Jon Richardson (entertainer)
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Jon Joel Richardson is a British comedian.
Jon co-hosted a Sunday morning radio show on BBC 6 Music
with fellow comedian and friend Russell Howard
, and continued to present the show himself after Howard left, until 7 March 2010. He was nominated for Best Newcomer at the 2007 if.comedy awards for his first full-length solo show 'Spatula Pad' which he performed at the Pleasance
Courtyard. He won the award for Best Breakthrough Act at the 2008 Chortle Awards
and was nominated for the main Edinburgh Comedy Award in 2009 for 'This Guy At Night'. He has since become a regular panelist on the Channel 4
television show 8 Out of 10 Cats
.
competition in 2004.
Quickly developing throughout 2004, he was one of six acts to reach the final of the J20 Last Laugh Comedy Search.
Having impressed a sell-out crowd in Bristol
he marked the end of his first year in comedy with a performance at the Criterion Theatre
in London's West End. Judges Jasper Carrott
and Dave Spikey
were both "extremely impressed" with Richardson's performance.
In 2006 he appeared on the Comedy Zone at the Edinburgh Festival
, completed a 60-date UK and Irish tour with Alan Carr
and made an appearance on Paramount's The Comedy Store.
In 2007 "Spatula Pad", Richardson's first solo show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, earned him a Best Newcomer nomination for the if.comedy Awards (formerly the Perrier
, now known as the Edinburgh Comedy Awards). In 2008 he was a winner at the 2008 Chortle Awards as Best Breakthrough Act, and he performed his second solo show, called "Dogmatic", at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and later took this show up and down the country in his first solo tour.
In early 2009, Richardson's show "This Guy at Night" was nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Awards main prize. That year, he appeared on the BBC
music quiz show Never Mind The Buzzcocks
. He also appeared on Have I Got News For You
in December 2009 and October 2010. He was a guest on David Mitchell
's The Bubble
.
On March 21, 2010 he presented a thirty-minute long BBC Three
programme about compulsions and weird habits, entitled 'Different Like Me'.
Richardson made his debut appearance on BBC Radio 5 Live
show Fighting Talk
in February 2010. He has been appointed curator of The Museum of Curiosity
for its third series. He also appeared as a team captain, in a series hosted by Simon Mayo
in 2008 called Act Your Age on BBC radio 4; he appeared in every episode.
He now works regularly at Brighton Komedia, Just The Tonic Nottingham, The Glee Club and Bristol's Comedy Box and Jesters. He has performed at festivals in Leeds, Guildford and Bristol and has headlined university gigs for Off The Kerb and Avalon. Abroad he has compered in the French Alps
, headlined in Barcelona
and performed a one-man show in Greece
.
In May 2011, it was announced that Richardson would take over from Jason Manford
as captain of Channel 4 panel show, 8 out of 10 Cats
for the programmes 11th series. He was said to be 'delighted' to be given the chance to work with Jimmy Carr
and Sean Lock
on the show. Filming for the series began in June.
In June 2011, Richardson's first book, entitled It's Not Me, It's You!
, was published.
In 2011 Jon became a regular comic on the Channel 4 TV show Stand Up For The Week
which in the second series was hosted by Glasgow comic Kevin Bridges
. However it was announced on the Off the Kerb website that the show was to return for a third series with Jon Richardson as the host, replacing Bridges. The new series will be broadcast on Channel 4 starting on the 4th November 2011.
and attended Lancaster Royal Grammar School
. He is now based in London
. He lived alone in Swindon
for five years, and before shared a home with fellow comedians Russell Howard
, John Robins and Mark Olver for a year in Bristol.
He is a huge fan of 1980s movie Labyrinth
. Jon supports Leeds United Football Club. Jon is a dog lover, which is also joked about on his 6Music show. His mother is called Elaine and he has a sister called Tamsin.
Jon co-hosted a Sunday morning radio show on BBC 6 Music
BBC 6 Music
BBC 6 Music is one of the BBC's digital radio stations, was launched on 11 March 2002 and originally codenamed Network Y. It was the first national music radio station to be launched by the BBC in 32 years....
with fellow comedian and friend Russell Howard
Russell Howard
Russell Joseph Howard is an English comedian best known for his TV show Russell Howard's Good News and his appearances on the topical panel TV show Mock The Week...
, and continued to present the show himself after Howard left, until 7 March 2010. He was nominated for Best Newcomer at the 2007 if.comedy awards for his first full-length solo show 'Spatula Pad' which he performed at the Pleasance
Pleasance
The Pleasance is a street in the Old Town, Edinburgh, Scotland. It is largely residential, although the University of Edinburgh owns property in the area.-University of Edinburgh union:...
