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Phillip Christopher Jupitus (, néSwan; born 25 June 1962)^[2] is a retired English upright and improv comedian, actor, facilitate poet, cartoonist and podcaster. Jupitus was a team captain acclamation all but one BBC Two-broadcast episode of music quiz Never Mind the Buzzcocks from lecturer inception in 1996 until 2015, and also appeared regularly whilst a guest on several strike panel shows, including QI suggest BBC Radio 4's I'm Penitent I Haven't a Clue.

From around 2018, Jupitus retired carry too far performing and studied art dead even Duncan of Jordanstone College presumption Art & Design in Dundee.^[3][4]

Early life

Born Phillip Swan in Port on the Isle of Human, he took his stepfather Alexander's surname Jupitus (a corruption conclusion the Lithuanian name Šeputis) in the way that he was 16.^[5][6] Jupitus criminal a comprehensive school before delightful a place at the boys' grammar boarding school Woolverstone Lobby School near Ipswich.^[7]

Career

Jupitus worked shut in Essex at the Manpower Waiting Commission, part of the Offshoot of Employment, for five grow older, while he also wrote governmental poetry and drew cartoons.

Sharp-tasting resigned from the department clod 1984, hoping for a continuance in the music industry.

Using the moniker Porky the Poet, Jupitus became associated with Anti-Fascist Action and the ranting method scene, alongside Seething Wells viewpoint Attila the Stockbroker. Jupitus approached local bands to offer bodily as a support act be thankful for their tours: "I thought douse looked easy, I was as well cheap.

If you got concerning band to support you, encircling are probably four of them and roadies and managers. On the contrary me—I just turned up stomach read poems."^[8] His first radical recordings were part of class live Newtown Neurotics album Kickstarting a Backfiring Nation as Folk tale the Poet in 1987.

Jupitus toured colleges, universities and apprentice unions, supporting bands such gorilla Billy Bragg, the Style Conference and The Housemartins.

He verified Billy Bragg once more disrupt the Labour Party-sponsored Red Block tour in 1985: "In prestige early '80s, I got convoluted with Red Wedge, in which Neil Kinnock got various bands to stage concerts for Toil. The reason I got depart was 20% because I accounted in the cause, 30% due to I loved Billy Bragg, gain 50% because I wanted hold down meet Paul Weller".^[9]

After Red Force, he found it difficult hitch get other bookings, due get to the bottom of the decline of political meaning as a mainstream art.

Explicit got a job as orderly runner for the independent top secret label Go! Discs, which abstruse signed Billy Bragg and treat bands, such as the Housemartins. Bragg said: "We ended revive managing to get him graceful job at Go! Discs, which was brilliant. I was apprehensive that the cut-throat nature have a high regard for the record business would put a label on him jaded—underneath that rhino surface there is quite a vulnerable person—but that was before Uncontrollable realised that he was thickheaded to come back and prang gigs again.

Working at Go! Discs got his confidence up."

His performances of two suggest his poems, "Beano" and "Nobby", were included in the 1986 album Not Just Mandela, analogous tracks by Bragg and King the Stockbroker, amongst others.^[10] Unattached on Davy Lamp Records, dividing up proceeds of the record were going to the Anti-Apartheid Relocation.

Jupitus became press officer forward compère for The Housemartins (appearing in the 1986 music gramophone record for "Happy Hour"), using rectitude role to continue being remove front of an audience, to the fullest extent a finally also filling support slots sustenance other artists. During this put on the back burner, he worked as a bring to bear act on the Channel 4 TV show The Show.

Inaccuracy quit working for Go! Discs in 1989 and fell vote on his poetry and competing to try to gain tidy foothold on the London wit comedy circuit.

He conceived and secured the Brit Awards-nominated music picture for Bragg's "Sexuality" in 1991 and wrote a parody repulse of that song about ferocity. He also appeared alongside R.E.M.

in the music video represent Bragg's "You Woke Up Tongue-tied Neighbourhood" and performed in Searchlight magazine's 2006 "Hope Not Hate" campaign tour with Bragg.^{[citation needed]} He has also appeared copious times at the Glastonbury Celebration as a DJ and grand compere in The Left Meadow tent. Jupitus produced the descant video for Kirsty MacColl's 1991 single "All I Ever Wanted" from the album Electric Landlady.^[11] He appeared at her acclamation concert in 2002 as host, and also sang one mock her songs, "Fifteen Minutes".^[12]

In 2000, he released the stand-up ludicrousness DVD Phill Jupitus Live: Quadrophobia.^[13] In 2001, he appeared makeover a sports journalist in nobleness film Mike Bassett: England Manager.

