Archie Thomas Manners (born 19 May 1993) is a British comedian, magician, and television host. He hosted the ''

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'', a reality television series on

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which aired in 2018. He and Josh Pieters host an eponymous channel on

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with more than 1 million subscribers.

Biography

Manners was born on 19 May 1993 to Robert Hugh Manners and Samantha S. Jukes. A great-grandson of Francis Henry Manners, 4th Baron Manners, he is fifteenth in the line of succession to the Manners Barony and, as a descendant of

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, twenty-fifth in the line of succession to the Dukedom of Rutland. He grew up in

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. He earned a degree in political studies from

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. Manners hosts the reality television series ''

'' on

and starred in

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's ''Trickheads''. He also hosts British television show ''Look into My Eyes'' on E4. Manners has an online series for The Hook called ''Archie Asks''. He also writes a satirical column for the ''Gentleman's Journal''.

YouTube

In September 2019, Manners partnered with

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Josh Pieters to create a fake restaurant, called The Italian Stallion, through

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that delivered microwavable meals as an experiment. They returned all of the profits that they had made. In November 2019, they followed this up with a prank at the

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boxing match, where they managed to convince several attendees that an

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lookalike was the actual Ed Sheeran. In January 2020, English

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political commentator

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was pranked by Manners and Pieters into accepting a fake award, titled the "Campaign to Unify the Nation Trophy". Pieters flew Hopkins to

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where she accepted the award and gave a speech, while the initials of the fictitious award were prominently displayed in the background, forming the swear word "

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". The pair uploaded the prank to their YouTube channel on the same day that Hopkins was suspended from

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for breaking their anti-hate rules. In May 2020, Manners and Pieters pranked

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CEO,

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, into believing she was giving an interview on ''

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''.

References

External links

* https://www.youtube.com/c/joshpieters/videos {{DEFAULTSORT:Manners, Archie 1993 births 21st-century English comedians Alumni of the University of Bristol English columnists English magicians English male comedians English television presenters Living people Archie Mass media people from Hampshire Prank YouTubers YouTube channels launched in 2015