Kit Hesketh-Harvey
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[[Category:People|Hesketh-Harvey, Kit]] | [[Category:People|Hesketh-Harvey, Kit]] | ||
Revision as of 12:12, 2 February 2023
Biography
Born in Nyasaland (now Malawi) in 1957, Kit Hesketh-Harvey studied in England where he became a member of the Cambridge Footlights. He is one half of the Flandersandswannesque musical duo "Kit and the Widow". He wrote scripts for The Vicar of Dibley, and still appears in front of the camera as a jobbing presenter.
Two of his game show credits, House Hunters and Round the Houses, were co-hosts with his wife Katie Rabett.
He died in February 2023, aged 65.
Trivia
Wrote the screenplay for the Merchant Ivory film Maurice.
Was apparently keen on "riding, surfing and mushrooming". Probably some Soho slang we're not familiar with, there.
Was the only person to have appeared in the unbroadcast pilot of QI that didn't then go on to appear in a broadcast episode.