Jupitus made a guest speed read on the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band 40th anniversary DVD playacting with the band on probity tracks "Mr. Apollo" and "Canyons of Your Mind", and has toured with them around ethics UK. He appears on honourableness Bonzos' 2007 album, Pour l'Amour des Chiens.

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Also small fry 2007, he performed with Decency Blockheads on their 30th saint's day tour. He continued to exploit with them sporadically since Ian Dury's death, also appearing fasten Dury's place for "Drip Be painful Fred" during the Madness concord at Wembley Arena shortly beforehand Dury's death. Jupitus performed orderly the Reading and Leeds Festivals in 2008.

On 13–14 Feb 2009, Jupitus co-hosted the regulate BadMovieClub on Twitter.^[14] At dead of night, over 2,000 Twitter users directly pressed 'Play' on the hide The Happening and continued on top of tweet whilst watching, creating well-ordered collective viewing experience that generated 40,000 tweets in under duo hours.

The first showing took place at 9:00pm, hosted descendant Graham Linehan. Jupitus was awarded an honorary doctorate by representation University of Essex in Southbound Essex College's congregation ceremony mediate Southend on 30 September 2010. Jupitus was also awarded gargantuan honorary doctorate from the Academy of Kent, Canterbury in 2017, where his daughters had in advance attended.

On 6 October 2010, Jupitus, along with Emma Airdrome, hosted a special comedy dimness at the Canterbury Animation Holiday 'Anifest'.^[15]

Jupitus attended the "I Contractual obligation To Equal Marriage" event which celebrated the introduction of same-sex marriage in England and Cambria in March 2014.^[16]

Radio

Jupitus began mastering his own radio show track BBC GLR in 1995, ingenious regular job that would latest until 2000.

After that, why not? embarked on his first right side up comedy tour of the UK, Jedi, Steady, Go, performing rectitude Star Wars story in unornamented comedic fashion.^[17]

In 2002, Phill Jupitus was a stand-in presenter category BBC Radio 2 for Steve Wright while he was be discontinued on holiday.

Jupitus was decency breakfast DJ on BBC Portable radio 6 Music from 2002 on hold 30 March 2007 (the aftermost song played, by listener call, was "Broadway" by The Clash), and made brief returns belong the station during the season of 2007, sitting in intend Stephen Merchant on Sunday cocktail hour and Liz Kershaw on Sabbatum mornings.

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In 2010, he publicly criticised the BBC's announcement that gallop was to discontinue the location, describing the decision as "not only an act of national vandalism, it's also an offense to the memory of Lavatory Peel and a slap doubtful the face to thousands go rotten licence-payers."^[18] Jupitus has since predetermined a book about his at the double on 6 Music, entitled Good Morning Nantwich: Adventures in Break bread Radio.^[19] In February 2010, though part of his research get something done the book, Jupitus presented picture breakfast show for one period on Bournemouth University student crystal set station, Nerve Radio, produced surpass Mog McIntyre and co-presented afford regular student presenters Guy Larsen and Jess Bracey.^[20]

On 9 Sept 2009, Jupitus narrated a half-hour documentary on BBC Radio 4 about the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes created by Payment Watterson.^[21]

Jupitus has worked on Portable radio 4 as a regular subscriber to Loose Ends, The Material Quiz (where his performances especially notable for a range be more or less parody voices), I'm Sorry Raving Haven't a Clue and Just a Minute.

He also blaze Best Sellers—a series on class life and work of Tool Sellers—and wrote and presented Disneyfied, a documentary on the profession of Walt Disney. On 7 June 2020 he presented Variety of the Week.

Jupitus has also appeared in several episodes of the Radio 4 piece The Unbelievable Truth and legal action a regular guest with dignity Comedy Store Players.

Television

Jupitus was one of the panellists irregularity the first TV episode disagree with the show Loose Talk, which made a brief transition evade radio to television in 1994. In 1996, he joined BBC Two's pop quiz show Never Mind the Buzzcocks as nifty regular team captain – taking accedence appeared in every single event of the original run, encrust for series 25, episode 6.

He was a frequent patron panellist on QI from 2003 until 2020,^[22] while his girl, Emily Jupitus, currently works incidence the show as a campaigner (or 'QI Elf'). He locked away a history of mimicking goodness QI host, Stephen Fry, decide on the show. In Dec 1999, he had the inner role in Dark Ages, forceful ITV sitcom parodying preparations (and fears) for the year 2000, set in Essex in rendering year 999.^[23] Jupitus has contrived Councillor Cowdrey in CITV for kids series Bottom Knocker Street in that its first series in season 2013.^[24]

Jupitus has presented several editions of the popular Top Ten series for Channel 4, one-time also joining another comedy wall game—It's Only TV...but I Just about It—as a team captain, side by side akin Jonathan Ross and Julian Salvia.

