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Rich Hall

Richard Travis Hall is an American comedian, writer, documentary maker and musician, first coming to prominence as a sketch comedian in the 1980s. He wrote and performed for a range of American networks, in series such as Fridays, Not Necessarily the News (popularising the "sniglet" neologism), and Saturday Night Live.

English

Director

Episode Not Necessarily the News
August Edition
1986

Writer

Episode BBC Documentaries
Rich Hall's Countrier Than You
2017
Episode Stand Up for the Week
Episode 7
2011
Episode Live at the Apollo
Michael McIntyre, Rich Hall, Rhod Gilbert
2008
Episode Stand Up for the Week
Episode 8
2011
Episode BBC Documentaries
Rich Hall's 'The Dirty South'
2010
Episode Stand Up for the Week
Episode 9
2011
Episode Live at the Apollo
Rich Hall, Mark Watson, Andrew Maxwell
2011
Movie Rich Hall's You Can Go to Hell, I'm Going to Texas 2013
Episode Stand Up for the Week
Episode 10
2011
Movie Rich Hall's Continental Drifters 2011
Episode Channel 4's Comedy Gala
Channel 4's Comedy Gala 2011
2011
Episode Not Necessarily the News
October Edition
1985
Episode Stand Up for the Week
Episode 1
2011
Episode Not Necessarily the News
January Edition
1986
Episode BBC Documentaries
Rich Hall's California Stars
2014
Episode BBC Documentaries
Rich Hall's Presidential Grudge Match
2016
Episode Stand Up for the Week
Episode 2
2011
Episode Not Necessarily the News
March Edition
1986
Episode Stand Up for the Week
Episode 1
2011
Episode BBC Documentaries
Rich Hall's Working for the American Dream
2018
Episode Stand Up for the Week
Episode 3
2011
Movie Rich Hall's Countrier Than You 2017
Episode Not Necessarily the News
April Edition
1986
Episode BBC Documentaries
Rich Hall's Election Special: One Bullet, One Vote
2004
Episode BBC Documentaries
Rich Hall's You Can Go To Hell, I'm Going To Texas
2013
Movie Rich Hall's Working for the American Dream 2018
Episode Not Necessarily the News
May Edition
1986
Episode Stand Up for the Week
Episode 2
2011
Episode Stand Up for the Week
Episode 4
2011
Episode Stand Up for the Week
Episode 5
2011
Episode Rich Hall's Presidential Grudge Match
Unknown
2016
Episode Live at the Apollo
Lee Mack, Rich Hall, Danny Bhoy
2010
Episode Stand Up for the Week
Episode 6
2011
Movie Rich Hall's California Stars 2014
Episode Stand Up for the Week
Episode 3
2011
Episode Stand Up for the Week
Episode 4
2011
Episode Live at the Apollo
Jack Dee, Marcus Brigstocke & Rich Hall
2005
Movie Rich Hall's The Dirty South 2010
Episode Not Necessarily the News
Episode 10
1970
Episode Stand Up for the Week
Episode 5
2011
Episode Stand Up for the Week
Episode 6
2011

