Gareth Gwynn

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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]

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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 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

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]

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  5. ↑ Bull, Robert Lindsay, Maureen Lipman, Claudia Jessie, 21 October 2015, retrieved 7 June 2018{{citation}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  6. ↑ "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.
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  8. ↑ "Gareth Gwynn - Next on - BBC Radio Wales". BBC. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  9. ↑ "BBC Radio Wales - Welsh Under Canvas". BBC. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  10. ↑ "BBC Radio Wales - Gareth Gwynn's Twisted History of BBC Radio Wales".
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  12. ↑ "The Now Show - Fri 24 11 2017, Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4 - BBC Radio 4". BBC. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  13. ↑ "Gareth Gwynn's Little Book of Welsh Rock - BBC Radio 4". BBC. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  14. ↑ "The Greatest Ever Faker - BBC Radio 4". BBC. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  15. ↑ "BBC Radio 4 - Archive on 4, Gareth Gwynn's Alternative Archive".
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