COMEDIAN Jason Manford has announced a brand new UK tour for 2018 as he prepares to host ITV’s new fun-filled prime time series, Bigheads.

Muddle Class, which includes two Hampshire dates, promises to feature a wealth of new material about Jason’s life growing up ‘working class’, then finding that as he’s got older, part of him has become ‘middle class’, causing much confusion! Delivered with Jason’s amiable charm and captivating wit, this is a show not to be missed.

Jason, a favourite with Mayflower audiences in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang last year, told the Daily Echo: “Somebody said to me on my Facebook fan page, ‘it’s been ages since you’ve toured’. I thought ‘no way, it was last year wasn’t it?’

“Anyway, long story short, they were right, it was years ago! I just got fooled cos I’ve been on tour doing musicals and the last tour is repeated on Dave ja Vu 13 times a day!

“So I’ve been putting some stuff together, looking at my life and how it’s changed over the years, how the world has changed and how my parents haven’t changed a bit!

Muddle Class’ follows Jason’s hugely successful 2013/4 First World Problems’ tour, which included 200 sold out shows.

ran for 18 months and took him to all corners of the British Isles, performing more than 200 sold out shows.

Bigheads, a game show which sees members of the public transformed into celebs by donning giant heads. begins on Sunday.

The 2018 tour visits The Anvil in Basingstoke on March 1 and Portsmouth Guildhall on March 16. Tickets go on sale via Ticketmaster at 10am on Friday.