Matt Forde

Radio Times review

When this show first aired ten years ago - back when Twitter didn't exist, David Cameron was Shadow Education Secretary and Andy Murray was outside the world's top 400 - it didn't look like much. Yet another panel show, and an unprepossessing mix of Have I Got News for You and Whose Line Is It Anyway? to boot - surely it wouldn't go on to be one of TV comedy's most reliable ratings bankers?

Well, it did - and now it's back for a triumphant 14th series, with Dara O Briain still in charge and a roster of strong comics, old and new: Katherine Ryan, James Acaster, Matt Forde and Josh Widdicombe join hoary regulars Hugh Dennis and Andy Parsons.

This week's new live comedy

Previews of Matt Forde, Wil Hodgson and Bill Maher.

Political panel show for Matt Forde

Matt Forde is to host a new political comedy panel show for Absolute radio. The comedian and political junkie will present three episodes of The Alternative Vote in the run-up to the election, starting on April 17.

Video: can political commentators do comedy?

Steve Richards, is starting off a nationwide tour of his comedy show Rock N Rock Politics, and Matt Forde, who used to work for the Labour Party, is touring with a show called The Political Party. They spoke to Jo Coburn and Tim Montgomerie about satirising political leaders and whether there was a balance of left-wing and right-wing views.

Review: Matt Forde, Soho Theatre

In General Election year it is more important than ever to have comedians engaging with politics. There are plenty who drop a soupcon of satire into their shows, but not many who deliver an hour of solid humour about the people who either are governing the country or want to govern the country. This is precisely what Forde delivers.

With a general election set to dominate the news agenda, 2015 should be an adventure playground for political comedians. Sadly, The Revolution Will Be Televised are too busy congratulating themselves for firing Lewinsky innuendos at Bill Clinton, so here's Bremner's rusty but reliable sceptre of satire to prick the politicos' pomposity. Joined by John Bird, Matt Forde, Sara Pascoe and Jan Ravens, it seems reasonable to expect something a little more incisive than stock fat gags about Eric Pickles.

Jon Richardson: I may switch jobs now I've found love

Ben Dowell joins comics Jon Richardson and Matt Forde in their VW Campervan to talk about their new Channel 4 show Jon Richardson Grows Up, in which they try to discover the secret of human contentment...

Jon Richardson and Matt Forde interview

In a new series for Channel 4, Jon Richardson Grows Up, our eponymous hero and his best friend, comedian Matt Forde, take to the road in a 1972 orange VW Campervan (called Florence) in search of answers to some of life's biggest questions: Can money make you happy? Is marriage the source of contentment or discord? Who's a better driver, Jon or Matt? Today, huddled in the back of their campervan, Florence, incongruously parked in a central London square, the pair explain the thinking behind the series, how it has led to Jon being a changed man, and what Matt was doing there in the first place.

Why comedy and politics need a bulletproof persona

The biggest asset in politics, and comedy, is finding a personality, and sticking to it. Which is what Frankie Boyle and Nigel Farage have in common.