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Jon Richardson

Jon Richardson

  • 42 years old
  • English
  • Writer and stand-up comedian
Meet The Richardsons. Jon (Jon Richardson)

Jon is a stand-up comedian known for his awkward, nerdy persona. He rose to fame after joining 8 Out Of 10 Cats and is now a captain on its spin-off, 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. He has also starred in a number of other TV and radio series and regularly tours live shows.

Year Production Role
2025 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown - Series 26 (Channel 4: Series 27) Coming Soon
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Self
2025 Have I Got Sport For You Brand New Team Captain
2024 Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains - Series 6 Coming Soon
  1. Special - New Year's special
Guest
2024 The Last Leg - The Last Leg In Paris
  1. E8 - Day 8
Guest
2024 Laughterama Self
2024 Tramlines Self
2024 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown - Series 25 (Channel 4: Series 26)
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Self
2024 Taskmaster - Taskmasterclass
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Self
2024 Hay Festival Self
2024 Meet The Richardsons - Series 5
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Jon
2024 Have I Got News For You - Series 67
  1. E1 - Episode One
Guest
2024 Rob Beckett's Smart TV - Series 1
  1. E1 - Episode One
Guest
2024 Fantasy Football League - Series 2
  1. E4 - Episode Four
Guest
2024 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown - Series 24 (Channel 4: Series 25)
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Self
2024 Jon Richardson: The Knitwit Self
2023 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown - Christmas Special 2023 Self
2023 Evil Genius With Russell Kane
  1. E3 - Pablo Escobar
Guest
2023 The Last Leg - Series 29
  1. E1 - Episode One
Guest
2023 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown - Series 23 (Channel 4: Series 24)
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  1. Special - Best Bits
  2. Special - Best Bits
Self
2023 Meet The Richardsons - Series 4
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Jon
2023 The National Comedy Awards - 2023
  1. 2023
Self
2023 Jon & Lucy's Odd Couples
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Host / Presenter
2022 Jon & Lucy's Party Of The Year - Jon & Lucy's Party Of The Year Host / Presenter
2022 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown - Christmas Special 2022 Self
2022 Have I Got News For You - Series 64
  1. Special - Have I Got 2022 For You
Host / Presenter
2022 Aberdeen Comedy Festival Self
2022 Jon Richardson: The Knitwit Self
2022 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown - Series 22 (Channel 4: Series 23)
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Self
2022 Meet The Richardsons - Holiday Specials
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  1. Special - Episode One
  2. Special - Episode Two
Jon
2022 Hypothetical - Series 4
  1. E5 - Episode Five
Guest
2022 Have I Got News For You - Series 63
  1. E9 - Episode Nine
Host / Presenter
2022 Paul Sinha's TV Showdown - Series 2
  1. E4 - Episode Four
Guest
2022 Meet The Richardsons - Series 3
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Jon
2022 One Night In...
  1. E4 - LEGOLAND
Guest
2022 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown - Series 21 (Channel 4: Series 22)
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Self
2022 Jon Richardson: Take My Mother-In-Law Self
2021 Jon & Lucy's Party Of The Year - Jon & Lucy's Christmas Sleepover Host / Presenter
2021 Jon & Lucy's Party Of The Year - Jon & Lucy's Christmas Sleepover Host / Presenter
2021 The Last Leg - Series 23
  1. Special - Christmas Special
  2. Special - The Last Leg Of The Year
Self
2021 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown - Christmas Special Self
2021 Have I Got News For You - Series 62
  1. E9 - Episode Nine
Guest
2021 The Last Leg - Series 23
  1. E8 - Episode Eight
Guest
2021 The Ranganation - Series 4
  1. E2 - Episode Two
Guest
2021 Aberdeen Comedy Festival Self
2021 The Last Leg - The Last Leg Of Tokyo 2020
  1. E1 - Episode One
Self
2021 Channel Hopping With Jon Richardson - Series 2
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Writer
2021 Channel Hopping With Jon Richardson - Series 2
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Host / Presenter
2021 Meet The Richardsons - Series 2
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Jon
2021 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown - Series 20 (Channel 4: Series 21)
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Self
2021 Problematic Development Host / Presenter
2020 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown - Christmas Special Self
2020 Meet The Richardsons - Meet The Richardsons At Christmas
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Jon
2020 The Last Leg - Series 20
  1. Special - The Last Leg Of The Year
Self
2020 The Last Leg - Series 20
  1. E7 - Episode Seven
Guest
2020 Channel Hopping With Jon Richardson - Series 1
