Gareth Gwynn
Gareth Gwynn is a comedy writer, performer and radio presenter. He is the co-writer of the television sitcoms Bull and Tourist Trap and the radio sitcoms Ankle Tag, Passing On and Social Club FM.[1]
Career[edit]
Writing[edit]
Gwynn began his career in 2007 writing for BBC Radio 4 on Listen Against and continued to do so until 2011. Between 2008-9, Gwynn wrote for shows on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 7 including Look Away Now, I Guess That's Why They Call It The News and Newsjack. In 2009 he became a recipient of the BBC Radio Comedy Writers Bursary.[2] For BBC Radio 4 he writes for The Now Show and The News Quiz and for BBC Radio Wales he is a writer for the sketch shows Elis James' Pantheon of Heroes and Here Be Dragons.[1]
Since 2010, Gwynn has continued to write for radio but expanded into television too including The Armstrong & Miller Show, Have I Got News For You,[3] O'r Diwedd and Top Gear.[4]
His sitcom work includes writing Passing On and co-writing Social Club FM for BBC Radio Wales, co-writing Bull with comedy writer John-Luke Roberts for Gold[5] and co-writing Ankle Tag with Benjamin Partridge for BBC Radio 4.[6] Together with Sian Harries and Tudur Owen, he is part of the writing team for the semi-improvised show Tourist Trap for BBC One Wales.[7]
Presenting[edit]
In 2007, Gwynn hosted his own radio shows Gareth Gwynn's Big Night In for 106.3 Bridge FM and Gareth Gwynn's Alternative Anthems for Afan FM. From 2010 to 2017 he was a regular presenter on BBC Radio Wales, fronting weekly music shows[8] and features,[9] returning in 2018 to present two shows as part of the station's 40th birthday celebrations.[10] He has appeared as a guest on The Now Show several times[11][12] and has also presented documentaries for BBC Radio 4 including Gareth Gwynn's Little Book Of Welsh Rock,[13] The Greatest Ever Faker[14] and a fictional edition of Archive on 4, Gareth Gwynn's Alternative Archive.[15]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Gareth Gwynn - British Comedy Guide". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
- ^ "Radio Comedy Staff Writer | Jobs and careers with BBC". Ed Morrish. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
- ^ "Gareth Gwynn". IMDb. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- ^ "Gyrfa gomedi sgriptiwr Top Gear, Radio 4 a Cic Lan yr Archif". BBC Cymru Fyw. 9 May 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
- ^ Bull, Robert Lindsay, Maureen Lipman, Claudia Jessie, 21 October 2015, retrieved 7 June 2018
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ "BBC - From rising stars to leading lights: BBC Radio 4 raises the curtain on new comedy commissions - Media Centre". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
- ^ "Gareth Gwynn".
- ^ "Gareth Gwynn - Next on - BBC Radio Wales". BBC. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
- ^ "BBC Radio Wales - Welsh Under Canvas". BBC. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
- ^ "BBC Radio Wales - Gareth Gwynn's Twisted History of BBC Radio Wales".
- ^ "Episode 6, Series 37, The Now Show - BBC Radio 4". BBC. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
- ^ "The Now Show - Fri 24 11 2017, Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4 - BBC Radio 4". BBC. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
- ^ "Gareth Gwynn's Little Book of Welsh Rock - BBC Radio 4". BBC. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- ^ "The Greatest Ever Faker - BBC Radio 4". BBC. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- ^ "BBC Radio 4 - Archive on 4, Gareth Gwynn's Alternative Archive".