Gareth Gwynn

Gareth Gwynn is a comedy writer, performer and radio presenter. He currently hosts BBC Radio Wales' Sunday Afternoon Show[1] and writes for Elis James' Pantheon of Heroes, The Now Show and The News Quiz.[2][3]

Career

Writing

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 2 (I'm Spartacus!) and BBC Radio 4 including Look Away Now, I Guess That's Why They Call It The News and BBC Radio7/4 Extra's Newsjack. In 2009 he became a recipient of the BBC Radio Comedy Writers Bursary. For BBC Radio 4 he writes for The Now Show and The News Quiz.[3] For BBC Radio Wales he is a writer for the sketch shows Elis James' Pantheon of Heroes[3] and Here Be Dragons.[4]

Since 2010, Gwynn has continued to write for radio but expanded into television too including Russell Howard's Good News, The Armstrong & Miller Show and Have I Got News For You[5].

His sitcom work includes writing Passing On and co-writing Social Club FM for BBC Radio Wales and co-writing Ankle Tag for BBC Radio 2.[6] In 2015 media company UKTV announced the commissioning of a sitcom written by Gwynn and comedy writer John-Luke Roberts.[7] The three-episode series, entitled Bull, featured "the eponymous Bull, a man who attempts to run his antiques shop aided and hampered in equal measure by his team of dysfunctional staff". UKTV announced that this sitcom formed "part of its commitment to an unprecedented number of original scripted commissions on [TV channel] Gold".

Presenting

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. Since then he has gone on to present and perform on a variety of shows until 2010 when he began hosting BBC Radio Wales' Sunday Morning Show.[8] In 2016 the show moved to Sunday afternoons.[1] He has also presented documentaries for BBC Radio 4 including Gareth Gwynn's Little Book Of Welsh Rock[9] and The Greatest Ever Faker.[10]

External links

References

  1. 1 2 "New weekday schedule for BBC Radio Wales". Retrieved 2016-07-06.
  2. ↑ PBJ Management CV "Gareth Gwynn PBJ Management CV" As of 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 BBC College Of Production "Gareth Gwynn Interview"
  4. ↑ British Comedy Guide "Here Be Dragons"
  5. ↑ "Gareth Gwynn". IMDb. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
  6. ↑ "BBC - BBC Radio 2 announces a raft of new Comedy Showcases for 2015 - Media Centre". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
  7. ↑ John Stanley Productions "UKTV announces first titles in slate of original scripted comedy commissions on Gold"
  8. ↑ BBC Radio Wales Page "BBC Radio Wales; Gareth Gwynn" 2012.
  9. ↑ "Gareth Gwynn's Little Book of Welsh Rock - BBC Radio 4". BBC. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
  10. ↑ "The Greatest Ever Faker - BBC Radio 4". BBC. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
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