Guest Star

Episode Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985)
Romance Machine
1989
Episode My Favourite Joke
Episode 4
2011
Episode Would I Lie to You?
The Unseen Bits (Series 2)
2008
Episode Space Ghost Coast to Coast
Self Help
1994
Episode QI
Gravity
2010
Episode BBC Documentaries
Rich Hall's Countrier Than You
2017
Episode Morgan Spurlock's New Britannia
Power
2012
Episode QI
Food
2009
Episode Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Carson Daly, Rich Hall, Gov’t Mule
2004
Episode QI
Fashion
2009
Episode QI
Biscuits
2004
Episode QI
Indecision
2011
Episode Hey Hey! It's Saturday
Episode 7
1997
Episode QI
Happiness
2010
Episode Late Night With David Letterman
Show #1250 (Blair Underwood, Rich Hall)
1990
Episode Live at the Apollo
Michael McIntyre, Rich Hall, Rhod Gilbert
2008
Episode Have I Got News for You
Charlie Brooker, Rich Hall, Maureen Lipman
2016
Episode Late Show with David Letterman
Show #0035
1993
Episode QI
Campanology
2005
Episode BBC Documentaries
Rich Hall's 'How the West Was Lost'
2008
Episode QI
Astronomy
2003
Episode Set List: Stand-Up Without A Net
Greg Proops, Rich Hall, Maria Bamford
2013
Episode Thunderbirds Are Go!
Colony
2016
Episode My Favourite Joke
Episode 5
2011
Episode Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Dave Berry, Rich Hall, Brinsley Forde, Myleene Klass
2005
Episode Hey Hey! It's Saturday
Episode 10
1997
Episode QI
Holidays
2010
Episode QI
Cat's Eyes
2005
Episode My Favourite Joke
Episode 2
2011
Episode Rich Hall's Documentary Collection
Rich Hall's How the West Was Lost
2008
Episode Rich Hall's Documentary Collection
Rich Hall's The Dirty South
2010
Episode QI
Constellations
2005
Episode Rich Hall's Documentary Collection
Rich Hall's Continental Drifters
2011
Episode Have I Got News for You
Rich Hall, Siôn Simon
2000
Episode Rich Hall's Documentary Collection
Rich Hall's Inventing the Indian
2012
Episode Brave New World (2020)
Want and Consequence
2020
Episode Rich Hall's Documentary Collection
Rich Hall's You Can Go to Hell, I'm Going to Texas
2013
Episode Live at the Apollo
Rich Hall, Mark Watson, Andrew Maxwell
2011
Episode Rich Hall's Documentary Collection
Rich Hall's California Stars
2014
Episode Set List: Stand-Up Without A Net
Judah Friedlander, Josie Long and Rich Hall
1970
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Joan Embery, Dennis Hopper, Rich Hall
1991
Episode Rich Hall's Documentary Collection
Rich Hall's Presidential Grudge Match
2016
Episode Would I Lie to You?
Trisha Goddard, Ben Shephard, Frankie Boyle, Rich Hall
2008
Episode Rich Hall's Documentary Collection
Rich Hall's Countrier Than You
2017
Episode Rich Hall's Documentary Collection
Rich Hall's Working for the American Dream
2018
Episode Rich Hall's Documentary Collection
Rich Hall's Red Menace
2019
Episode Brave New World (2020)
Everybody Happy Now!
2020
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Robert Blake, Rich Hall, Richard Guindon
1984
Episode Set List: Stand-Up Without A Net
Inside Set List
1970
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Timeless Moments - Show 9
1970
Episode QI
Advertising
2003
Episode Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast
RHLSTP 423 - Rich Hall
2023
Episode Spicks and Specks
Ella Hooper, Rich Hall, Darryl Cotton & Dave O'Neil
2006
Episode QI
Exploration
2007
Episode Hey Hey! It's Saturday
Episode 9
1999
Episode Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Christmas Special - Tony Wright, Dave Hill, Lorraine Kelly, Rich Hall
2000
Episode Hey Hey! It's Saturday
Episode 3
1998
Episode BBC Documentaries
Rich Hall's Presidential Grudge Match
2016
Episode Have I Got News for You
Rich Hall, Andrew Neil, Ross Noble
2002
Episode QI XL
Gravity
2010
Episode Bad Language
Rich Hall, Lucy Porter
2016
Episode QI
Aviation
2003
Episode QI XL
Greeks
2010
Episode Clarkson
Episode 8
2000
Episode QI
Bees
2004
Episode What the Dickens?
Episode Four
2008
Episode QI
Bats
2004
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Jay Leno (guest host), Amy Irving, Rich Hall, Scott Bakula
1990
Episode QI
Illumination
2011
Episode QI
Greeks
2010
Episode QI
Birth (Christmas Special)
2004
Episode 8 Out of 10 Cats
Rich Hall, Nikki Grahame, Boy George, Lee Mack
2006
Episode QI XL
Fashion
2009
Episode 8 Out of 10 Cats
Rich Hall, Russell Howard, Jodie Kid, Michael McIntyre
2008
Episode QI
Descendants (Children in Need Special)
2006
Episode Channel 4's Comedy Gala
Channel 4's Comedy Gala 2011
2011
Episode Caroline in the City
Caroline and the Bad Date
1996
Episode Room 101
Rich Hall
2001
Episode QI
December (Christmas Special)
2006
Episode Spicks and Specks
Suze DeMarchi, Russell Kane, Chip Monck & Rich Hall
2009
Episode Live at the Apollo
Lee Mack, Rich Hall, Danny Bhoy
2010
Episode QI
Eating
2007
Episode QI
Birds
2004
Episode QI
Bombs
2004
Episode Spicks and Specks
David Hobson, Rich Hall, Kitty Flanagan & Angry Anderson
2005
Episode Top Gear
Episode 4
2003
Episode Bad Language
Rich Hall, Mark Watson
2016
Episode QI XL
Food
2009
Episode My Favourite Joke
Episode 3
2011
Episode 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Humphrey Ker, Sarah Millican, Rich Hall
2013
Episode Have I Got News for You
Rich Hall, Michael Crick
2001
Episode QI
Origins and Openings
2018
Episode Late 'n' Live Guide to Comedy
Scottishness
2012
Episode Edinburgh Comedy Festival Live
Part 2
2011
Episode Live at the Apollo
Jack Dee, Marcus Brigstocke & Rich Hall
2005
Episode Have I Got News for You
Rich Hall, Rupert Allason, Alan Davies
1996
Episode Late Night With David Letterman
850214
1985