Hardeep Singh Kohli (born 21 January 1969)[1] is a British presenter, comedian, writer and director who has appeared on various radio and television programmes.

He was a director of It'll Never Work, which was the first children's TV show to win an award from the Royal Television Society and BAFTA in its first season.

A. Gill put forward a hope that it might "evolve into something classic"[12] The show was entered for a Rose at the Montreux Comedy Festival but did not make the final list.

[citation needed] In September 2006, Kohli took part in the first series of BBC One's Celebrity MasterChef programme, reaching the final along with Roger Black and finishing second to the ultimate winner, Matt Dawson.

The show included Kohli taking part in a celebrity card game and visiting casinos in Las Vegas.

He also appeared on Gordon Ramsay: Cook Along Live and participated in a celebrity edition of The Apprentice to raise money for charity.

He appeared in the Scottish segment of the BBC's 2008 Children in Need appeal, anchored by Jackie Bird and Des Clarke.

Also in 2008, Kohli filmed a documentary about Scientology, mainly the so-called Free Zone, titled The Beginner's Guide to L. Ron Hubbard.

He presented a documentary, In Search of the Tartan Turban, which explored cultural identity as a Briton and a Scot belonging to an ethnic minority.

Channel 4 commissioning[clarification needed] a five part series called "Hardeep Does..." that covered topical issues, including sex, religion and pets.

In June 2009, he was one of five volunteers who took part in a BBC series of three programmes Famous, Rich and Homeless about living penniless on the streets of London.

The Telegraph's Gillian Reynolds felt "he patently had no real interest in the European and American hippies who trekked overland to India in the 1960s.

This was described as "terrific" by Kohli's friend Elisabeth Mahoney in The Guardian who wrote that she was "impressed by the depth and scope of their portraits.

"[21] Under producer Adam Fowler, he presented a BBC Radio 4 documentary 'The Loneliness of the Goalkeeper' which won a prize in Illinois in 2010 as Third Coast Directors' Choice Award for Ladbroke Productions.

From mid-2014 until the end of 2015, Kohli was the food writer at the Daily Record and wrote a short column for the Sunday Herald.

[citation needed] In 2008, Kohli's rental properties in Glasgow were condemned by officials as "grubby and dirty" and substandard and he was warned about his conduct as a landlord.

Kohli's defence lawyer Garvey McCardle said: "He was worried about his foot and he was experiencing pins and needles and he contacted his doctor.

Lulu Popplewell alleged that his offer of help with her career at a show was accompanied by an invitation to spend the night in his bed and has accused Kohli of attempting to abuse his power.