Jason Manford Biography
Jason Manford is a comedian, presenter, actor, and singer from England. From 2007 to 2010, he was a team captain on Channel 4’s panel show 8 Out of 10 Cats. He has also hosted a number of BBC and ITV shows, including Comedy Rocks, The One Show, Show Me the Funny, A Question of Sport: Super Saturday, Bigheads, and Children In Need, and is one of four judges on ITV’s Starstruck.
How old is Jason Manford? – Age
He is 41 years old as of 26 May 2023. He was born in 1981 in Salford District, United Kingdom. His real name is Jason John Manford.
Jason Manford Family – Education
Jason is the son of Sharon (née Ryan) and Ian Manford, a trial stenographer and NHS trade union shop steward. Nora (née Peate), his maternal grandmother, was an Irish Catholic from Dublin. Manford and his four siblings grew raised in a terraced house in Manchester’s Whalley Range neighborhood. He went to St. Margaret’s Primary School in Whalley Range, then Chorlton High School (then Oakwood High School). In high school, he started a band with two pals, Simon and Neil, and his mother subsequently stated that this is what got him into singing.
Jason Manford Wife
In October 2007, Manford married his first wife, Catherine. Before divorcing in 2013, they had four children together: twin daughters born on August 20, 2009, a third daughter born in December 2010, and a son born in 2012. Bramhall was where the family lived. In 2017, he married his second wife, Lucy Dyke, and they had two children.
Jason Manford Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $ 2 million.
Jason Manford Stand–Up
Following a successful initial UK tour and excellent sales of the subsequent DVD, which was filmed live at the Manchester Apollo, he began his “Turning into My Dad” tour on July 14, 2010. Manford appeared in Channel 4’s Comedy Gala in March 2010, a benefit concert for Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital that was filmed live at the O2 Arena in London on March 30. Between June and December 2013, he toured the UK with “First World Problems” and released a DVD of the same name. His presentation “Muddle Class” toured the United Kingdom till the end of 2018. His “Like me” tour began in early September 2020 and will conclude in October 2021.
Manford became a shareholder in the Chester-based comedy club The Laugh Inn in 2011. He went to the club to witness concerts, encourage the circuit comedians, and conduct impromptu shows. The club shut down in 2013.
Jason Manford Hedgehog
Manford finished second on The Masked Singer in 2020 as the Hedgehog. The Royal Variety Performance 2020 was presented by Manford from the Blackpool Opera House, and featured performances by Gary Barlow, Melanie C, Steps, and Britain’s Got Talent 2020 winner Jon Courtenay. In February 2022, Manford performed as Hedgehog in the final of the third season of Masked Singer, playing a duet with winner Natalie Imbruglia as Panda.
Jason Manford ITV
On the ITV game show Odd One In, he was one half of the Home Team with Peter Andre. In July 2011, Manford hosted program Me The Funny, an ITV reality program featuring ten comedians, one of whom is voted off each week. Manford presented three pilots in 2013: ITV’s Good News, Bad News, and Oh! What a Week, and Sky1’s You and Who’s Army? None of them have been picked up for a full series. A Funny Old Year, which aired on ITV on New Year’s Eve in 2012, 2013, and 2014, was written and presented by him. During the presentation, Manford reflected on the year’s most amusing happenings.
Jason Manford Absolute Radio
Manford joined Absolute Radio as their new Sunday morning show host in 2016. Absolute Radio, part of the Absolute Radio Network, is a British independent national radio station owned and operated by Bauer. It broadcasts nationally across the United Kingdom via digital audio broadcasting and was on 1215 kHz MW until medium wave transmissions were discontinued on January 20, 2023. The station primarily plays rock and indie music from artists such as the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Muse, U2, Oasis, Arctic Monkeys, and the White Stripes.