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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
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"'Comedy: Matt Forde heads to Edinburgh" . This is Nottingham , August 07, 2009
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"Edinburgh Festival Comedy: 10 Questions with Matt Forde" , 31 July 2012,
The Huffington Post
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Question Time ,
BBC One , 26 November 2015
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"BBC - 6 Music - Matt Forde's Biography" . www.bbc.co.uk .
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"Unspun with Matt Forde" . uktv.co.uk. Retrieved 6 October 2016 .
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"Comedian Matt Forde joins Absolute Radio" . RadioTodayUK . 29 May 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2019 .
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"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 .
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"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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