# Chris Ramsey (comedian)

Christopher Ramsey (born 3 August 1986) is an English actor, comedian and presenter. After appearing in Hebburn as Jack (2012–2013), Ramsey began presenting series including I'm A Celebrity: Extra Camp (2016), Virtually Famous (2016–2017) and Stand Up Central (2017).
In 2017, he began presenting The Chris Ramsey Show, and went on to compete in the seventeenth series of Strictly Come Dancing. In 2020, he presented the BBC talent series Little Mix: The Search.
Also since 2020, Ramsey has hosted BBC's Children in Need telethon.

## Career

Ramsey began his career in comedy in 2007 by hosting an open-mic night in Newcastle upon Tyne. In 2008, he was a nominee for the "Chortle Student Comedian of the Year". In 2010, Ramsey took his first solo show, Aggrophobic, to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. His 2011 show, Offermation, was nominated for an Edinburgh Comedy Award. Offermation was recorded for BBC Radio 4, and broadcast in March 2012. Ramsey's 2012 Edinburgh show was Feeling Lucky which was followed by a national tour. In November 2012 he appeared on Sky 1's Soccer AM as a guest but was removed from the programme for using offensive language twice live on air.
From October 2012 to December 2013, Ramsey starred as Jack Pearson in Jason Cook's BBC Two sitcom Hebburn. The show is set in Hebburn, near to Ramsey's hometown, South Shields. It screened for two series and a Christmas special. In 2014, Ramsey appeared on Live at the Apollo for the first time. In 2015, he took part in the Channel 4 series Time Crashers. In 2016, Ramsey co-presented I'm A Celebrity: Extra Camp on ITV2 alongside Joe Swash, Vicky Pattison and Stacey Solomon. He was replaced by Joel Dommett for the 2017 series. He replaced Kevin McHale as the presenter of Virtually Famous from December 2016. He also presented his own series The Chris Ramsey Show for Comedy Central, beginning January 2017.
Ramsey is a regular fixture at the Funny Way To Be Comedy Club in Barnard Castle, having performed there on eight occasions. In May 2017, it was confirmed that Ramsey would take over from Russell Howard as the host of Stand Up Central, due to Howard being busy with tour commitments.
In March 2020, it was announced that Ramsey would be presenting the BBC talent competition series Little Mix: The Search, which began airing in September 2020.
Also since 2020, Ramsey has hosted BBC's Children in Need telethon, with a selection of other presenters, including Mel Giedroyc, Alex Scott, Stephen Mangan, Ade Adepitan, Graham Norton, Jason Manford, and Lenny Rush.
In 2022, Ramsey took part in the thirteenth series of Taskmaster, finishing as runner-up.

### Strictly Come Dancing

From September 2019, Ramsey competed in the seventeenth series of Strictly Come Dancing, paired with professional dancer Karen Hauer. The couple reached the semi-final and finished in fourth place.
| Week | Dance/Song | Judges' score | Judges' score | Judges' score | Judges' score | Total | Result |
| Week | Dance/Song | Horwood | Mabuse | Ballas | Tonioli | Total | Result |
| 1 | Cha-Cha-Cha / "Juice" | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | No Elimination |
| 2 | Charleston / "Out of Our Heads" | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 26 | Safe |
| 3 | American Smooth / "Cheek to Cheek" | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 22 | Safe |
| 4 | Jive / "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 26 | Safe |
| 5 | Quickstep / "Let's Go Crazy" | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7$^1$ | 25 | Safe |
| 6 | Samba / "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 23 | Safe |
| 7 | Street / "Let's Get Ready to Rhumble" | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 34 | Safe |
| 8 | Tango / "Survivor" | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 26 | Safe |
| 9 | Salsa / "Uptown Funk" | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 33 | Safe |
| 10 | Paso Doble / "Run Boy Run" | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 31 | Safe |
| 11 | Foxtrot / "Consider Yourself" | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 28 | Bottom Two |
| 12 | Viennese Waltz / "Somebody to Love" Rumba / "Don't Watch Me Cry" | 7 4 | 7 8 | 6 8 | 6 8 | 26 28 | Eliminated |
$^1$Score awarded by guest judge Alfonso Ribeiro

