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BBC Two's Funny Festival Live line-up revealed
Jason Manford, Jo Brand, Sara Pascoe and Kiri Pritchard-McLean will be amongst the hosts of Funny Festival Live, the nightly BBC Two stand-up series which starts on Sunday 7th March.
British Comedy Guide, 24th February 2021BBC to broadcast The Festival Of Funny
The BBC has announced The Festival Of Funny. Running across its TV, radio and online channels from late February to mid-March, the festival will see fourteen hours of new content broadcast.
British Comedy Guide, 15th February 2021'Murder, They Hope' cast revealed
Sarah Hadland, Shobna Gulati, Lee Mack, Paul Whitehouse and Jason Manford will be amongst the cast joining Johnny Vegas and Sian Gibson in the new Gold series Murder, They Hope.
British Comedy Guide, 5th February 2021Jason Manford to host BBC quiz show Unbeatable
Jason Manford is to host 50 episodes of Unbeatable, a new game show for BBC One's afternoon schedule.
British Comedy Guide, 21st January 2021Jason Manford slams anti-vaxxers, drives people for jab
The comedian, 39, has been volunteering in his local area to help people get their Covid-19 vaccinations.
Lucy Needham, The Mirror, 13th January 2021Jason Manford reveals he's been robbed
Jason Manford rages 'burglars haven't been furloughed' after break-in outside home.
The Mirror, 25th November 2020Stand Up And Deliver celebrity line-up revealed
Reverend Richard Coles, Shaun Ryder, Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, Curtis Pritchard and Katie McGlynn will take part in Stand Up And Deliver, a show for Stand Up To Cancer 2021 in which celebrities try stand-up comedy with the help of comedian mentors.
British Comedy Guide, 18th November 2020Jason Manford to host Royal Variety Performance 2020
Jason Manford has been announced as the host of The Royal Variety Performance 2020. The show will also feature Jo Caulfield, Daliso Chaponda and Jon Courtenay.
British Comedy Guide, 18th November 2020Jason Manford: Cancelling comedy is 'slippery slope'
Jason Manford has said comedians should be able to offend, and that it is a "slippery slope" to "cancel" the past.
BBC, 11th November 2020Jason Manford on getting Covid, Iceland and his kids
With six children at home, comic Jason Manford could be forgiven for forgetting their favourite school subjects or friends' names.
But after becoming a full-time parent and part-time teacher since the first lockdown in March, he has become an expert.
Thea Jacobs, The Sun, 11th November 2020