Jon Richardson

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Agent contacts: Danny Julian / Katy Helps

One of Britain’s most individual, accomplished, and hilarious stand-ups, with a trademark peevish style, Jon is best known as a regular team captain on Channel 4’s Cats Does Countdown, now in its 18th series.

Jon is shooting the second part of his More4 documentary series Our Yorkshire Pub Rescue with Jon Richardson. He has become a shareholder in the community owned pub The Plough, helping local volunteers restore the historic village pub after it closed 14 years ago.

In high demand for TV, Jon’s most recent screen credits include The Wheel, Celeb Bullseye, Have I Got News for You, The Weakest Link, Richard Osman’s House of Games, and The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice, as well as appearances on The Last Leg, Live at the Apollo, Channel Hopping with Jon Richardson, Would I Lie to You?, and Taskmaster.

In exciting acting news, Jon joined the cast of BBC’s Waterloo Road for its 16th series as a new regular, Darius Donovan. He also featured in the UK release of the Smurfs movie, voicing the role of Grouchy Smurf.

Jon is set to release his second book this autumn, The Teenage Diaries of a Stand-Up Comedian, based on the actual diaries he kept as a teenager between 1996 and 1999.

Every Saturday morning, Jon hosts The Jon Richardson Show on Absolute Radio with co-hosts Angela Barnes, Suzi Ruffell, and Lindsey Santoro.

Jon’s last stand-up tour, The Knitwit, played to a whopping 150k people across the UK and Ireland.