Miles Jupp

Miles Hugh Barrett Jupp (born 8 September 1979) is an English comedian and actor. Beginning his career as a stand-up comedian, he first became well known on British television for playing the role of the inventor Archie in the children's television series Balamory. His profile rose in Britain after appearances on comedy panel shows, and roles as John Duggan in The Thick of It and Nigel in the sitcom Rev.In September 2015, Jupp replaced Sandi Toksvig as the host of The News Quiz on BBC Radio 4. 2Early life and education Jupp was born in Newcastle upon Tyne and spent most of his childhood in London, the son of a minister in the United Reformed Church. Although Jupp believed he was of Belgian stock for most of his life, descended from sixteenth-century Huguenot immigrants, while creating a programme for BBC Radio 4, he discovered his roots are in Sussex.He was educated at three independent schools: the Hall School in Hampstead, North London, and St George's School in Windsor, and then at Oakham School in Rutland, followed by the University of Edinburgh, where he studied Divinity.During his time at university he performed with improvised comedy troupe the Improverts, and took part in pantomime productions with the Edinburgh University Theatre Company at Bedlam Theatre. 2Career Jupp won So You Think You're Funny?, Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year in 2001, and was a Perrier Award "Best Newcomer" nominee in 2003, for his show Gentlemen Prefer Brogues. He claimed to have bluffed his way onto an England cricket tour to India, as the cricket correspondent for BBC Scotland, and the Western Mail during his appearance on Celebrity Mastermind, and again in an appearance on Test Match Special in 2011. He wrote a book about his adventures as a cricket journalist in India: Fibber in the Heat. 3Television and film Jupp played Archie the Inventor in CBeebies' Balamory. He also had a role in the BBC Scotland comedy programme Live Floor Show, where he played an eccentric, foul mouthed comedia