Rhod Gilbert on TV again next weekend
TV preview for Saturday, December 19
Name: Rhod Gilbert
Image: Comic from the Valleys
Best Known For: His brilliant performances on Live at the Apollo
Early Life: Gilbert was born in Carmarthen, Wales in 1968 and studied languages at Exeter University. On graduation he worked as a qualitative researcher for a number of different market research agencies in London. Gilbert got into professional comedy in 2002, after taking a comedy course. Within 18 months, Gilbert had already won several different talent competitions.
Career: Rhod was nominated for the Perrier Newcomer award for his first solo show in 2005 at Edinburgh entitled 1984. He has since performed worldwide, and was the first western comedian ever to perform in Taiwan. He has appeared several times on the BBC Two shows Mock The Week, and Never Mind the Buzzcocks, even presenting one show in the programme's 23rd series, which aired in October 2009. He has also appeared as a guest on Channel 4's 8 Out of Ten Cats, and has used his comedy talents to write and narrate BBC Three's 2007 Goals Galore, Pranks Galore, Football Gaffes Galore and TV Gaffes Galore programmes. Gilbert fronts his own radio show "The Rhod Gilbert Radio Show", broadcast by BBC Radio Wales.
Love Life: Describes himself as a serial monogamist, though how many of the girlfriends he describes in his act are real, remains unclear.
Don't Mention: The wholly fictionalised village of Llanbobl, where he claimed he was from in answer to a heckler's questions, and which has since become a millstone around his neck, with people convinced the town is real.
Quote: "In the Bible, God made it rain for 40 days and 40 nights. That's a pretty good summer for us in Wales. That's a hosepipe ban waiting to happen. I was eight before I realised you could take a kagoule off."
Name: Rhod Gilbert
Image: Comic from the Valleys
Best Known For: His brilliant performances on Live at the Apollo
Early Life: Gilbert was born in Carmarthen, Wales in 1968 and studied languages at Exeter University. On graduation he worked as a qualitative researcher for a number of different market research agencies in London. Gilbert got into professional comedy in 2002, after taking a comedy course. Within 18 months, Gilbert had already won several different talent competitions.
Career: Rhod was nominated for the Perrier Newcomer award for his first solo show in 2005 at Edinburgh entitled 1984. He has since performed worldwide, and was the first western comedian ever to perform in Taiwan. He has appeared several times on the BBC Two shows Mock The Week, and Never Mind the Buzzcocks, even presenting one show in the programme's 23rd series, which aired in October 2009. He has also appeared as a guest on Channel 4's 8 Out of Ten Cats, and has used his comedy talents to write and narrate BBC Three's 2007 Goals Galore, Pranks Galore, Football Gaffes Galore and TV Gaffes Galore programmes. Gilbert fronts his own radio show "The Rhod Gilbert Radio Show", broadcast by BBC Radio Wales.
Love Life: Describes himself as a serial monogamist, though how many of the girlfriends he describes in his act are real, remains unclear.
Don't Mention: The wholly fictionalised village of Llanbobl, where he claimed he was from in answer to a heckler's questions, and which has since become a millstone around his neck, with people convinced the town is real.
Quote: "In the Bible, God made it rain for 40 days and 40 nights. That's a pretty good summer for us in Wales. That's a hosepipe ban waiting to happen. I was eight before I realised you could take a kagoule off."
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