Matt Forde

Matt Forde (born 6 November 1982) is an English comedian, impressionist, writer, and presenter. He attended Becket School in West Bridgford, Nottingham, where he gained English, History, and Economics A-levels in 1999. His mother is a former nun. He joined the Labour Party when he was 15 and became a member and associate of the party, giving up his membership following the election of Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader.

Forde regularly broadcast with Russell Howard and Jon Richardson on their shows on BBC Radio 6 between 2007 and 2010. He has made six seasons of Unspun with Matt Forde, a topical political show on Dave, and in August 2018 became host of Absolute Radio's Rock 'N' Roll Football with fellow Nottingham Forest fan Matt Dyson. On Spitting Image, Forde voiced Donald Trump, Boris Johnson, and Keir Starmer. He wrote the memoir Politically Homeless, published by Quercus Books in 2020.

Forde co-hosts the podcast British Scandal with Alice Levine and Down the Dog with Jon Richardson, and also hosts The Political Party. In 2022, he held a live comedy tour titled "Clowns to the Left of Me, Jokers to the Right." He performed his "The End of an Era Tour" and did the Royal Variety Performance for the second time in December 2024. His political comedy chat show, The Matt Forde Focus Group, has been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 since 2025. Forde married his partner Laura in 2023, and in October 2023 announced he would undergo surgery for a spine tumour, after which he had to use walking sticks while readjusting to walking again.