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Jon Richardson

Jon Richardson (born 1982 or 1983) is an English comedian and radio presenter. He is known for his appearances on 8 Out of 10 Cats and 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and his work as co-host with Russell Howard on BBC Radio 6 Music. He presented Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier, and also featured with his wife Lucy Beaumont in the TV show Meet the Richardsons.

Infobox

Born
1982 or 1983 (age 42–43)Lancaster, Lancashire, England
Education
University of Bristol
Notable work
8 Out of 10 Cats8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Spouse
mw- Lucy Beaumont (m. 2015; sep. 2024)
Children
1
Medium
Stand-up comedy, writing
Website
jonrichardsoncomedy.com

Tables

· Stand-up shows
2014
Nidiot
2017–2018
Role(s)
Old Man
2020–2024
Role(s)
The Knitwit
Year
Title
Notes
2008–2009
Dogmatic
2009–2010
This Guy at Night
Nominated – Edinburgh Comedy Award
2010–2011
Don't Happy, Be Worry
2011–2012
Funny Magnet
2014
Nidiot
2017–2018
Old Man
2020–2024
The Knitwit
· Stand-up shows › DVD releases
Funny Magnet
Funny Magnet
Title
Funny Magnet
Released
19 November 2012
Notes
Live at London's Apollo Theatre
Jon Richardson Live: Nidiot
Jon Richardson Live: Nidiot
Title
Jon Richardson Live: Nidiot
Released
1 December 2014
Notes
Live at London's Hammersmith Apollo
Old Man (Live)
Old Man (Live)
Title
Old Man (Live)
Released
19 November 2018
Notes
Live at Blackpool's Grand Theatre
Title
Released
Notes
Funny Magnet
19 November 2012
Live at London's Apollo Theatre
Jon Richardson Live: Nidiot
1 December 2014
Live at London's Hammersmith Apollo
Old Man (Live)
19 November 2018
Live at Blackpool's Grand Theatre
· Filmography › Film, Television, and radio
2005
Live at the Comedy Store
Role(s)
BBC 6 Music
Most Annoying Pop Moments: We Hate to Love
Comedy Shuffle
Role(s)
Appeared in three sketches entitled 'Fearing the Worst'
4 Stands Up
Out to Lunch
It's Debatable
Never Write Off the Germans
2006–2008
Role(s)
The Russell Howard Show
Notes
BBC 6 Music
2007
28 Acts in 28 Minutes
Role(s)
BBC Radio 4
2008–2010
Role(s)
The Jon Richardson Show
2009
Role(s)
Voice only
2009–2010
Role(s)
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
2009–2011
Role(s)
Have I Got News for You
2010
2011
2011–2015
Role(s)
8 Out of 10 Cats
Notes
Team captain
2012–present
Role(s)
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Notes
Team captain
2012
A Little Bit OCD
The Real Man's Road Trip: Sean & Jon Go West
2013
Role(s)
Guest
2013–2018
Role(s)
Would I Lie to You?
Notes
Guest
2016
Role(s)
Contestant
2016–2017
Role(s)
The One Show
Notes
Guest presenter; 4 episodes
2018–2019
Role(s)
Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier
Notes
Presenter
2019
Comedians Watching Football with Friends
Role(s)
Guest
2020
Channel Hopping With Jon Richardson
Role(s)
Guest
Role(s)
Guest
Kevin McCloud's Rough Guide to the Future
2020–2024
Role(s)
Meet the Richardsons
2021
Celebrity Trash Monsters
Role(s)
Presenter
Jon & Lucy's Christmas Sleepover
Role(s)
Co-host with Lucy Beaumont
2022–2023
Role(s)
Celebrity Gogglebox
Notes
With Lucy Beaumont
2022
One Night In... Legoland (With Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker)
Role(s)
Guest with Lucy Beaumont
Jon Richardson: Take My Mother-in-Law
Role(s)
Presenter
Jon & Lucy's Party of the Year
Role(s)
Co-host with Lucy Beaumont
2023
Jon & Lucy's Odd Couples
Role(s)
Co-host with Lucy Beaumont
Role(s)
Expert
2025
Role(s)
Darius Donovan
Role(s)
Grouchy Smurf (Voice Role, UK Dub)
TBA
Role(s)
A Yorkshire Pub with Jon Richardson (w/t)
Notes
Presenter
Year
Title
Notes
Unknown
After Hours
Documentary
2005
The Henry Kelly Show
Live at the Comedy Store
Steve Lamacq's Roundtable
BBC 6 Music
Most Annoying Pop Moments: We Hate to Love
Comedy Shuffle
Appeared in three sketches entitled 'Fearing the Worst'
4 Stands Up
Out to Lunch
It's Debatable
Never Write Off the Germans
2006–2008
The Russell Howard Show
BBC 6 Music
2007
28 Acts in 28 Minutes
BBC Radio 4
2008–2010
The Jon Richardson Show
2009
Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow
Walk on the Wild Side
Voice only
2009–2010
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
2009–2011
Have I Got News for You
2010
The Bubble
Spicks and Specks
Grouchy Young Men
Different Like Me
The Vote Now Show
Richard Bacon's Beer & Pizza Club
The Museum of Curiosity
Act Your Age
Team captain
8 Out of 10 Cats
Guest
2010–2011
Fighting Talk
2011
Stand Up for the Week
The Graham Norton Show
2011–2015
8 Out of 10 Cats
Team captain
2012–present
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Team captain
2012
Comedy World Cup
A Little Bit OCD
The Real Man's Road Trip: Sean & Jon Go West
2013
Room 101
Guest
2013–2018
Would I Lie to You?
Guest
2014
Jon Richardson Grows Up
2016
Taskmaster
Contestant
2016–2017
The One Show
Guest presenter; 4 episodes
2018–2019
Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier
Presenter
2019
Comedians Watching Football with Friends
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for SU2C
Contestant
Saturday Kitchen
Guest
2020
Channel Hopping With Jon Richardson
The Jonathan Ross Show
Guest
The Last Leg
Guest
Saturday Morning with James Martin
Guest
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown Christmas Special 2020
Team captain
Kevin McCloud's Rough Guide to the Future

