2 2001
EURO 2000 – MARK OWEN’S CELEBRITY SCOOTERS BBC Choice 2000
NEWSNIGHT BBC 1999
THE NATIONS FAVOURITE LYRIC BBC 1998
THE NATION’S FAVOURITE COMIC POEM BBC1 1998
THE WRITE STUFF Rapido 1997
CRUFTS PREVIEW BBC 1998
THE COMEDY STORE Channel 5 1997
HA BLOODY HA BBC1 1997
SERIOUSLY FUNNY HEGLEY IN LUTON The Oil Factory 1996
THE JACK DOCHERTY SHOW Channel 5 1996
BOOKWORM BBC 1994

RADIO

ARTHUR SMITH’S BALHAM BASH Radio 4 2010
M1: MODERNIST MARVEL Radio 4 2009
A GOOD READ Radio 4 2009
LAND LOCKED IN KRAKOW Radio 4 2007
CHAIN REACTION Radio 4 2007
28 ACTS IN 28 MINUTES Radio 4 2006
WHY THE BIG PAUSE Radio 4 2006
THE MARK RADCLIFFE SHOW Radio 2 2005
XMAS MORNING FROM BETHLEHEM BBC Radio 4 2004
LOVE CUTS BBC Radio 4 2004
GOOD VIBRATIONS BBC Radio 4 2004
THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR Presenter / BBC Radio 4 2004
A SHARED VISION BBC Radio 4 2003
GO4IT BBC Radio 4 2003
THE HEARD Presenter / BBC Radio 4 2002
FRINGE CUTS Radio 4 2000-2002
LOOSE ENDS BBC Radio 4 1991-2002
THE SOUND OF PAINT DRYING BBC Radio 4 2001
HEARING WITH HEGLEY BBC Radio 4 (3 Series) 1997-2000
THE HIKING HOLIDAY BBC Radio 4 2000
BEYOND OUR KENNEL BBC Radio 4 2000
THE QUEST FOR THE HOLY SPECTACLES BBC Radio 4 2000
THE TOTAL HOTAL EXPERIENCE BBC Radio 4 2000
A TALE OF TWO TENTING BBC Radio 4 2000
MARK RADCLIFFE SHOW BBC Radio 1 Breakfast and Evening Shows 1994-1997
ALICE THROUGH THE GLASSES BBC Radio 5 1990