JASON MANFORD
Rising star Jason is just as at ease performing as a standup comedian or a compere. He has a very friendly style and one that does not offend but actually makes you laugh without any heckling or need to be aggressive with the audience.
Jason started his comedy life as a lowly pot collector at Manchester’s longest running comedy club The Buzz, when one of the acts failed to turn-up and Jason offered his hand on stage. After only five weeks he won the prestigious North West Comedian of the Year Award - previously won by Caroline Aherne, Johnny Vegas and Peter Kay - followed by Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year Award reaching the finals of Channel 4’s So You Think You’re Funny? and the semi-finals of the BBC New Comedy award. In August 2008 Jason presented the comedy C4 Tonightly show taking a satirical look at the day's events. He is currently team captain on 8 out of 10 Cats for Channel 4. "A true master of observational comedy" BBC
Television credits include:
8 Out of 10 Cats – team captain C4
Tonightly Host – C4
Have I Got News For You regular BBC1
Shameless C4
Cutting It BBC1
Ideal BBC3
Edinburgh & Beyond Paramount
Stephen Poliakoff Drama BBC1
Gloves Off Channel M
Interference Channel M
BBC New Comedy Awards BBC One
The Best of Manchester Comedy BBC2
Daytime Chat Granada Breeze
Film credits include:
Seven Sundays Influential
Unlucky Girl Aspects
Go on, I Dare Ya GMP
Terror GMP
Higher Education Aspects
Theatre credits include:
Line Dance Nation TAS
The Nativity PantoTAS
Dracula TAS
Bugsy Malone TAS
Slice of Saturday Night TAS
Little Shop of Horrors Act Too
Writing credits include:
Celebrity Soup E! Angels for BBC Writers Bursary & Aspect Productions. Currently writing for BBC Comedy Development Unit. Line Dance Nation for TAS Theatre Company. The Nativity Panto for TAS Theatre Company. Seven Sundays for Influential Production Company
Awards include:
Chortle Break Through Act, North West Comedian of the Year, Manchester Theatre Awards Nominee, Perrier Award nominee, BBC Comedy Awards Semi-Finalist, Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year, Channel Four 'So You Think You’re Funny?', Finalist Manchester Evening News Theatre Award for Comedy.