{"id":402,"date":"2020-10-17T20:00:59","date_gmt":"2020-10-17T19:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/?p=87297"},"modified":"2025-02-07T17:05:32","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T17:05:32","slug":"who-is-stephen-manford-from-the-million-pound-cube-age-and-job-of-jasons-brother-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2020\/10\/17\/who-is-stephen-manford-from-the-million-pound-cube-age-and-job-of-jasons-brother-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Stephen Manford from The Million Pound Cube? Age and job of Jason&#8217;s brother revealed!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ITV is launching its brand new show The Million Pound Cube this Saturday, and the first episode is all celebrities. Here&#8217;s everything you need to know about the first contestant Stephen Manford.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Everyone&#8217;s favourite quiz show The Cube is back, but it&#8217;s a little different. It still features silver fox Phillip Schofield as host, but this time there&#8217;s an even bigger prize at stake.<\/p>\n<p>The show is kickstarting with a celebrity special, and the first two contestants are comedian and TV presenter Jason Manford and his brother &#8211; but who is Stephen Manford?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/bbc\/the-bidding-room-dealers\"><strong>THE BIDDING ROOM:<\/strong><\/a> Meet the dealers from the BBC series<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF;border: 0;border-radius: 3px;margin: 1px;max-width: 540px;min-width: 326px;padding: 0\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CGafuAmHJnv\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: row;align-items: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 40px;margin-right: 14px;width: 40px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 100px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 60px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"height: 50px;margin: 0 auto 12px;width: 50px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 550;line-height: 18px\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: row;margin-bottom: 14px;align-items: center\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px;flex-grow: 0;margin-right: 14px;margin-left: 2px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 20px;width: 20px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 2px solid transparent;border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom: 2px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;flex-grow: 0;height: 12px;width: 16px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0;padding: 0 4px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CGafuAmHJnv\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Me &amp; my brother Stephen are on The Million Pound Cube Saturday night at 9pm on @itv with @schofe. @stevie_mandini \u2764\ufe0f<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;line-height: 17px;margin-bottom: 0;margin-top: 8px;overflow: hidden;padding: 8px 0 7px;text-align: center\">A post shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jasonmanford\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"> Jason Manford<\/a> (@jasonmanford) on Oct 16, 2020 at 11:11am PDT<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Who is Stephen Manford?<\/h3>\n<p>Stephen Manford is the brother of well-known comedian Jason Manford, and like his sibling, he&#8217;s also likes performing in front of an audience. His age is unknown, but it is likely to be similar to his brother Jason who is 39-years-old.<\/p>\n<p>Back in 2013, Stephen packed up his job as a plumber to be a full-time magician. He goes by the name of Stevie Mandini and performs at venues up and down the country.<\/p>\n<p>In the day, he looks after his young children before doing mostly corporate events in the evenings, working at venues like the Hard Rock Cafe, Manchester Mirror Ball and Lowry Hotel.<\/p>\n<p>He is also an experienced children&#8217;s entertainer, performing at birthday parties and private events.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Me &amp; my brother Stephen are on The Million Pound Cube Saturday night at 9pm on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ITV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">@itv<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Schofe?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">@schofe<\/a>.<br \/>\n@stevie_mandini \u2764\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/F7QVOhgU27\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/F7QVOhgU27<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jason Manford (@JasonManford) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JasonManford\/status\/1317169012061634568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">October 16, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>What did Stephen say about appearing on The Million Pound Cube?<\/h3>\n<p>In Stephen&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/theversion.co\/2020\/10\/16\/the-million-pound-cube-celebrity-interview-jason-and-stephen-manford\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">post-show interview<\/a>, he revealed a little more about his appearance on the show.<\/p>\n<p>When asked why he decided to take part he simply replied &#8220;because Jay asked me!&#8221; before explaining how he is a very competitive person and hates losing.<\/p>\n<p>It definitely sounds like Stephen&#8217;s been practicing too. &#8220;I\u2019ve always watched the show. I\u2019d be that person at home saying how\u00a0easy the games were and that I\u2019d be able to do it. When I heard I was going on, I built\u00a0some games in the garden and had my wife and kids throw things at me and time me at\u00a0doing different things,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>He said that having no audience made him feel slightly more relaxed, before revealing that there was one game where he really should have listened to his brother&#8217;s help.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/channel-4\/taskmaster-who-is-katherine-parkinson-actress-was-in-the-it-crowd\"><strong>TASKMASTER:<\/strong><\/a> Who is Katherine Parkinson?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Cube app has been updated. Note the new <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MillionPoundCube?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#MillionPoundCube<\/a> money ladder <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/28jAWNoPH3\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/28jAWNoPH3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Archie (@AGH1494) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AGH1494\/status\/1313195388929749000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">October 5, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>What is The Million Pound Cube?<\/h3>\n<p>The Million Pound Cube is the new and improved version of ITV&#8217;s hit show The Cube.\u00a0However, this time there is a life-changing \u00a31 million jackpot to win.<\/p>\n<p>The show follows the same setup, with contestants completing tasks inside a big perspex box, with pairs from the same household working together and taking on both joint and solo tasks.<\/p>\n<p>Each pair has nine lives to complete seven games, and the thrilling quiz show will air every <strong>Saturday at 9pm<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ITV is launching its brand new show The Million Pound Cube this Saturday, and the first episode is all celebrities. Here&#8217;s everything you need to know about the first contestant Stephen Manford.\u00a0 Everyone&#8217;s favourite quiz show The Cube is back, but it&#8217;s a little different. It still features silver fox Phillip Schofield as host, but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":249734177,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1358],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/realityshrine\/2020\/10\/17\/who-is-stephen-manford-from-the-million-pound-cube-age-and-job-of-jasons-brother-revealed\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Who is Stephen Manford from The Million Pound Cube? 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