OVER the years Jason Manford has proved to his fans that he is a man of many skills.
Not only is the comedian a TV star and actor, he is also a talented singer.
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Who is Jason Manford?
Jason Manford was born in Salford on May 26, 1981.
Inspired by the likes of Billy Connolly, Eddie Izzard and Peter Kay, he first started experimenting with stand-up when working as a glass collector in a pub aged 17.
Jason got his big breakthrough in Johnny Vegas’ psychedelic sitcom Ideal, in which he played Jack, and he also hosted a breakfast show on Xfm Manchester.
Then in 2007 he was made a team captain on 8 Out Of 10 Cats and got his own show in the form of Channel 4’s Tonightly.
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Who is Jason Manford’s wife and do they have children?
Jason has been married to second wife Lucy Dyke since December 2017 and the couple share two children together.
Not much is known about Lucy, as the couple have chosen to keep their marriage reasonably private – apart from when she features in the comedian’s stand-up material.
Jason has four other children from a previous marriage.
The comedian previously told The Sun: “We all get along and it is good material. My family are half of my act. People like to hear about them.
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“They come to hear that they are not a terrible parent, that it’s normal to lose it in front of a packed shopping centre.”
What TV shows has Jason Manford been in?
Jason has been on an impressive number of TV shows, including BBC drama Ordinary Lies.
He became a BBC staple after hosting The One Show between July and November 2010, and later hosted A Question Of Sport spin-off quiz show Super Saturday in 2014.
In 2015, he hosted The Money Pit on Dave and It’s A Funny Old Week on ITV, and was a Sunday morning presenter on Absolute Radio in 2016.
A former regular on Live At The Apollo, he also hosted The Nightly Show from April 10-14, 2017, and claimed he would be able to “save” the failing format.
In February 2018, Jason hosted What Would Your Kid Do?, an ITV show where children were recorded with hidden cameras to see how they would react in a given situation.
In March 2019 he took part in Comic Relief Does University Challenge, before finishing second as Hedgehog on ITV’s The Masked Singer a year later.
In 2022 Jason starred in in Freddie and Jason Two Men in A Tent.
Since 2022 he has been on the judging panel of ITV singing competition Starstruck, which he is continuing in 2023.
What is Jason Manford’s net worth?
It’s fair to say Jason is a very wealthy man.
As of February 2023 he has a reported net worth of around £1.5M.
This has been accumulated through touring and his TV work.
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