Chris Ramsey (born 3 August 1986) and Rosie Ramsey (born Rosemary Winter, 30 August 1986) are a married comedy couple from South Shields, Tyne and Wear. He is a stand-up comedian, actor and presenter; she is a podcaster, author and television presenter. Together they co-host Shagged Married Annoyed, one of the UK’s biggest podcasts, and fronted the BBC chat show The Chris & Rosie Ramsey Show.
Their story is unusual: two people from the same town, who first met at fourteen, built separate media careers and then became a bigger act together than either was alone — podcast awards, arena tours, a Guinness World Record and primetime BBC slots all followed.
This article sets out the documented record: how each of them started, how the podcast took off, what they have done on television, and what is publicly known about their family life — including the harder chapters they have chosen to share.
Who Are Chris and Rosie Ramsey?
Christopher Ramsey grew up in South Shields and began in comedy in 2007, hosting an open-mic night in Newcastle upon Tyne. He was nominated for Chortle Student Comedian of the Year in 2008 and took his first solo show, Aggrophobic, to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2010; his 2011 show Offermation was nominated for an Edinburgh Comedy Award and later broadcast on BBC Radio 4.
Rosemary Winter — Rosie — is also from South Shields, with an older sister, Kate, and a younger brother, Kevin. Before television, she worked as a Bluecoat at Pontins in Somerset, as an announcer at Newcastle Racecourse and as a presenter on the radio station Capital.
The two first met at fourteen, moving in overlapping friendship circles, and later attended the same college. They lost touch, met again in a nightclub, began dating in 2012 and were engaged within six months. They married on 25 July 2014.
Career Journey and Rise to Fame
Chris’s breakthrough came on screen: he played Jack Pearson in the BBC Two sitcom Hebburn (2012–2013), set in the town next to his own. Presenting followed — I’m a Celebrity: Extra Camp (2016), Virtually Famous, his own Comedy Central series The Chris Ramsey Show and Stand Up Central (2017). In 2019 he reached the semi-final of Strictly Come Dancing, finishing fourth alongside Karen Hauer; in 2020 he hosted the BBC talent show Little Mix: The Search and began co-hosting the BBC’s Children in Need telethon.
Rosie’s screen career grew alongside the podcast. She and Chris appeared on Channel 4’s Parenting for Idiots in 2017, and she later took solo spots on shows including The Wheel, Would I Lie to You? and You Bet!. In the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special 2022 she danced a jive with Neil Jones that scored 39 out of 40, and in 2025 she competed in series 19 of Taskmaster — Chris had finished runner-up in series 13 in 2022.
As a pair they were nominated for the National Television Award for TV Interview in 2023, and Rosie was among the presenters of the Comic Relief telethon in March 2024. Chris, meanwhile, traced his family history in the 2023 series of Who Do You Think You Are?.
The Success of Their Podcast
In February 2019 the couple launched Shagged Married Annoyed, a weekly podcast recorded at their home in which they air the small absurdities and grievances of married life and work through listeners’ stories. It became one of the most listened-to podcasts in the UK, passing 170 million downloads.
The format’s appeal is its unpolished honesty: arguments, parenting mishaps and listener confessions, delivered by a couple audiences already felt they knew from social media. The show won the Listeners’ Choice Award at the British Podcast Awards in 2020, along with a bronze award for Best New Podcast.
The podcast also became a live phenomenon. Arena tours followed in 2020 and 2023, and in 2020 the couple set a Guinness World Record for the biggest live podcast show, at London’s O2 Arena. In November 2021 the BBC announced a television version of the act: The Chris & Rosie Ramsey Show, a chat show that ran for two series.
Personal Life and Family
The Ramseys have two sons: their first was born in October 2015, and their second on 6 January 2021. Parenthood — in all its chaos — became a central theme of the podcast and of the couple’s public image, from Chris’s pre-fame stand-up about family life to their joint book and tour material about raising children.
In 2018 the couple shared, via social media, that Rosie had suffered a miscarriage twelve weeks into a pregnancy. The post drew wide attention for its candour, Chris discussed it further on television, and that openness became part of how audiences understood the pair — willing to talk about the painful parts of family life, not just the funny ones.
Family roots run through Chris’s act as well. He has spoken about his teenage years being blighted by severe acne, and about taking up comedy as a way of dealing with it — a story he told in detail during his Strictly Come Dancing run in 2019, and part of why his comedy has always leaned on the everyday rather than the glamorous.
Social Media Influence and Public Image
Social media is where the joint act really began: Rosie’s Instagram stories about married life built a large following before television came calling, and the couple’s accounts remain the engine room of their brand, mixing family snapshots with podcast and tour promotion.
