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]
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]
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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