Courtyard. He won the award for Best Breakthrough Act at the 2008 Chortle Awards
Chortle Awards
The Chortle awards were set up in 2002 by the comedy website Chortle to honour the best of established stand-up comics currently working in the UK....
and was nominated for the main Edinburgh Comedy Award in 2009 for 'This Guy At Night'. He has since become a regular panelist on the Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
television show 8 Out of 10 Cats
8 Out of 10 Cats
8 out of 10 Cats is a television comedy panel game made by Zeppotron for Channel 4. It was first broadcast on 3 June 2005. The show is based on statistics and opinion polls, and draws on polls produced by a variety of organizations and new polls commissioned for the programme, carried out by...
.
Career
Richardson started out in comedy after dropping out of Hispanic Studies at Bristol University. After a year working as a chef, he realised that he wanted to do stand-up, and entered and won his heat of the BBC New Talent Comedy Search in May 2003. He reached the semi-finals of the Laughing Horse New Act of The YearLaughing Horse New Act of The Year
The Laughing Horse New Act of The Year is an annual competition, running since 2001, to find the best new stand-up comedy act in the UK.The current holder is Adam Belbin, who won the allocade on the 29 May 2011.-2011:* Adam Belbin - winner...
competition in 2004.
Quickly developing throughout 2004, he was one of six acts to reach the final of the J20 Last Laugh Comedy Search.
Having impressed a sell-out crowd in Bristol
Bristol
Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...
he marked the end of his first year in comedy with a performance at the Criterion Theatre
Criterion Theatre
The Criterion Theatre is a West End theatre situated on Piccadilly Circus in the City of Westminster, and is a Grade II* listed building. It has an official capacity of 588.-Building the theatre:...
in London's West End. Judges Jasper Carrott
Jasper Carrott
Jasper Carrott OBE is a British comedian, actor, television presenter and personality.-Early life:...
and Dave Spikey
Dave Spikey
Dave Spikey is an English comedian, actor, writer and film producer, currently residing in Chorley, Lancashire....
were both "extremely impressed" with Richardson's performance.
In 2006 he appeared on the Comedy Zone at the Edinburgh Festival
Edinburgh Festival
The Edinburgh Festival is a collective term for many arts and cultural festivals that take place in Edinburgh, Scotland each summer, mostly in August...
, completed a 60-date UK and Irish tour with Alan Carr
Alan Carr
Alan Carr is an English comedian and television personality. Born in Weymouth, he was raised in Northampton before moving to Manchester during his early 20's....
and made an appearance on Paramount's The Comedy Store.
In 2007 "Spatula Pad", Richardson's first solo show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, earned him a Best Newcomer nomination for the if.comedy Awards (formerly the Perrier
Perrier
Perrier is a brand of bottled mineral water made from a spring in Vergèze in the Gard département of France. The spring is naturally carbonated...
, now known as the Edinburgh Comedy Awards). In 2008 he was a winner at the 2008 Chortle Awards as Best Breakthrough Act, and he performed his second solo show, called "Dogmatic", at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and later took this show up and down the country in his first solo tour.
In early 2009, Richardson's show "This Guy at Night" was nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Awards main prize. That year, he appeared on the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
music quiz show Never Mind The Buzzcocks
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Never Mind the Buzzcocks is a comedy panel game television show with a pop music theme, currently without a permanent presenter. It stars Phill Jupitus and Noel Fielding as team captains. The show is produced by Talkback Thames for the BBC, and is usually aired on BBC Two...
. He also appeared on Have I Got News For You
Have I Got News for You
Have I Got News for You is a British television panel show produced by Hat Trick Productions for the BBC. It is based loosely on the BBC Radio 4 show The News Quiz, and has been broadcast since 1990, currently the BBC's longest-ever running television panel show...
in December 2009 and October 2010. He was a guest on David Mitchell
David Mitchell (actor)
David James Stuart Mitchell is a British actor, comedian and writer. He is half of the comedy duo Mitchell and Webb, alongside Robert Webb, whom he met at Cambridge University. There they were both part of the Cambridge Footlights, of which Mitchell became President. Together the duo star in the...
's The Bubble
The Bubble (UK TV series)
-Further reading:*...
.
On March 21, 2010 he presented a thirty-minute long BBC Three
BBC Three
BBC Three is a television network from the BBC broadcasting via digital cable, terrestrial, IPTV and satellite platforms. The channel's target audience includes those in the 16-34 year old age group, and has the purpose of providing "innovative" content to younger audiences, focusing on new talent...
programme about compulsions and weird habits, entitled 'Different Like Me'.
