Alan Davies’ marriage spotlighted as he appears on James Martin show
Saturday at 9: 30 a. m. ET, alan davies is scheduled to feature on James Martin’s Saturday Morning. That appearance is driving renewed attention to his marriage to author Katie Maskell because the couple’s origin story — a backstage meeting after a televised stunt — is often retold in profiles ahead of his TV spots.
Alan Davies set to appear with culinary and gardening guests on the Saturday programme
The guest list for James Martin’s Saturday Morning includes chef Sami Tamimi and horticulturist David Domoney, with the presenter preparing dishes in his Hampshire kitchen. alan davies is presented in the public record as a comedian, actor and broadcaster best known for the lead role in the mystery drama Jonathan Creek and for being the only regular panellist on the quiz show QI since its 2003 launch. His published memoirs include My Favourite People and Me, Just Ignore Him and White Male Stand-Up.
Katie Maskell: prize-winning author and former literary agent
Katie Maskell, who is married to Alan Davies, worked as a literary agent before turning to authorship. She studied English and Drama at Warwick University and completed a one-year postgraduate qualification at East 15 drama school in London. Maskell won Waterstones’ £5, 000 Children’s Book Prize in 2010 for The Great Hamster Massacre.
2005 backstage meeting, a 2007 wedding and a three-child family timeline
The couple met backstage at a QI recording in 2005, became engaged six months later and married in 2007; Bill Bailey served as Alan Davies’ best man. They have three children: an eldest daughter born in 2009, a son born in 2011 and a youngest child born in 2016. The meeting anecdote in the public record describes a staged prop — a glass intended to be breakable — that was thrown during the recording by comedian Arthur Smith, a moment Alan has recounted as narrowly missing him; they met in the green room afterwards, and Maskell was not wearing her glasses at the time. Presenter Alex Jones later raised the story during an on-camera conversation with Alan Davies, prompting him to confirm the timeline and retell the incident.
Fans and viewers revisiting these facts often focus on the rapid courtship — engagement six months after the 2005 meeting — and the continuity of both partners’ public careers alongside family life.
James Martin’s Saturday Morning will air at 9: 30 a. m. ET today (Saturday, March 7). If Davies discusses his most recent memoir on the programme, promotion of White Male Stand-Up can be expected to follow his appearance.
