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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Michael Segalov

Sunday with Jason Manford: ‘I have six children so there’s lots of dad-taxiing’

‘I flew home halfway through my honeymoon to present Sunday Night at the Palladium’: Jason Manford.
‘I flew home halfway through my honeymoon to present Sunday Night at the Palladium’: Jason Manford. Photograph: Backgrid

How does Sunday start? With a little lie-in, but I have six children so there’s lots of dad-taxiing going on first thing. We’re pretty lazy. Whoever’s around will pop to Yardbird – the café in our village – for brunch. While on tour, family Sundays become precious – I always rush home on Saturday night.

Do you work? I present a Sunday morning radio show. Before Covid that was always done live from a studio. Since the pandemic I’ve been pre-recording it from home. The bosses haven’t clocked that I’m still not coming in to do it. I’m keeping my head down and hoping nobody notices.

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