Richardson made his debut appearance on BBC Radio 5 Live
BBC Radio 5 Live
BBC Radio 5 Live is the BBC's national radio service that specialises in live BBC News, phone-ins, and sports commentaries...
show Fighting Talk
Fighting Talk
Fighting Talk is a topical sports show broadcast on BBC Radio 5 Live during the English football season. Its first series aired in October 2003, and was presented by Johnny Vaughan. The second series featured Christian O'Connell. It is currently hosted by Colin Murray and is aired on Saturday...
in February 2010. He has been appointed curator of The Museum of Curiosity
The Museum of Curiosity
The Museum of Curiosity, formerly titled The Professor of Curiosity, is a comedy panel game on BBC Radio 4 that was first broadcast on 20 February 2008. It stars John Lloyd as "The Professor of Ignorance at the University of Buckingham" and owner of the fictional "Museum of Curiosity"...
for its third series. He also appeared as a team captain, in a series hosted by Simon Mayo
Simon Mayo
Simon Mayo is an English radio presenter who has worked for BBC Radio since 1981. As of January 2010, Mayo is presenter of Simon Mayo Drivetime on BBC Radio 2 and, with Mark Kermode, presenter of Kermode and Mayo's Film Reviews on BBC Radio 5 Live.In 2008, Mayo was recognised as the "radio...
in 2008 called Act Your Age on BBC radio 4; he appeared in every episode.
He now works regularly at Brighton Komedia, Just The Tonic Nottingham, The Glee Club and Bristol's Comedy Box and Jesters. He has performed at festivals in Leeds, Guildford and Bristol and has headlined university gigs for Off The Kerb and Avalon. Abroad he has compered in the French Alps
French Alps
The French Alps are those portions of the Alps mountain range which stand within France, located in the Rhône-Alpes and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regions....
, headlined in Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
and performed a one-man show in Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
.
In May 2011, it was announced that Richardson would take over from Jason Manford
Jason Manford
Jason John Manford is an English comedian, television presenter and actor.- Early life :Manford was born to an Irish family in Salford, Greater Manchester, a son of Sharon , who is a Catholic and Ian Manford. He grew up in poverty in a terraced house in Manchester...
as captain of Channel 4 panel show, 8 out of 10 Cats
8 Out of 10 Cats
8 out of 10 Cats is a television comedy panel game made by Zeppotron for Channel 4. It was first broadcast on 3 June 2005. The show is based on statistics and opinion polls, and draws on polls produced by a variety of organizations and new polls commissioned for the programme, carried out by...
for the programmes 11th series. He was said to be 'delighted' to be given the chance to work with Jimmy Carr
Jimmy Carr
James Anthony Patrick "Jimmy" Carr is an English-Irish comedian and humourist. He is known for his deadpan delivery and dark humour. He is also a writer, actor and presenter of radio and television....
and Sean Lock
Sean Lock
Sean Lock is an English comedian and actor. He began his comedy career as a stand-up comedian. He won the British Comedy Award in 2000 in the category of Best Live Comic, and was nominated for the Perrier Comedy Award. He is also well known for his appearances on television and radio...
on the show. Filming for the series began in June.
In June 2011, Richardson's first book, entitled It's Not Me, It's You!
It's Not Me, It's You!
It's Not Me, It's You! is a book written by British comedian Jon Richardson and is based on his 2011 comedy show of the same name. It was published in the UK by HarperCollins on 23rd June 2011. Richardson has said "it is not a autobiography" but rather it is a "relationship guide from the point of...
, was published.
In 2011 Jon became a regular comic on the Channel 4 TV show Stand Up For The Week
Stand Up for the Week
Stand Up for the Week is a British television comedy series shown on Channel 4, featuring stand-up comedy performances reflecting topical events. The show began in June 2010 with a six-episode series aired on Friday nights, moving to Saturday nights for the second series which began in March 2011...
which in the second series was hosted by Glasgow comic Kevin Bridges
Kevin Bridges
Kevin Bridges is a Scottish stand-up comedian.-Stand-up:Bridges began performing on the small stage when he left school shortly after his 17th birthday, doing stand-up comedy gigs at The Stand Comedy Club in Glasgow and then throughout the UK. At 18 he reached the final of Channel 5's So you think...
. However it was announced on the Off the Kerb website that the show was to return for a third series with Jon Richardson as the host, replacing Bridges. The new series will be broadcast on Channel 4 starting on the 4th November 2011.