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Writer
2020 Channel Hopping With Jon Richardson - Series 1
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Host / Presenter
2020 The Jonathan Ross Show - Series 16
  1. E7 - Matt Lucas, Jon Richardson, Lucy Beaumont, Lady Leshurr, Grayson Perry, Liam Gallagher
Guest
2020 The Russell Howard Hour - Series 4
  1. Special - Highlights Special
Self
2020 Jon Richardson: Old Man Writer
2020 Jon Richardson: Old Man Host / Presenter
2020 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown - Series 19 (Channel 4: Series 20)
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Self
2020 The Ranganation - Series 2
  1. E2 - Episode Two
Guest
2020 Who Said That? - Series 1
  1. Special - Live from The Watsonathon
Guest
2020 Russell Howard's Home Time
  1. E2 - Episode Two
Guest
2020 Meet The Richardsons - Series 1
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Jon
2020 The Last Leg - Series 19
  1. E6 - Episode Six
Guest
2020 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown - Series 18 (Channel 4: Series 19)
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Self
2019 Richard Osman's World Cup Of The Decade Self
2019 The Russell Howard Hour - Series 3
  1. E2 - Episode Two
Self
2019 Have I Got News For You - Series 58
  1. E9 - Election Special
  2. Special - Have I Got 2019 News For You
Guest
2019 Comedy Gala 2019: In Aid of Waverley Care Self
2019 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown - Series 17 (Channel 4: Series 18)
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Self
2019 Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier - Series 2
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Host / Presenter
2019 The Ranganation - Series 1
  1. E3 - Episode Three
  2. Special - Best Bits 2019
Guest
2019 Frankie Boyle's New World Order - Series 3
  1. E6 - Episode Six
  2. Special - Unseen & Best Bits
Guest
2019 Comedians Watching Football With Friends
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Self
2019 Hypothetical - Series 1
  1. E2 - Episode Two
Guest
2019 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown - Series 16 (Channel 4: Series 17)
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Self
2018 The Unbelievable Truth - Series 21
  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E3 - Episode Three
Guest
2018 Insert Name Here - Series 4
  1. E5 - Harry
Guest
2018 Dave's Advent Calendar
  1. E20 - Cookies For Santa By Jon Richardson
Writer
2018 Dave's Advent Calendar
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Self
2018 The Russell Howard Hour - Series 2
  1. E9 - Episode Nine
Self
2018 Would I Lie To You? - Series 12
  1. E3 - Episode Three
  2. Special - The Unseen Bits
Guest
2018 Stand Up Central - Series 4
  1. E1 - Episode One
Guest
2018 Have I Got News For You - Series 56
  1. E2 - Episode Two
  2. Special - Have I Got 2018 News For You
Guest
2018 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown - Series 15 (Channel 4: Series 16)
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Self
2018 Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier - Series 1
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Host / Presenter
2018 To Hull And Back - Series 3
  1. E2 - Stockholm Syndrome
DJ Richie
2018 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown - Series 14 (Channel 4: Series 15)
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Self
2017 Michael McIntyre's Big Show - Series 3
  1. E5 - Episode Five
Guest
2017 Have I Got News For You - Series 54
  1. E3 - Episode Three
  2. Special - Have I Got 2017 News For You
Guest
2017 Duck Quacks Don't Echo - Series 6
  1. E6 - Episode Six
Guest
2017 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown - Series 13 (Channel 4: Series 14)
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Self
2017 The Last Leg - Series 11
  1. Special - Re-United Kingdom
Guest
2017 Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit - Series 2
  1. E4 - Episode Four
Guest
2017 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown - Series 12 (Channel 4: Series 13)
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Self
2017 Have I Got News For You - Series 53
  1. E2 - Episode Two
Guest
2017 Jon Richardson: How To Survive The End Of The World Host / Presenter
2017 Jon Richardson: Old Man Tour Self
2017 The Fake News Show - Pilot
  1. Pilot
Guest
2017 Insert Name Here - Series 2
  1. E4 - Ben
Guest
2017 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown - Series 11 (Channel 4: Series 12)
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Self
2016 Have I Got News For You - Series 52
  1. E10 - Episode Ten
Guest
2016 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown - Series 10 (Channel 4: Series 11)
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Self
2016 To Hull And Back - Series 2
  1. E3 - Is That You Mr Brown?
DJ Richie
2016 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown - Series 9 (Channel 4: Series 10)
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Self
2016 Taskmaster - Series 2
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Self
2016 Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled - Series 4
