Jon Harvey

Jon Harvey is a comedy writer, producer and performer. He has produced and written for many of the biggest satirical TV shows of the last thirty years, including The Thick Of It , Have I Got News For You , Time Trumpet with Armando Iannucci , Yes Minister and Last Week Tonight With John Oliver . His Radio 4 shows with Rob Newman have won two BBC Audio Drama Awards, and his online comedy videos have amassed over 70 million hits. In 2019 the New Yorker garlanded him for creating one of the 'Jokes...See more

Jon Harvey is a comedy writer, producer and performer. He has produced and written for many of the biggest satirical TV shows of the last thirty years, including The Thick Of It , Have I Got News For You , Time Trumpet with Armando Iannucci , Yes Minister and Last Week Tonight With John Oliver . His Radio 4 shows with Rob Newman have won two BBC Audio Drama Awards, and his online comedy videos have amassed over 70 million hits. In 2019 the New Yorker garlanded him for creating one of the 'Jokes of the Year' with his Succession parody starring Boris Johnson. He is also the human alter-ego of Count Binface, the alien political candidate who in 2021 became officially voters' ninth choice to be Mayor of London, beating Piers Corbyn and UKIP. See less