Neil is a stand-up comedian (on his own), and member of sketch group, The Pros From Dover (with Phil Whelans and Richard Glover).

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The Pros From Dover ("entertaining" - Time Out) are a sort of comedy supergroup, made up as they are from members of previously successful double-acts and sketch groups (Phil from the The Sean Connery Brotherhood and Spontaneous Combustion, Richard from Hopkins & Glover and Big Face). They have been performing together since 2004, including appearances at the Edinburgh Festival and a riotous residency at London's Albany, where regular guests have included Adam Buxton, Jo Neary, Tom Meeten and James Bachman. They are not from Dover; it is a reference to M*A*S*H.

From 1997 - 2000, Neil was in comedy double-act Hitchcock's Half Hour with Tom Hillenbrand.

The first Hitchcock's Half Hour gig was at the East Dulwich Tavern in February 1997. They wore suits. They did a lot of clever jokes and stupid jokes and arty jokes and music jokes and jumping around jokes and falling over jokes.

They quickly established themselves as an exciting and original presence on the comedy circuit. In 1998, Neil and Tom won the Hackney Empire New Act Of The Year, an award which had previously been won by Ardal O'Hanlon and Ronnie Ancona and David Baddiel and Alan Davies and more.

Later in 1998, 'The Hitchcocks' (as they had become affectionately and conveniently known within high comedy society) did their debut Edinburgh show, Psycho Vertigo Disco, which became a sell-out buzz show at The Pleasance that year, with random guest appearances from The Boosh, Al Murray, Phil Nicholl, Dan Antopolski, Dominic Frisby, Andy Parsons, Simon Evans, Sean Cullen and more. It featured The Karate Dance™ and Neil Skateboarding.

In Edinburgh 1999, Hitchcock's Half Hour guested in Perrier Best Newcomer Award-Winning show, Ben & Arn's Big Top. Edinburgh 2000 saw the last Hitchcock's Half Hour Edinburgh show, Notorious. That had big puppets and a long prison scene in it.

During their 3-year half-life, The Hitchcocks performed everywhere from Plymouth to T in the Park (they were on at the same time as Travis… on a different stage, obviously), with regular gigs at The Comedy Store & Jongleurs. Their worst gigs were in Luton and at some Zeneca corporate bun fight.

TV appearances included BBC1's The Stand-Up Show, ITV's The Warehouse, and Lenny Beige's Variety Pack on BBC Choice, plus development & writing work for Channel 4's The 11 O'Clock Show. Radio work included Loose Ends on Radio 4.

The Press were often nice about Hitchcock's Half Hour; here are some nice things they said:

"A cartoonish cross between Lee Evans and Bill Bailey" - The Independent

"Very fast, very fresh & very funny" - The Guardian

"Like Morecambe & Wise, their comic timing is flawless" - The Times

"Schizo pop-comedy fusion" - Melody Maker

"The new young gods of comedy" - The Times

"Stamped with star quality" - The Stage