Christopher Ramsey (born 3 August 1986) is an English comedian, actor 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. Both he and his wife Rosie were featured on the game show Taskmaster.
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.
WeekDance/SongJudges' scoreTotalResultHorwoodMabuseBallasTonioli1Cha-Cha-Cha / "Juice"343313No Elimination2Charleston / "Out of Our Heads"577726Safe3American Smooth / "Cheek to Cheek"466622Safe4Jive / "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting"677626Safe5Quickstep / "Let's Go Crazy"5677125Safe6Samba / "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)"5666Safe7Street / "Let's Get Ready to Rhumble"899834Safe8Tango / "Survivor"577726Safe9Salsa / "Uptown Funk"7899Safe10Paso Doble / "Run Boy Run"888731Safe11Foxtrot / "Consider Yourself"678728Bottom Two12Viennese Waltz / "Somebody to Love"Rumba / "Don't Watch Me Cry"74786868Eliminated 1Score 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 Notes 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 2026Here, Man!
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 specialLive 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 Richard Bacon's Beer & Pizza Club Himself - Guest Series 2, episode 4 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 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) 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 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" Celebrity Fifteen to One Himself - Contestant Series 1, episode 3 A Question of Sport: Super Saturday Himself - Guest Panellist Series 1, episode 1 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 The John Bishop Show Himself - Guest Performer Series 1, episode 2 Time Crashers Himself - Participant Series 1, episodes 1–6 Celebrity Benchmark Himself - Contestant Series 1, episode 2 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" Lip Sync Battle UK Himself - Contestant Series 1, episode 7: "Aston Merrygold vs. Chris Ramsey"Extra GearHimself - GuestSeries 1, episode 1 It's Not Me, It's You Himself - Panellist Series 1, episodes 2, 4 & 6 Celebrity Storage Hunters Himself - Participant Series 1, episode 5: "Cambridge" I'm a Celebrity: Extra Camp Himself - Co-presenter Series 1, episodes 1–20 2017 Murder on the Blackpool Express Medic 2 Television film Richard Osman's House of Games Himself - Contestant Series 1, episodes 11–15 The Chase: Celebrity Special Himself - Contestant Series 6, episode 15 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 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 Chris Ramsey Approval Needed Himself - Performer Television Special Comedians Giving Lectures Himself - Guest Speaker Series 1, episode 5 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" Tipping Point: Lucky Stars Himself - Contestant Series 6, episode 4 Little Mix: The Search Himself - Host Series 1, episodes 1 & 7–9 The Crystal Maze Himself - Adventurer Series 9, episode 8: "Celebrities" 2021 Celebrity Catchphrase Himself - Contestant Series 5, episode 2 Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway Himself - Guest Series 17, episode 4 The Wheel Himself - Guest 'Expert' Series 2, episode 2 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" Michael McIntyre's Big Show Himself - Guest Series 6, episode 3 The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan Himself - Guest Series 4, episode 1 Who Do You Think You Are? Himself - Participant Series 20, episode 8: "Chris Ramsey" Shopping with Keith Lemon Himself - Special Guest Series 4, episode 5: "Chris & Rosie Ramsey and Myleene Klass" 2026 Gladiators: Celebrity Special Himself - Contestant One episode
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