  1. E5 - Episode Five
Guest
2016 Jon Richardson: Nidiot Writer
2016 Jon Richardson: Nidiot Host / Presenter
2016 Play To The Whistle - Series 2
  1. E2 - Episode Two
Guest
2016 The Unbelievable Truth - Series 16
  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E5 - Episode Five
Guest
2016 Drunk History - Series 2
  1. E4 - Episode Four
Percy Shelley
2016 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown - Series 8 (Channel 4: Series 9)
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Self
2016 A League Of Their Own - Series 10
  1. E7 - Episode Seven
Guest
2016 Insert Name Here - Series 1
  1. E5 - Dave
Guest
2016 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown - Series 7 (Channel 4: Series 8)
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Self
2015 Jon Richardson's To Do List Development Host / Presenter
2015 8 Out Of 10 Cats - 2015 Specials
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Team Captain
2015 Have I Got News For You - Series 50
  1. E4 - Episode Four
  2. Special - Highlights Special
Guest
2015 To Hull And Back - Series 1
  1. E1 - Crying In The Chapel
  2. E2 - An Affair To Forget
  3. E4 - It's My Party
DJ Richie
2015 The Unbelievable Truth - Series 15
  1. E2 - Episode Two
  2. E5 - Episode Five
Guest
2015 Would I Lie To You? - Series 9
  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. Special - The Unseen Bits
Guest
2015 Fighting Talk - Wimbledon Special
  1. Wimbledon Special
Guest
2015 Channel 4's Comedy Gala Guest
2015 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown - Series 6 (Channel 4: Series 7)
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Self
2015 Play To The Whistle - Series 1
  1. E5 - Episode Five
  2. Special - Extra Time
Guest
2015 Fighting Talk - Series 12
  1. E31 - Episode Thirty One
Guest
2015 The Football's On - Series 2
  1. E32 - Episode Thirty Two
Guest
2015 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown - Series 5 (Channel 4: Series 6)
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Self
2014 Friends On Benefits Jon
2014 Live At The Apollo - Series 10
  1. E4 - Jon Richardson, Sara Pascoe, Nathan Caton
Host / Presenter
2014 8 Out Of 10 Cats - Series 18
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Team Captain
2014 Alan Carr: Chatty Man - Series 13
  1. E1 - Jack Whitehall, Jon Richardson, Matt Forde, Abbey Clancy, Piers Morgan, Kasabian
Guest
2014 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown - Series 4 (Channel 4: Series 5)
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Self
2014 MacAulay And Co - Edinburgh 2014
  1. E13 - Episode Thirteen
Guest
2014 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown - Series 3 (Channel 4: Series 4)
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Self
2014 Channel 4's Comedy Gala Guest
2014 The Unbelievable Truth - Series 13
  1. E2 - Episode Two
  2. E4 - Episode Four
Guest
2014 Dara O Briain: School Of Hard Sums - Series 3
  1. E3 - Episode Three
  2. E7 - Episode Seven
Guest
2014 Duck Quacks Don't Echo - Series 1
  1. E6 - Episode Six
  2. Special - Extra
Guest
2014 8 Out Of 10 Cats - Series 17
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Team Captain
2014 Fighting Talk - Series 11
  1. E20 - Episode Twenty
Guest
2014 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown - Series 2 (Channel 4: Series 3)
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Self
2013 8 Out Of 10 Cats - Series 16
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Team Captain
2013 Don't Sit In The Front Row - Series 2
  1. E5 - Episode Five
Guest
2013 A League Of Their Own - Series 7
  1. E5 - Episode Five
  2. Special - Unseen Vol 1
  3. Special - Unseen Vol 2
  4. Special - Best Bits
Guest
2013 Jon Richardson: Funny Magnet Host / Presenter
2013 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown - Series 1 (Channel 4: Series 2)
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Self
2013 The News Quiz - Series 81
  1. E4 - Episode Four
Guest
2013 Would I Lie To You? - Series 7
  1. E6 - Episode Six
  2. Special - The Unseen Bits
Guest
2013 Channel 4's Comedy Gala Guest
2013 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown - 2013 Specials
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Self
2013 Room 101 - Series 2
  1. E8 - Craig Revel Horwood, Sheila Hancock, Jon Richardson
Guest
2013 Walk On The Wild Side - Series 3
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Various (Voice)
2013 8 Out Of 10 Cats - Series 15
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Team Captain
2012 Alan Carr: Chatty Man - Series 9
  1. E13 - Davina McCall, Jon Richardson, Olly Murs, Harry Hill, Rebecca Ferguson
Guest
2012 Live At The Apollo - Series 8
  1. E2 - Rhod Gilbert, Kerry Godliman, Jon Richardson
Guest
2012 8 Out Of 10 Cats - Series 14
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Team Captain
2012 Comedy World Cup
  1. E4 - Episode Four
Guest
2012 Morgan Spurlock's New Britannia
  1. E8 - Episode Eight
Guest
2012 Channel 4's Comedy Gala Guest
2012 Alan Carr: Chatty Man - Series 8
  1. E4 - Kim Kardashian, Sean Lock, Jon Richardson, Dr Christian & Dr Dawn, Nelly Furtado
Guest
2012 Stand Up For The Week - Series 4
