Dominic Holland
Dominic Holland (born 1967) is an English comedian, and author. He also performs at corporate functions. He won the Perrier Best Newcomer Award in Edinburgh in 1993.
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[edit] Appearances
| Genre | Stand Up |
|---|---|
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Languages | English |
| Home station | BBC Radio 4 |
| Starring | Dominic Holland |
| Creators | Dominic Holland |
| Writers | Dominic Holland |
| Air dates | since 2000 |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
Holland has appeared on television shows such as Have I Got News For You and Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive. He appears as a regular panellist on the daytime debate show The Wright Stuff.
The Small World of Dominic Holland is a radio programme written and presented by Dominic Holland. While it revolves around his stand-up, it also includes sketches. One series of the show was commissioned in 2000. This was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and has been repeated on BBC 7.
His second radio series on R4 was called Holland's Shorts - a series of comic monolgues written and performed by Holland.
His most recent appearance on BBC R4 was in Feb 2011 on the Newsquiz, hosted by Sandi Toksvig
[edit] Personal life
Holland attended secondary school at the Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School in Kensington and met his wife, Nikki, at Leeds University. They have four children.
Holland's son, Tom Holland, appeared as Billy Elliot in London's West End.
Tom Holland has just finished filming the part of Lucas in a theatrical film called The Impossible, starring Ewan McGregor and Naomi Watts.[citation needed] The film is a real life story of the Boxing Day Tsunami in 2004 and filmed in Spain and Thailand for six months.
[edit] Books
- Only in America (novel) Flame, 2002, ISBN 0340821280; ISBN 978-0340821282
- Sit-Down Comedy (contributor to anthology, ed Malcolm Hardee & John Fleming) Ebury Press/Random House, 2003, ISBN 0091889243; ISBN 978-0091889241
- The Ripple Effect (novel) Flame, 2003, ISBN 0340819871; ISBN 978-0340819876
- Ha Bloody Ha: Comedians Talking (contributor, ed William Cook) Fourth Estate 1994, ISBN 1857021800; ISBN 978-1857021806
[edit] External links
- http://www.dominicholland.co.uk
- Dominic Holland at epguides.com
- Dominic Holland at the Internet Movie Database
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