{{Short description|Welsh comedy writer, performer and radio presenter}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''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.''<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/gareth_gwynn/|title=Gareth Gwynn - British Comedy Guide|website=British Comedy Guide|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-06-07}}</ref>

==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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://edmorrish.tumblr.com/post/78838812623/radio-comedy-staff-writer-jobs-and-careers-with|title=Radio Comedy Staff Writer {{!}} Jobs and careers with BBC|website=Ed Morrish|access-date=2018-06-07}}</ref> 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,'' ''Here Be Dragons'' and ''Welcome Strangers.'' <ref name=":0" />

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'',<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4227985/|title=Gareth Gwynn|website=IMDb|access-date=2016-07-06}}</ref> ''O'r Diwedd'' and ''Top Gear''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/cymrufyw/44037844|title=Gyrfa gomedi sgriptiwr Top Gear, Radio 4 a Cic Lan yr Archif|date=2018-05-09|work=BBC Cymru Fyw|access-date=2018-06-07|language=en-GB}}</ref>

His sitcom work includes writing ''Passing On'', ''Ministry Of Happiness'' and co-writing ''Social Club FM'' for BBC Radio Wales, co-writing ''Bull'' with comedy writer John-Luke Roberts for Gold and co-writing ''Ankle Tag'' with Benjamin Partridge for BBC Radio 4. 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.<ref name=":0" /> He has also contributed to ''Trying'' on Apple TV<ref name=":1" /> and co-wrote the 2019 audio special ''The Goodies: The Big Ben Theory'' for Audible.<ref name=":0" />

===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<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00wt6xy/broadcasts/2017/09|title=Gareth Gwynn - Next on - BBC Radio Wales|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-06-07}}</ref> and features, returning in 2018 to present two shows as part of the station's 40th birthday celebrations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00011p8|title = BBC Radio Wales - Gareth Gwynn's Twisted History of BBC Radio Wales}}</ref>

He has appeared as a guest on ''The Now Show'' several times<ref name=":0" /> and has also presented documentaries for BBC Radio 4 including ''Gareth Gwynn's Little Book Of Welsh Rock'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b055g69f|title=Gareth Gwynn's Little Book of Welsh Rock - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC|access-date=2016-07-06}}</ref> ''The Greatest Ever Faker''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b072j3fy|title=The Greatest Ever Faker - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC|access-date=2016-07-06}}</ref> and two editions of Archive on 4, ''Gareth Gwynn's Alternative Archive''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000240n|title = BBC Radio 4 - Archive on 4, Gareth Gwynn's Alternative Archive}}</ref> and ''Gareth Gwynn Hasn't Fin-''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-11 |title=BBC Radio 4 - Archive on 4, Gareth Gwynn Hasn't Fin- |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001z5x1 |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}</ref> as well as producing ''Just A Minute: 50 Years In 28 Minutes'' and ''Rik Mayall, Panglobal Phenomenon.''<ref name=":0" />

Since 2021 he has co-presented ''The Xennial Dome'' podcast with Esyllt Sears. In September 2024 it was nominated for an Independent Podcast Award.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Independent Podcast Awards 2024 |url=https://independentpodcastawards.com/live/en/page/2024-shortlist | website=Independent Podcast Awards|language=en}}</ref> In October the podcast was renamed ''I'm So Not Over It''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Xennial Dome on acast |url=https://play.acast.com/s/the-xennial-dome |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=acast |language=en}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00wt6xy BBC Radio Wales page for Gareth Gwynn] *[http://www.garethgwynn.co.uk/ Gareth Gwynn Official Website]

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