## Personal life

While appearing on Strictly Come Dancing, Ramsey spoke openly about his problems as a teenager, resulting from bad acne, which caused him to take up comedy as a way to deal with his troubles.
Ramsey married Rosie Winter on 25 July 2014 and they have two sons. In 2018, the couple shared via social media that she had had a miscarriage when she was 12 weeks pregnant with their second child. In February 2019, the pair started a weekly podcast, Shagged Married Annoyed, which they co-host from their home. In July 2020, they announced via social media that they were expecting their second child. Their second son was born on 6 January 2021.

## Stand-up shows

| Year | Title |
| 2012 | Offermation |
| 2012-14 | Feeling Lucky |
| 2013-14 | The Most Dangerous Man on Saturday Morning Television |
| 2015-16 | All Growed Up |
| 2017 | Is That Chris Ramsey? |
| 2018 | The Just Happy to Get Out of the House Tour |
| 2021-22 | 20/20 |

### DVD releases

| Title | Released | Notes |
| Live: All Growed Up | 30 November 2015 | Live at Newcastle's Tyne Theatre and Opera House |
| Approval Needed | 19 August 2019 | Amazon Prime Video special Live at Newcastle's Tyne Theatre and Opera House |

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2010, 2012 | Russell Howard's Good News | Himself - Guest Comedian | Series 2, episode 7; Series 6, episode 12: "Best of Stand-Up" |
| 2011 | Show & Tell | Himself - Guest | Series 1, episodes 1, 2 & 6 |
| 2011 | Richard Bacon's Beer & Pizza Club | Himself - Guest | Series 2, episode 4 |
| 2011 | Argumental | Himself - Guest | Series 4, episode 2 |
| 2011–2013 | 8 Out of 10 Cats | Himself - Guest Panellist | Series 11, episode 4; Series 15, episodes 3 & 10; Series 16, episode 6 |
| 2011–2013 | Never Mind the Buzzcocks | Himself - Guest Panellist | Series 25, episode 9; Series 26, episode 5; Series 27, episode 10 |
| 2011–2022 | Celebrity Juice | Himself - Guest Panellist | Series 1–21 & 26 (46 episodes) |
| 2012 | Chris Ramsey's Comedy Fringe | Himself - Host | Television film |
| 2012–2013 | Hebburn | Jack Pearson | Main role. Series 1 & 2 (13 episodes) |
| 2012–2013 | Mock the Week | Himself - Guest Panellist | Series 11, episode 8; Series 12, episodes 6 & 12 |
| 2013 | 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown | Himself - Contestant | Series 2, episode 4 |
| 2013 | Celebrity Mastermind | Himself - Contestant | Series 12, episode 3 |
| 2013–2015 | Sweat the Small Stuff | Himself - Guest Panellist | Series 1, 2 & 4 (7 episodes) |
| 2014 | Just for Laughs: All Access | Himself - Guest Comedian | Series 2, episode 3: "Sarah Silverman" |
| 2014 | Celebrity Fifteen to One | Himself - Contestant | Series 1, episode 3 |
| 2014 | A Question of Sport: Super Saturday | Himself - Guest Panellist | Series 1, episode 1 |
| 2014 | Live at the Apollo | Himself - Guest Comedian | Series 10, episode 2 |
| 2014–2017 | Virtually Famous | Himself - Guest Panellist / Host | Series 1–4 & Christmas Special (2016) (14 episodes) |
| 2015 | Celebrity Squares | Himself - Guest | Series 2, episode 2 |
| 2015 | The John Bishop Show | Himself - Guest Performer | Series 1, episode 2 |
| 2015 | Time Crashers | Himself - Participant | Series 1, episodes 1–6 |
