Local comedy legend Jason Manford has just added a tonne of new tour dates to his 2025 UK tour, and when we say a TONNE, we mean a big metric mega-tonne of them.
To be honest, there are so many he might as well be doing a whole extra tour and a half.
Jason already had plenty of gigs scheduled all throughout the year but now the Salford-born comic, presenter and all-round performer will be pretty much doubling his work rate and then some with an additional 89 new dates – 89!
Better yet, a good old chunk of them are in and around Greater Manchester, so if you’re mad for Manford, we’re going to go out on a limb and say you will absolutely be able to grab yourself a ticket.
Jason, 43, will be bringing his ‘A Manford All Seasons’ tour to a laundry list of new locations up and down the country.
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Having already booked in a whopping 88 dates before deciding to hit copy and paste, this takes his total 2025 UK tour dates to a staggering 176 tour dates. Unreal.
Wouldn’t expect anything less than from a Northern lad putting the graft in, though, would you?
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The now Stockport-based showman’s latest comedy offering has had a warm reception from fans and critics, with The Guardian hailing it as “expert observational comedy” and the Daily Telegraph applauding his “laid-back charm and sharp turn of phrase you can’t manufacture”.
Manford has had standing ovations most nights and as for the Manc funny man himself, Jason said: “I’m absolutely blown away by the response to this tour so far. I love touring and bringing some chuckles in these difficult times and so adding these dates means I can see even more of you all over the country.”
Having amassed a following through various projects on stage and screen, be it stand-up, acting, presenting, panel shows and even singing, he’s not only a household name but a pretty family-friendly one at that – a bonus that can go a long way with audiences.
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Adding dates at the Stockport Plaza, Middleton Arena, The Albert Halls in Bolton; The Storyhouse in Chester, Parr Hall in Warrington, The Opera House in Buxton (let me catch my breath) and literally dozens more reaching far beyond the North West, he’s going to a busy man next year.
Oh, and there’s a big Co-op Live Arena gig thrown in there on 24 October 2025 too.
Put it this way, if you live in a place, he’s most likely coming somewhere near your direction.
Tickets go on sale this Friday, 29 November at 10am. You can get ready to grab yours HERE.
Docuseries covering Molly-Mae’s highly-publicised breakup with Tommy Fury to air in new year
Emily Sergeant
A new TV docuseries airing in the new year is set to give an inside look into the life of social media star Molly-Mae Hague.
You may remember that back in mid-August of this year, headlines across the UK were grabbed by the news that former Love Island couple, Molly-Mae Hague and Tommy Fury, had called time on their relationship – leaving fans in shock, and naturally wondering what the future would hold for the influencer and professional boxer.
Given that the couple were one of the few lasting Love Island success stories, they got engaged in July 2023, and that they shared a young daughter together – Bambi, born in January 2023 – the breakup came as a surprise and seemed very unexpected for many.
But now, a new documentary TV series will soon be taking viewers on a journey “beyond the headlines” in a bid to “uncover the real Molly-Mae”.
A docuseries covering Molly-Mae’s highly-publicised breakup with Tommy Fury will be airing on Amazon TV in the new year / Credit: Molly-Mae Hague (via Instagram)
The new exclusive-access docuseries following the social media star will be coming to streaming platform, Prime Video, in two instalments in the new year, and fans will get to see Molly-Mae adapt to the challenges of motherhood, all while preparing to launch her biggest business venture to date – her clothing brand ‘Maebe’.
Most notably, though, the documentary will follow Molly-Mae’s journey in the limelight following her highly-publicised breakup with Tommy Fury.
“This is Molly-Mae as you’ve never seen her before,” a synopsis on the Amazon Video website reads. “In this intimate look, we uncover how these experiences have shaped her into the powerhouse entrepreneur she is today.”
The series is described as being “raw and real”, and will “redefine what it means to be successful under intense public scrutiny.”
The first three episodes of the new docuseries – the name for which is yet to be released – will launch on 17 January 2025, while the remaining three episodes will drop in the spring.
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First trailer released for Netflix’s new Harlan Coben series filmed in Manchester
Emily Sergeant
The first trailer for a highly-anticipated new Netflix mystery series has been released, and we’ve already stuck it on our watch lists.
Fresh off the back of the undeniable success of Fool Me Once – which aired globally on Netflix at the start of this year, and shot to the top of the most-streamed charts in the days after it was released – you may remember that it was announced not long after that two new Harlen Coben series had been commissioned and were in the works.
Missing You follows the story of Detective Kat Donovan, who’s fiancé Josh disappeared 11 years ago and she has never heard from him since – but now, when swiping profiles on a dating app, she suddenly sees his face and her world explodes all over again.
Josh’s reappearance will force her to dive back into the mystery surrounding her father’s murder, and uncover long-buried secrets from her past.
The new series stars Rosalind Eleazar as Kat Donovan and Ashley Walters as Josh, alongside an ensemble cast including Jessica Plummer, Richard Armitage – who also starred in Fool Me Once – Steve Pemberton, and even Sir Lenny Henry.
Coben’s novel takes place in New York City, but the series adaptation of Missing You is set to relocate the story to the UK.
Filming took place in and around Manchester and the North West of England.
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26th November 2024 
