Urban Legend
Like that other charming northerner Peter Kay, who Manford has been compared to, Edinburgh was a brief stopping off point on his way to wider fame but the nomination certainly had a hand in making him one of a select clutch of comedians vying for DVD sales and, of course, a well-known face from 8 out of 10 Cats and has recently been made the latest presenter of The One Show.
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