References

  1. Beyond Radio
    https://www.beyondradio.co.uk/news/local-news/lancaster-funnyman-jon-richardson-celebrates-40th-birthday-with-a-pub-quiz-in-morecambe/
  2. "Sold out: Tickets for Lancaster comedian Jon Richardson's return gig in aid of hospice snapped up 'quicker than ever'"
    https://www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/news/national/sold-out-tickets-for-lancaster-comedian-jon-richardsons-return-gig-in-aid-of-hospice-snapped-up-quicker-than-ever-4233919
  3. The Visitor
    http://www.thevisitor.co.uk/news/local/night-of-laughs-for-hospice-appeal-1-5834807
  4. 2-UpTop
    https://web.archive.org/web/20140413154613/http://www.2uptop.com/news/The-Jon-Richardson-Interview/
  5. Channel 4
    http://www.channel4.com/programmes/jon-richardson-a-little-bit-ocd
  6. Laughinghorsecomedy.co.uk
    http://www.laughinghorsecomedy.co.uk/newactcomp/pastyears.htm
  7. Edinburgh Comedy Awards
    http://www.comedyawards.co.uk/best-newcomer
  8. Chortle
    http://www.chortle.co.uk/features_static/awards/chortle.php
  9. Edinburgh Comedy Awards
    https://web.archive.org/web/20090918201350/http://www.comedyawards.co.uk/2009_shortlist.asp
  10. Mind
    http://www.mind.org.uk/news-campaigns/news/scott-mills-announces-winners-at-20th-mind-media-awards,-sponsored-by-virgin-money-giving/
  11. Channel 4
    http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-real-mans-road-trip-sean-jon-go-west
  12. jonrichardsoncomedy.com
    http://jonrichardsoncomedy.com/2014/12/01/nidiot-dvd-available-now/
  13. BBC Radio 5, Fighting Talk, 11 January 2014
  14. "Dave orders sitcom starring Jon Richardson and Lucy Beaumont"
    https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/news/5355/jon_richardson_and_lucy_beaumont_sitcom/
  15. Beyond The Joke
    https://www.beyondthejoke.co.uk/content/9406/richardson-sara-pascoe
  16. Deadline
    https://deadline.com/2020/09/comedy-central-uk-orders-guessable-channel-hopping-with-jon-richardson-1234582620/
  17. www.chortle.co.uk
    http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2020/09/23/46951/jon_richardson_to_host_comedy_central_clip_show
  18. British Comedy Guide
    https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/channel-hopping-with-jon-richardson/
  19. British Comedy Guide
    https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/news/5950/jon-richardsons-new-tv-show/
  20. Apple Podcasts
    https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/jon-richardson-futurenauts-how-to-survive-future/id1508061420
  21. theartsdesk.com
    https://theartsdesk.com/comedy/comedy-podcasts-round-1-home-and-abroad
  22. TotalNtertainment
    https://www.totalntertainment.com/comedy/jon-richardson-and-matt-ford-head-down-the-dog/
  23. Chortle
    https://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2022/05/17/50807/jon_richardson_and_lucy_beaumont_seek_the_perfect_celebrity_couples
  24. British Comedy Guide
    https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/news/6868/the-richardsons-land-channel-4-panel-show/
  25. RadioToday
    https://radiotoday.co.uk/2024/08/absolute-radio-signs-jon-richardson-for-weekend-show/
  26. www.radiotimes.com
    https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/waterloo-road-jon-richardson-casting-newsupdate/
  27. BBC Press Office
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2025/jon-richardson-waterloo-road
  28. Giggle Beats
    http://www.gigglebeats.co.uk/2012/11/jon-richardson-nothing-i-say-deserves-repeating-in-posterity/
  29. Facebook
    https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152278449810562&set=o.2260900000&type=3&theater
  30. Belfasttelegraph
    https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/film-tv/jon-richardson-and-lucy-beaumont-this-country-is-in-a-really-bad-state-and-there-is-no-point-in-pretending-that-it-isnt-39821850.html
  31. Jon Richardson BBC1 Saturday Kitchen Live, 06/07/2019
