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Rhodri Gilbert was born in [[Carmarthen]], [[Wales]] in 1968 and studied languages at [[Exeter University]]. Rhod got into comedy after taking a comedy course |
Rhodri Gilbert was born in [[Carmarthen]], [[Wales]] in 1968 and studied languages at [[Exeter University]]. Rhod got into comedy after taking a comedy course. Before becoming a stand-up comedian, Gilbert worked as a qualitative researcher for a number of different [[market research]] agencies in London. |
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==Stand-up comedy== |
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Rhod Gilbert | |
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| Born | October 18, 1968 |
| Occupation | Stand-up comedian |
| Website | www.rhodgilbert.co.uk (Link Dead) |
Rhod Gilbert (born 18 October, 1968) is a Welsh comedian who was nominated in 2005 for the Perrier Best Newcomer Award. In 2008, he was nominated for the main if.comedy award.
Early life
Rhodri Gilbert was born in Carmarthen, Wales in 1968 and studied languages at Exeter University. Rhod got into comedy after taking a comedy course. Before becoming a stand-up comedian, Gilbert worked as a qualitative researcher for a number of different market research agencies in London.
Stand-up comedy
Starting his stand-up comedy career in 2002, by the following year Gilbert had already won several different talent competitions.[1] and was nominated for the Perrier Newcomer award for his first solo show in 2005 at Edinburgh entitled 1984, where he described the worst year of his life growing up in the village of Llanbobl.
In his 2006 Edinburgh Fringe show Knocking on Heaven's Door, Gilbert told stories from his life, weighing up whether he would be admitted to heaven. His 2007 show, Who's Eaten Gilbert's Grape? saw Gilbert return to Llanbobl and pick up the story following the 1984 show narrative.
Many of Gilbert's stories are told around his fictional childhood in the village of Llanbobl - he was actually born and bred in Carmarthen. He has performed world-wide but was the first comedian ever to perform in Taiwan.[2]
In November 2008, Rhod appeared on the BBC's Live at the Apollo and on December 17, 2008 he appeared at the 80th Royal Variety Performance [1].
Television
Gilbert has appeared on the BBC2 satirical quiz show Mock The Week and has also used his comedy talents to write and narrate BBC Three's 2007 Goals Galore, Pranks Galore, Football Gaffes Galore and TV Gaffes Galore programmes. He has also presented BBC 2W's, Rhod Gilbert's Teen Tribes, providing an insight into the teen tribal worlds of "Emos", "Chavs" and "Goths".
Gilbert was Paramount Comedy's continuity writer and announcer between September 2005 and April 2006, providing end-credit voiceovers for their peaktime programme schedule.
In December 2008 Gilbert signed for an advertising campaign to help encourage tourism in Wales [3] and is now the official Voice Of Wales for the country's tourist-board. In this guise he can now also be heard frequently in television advertising.
Radio
Recently Gilbert has fronted his own radio show "The Rhod Gilbert Show", broadcast by BBC Radio Wales on Saturdays between 11am and 1pm, alongside fellow Welsh stand-up comedian Chris Corcoran.
He also hosted, in 2006, the comedy panel show "Jest a Minute" on BBC Radio Wales, live from The Comedy Store in London.
The second series of '"Jest a Minute" was filmed in late 2008 in Cardiff's Glee Club, featuring regular team captains Chris Corcoran and Lloyd Langford, and guests from the comedy circuit such as Professor Greg Davies, Lucy Porter and Jon Richardson.
Awards
2002
• Finalist in So You Think You're Funny.
2003
• Winner of the Leicester Comedy Festival comedian of the year
• Paramount Gift Of The Gag competition
• Chortle Award nominee for best new act
• Winner of the BBC3 New Comedy Award]]
• Runner-up in the Hackney Empire New Act of The Year competition
• Winner of the Metro and Jongleurs Spike Award for New Talent, South East
• Winner of the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year at the Leicester Festival
• Winner of the National Talent Hunt at the York Festival[4]
2005
• Chortle award for Best Breakthrough Act
• Nominated for The List and Writers Guild Award for "1984"
• Perrier nominated for Best Newcomer for "1984."
2006
• Placed in The Times Top 50 comedians
• Named one of The Rough Guide to British Cult Comedy's top 50 icons. [5]
"2008"
Nominated for the main IF.COM Eddies at the Edinburgh fringe
Winner - Time Out 'Comic of the Year'
Winner - Time Out 'Best Show of the Year'
Winner - Time Out 'Breakthrough Act'
Nominated - Times/South Bank Show Awards, Breakthrough Act
References
External links
- Rhod Gilbert BBC radio show
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- Rhod Gilbert at BBC Wales
- Review and details of awards