Their public image rests on being recognisably normal — arguments about household chores rather than celebrity glamour. It is an authenticity that podcast listeners and broadcasters alike have credited for their reach, and it carried them onto The Graham Norton Show as guests in both 2021 and 2023.
That image has commercial weight: the pair work with brands and front campaigns, and in 2023 The Times described them in a headline as podcast millionaires who could take Graham Norton’s crown. No official net-worth figure for the couple has ever been published, however, and specific numbers quoted on celebrity-wealth websites should be treated as estimates.
Challenges and Achievements
The couple’s most public challenge was personal: the 2018 miscarriage, which they chose to discuss openly rather than hide. Chris has described the response — listeners sharing their own experiences of baby loss — as one of the defining reactions to anything they have published.
Professionally, the challenges are those of a two-career household working as a single act: relentless touring and weekly recording alongside raising two young children, and the leap from social-media fame to sustaining a television career — a leap their BBC chat show’s two-series run both proved and tested. Chris had already lived one version of career jeopardy: in 2012 he was removed from Sky’s Soccer AM after swearing twice live on air.
The achievements, though, are substantial: an Edinburgh Comedy Award nomination for Chris’s Offermation, British Podcast Awards for the podcast, a Guinness World Record at the O2 Arena, arena tours, telethon presenting for both, and a National Television Award nomination as a pair in 2023.
Future Plans and Upcoming Projects
The podcast continues weekly, its live stage version continues to tour, and Chris’s stand-up continues in parallel — his tour list includes a show titled Here, Man! for 2026.
Rosie’s solo television work has also been expanding: a Comic Relief presenting role in March 2024 was followed by a full series as a Taskmaster contestant in 2025, alongside the couple’s joint guest appearances.
No further joint series has been officially announced beyond these commitments, and nothing here is speculation: what is documented is a couple whose podcast, tours and television work continue side by side.
Conclusion
Chris and Rosie Ramsey’s rise is a distinctly modern one: a stand-up from South Shields and a former radio presenter who married, started recording their domestic arguments at home, and turned them into one of Britain’s biggest podcasts.
The verified milestones — Hebburn, a Strictly semi-final, 170 million podcast downloads, an O2 Arena world record, two BBC series — rest on a formula the couple have never really changed: be funny about the things every couple recognises.
From teenage acquaintances in the same town to arena headliners, theirs is the rare celebrity double act in which the marriage genuinely is the act — and that, more than any single show, is what audiences have bought into.
FAQs
Who are Chris and Rosie Ramsey?Chris Ramsey (born 3 August 1986) is a South Shields stand-up comedian, actor and presenter; his wife Rosie Ramsey (born Rosemary Winter, 30 August 1986) is a podcaster, author and presenter. Together they host the podcast Shagged Married Annoyed and fronted The Chris & Rosie Ramsey Show on the BBC.
How did they become famous?Chris built a stand-up career from 2007 and broke through on television as Jack in the sitcom Hebburn (2012–2013), then as a presenter and a Strictly Come Dancing semi-finalist in 2019. Rosie came from radio presenting; the couple became famous together through social media and, from February 2019, their podcast Shagged Married Annoyed.
What is their podcast about?Shagged Married Annoyed, launched in February 2019, is a weekly comedy podcast recorded at home about marriage, parenting and everyday grievances, built around the couple’s banter and listeners’ stories. It has passed 170 million downloads and won the Listeners’ Choice Award at the 2020 British Podcast Awards.
Are they married?Yes. They first met at fourteen, began dating in 2012 after meeting again in a nightclub, were engaged within six months, and married on 25 July 2014.
Do they have children?Yes, two sons: the first born in October 2015 and the second on 6 January 2021. In 2018 the couple spoke publicly about a miscarriage twelve weeks into an earlier pregnancy.
What makes them unique?They are a married couple whose real relationship is the act: unscripted domestic comedy that moved from Instagram to a record-breaking podcast and then to the BBC, without changing its down-to-earth South Shields tone.
What are their major achievements?For the podcast: 170 million-plus downloads, British Podcast Award wins and a 2020 Guinness World Record for the biggest live podcast show at the O2 Arena. On television: two series of their BBC chat show, a National Television Award nomination in 2023, Chris’s Strictly Come Dancing semi-final and Hebburn role, and Rosie’s series of Taskmaster in 2025.
Where can fans follow them?On Instagram and other social platforms, where Rosie in particular built the couple’s following; the podcast is available on all major podcast platforms, and Chris’s stand-up tour dates are listed on his official website, chrisramseycomedy.com.
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