Matt Forde

Matt Forde
Forde in 2018
Born	(1982-11-06) 6 November 1982 (age 41) Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
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

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.
9. Chesterton, George (7 October 2020). "Matt Forde: Politics is crap but there is hope". British GQ. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
10. Anderson, Sarski (22 March 2022). "Matt Forde: 'It's depressingly easy to find the funny side of things'". Bristol24/7. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
11. "Spitting Image star Matt Forde pleased to stop doing 'terrible' Liz Truss voice". Harrow Times. 22 September 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
12. Dibdin, Emma (2 August 2022). "6 Podcasts About Political Scandals and Upheaval". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
13. Forrest, Jo (16 August 2023). "Jon Richardson and Matt Ford head 'Down The Dog'". TotalNtertainment. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
14. Logan, Brian (8 August 2022). "Laugh? I almost cried at Gordon Brown's night of Edinburgh fringe comedy". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
15. 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.
16. Barry, Caroline (20 April 2022). "Comedian Matt Forde on pining for Nottingham, Forest and his new show". Nottingham Post. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
17. 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.

External links

• Official website
• "TalkSport's Matt Forde and the best radio rant, ever" The Guardian 13 September 2011.
• Rock 'N' Roll Football on Absolute Radio