| 2015 | Celebrity Benchmark | Himself - Contestant | Series 1, episode 2 |
| 2015 | The Royal Variety Performance | Himself - Guest Performer | Television Special |
| 2016 | Drunk History: UK | Drunk Storyteller | Series 2, episode 2: "Scott of the Antarctic / Sinking of the Titanic" |
| 2016 | Lip Sync Battle UK | Himself - Contestant | Series 1, episode 7: "Aston Merrygold vs. Chris Ramsey" |
| 2016 | It's Not Me, It's You | Himself - Panellist | Series 1, episodes 2, 4 & 6 |
| 2016 | Celebrity Storage Hunters | Himself - Participant | Series 1, episode 5: "Cambridge" |
| 2016 | I'm a Celebrity: Extra Camp | Himself - Co-presenter | Series 1, episodes 1–20 |
| 2017 | Murder on the Blackpool Express | Medic 2 | Television film |
| 2017 | Richard Osman's House of Games | Himself - Contestant | Series 1, episodes 11–15 |
| 2017 | The Chase: Celebrity Special | Himself - Contestant | Series 6, episode 15 |
| 2017 | Chris Ramsey's Stand Up Central | Himself - Host | Series 1, episodes 1–8 |
| 2017–2018 | The Chris Ramsey Show | Himself - Host | Series 1 & 2 (18 episodes) |
| 2018 | Death on the Tyne | PA Announcer (voice) | Television film |
| 2018 | Lego Masters | Himself - Guest Judge | Series 2, episode 3 |
| 2018–2023 | Children in Need | Himself - Co-host | Television Specials |
| 2019 | Celebrity Gogglebox | Himself - Participant | Series 1, episode 3 |
| 2019 | Chris Ramsey Approval Needed | Himself - Performer | Television Special |
| 2019 | Comedians Giving Lectures | Himself - Guest Speaker | Series 1, episode 5 |
| 2019 | Strictly Come Dancing | Himself - Contestant | Series 17 (25 episodes) |
| 2019–2021 | The One Show | Himself - Presenter | Series 15 (10 episodes) |
| 2020 | Alan Carr's Epic Gameshow | Himself - Contestant | Series 1, episode 1: "Play Your Cards Right Celebrity Special" |
| 2020 | Tipping Point: Lucky Stars | Himself - Contestant | Series 6, episode 4 |
| 2020 | Little Mix: The Search | Himself - Host | Series 1, episodes 1 & 7–9 |
| 2020 | The Crystal Maze | Himself - Adventurer | Series 9, episode 8: "Celebrities" |
| 2021 | Celebrity Catchphrase | Himself - Contestant | Series 5, episode 2 |
| 2021 | Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway | Himself - Guest | Series 17, episode 4 |
| 2021 | The Wheel | Himself - Guest 'Expert' | Series 2, episode 2 |
| 2021 | A League of Their Own | Himself - Guest Panellist | Series 16, episode 5 |
| 2021–2022 | CBeebies Bedtime Stories | Himself - Storyteller | Series 1, episodes 797, 802 & 807 |
| 2021, 2023 | The Graham Norton Show | Himself - Guest (with Rosie) | Series 29, episode 9; Series 31, episode 7 |
| 2021–2023 | The Chris & Rosie Ramsey Show | Himself - Co-host | Series 1 & 2 (13 episodes) |
| 2022 | Taskmaster | Himself - Contestant | Series 13, episodes 1–10 |
| 2023 | Buffering | 'Knit-Off' Announcer (voice) | Series 2, episode 1: "The House Party" |
| 2023 | Michael McIntyre's Big Show | Himself - Guest | Series 6, episode 3 |
| 2023 | The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan | Himself - Guest | Series 4, episode 1 |
| 2023 | Who Do You Think You Are? | Himself - Participant | Series 20, episode 8: "Chris Ramsey" |
| 2023 | Shopping with Keith Lemon | Himself - Special Guest | Series 4, episode 5: "Chris & Rosie Ramsey and Myleene Klass" |