Personal life
Jon was born in LancasterLancaster, Lancashire
Lancaster is the county town of Lancashire, England. It is situated on the River Lune and has a population of 45,952. Lancaster is a constituent settlement of the wider City of Lancaster, local government district which has a population of 133,914 and encompasses several outlying towns, including...
and attended Lancaster Royal Grammar School
Lancaster Royal Grammar School
Lancaster Royal Grammar School is a voluntary aided, selective grammar school for boys in Lancaster, England. The school has been awarded specialist Technology College and Language College status. Old boys belong to The Old Lancastrians...
. He is now based in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
. He lived alone in Swindon
Swindon
Swindon is a large town within the borough of Swindon and ceremonial county of Wiltshire, in South West England. It is midway between Bristol, west and Reading, east. London is east...
for five years, and before shared a home with fellow comedians Russell Howard
Russell Howard
Russell Joseph Howard is an English comedian best known for his TV show Russell Howard's Good News and his appearances on the topical panel TV show Mock The Week...
, John Robins and Mark Olver for a year in Bristol.
He is a huge fan of 1980s movie Labyrinth
Labyrinth (film)
Labyrinth is a 1986 British/American fantasy film directed by Jim Henson, produced by George Lucas, and designed by Brian Froud. Henson collaborated on the screenwriting with children's author Dennis Lee, Terry Jones from Monty Python, and Elaine May .The film stars David Bowie as Jareth the Goblin...
. Jon supports Leeds United Football Club. Jon is a dog lover, which is also joked about on his 6Music show. His mother is called Elaine and he has a sister called Tamsin.
Edinburgh credits
- 2005: Compere - Big Value Early Show
- 2006: The Comedy Zone
- 2007: Spatula Pad (Nominated for if.comedy award Best Newcomer award).
- 2008: Dogmatic
- 2009: This Guy at Night (Nominated for Edinburgh Comedy Award)
- 2010: Don't Happy, Be Worry
- 2010: GIT (With Dan Atkinson and Lloyd LangfordLloyd LangfordLloyd Langford is a Welsh comedian and comedy writer. He is originally from Baglan, Neath Port Talbot and currently lives in London...
) - 2011: It's Not Me, It's You
TV and radio
- The Russell Howard & Jon Richardson ShowThe Russell Howard ShowThe Russell Howard and Jon Richardson Show was a UK radio show on digital station BBC 6 Music that aired from 10.00am - 1.00pm on Sundays. It was presented by comedians Russell Howard and Jon Richardson...
- Jon co-presented this BBC 6 MusicBBC 6 MusicBBC 6 Music is one of the BBC's digital radio stations, was launched on 11 March 2002 and originally codenamed Network Y. It was the first national music radio station to be launched by the BBC in 32 years....
show every week on Sunday from 10:00am - 1.00pm - The Jon Richardson ShowThe Jon Richardson ShowThe Jon Richardson Show was a weekly radio show on BBC 6 Music, which was created due to the departure of Russell Howard from The Russell Howard Show, which Jon Richardson co-hosted with Russell. The show was broadcast on Sundays 10am - 1pm...
- Took over the slot of the The Russell Howard ShowThe Russell Howard ShowThe Russell Howard and Jon Richardson Show was a UK radio show on digital station BBC 6 Music that aired from 10.00am - 1.00pm on Sundays. It was presented by comedians Russell Howard and Jon Richardson...
on BBC 6 Music - After Hours - HTVHTVHTV, now legally known as ITV Wales & West, is the ITV contractor for Wales and the West of England, which operated from studios in Cardiff and Bristol. The company provided commercial television for the dual-region 'Wales and West' franchise, which it won from TWW in 1968...
- Documentary featuring comics Jon Richardson, Mark OlverMark OlverMark Olver is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre for the Lake Erie Monsters of the American Hockey League. Mark's older brother Darin also plays professionally in Germany with Eisbären Berlin.-Amateur:...
and Richard KilbyRichard Kilby-Life:He was born in Ratcliffe-on-the-Wreake, Leicestershire. He matriculated at Lincoln College, Oxford on 20 December 1577, and was elected fellow on 18 January 1578. He was admitted B.A. on 9 December 1578, M.A. in 1582, B.D. and D.D. in 1596. On 10 December 1590 he was elected rector of Lincoln... - The Henry KellyHenry KellyPatrick Henry Kelly is an Irish television presenter and radio DJ.Henry Kelly was born in Athlone, Co Westmeath, Ireland. He was educated at Belvedere College SJ, and at University College Dublin where he was Auditor of the Literary and Historical Society...
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