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Host / Presenter
2012 8 Out Of 10 Cats - Series 13
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Team Captain
2012 Walk On The Wild Side - CBBC Pilot Various (Voice)
2012 That Sunday Night Show - Series 3
  1. E8 - Episode Eight
Guest
2012 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown - 2012 Specials
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Self
2011 Stand Up For The Week - Series 3
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Host / Presenter
2011 Would I Lie To You? - Series 5
  1. E6 - Episode Six
Guest
2011 8 Out Of 10 Cats - Series 12
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Team Captain
2011 Edinburgh Comedy Fest Live - 2011
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Host / Presenter
2011 The Back End Of Next Week
  1. Special - Edinburgh Festival Special
Host / Presenter
2011 Comedy Gala 2011: In Aid of Waverley Care Self
2011 Jon Richardson: It's Not Me, It's You Self
2011 My Favourite Joke
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Self
2011 8 Out Of 10 Cats - Series 11
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Team Captain
2011 Channel 4's Comedy Gala
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Guest
2011 Grouchy Young Men - Series 2
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Self
2011 The Graham Norton Show - Series 9
  1. E1 - David Tennant, Catherine Tate, Jon Richardson, Josh Groban
  2. Special - Compilation Show
Guest
2011 Have I Got News For You - Series 41
  1. E1 - Episode One
Guest
2011 Act Your Age - Series 3
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Team Captain
2011 So Wrong It's Right - Series 2
  1. E2 - Episode Two
Guest
2011 24 Hour Panel People Guest
2011 Stand Up For The Week - Series 2
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Self
2010 Live At The Apollo - Series 6
  1. E5 - Stephen K Amos, Jon Richardson, Micky Flanagan
Guest
2010 Never Mind The Buzzcocks - Series 24
  1. E8 - Episode Eight
Guest
2010 Fighting Talk - Series 8
  1. E14 - Episode Fourteen
  2. E35 - Episode Thirty Five
Guest
2010 Have I Got News For You - Series 40
  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. Special - Highlights Special
Guest
2010 Rhod Gilbert's Bulging Barrel Of Laughs
  1. E6 - Episode Six
Guest
2010 Richard Bacon's Beer & Pizza Club - Series 1
  1. E2 - Episode Two
Guest
2010 8 Out Of 10 Cats - Series 10
  1. E2 - Episode Two
Guest
2010 Walk On The Wild Side - Series 2
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Writer
2010 Walk On The Wild Side - Series 2
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Various (Voice)
2010 Edinburgh Comedy Fest Live - 2010
  1. E2 - Episode Two
Guest
2010 GIT Starring Jon Richardson, Lloyd Langford and Dan Atkinson Self
2010 Jon Richardson: Don't Happy, Be Worry Self
2010 Never Write Off The Germans
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Regular Panellist
2010 The Museum Of Curiosity - Gallery 3
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Host / Presenter
2010 Have I Got News For You - Series 39
  1. Special - Have I Got Election News For You
Guest
2010 The Now Show - The Vote Now Show 2010
  1. E11 - Episode Eleven
Writer
2010 The Now Show - The Vote Now Show 2010
  1. E11 - Episode Eleven
Self
2010 And The Winner Is... - Series 1
  1. E4 - Episode Four
Guest
2010 The Bubble
  1. E2 - Jon Richardson, Germaine Greer, Ed Byrne
Guest
2010 Grouchy Young Men - Series 1
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Self
2010 Fighting Talk - Series 7
  1. E25 - Episode Twenty Five
Guest
2010 Act Your Age - Series 2
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Team Captain
2009 Have I Got News For You - Series 38
  1. E7 - Episode Seven
Guest
2009 Never Mind The Buzzcocks - Series 23
  1. E5 - Episode Five
Guest
2009 Jason Manford And Friends
  1. E2 - Episode Two
Guest
2009 Comic Fringes - Series 5
  1. E3 - Gone Phishing
Writer
2009 Comic Fringes - Series 5
  1. E3 - Gone Phishing
Narrator
2009 MacAulay And Co - Edinburgh 2009
  1. E6 - Monday 17th
Guest
2009 Walk On The Wild Side - Series 1
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Various (Voice)
2009 Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow - Series 1
  1. E6 - Brighton
Guest
2009 The Museum Of Curiosity - Gallery 2
  1. E5 - Meeting Eleven
Guest
2009 4 Stands Up - Series 3
  1. E1 - Episode One
Guest
2009 Walk On The Wild Side - Pilot Various (Voice)
2009 The Now Show - Series 27
  1. E1 - Episode One
Self
2009 The Leicester Comedy Festival
  1. E4 - The Leicester Comedy Festival 2009
Guest
2008 Out To Lunch - Series 6
  1. E4 - Episode Four
Guest
2008 Act Your Age - Series 1
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Team Captain
2008 Alan Carr's Comedy Outings
  1. E3 - Dangerous Li-Alans
Self (Archive Material)
2008 4 At The Fringe - Series 3
  1. E2 - Episode Two
Guest
2008 28 Acts In 28 Minutes - Series 2
  1. E3 - Episode Three
Guest
2007 Comedy Shuffle - Series 2
  1. E4 - Episode Four
Writer
2007 Comedy Shuffle - Series 2
  1. E4 - Episode Four
Guest
Jon Richardson: This Guy At Night Self
Jon Richardson: Spatula Pad Self

