English impressionist, television writer, and radio presenter
Matt Forde
Forde in 2018
Born (1982-11-06 ) 6 November 1982 (age 41) Occupation(s) Writer, presenter Website mattforde.com
Matt Forde (born 6 November 1982) is an English impressionist, television writer, and radio presenter.
Background
Forde attended Becket School in West Bridgford , Nottingham. His mother is a former nun.[1] He joined the Labour Party when he was 15 and became a member and associate of the party.[2] Following the election of Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader, he gave up his membership.[3]
Career
Forde regularly broadcast with Russell Howard and Jon Richardson on their shows on BBC Radio 6 (2007–2010).[4] Forde has made six seasons of Unspun with Matt Forde , a topical political show on Dave .[5] In August 2018, Forde became host of Absolute Radio 's Rock 'N' Roll Football with fellow Nottingham Forest fan Matt Dyson.[6] On Spitting Image , Forde voices Donald Trump , Boris Johnson ,[7] and Keir Starmer .[8]
Forde wrote the memoir Politically Homeless , published by Quercus Books in 2020.[9] [10]
Forde co-hosts the Wondery podcast British Scandal with Alice Levine ,[11] [12] Down the Dog with Jon Richardson ,[13] and also hosts The Political Party .[14] [10]
In 2022, Forde held a live comedy tour titled "Clowns to the Left of Me, Jokers to the Right."[15] [16]
Personal life
On 9 October 2023, Forde revealed via his Twitter account that he would undergo surgery for a spine tumour .[17]
References
^ "'Comedy: Matt Forde heads to Edinburgh" . This is Nottingham , August 07, 2009
^ "Edinburgh Festival Comedy: 10 Questions with Matt Forde" , 31 July 2012, The Huffington Post
^ Question Time , BBC One , 26 November 2015
^ "BBC - 6 Music - Matt Forde's Biography" . www.bbc.co.uk .
^ "Unspun with Matt Forde" . uktv.co.uk. Retrieved 6 October 2016 .
^ "Comedian Matt Forde joins Absolute Radio" . RadioTodayUK . 29 May 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2019 .
^ "The voice of Johnson and Trump on Spitting Image" . BBC News . Retrieved 14 December 2020 .
^ Roper, Kerri-Ann (30 October 2020). "Spitting Image star: Trump is intellectually insecure" . Sunday World . PA Entertainment. Retrieved 14 December 2020 .
^ Chesterton, George (7 October 2020). "Matt Forde: Politics is crap but there is hope" . British GQ . Retrieved 9 January 2023 .
^ a b Anderson, Sarski (22 March 2022). "Matt Forde: 'It's depressingly easy to find the funny side of things' " . Bristol24/7 . Retrieved 9 January 2023 .
^ "Spitting Image star Matt Forde pleased to stop doing 'terrible' Liz Truss voice" . Harrow Times . 22 September 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2023 .
^ Dibdin, Emma (2 August 2022). "6 Podcasts About Political Scandals and Upheaval" . The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 9 January 2023 .
^ Forrest, Jo (16 August 2023). "Jon Richardson and Matt Ford head 'Down The Dog' " . TotalNtertainment . Retrieved 15 September 2023 .
^ Logan, Brian (8 August 2022). "Laugh? I almost cried at Gordon Brown's night of Edinburgh fringe comedy" . The Guardian . Retrieved 9 January 2023 .
^ Bennett, Steve (16 June 2022). "Matt Forde: Clowns To The Left Of Me, Jokers To the Right : Reviews 2022 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide" . Chortle . Retrieved 9 January 2023 .
^ Barry, Caroline (20 April 2022). "Comedian Matt Forde on pining for Nottingham, Forest and his new show" . Nottingham Post . Retrieved 9 January 2023 .
^ Jackson, Siba (9 October 2023). "Absolute Radio host and comedian Matt Forde 'overwhelmed' by support after revealing spine tumour diagnosis" . Sky News . Retrieved 10 October 2023 .
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