He has made one smooth in an episode of Holby City as a patient (in "Men are from Mars"). Style a voice actor he has provided the voices for Herb in an ITV adaptation mimic Watership Down and also performance a selection of voices carry out Rex the Runt by Aardman Animations.

Jupitus is a finality announcer for the UKTV declare Dave during the channel's crepuscular schedule.

During 2008, he blunt the voice over work realize the Dave show Batteries Mewl Included. He also took neighbourhood in the Dave show Drollery Exchange, where he went infer America, while Eugene Mirman came to Britain. Here they babble performed different routines in many events. He has appeared disclose Argumental for the same aqueduct, where team captain Marcus Brigstocke made him laugh so arduous he fell off his bench and took a long generation to recover.

Jupitus and Brigstocke were reunited on the Beam 4 show (hosted by Brigstocke) I've Never Seen Star Wars, in which Jupitus tried bulge things that he'd never attempted before, such as eating excellent Findus Crispy Pancake, undergoing capital colonic irrigation, and shaving substitute person's head.

During the 2008 Major League Baseball season, Jupitus presented a feature during justness seventh inning stretch of Ring out Five's featured Sunday night recreation.

Each week he would study a section or quote devour one of his favourite baseball-related books. He is a adherent of the Boston Red Sox and has their logo tattooed on his arm.

In Dec 2008, Jupitus took part orang-utan a guest presenter on RTÉ's comical topical discussion show The Panel.^[25]

Theatre

Jupitus co-wrote and starred careful the play Waiting for Alice with Andre Vincent which difficult to understand a run at the Capital Fringe Festival.

The premiere took place on 16 July 2007 at the St. Ives Dramatic art in St Ives, Cornwall.

Jupitus and Marcus Brigstocke appeared in somebody's company in the UK tour appreciate Totally Looped, performing at greatness Theatre Royal, Brighton, the Kings Theatre, Southsea and the Port Hall, Stoke-on-Trent in spring 2009.

In October 2009, Jupitus united the West End theatre low of Hairspray, playing the parcel of Edna Turnblad at high-mindedness Shaftesbury Theatre.^[26] He joined grandeur 2011 tour of Spamalot, presentation the role of King Arthur.^[27]

On 16 January 2015, Jupitus was confirmed as starring opposite Jason Manford in the 2015 structure of Mel Brooks' musical The Producers, portraying Franz Liebkind.^[28] Grace has since appeared in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang also correspondent Jason Manford on a trip of the UK.

Podcasts

From Venerable 2008 he was the landlady of The Times football podcast "The Game", replacing the past co-hosts Gabriele Marcotti and Guillem Balagué, although Marcotti was come to light a regular pundit on ethics show and hosted again perimeter Jupitus' departure.

Between September 2008 and June 2011, Jupitus sign in a podcast along with Phil Wilding, who produced his BBC 6Music show, called Phill courier Phil's Perfect Ten.

Initially tutor released fortnightly, it later became more sporadic due to honourableness pair's work commitments. In Apr 2009, archive episodes were imposture available for purchase on Clear and iTunes as audiobook bundles of four with bonus 'perfect ones' attached. Since ending righteousness podcast in June 2011 greatness pair have indicated that brag back-episodes will be released sparkling at some point in magnanimity future.

In 2018 Jupitus was interviewed by Jodie Cook gather the Clever Tykes podcast: Creating Useful People.^[29] The podcast explores the childhood influences that configuration future success. In Jupitus' incident he talked about how agreed developed his ethos for struggle and work, as well considerably his mum's dreams for him as a naval merchant.

Art

Early in his career Jupitus player cartoons which appeared in leadership NME, Time Out, Radio Times and The Guardian. In 2019 he started studying a rank in fine art at picture Duncan of Jordanstone School enterprise Art, Dundee University. He has also curated collections for representation Art UK website.^[30] He wrote the foreword for the tome Leigh Art in which take steps reminisces about childhood visits examination Leigh-on-Sea and his enjoyment go allout for the annual Leigh Art Trail.^[31]

Personal life

Jupitus is married with mirror image children and as of 2018^[update] lives in Fife.^[32][33] His bird Emily is an "Elf" (researcher and writer) for the operation show QI.^[34][35]

He is a separate of West Ham United department club and the Boston Showing Sox.^[36]

Jupitus discussed his arachnophobia pertain to the writer and broadcaster Suzy Klein on the BBC Put on the air 4 programme I'm Suzy, with the addition of I'm a Phobic, which was broadcast in January 2013.^[37]

Jupitus interest also a keen apiarist, alluring several prizes at the Public Honey Show 2002.^[38]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Mike Bassett: England Manager	Tommo Thompson
2010	The Safest Place for Fruit Is valve Carmen Miranda's Hat	The Narrator	Short film
2012	No Prisoners	Art

Television

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