Non-comedy TV and film credits may be found here:
Jon Richardson on IMDb

Born
Sunday 26th September 1982 (42 years-old)
Nationality
English
Mother
Elaine Richardson
Wife
Lucy Beaumont (April 2015 - April 2024)

Jon Richardson is a stand-up comedian from Lancaster. His first solo Edinburgh show about his obsessive compulsive personality disorder was nominated for the Best Newcomer award at the 2007 Edinburgh Festival. His 2009 show about his resulting perfectionism was nominated in the Best Show category.

He is a regular Have I Got News For You panellist and star of Live At The Apollo. Currently, Jon is team captain on the words and numbers game, 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown.

Away from stand-up, Jon is massively in demand for television and radio appearances. Jon has also starred on the Channel 4 documentaries, Jon Richardson: A Little Bit OCD, as well as Jon Richardson Grows Up. He presents his own series, Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier, on channel Dave.

Jon has also made appearances on numerous radio shows, including Act Your Age, The Museum Of Curiosity and Five Live's Fighting Talk. He has previously hosted his own Sunday morning radio show on BBC Radio 6 Music.

Jon is also a talented writer and contributor to national newspapers, most notably penning a cover article for the Guardian's Weekend Magazine for its Valentine's Day issue.

A regular on the stand-up circuit, Jon's first gig was in 2003 where he won his heat of the BBC New Comedy Talent Search. After completing a sixty date UK with Alan Carr in 2006, Jon won Best Breakthrough Act at the 2007 Chortle Awards and went on to receive a Best Newcomer nomination for his show Spatula Pad at the 2007 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. This was followed in 2008 with a successful Edinburgh run of his second solo show Dogmatic and a subsequent Edinburgh Comedy Award best show nomination in 2009 for his third Edinburgh show, This Guy at Night.

National Comedy Awards, The 2023
Outstanding Comedy Actor (Longlisted)
I Talk Telly Awards 2023
Best Comedy Partnership (Nominee)
The Yorkshire Comedy Awards 2022
Best Radio/TV Act (Winner)
National Comedy Awards, The 2021
Outstanding Comedy Actor (Longlisted)
Best Stand Up Show (Longlisted)
I Talk Telly Awards 2021
Best Comedy Partnership (Nominee)
I Talk Telly Awards 2020
Best Comedy Partnership (Nominee)
Digital Spy Reader Awards 2018
Best Stand-Up Comedian (Nominee)
British Comedy Awards 2013
Best Male TV Comic (Nominee)
Loaded LAFTAs 2013
Best Stand-Up (Nominee)
Loaded LAFTAs 2012
Funniest Man (Winner)
Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2009
Best Comedy Show (Nominee)
Chortle Awards 2008
Breakthrough Act (Winner)
Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2007
Best Newcomer (Nominee)

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