Jason Manford

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Jason Manford
Birth name Jason John Manford
Born 26 May 1981 (1981-05-26) (age 30)
Salford, Greater Manchester, England
Medium Stand-up, television, radio
Nationality British
Years active 1999–present
Genres Satire, observational comedy
Subject(s) Everyday life, family
Influences Tommy Cooper, Billy Connolly, Peter Kay
Spouse Catherine (m. 2007-present)
Notable works and roles 8 out of 10 Cats
Tonightly
The One Show
Odd One In
Website Official website

Jason John Manford[1] (born 26 May 1981) is an English comedian, television presenter and actor.

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[edit] Early life

Manford was born to an Irish family[2] in Salford,[3] Greater Manchester, a son of Sharon[1] (née Ryan), who is a Catholic[4] and Ian Manford.[2] He grew up in poverty in a terraced house in Manchester.[2] He has three younger brothers: Stephen Sean, Colin Charles and Niall Christopher, and a younger sister, Danielle Leahnora.[2][3] He went to st Margaret's primary school..[citation needed]

[edit] Career

[edit] Television and radio

Manford hosted a breakfast show on Xfm Manchester[5] until May 2008.[6]

From June 2007 until November 2007, he was Paramount Comedy's continuity announcer and writer.[citation needed] In June 2007, he took over from Dave Spikey as a team captain on 8 out of 10 Cats.[7]

He presented his own show, Tonightly, which aired every weekday from 1–22 August 2008 and appeared as a celebrity supporter for inventor Kin Kam in a special charity edition of BBC2's Dragons' Den for Sport Relief.

In March 2010, Manford was announced as host of a new comedy show called Comedy Rocks, featuring stand up comedians, as well as musical performances. A pilot was shown on ITV1 on 26 March 2010, and a six-part series began on ITV1 on 14 January 2011. On 26 May 2010, he was announced as the new presenter of BBC One's The One Show from July 2010.[8] He resigned from the programme in November 2010, following allegations surrounding his private life.[9][10]

He also makes up one half of the Home Team (with Peter Andre) on the ITV1 game show Odd One In.

In July 2011, Manford presented Show Me The Funny, a reality show on ITV1 involving 10 comedians, in which one is voted off each week.[11] The live final was filmed in Hammersmith Apollo in August 2011.

[edit] Stand-up

After a successful first UK tour,[12] and high sales of the following DVD, filmed live at the Manchester Apollo, he started his "Turning Into My Dad" tour on 14 July 2010.[13]

In March 2010, Manford took part in Channel 4's Comedy Gala, a benefit show held in aid of Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, filmed live at the O2 Arena in London on 30 March.[citation needed]

During a live appearance in November 2010, Manford announced that he was quitting comedy and touring to concentrate on family matters. His last scheduled gig will be at the O2 Arena in London in November 2011. He has since confirmed he will be back on tour in 2013.

[edit] Acting

Manford performs the voiceover on the Churchill Insurance adverts,[citation needed] and is one of the voices in the BBC comedy sketch show, Walk on the Wild Side. He appeared in Channel 4's Shameless in series four as a security guard that is seduced by Karen Maguire.

Manford has a minor voice acting role in the Xbox 360 video game Fable III, playing a character called 'Jammy' who teaches the player how to use mortars. Pvt. Jammy dies early in the game.[citation needed]

[edit] Influences

Manford cites Billy Connolly as his comedy hero,[14] after seeing him when Manford was 8, and comics such as Tommy Cooper and Les Dawson heavily influenced his comic style.[citation needed] In 2009 in an interview on Friday Night With Jonathan Ross, Manford talked about his passion for musicals, expressing an interest in taking a singing and acting role on stage, and giving a short, impromptu performance of "Suddenly Seymour".

[edit] Personal life

Manford married actress Catherine in October 2007.[15] On 20 August 2009, his wife gave birth to healthy twin daughters.[16][17] His wife gave birth to their third daughter in December 2010.[18] The family live in Stockport, Greater Manchester.[19] On 18 November 2010, Manford resigned as co-host of The One Show to "concentrate on his family" following his admission to a number of allegations published in tabloid newspapers in regards to exchanging sexually-oriented Twitter messages with fans.[20][20]

In November 2008, Manford became patron of Savebabies,[16][21] a charity campaigning for newborn screening.[22]

According to Would I Lie To You?, he got dumped by a girlfriend when he was sixteen in McDonald's and refused to go to McDonald's for ten years afterwards.

Manford is a supporter of Manchester City.[23]

[edit] Awards and nominations for stand-up comedy

[edit] Notable television credits

[edit] Television credits in an acting role

[edit] Stand-up DVDs

  • Live at the Manchester Apollo (16 November 2009)
  • Live 2011 (14 November 2011)

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b 7 things you never knew about Jason Manford Sunday Mercury, 15 August 2010
  2. ^ a b c d Meet Jason Manford - he's The One to make Christine Bleakley laugh Mirror, 29 May 2010
  3. ^ a b Births England and Wales 1837-2006 Find my Past
  4. ^ The Graham Norton Show, 28 June 2010
  5. ^ Jason Manford Xfm, 24 December 2006
  6. ^ Mike McClean to take over from Jason Manford at Xfm How-Do, 6 May 2008
  7. ^ Jason Manford: 10 things you need to know about the man tipped as the new One Show host Mirror, 21 May 2010
  8. ^ "Comic Jason Manford named One Show host". BBC News. 26 May 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment_and_arts/10167068.stm. Retrieved 26 May 2010. 
  9. ^ "Jason Manford quits The One Show". BBC News. 19 November 2010. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11794466. 
  10. ^ Gordon Smart Jason Manford: My web sex with 12 girls The Sun 19 November 2010
  11. ^ http://www.itv.com/showmethefunny/about/
  12. ^ "Jason Manford 2008/09 tour". Chortle. September 2008. http://www.chortle.co.uk/shows/tour/j/16020/jason_manford_2008_tour. Retrieved 15 November 2008. 
  13. ^ Jason Manford rocks the comedy circuit Wales Online, 16 March 2010
  14. ^ "Jason Manford". The List. http://www.list.co.uk/article/15164-jason-manford/. Retrieved 28 August 2009. 
  15. ^ One Show's Jason Twitter sex shame Sun, 5 November 2010
  16. ^ a b Previous News / Website update history Save Babies UK
  17. ^ Married One Show host Jason Manford admits to sending sexy Twitter messages to female fan Mail Online, 5 November 2010
  18. ^ Jason Manford tots up three girls Sun, 11 January 2010.
  19. ^ "One Show spot for Jason Manford". Manchester Eveneing News (M.E.N. Media). 3 June 2010. http://menmedia.co.uk/tv_and_showbiz/s/1241861_one_show_spot_for_jason_manford. 
  20. ^ a b Jason Manford quits The One Show to 'concentrate on his family' after sex message claims Mail Online, 19 November 2010
  21. ^ Our Board Save Babies UK
  22. ^ Jason Manford: How Jason became the man Chester Chronicle, 20 July 2009
  23. ^ "Jason Manford's big 5". www.mcfc.co.uk. 28 March 2010. http://www.mcfc.co.uk/Video/Features/Jason-Manford-Big-5. 

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