Matt Forde

Matt Forde (born 6 November 1982) is an English impressionist, television writer, and radio presenter.

Matt Forde
Born (1982-11-06) 6 November 1982
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
OccupationWriter, presenter
Websitemattforde.com

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] He is a supporter of Nottingham Forest.

Career

Forde regularly broadcast with Russell Howard and Jon Richardson on their shows on BBC Radio 6 (2007–2010).[4] He also hosted his own overnight show on TalkSPORT.

Forde attended the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and in 2007 and 2008 hosted comedians such as Michael McIntyre, Russell Howard, Jon Richardson, Mark Oliver and Johnny Vegas. He performed his first solo stand-up show at the Edinburgh Fringe in August 2011. The Edinburgh Fringe show that Forde performed throughout August 2012, Matt Forde: Eyes to the Right, Nose to the Left, was based on his love of politics from a football fan's point of view. He currently hosts a podcast titled "The Political Party". He has also hosted special episodes of the show at the Edinburgh festival.

Since September 2016 he has been hosting Unspun with Matt Forde, a topical political show on Dave. Four series have been broadcast so far.[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 (2020 TV series), Forde mimics the voices of Donald Trump,[7] Boris Johnson,[7] Keir Starmer[8] and David Furnish.

References
  1. "'Comedy: Matt Forde heads to Edinburgh". This is Nottingham, August 07, 2009
  2. "Edinburgh Festival Comedy: 10 Questions with Matt Forde", 31 July 2012, The Huffington Post
  3. Question Time, BBC One, 26 November 2015
  4. "BBC - 6 Music - Matt Forde's Biography". www.bbc.co.uk.
  5. "Unspun with Matt Forde". uktv.co.uk. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  6. "Comedian Matt Forde joins Absolute Radio". RadioTodayUK. 29 May 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  7. "The voice of Johnson and Trump on Spitting Image". BBC News. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  8. Roper, Kerri-Ann (30 October 2020). "Spitting Image star: Trump is intellectually insecure". Sunday World. PA Entertainment. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
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