Person

Clive Anderson

Acting · Born 1952-12-10 · Middlesex, England, UK

Biography

Clive Stuart Anderson is an English television and radio presenter, comedy writer, and former barrister. Winner of a British Comedy Award in 1991, Anderson began experimenting with comedy and writing comedic scripts during his 15-year legal career, before starring in Whose Line Is It Anyway? on BBC Radio 4, then later Channel 4. He has also hosted many radio programmes, and made guest appearances on Have I Got News for You, Mock the Week and QI.

Known for

Filmography

2023Hancock: Very Nearly an ArmfulSelf
2022Dream BigMr. Swift
2019Mystic BritainPresenter
2018The London Studios: Home of the StarsSelf
2018How The Young Ones Changed Comedy
2017Richard Osman's House of GamesSelf - Contestant
2017Walks with My DogSelf
2012Comedy World CupSelf
2011Celebrity Antiques Road TripSelf - Participant
2010Mongrels
2010The BubbleSelf
2009Mock the Week - Too Hot For TV 2Self
2009BBC Proms - A Celebration of Classic MGM Film MusicalsSelf - Presenter
2008MaestroPresenter
2007Would I Lie to You?Self
2005Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'Self
2005Mock the WeekSelf
2003QISelf
2002Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the UniverseSelf
2000Best
1998If I Ruled the WorldHimself - Host
1997Hospital!U-Boat Commander
1994Room 101Self
1993Clive Anderson Talks Back: Peter CookSelf - Host
1990Have I Got News for YouSelf
1989Clive Anderson Talks Back
1988Whose Line Is It Anyway?Self - Host
1980Great Railway JourneysSelf - Presenter
1979Question TimeSelf - Panellist
1978An Audience with...Self
1974Cambridge University 1974 Footlights RevueVarious Characters
1967Omnibus
—Have I Got a Bit More News for YouSelf - Panellist
—Clive Anderson's ConspiraciesHimself - Presenter

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