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Jason Manford

"Jason thinks he's some sort of comedian" Mrs Cooper, Oakwood High School, 1994

About Me

I'm a Comedian, Actor, Writer and DJ (97.7 XFM Manchester) I live in Manchester. I gig all over the country and even abroad sometimes. I've done a bit of TV work, I'm the new captain on '8 Out Of 10 Cats', I do the voice overs on the paramount comedy channel and I've done ther bits and bobs, 'World Stands Up', 'Gideons Daughter', 'Would I Lie to You' and 'Shameless'.I'm currently writing a sitcom for BBC with my bessie mate Steve Edge (of Pheonix Nights and Mike Bassett fame!).If you drop by take a look at my website too www.jasonmanford.com and see if I'm doing a gig near you soon.Cheers,Jason

My Interests

Comedy, Cinema, Theatre, Football - Man City!

I'd like to meet:

Elvis, Jesus and Tommy Cooper. Also I' like to meet Speak, the greatest rapper of his or anyones generation.

Music:

I just like a bit of everything, I like Indie, Rock, Swing, Funk, Soul, R&B, Reggae, don't really like Dance music, unless I'm in a club maybe but couldn't listen to it on a CD in the car anyway! Love old stuff Johnny Cash bit of Neil Diamond, Bob Marley, Al Green, James Brown, Willie Nelson, Cat Stevens, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Sam Cooke, BeeGees, Ray Charles, Tom Jones, Beatles, Bowie. Loads of stuff that reminds me of staying with my Grandparents every weekend, Nat King Cole, Rat Pack, Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald! Love a bit of cheese from Sir Lionel of Richie! And I always wish I was from the fifties, (can you imagine the first time people saw Elvis! After years of Doo Wop and shit, suddenly Jailhouse Rock and those hips! That must have changed your life!).Big fan of Stone Roses and Oasis, Jeff Buckley,Arctic Monkeys, Kaiser Chiefs, Ian Brown by himself is a legend (F.E.A.R anyone?) Inspirals, Pogues, Sawdoctors, Cherry Ghost, The Zutons, do a lot of the festivals so seen loads of bands live which changes your view of them, Magic Numbers, Tom Baxter, The Feeling, Ben Folds and Jack Johnson (the soft side of Indie I'd say!). Paul Weller, love that new Amy Winehouse album, class! Primal Scream, R.E.M, Coral, Scissor Sisters, The View, Automatic, loving little man tate, not keen on Keane! or Jamie T (bloody Mockneys!), Like Snow Patrol when I'm in that depressing mood, can't listen to Coldplay anymore, Love Stephen Fretwell, U2 are alright, but i bit overrated, same with Stereophonics. Tenacious D Rock! Like a bit of Lily Allen, and must say that after a month of my girlfriend playing that new Patience song by Take that, i've started singing it in the shower! Tina Dico, Regina Specktor, Tracey Chapman self titled album was the first album I bought, coz I thought I'd help her change the world man! I didn't! Van Morrison, Bill Withers and Guns and roses!That's enough, like I said bit of everything!Jasonlove Colin Hay and Men at Work!

Movies:

Back to the Future! Godfather, The Goonies, Trains Planes and Automobiles, Hook!!

Television:

Sopranos, 4400, Town called Eureka, Dragns Den, 24, Lost, CSI, NCIS, Criminal Minds, Medium, Spooks, Life on Mars. Heroes, House, Shark, Dirt, Dexter, Columbo.

Books:

Anything by James Patterson, Tess Gerritson, Zadie Smith "White Teeth", Carlos Ruiz Zafon "Shadow of the Wind", Alexander McCall Smith "No1 Ladies Detectives Agency", Michael Cordy "Lucifer Code/Messiah Code".

Heroes:

Lots of comedians, Dave Allen, Tommy Cooper, Les Dawson, Bill Hicks, Laurel and Hardy, Buster Keaton. Musically, Bob Marley, Elvis, The Beatles Tom Jones! Johnny Cash, Willy Nelson.

My Blog

Podcast its a comin!

Hi guys, Sorry I've not done a blog, but I'm still knackered from Edinburgh! I'll do one when I get a minute. Very soon, I'll be podcasting the XFM Breakfast Show from next week, but for now though I ...
Posted by Jason Manford on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 08:18:00 PST

Six o Clock Army

Hi there, Now I don't know what time you get up in the morning but I'm up at 5am (or if you're a boss at XFM, 4am). But if you're awake in the morning between 6am and 7am then you my friend are a leg...
Posted by Jason Manford on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 07:40:00 PST

Gigs, Cats and Edinburgh Festival 2007

Hello all,Hope you're having a good weekend. A few people have emailed me about gigs and stuff, at the moment I only have a handful booked in what with doing the Breakfast Show on XFM Manchester ever...
Posted by Jason Manford on Sat, 09 Jun 2007 07:09:00 PST

Pointless - discuss?

I bought a pair of Puma trainers yesterday, and on the box it said "Average Content: 2"! Now is it just me or is that the most pointless thing to put on a shoebox!? It sort of insinuates that somewh...
Posted by Jason Manford on Mon, 21 May 2007 02:54:00 PST

8 Out of 10 Cats

Hello all, Just wanted to let you know that this summer I'm going to be taking over from Dave Spikey on 8 out of 10 Cats with Jimmy Carr and Sean Lock. Dave's decided he doesn't want to do another ser...
Posted by Jason Manford on Wed, 16 May 2007 04:11:00 PST

Bank Holidays - We want more!?

   Hello all, hope you're fine. Not posted a blog for ages so thought I'd put this next column from Moving Manchester Magazine up. I'll post a proper blog this week sometime, Take care,Jaso...
Posted by Jason Manford on Sun, 13 May 2007 04:23:00 PST

Recycling Column

When it comes to recycling, I'm not that green. It's not that I don't want to be, it's much nobler than that, it's that I can't be bothered. I mean I do as much as most people, I've got one of those ...
Posted by Jason Manford on Wed, 28 Mar 2007 03:28:00 PST

Moving Manchester Column 2

Hiya guys, sorry not written anything for ages but it's been a mental start to the year. Just easing into the early starts for XFM Manchester! Hope you're enjoying the show, any constructive criticism...
Posted by Jason Manford on Mon, 22 Jan 2007 03:52:00 PST

Radio 4 Thursday 28th December 2.15pm

Hi folks, Hope you've all had a great Christmas. Just wanted to let you know that today (28th December) I'll be performing in a play on Radio 4. It's on at 2.15pm and it stars me and my good mate Stev...
Posted by Jason Manford on Thu, 28 Dec 2006 04:26:00 PST

Moving Manchester Magazine Column

Hi pals,As part of this new XFM job I'm also doing a new column in some magazine in Manchester, I've never done one before but it'll be alright I reckon! I wrote this one last night and thought I'd p...
Posted by Jason Manford on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 09:23:00 PST