  32. The Guardian
    https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/sep/13/jon-richardson-grows-up-ocd
  33. XFM
    http://podbay.fm/show/821623813/e/1429965395
  34. X
    https://twitter.com/RonJichardson/status/1778786063449801040
  35. Sky News
    https://news.sky.com/story/comedians-jon-richardson-and-lucy-beaumont-announce-divorce-13113585
  36. "Jon Richardson on worrying, being a dad, and OCD"
    https://news.sky.com/story/jon-richardson-learning-about-ocd-has-been-life-changing-11564243
  37. WebMD
    https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/ocd-vs-ocpd-whats-the-difference
  38. The Visitor
    http://www.thevisitor.co.uk/news/jon-richardson-returns-to-morecambe-winter-gardens-for-lancaster-hospice-1-7966005
  39. "Bio-Jon Richardson"
    http://jonrichardsoncomedy.com/bio/
  40. Radio Times
    https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2018-05-16/what-does-jon-richardson-worry-about/
  41. The Star
    https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/people/sheffield-fc-comedian-jon-richardson-visits-worlds-oldest-football-club-to-film-tv-show-meet-the-richardsons-4172267
  42. The Big Short: Rishi Sunak 🛁
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaejKZWUWqY
  43. Naked Jon Richardson takes swipe at Rishi Sunak in new Labour election advert
    https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/jon-richardson-labour-advert-naked-b2555990.html
  44. Chortle
    http://www.chortle.co.uk/shows/edinburgh_fringe_2009/j/17068/jon_richardson:_this_guy_at_night
  45. "My DVD is out today! If all copies are not sold immediately it is inevitable that I will be forced onto TV and radi..."
    https://x.com/RonJichardson/status/1064476576862142464
  46. BBC 6 Music
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/russell_howard/
  47. Chortle.co.uk
    http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2009/08/10/9435/comedians_go_wild
  48. British Comedy Guide
    https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/comedians_watching_football_with_friends/
  49. radiotimes.com
    https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/reality-tv/great-celebrity-bake-off-2019-contestants-celebrities-cast-episode-1-channel-4/
  50. "We're SO happy to have @RonJichardson ! Tune in at 10am"
    https://x.com/SaturdayKitchen/status/1147411756106620928
  51. "The Jonathan Ross Show"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20210109230053/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/mvn5jn/the-jonathan-ross-show--series-16-episode-7/
  52. "The Last Leg"
    https://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-last-leg/on-demand/71166-007
  53. "James Martin's Saturday Morning"
    https://www.itv.com/hub/james-martins-saturday-morning/2a5159a0136
  54. "8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20201204015237/https://www.channel4.com/programmes/8-out-of-10-cats-does-countdown/episode-guide
  55. channel4.com
    https://www.channel4.com/programmes/celebrity-trash-monsters
  56. channel4.com
    https://www.channel4.com/programmes/jon-lucys-christmas-sleepover
  57. British Comedy Guide
    https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/one-night-in/episodes/1/4/
  58. radiotimes.com
    https://www.radiotimes.com/programme/b-twxxja/jon-richardson-take-my-motherinlaw-season-2022/?episode=b-gumybj
  59. www.channel4.com
    https://www.channel4.com/programmes/jon-lucys-party-of-the-year
  60. radiotimes.com
    https://www.radiotimes.com/programme/b-zrppam/jon-lucys-odd-couples-season-1/?episode=b-8z8n90
  61. BBC
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001jwl0
  62. www.offthekerb.com
    https://www.offthekerb.com/news/jon-richardson-to-voice-grouchy-smurf-in-the-uk-release-of-smurfs/
  63. rchannel4.com/press
    https://www.channel4.com/press/news/comedian-jon-richardson-restore-yorkshire-pub
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