Gareth Edwards (born 1965) is a radio and television producer and writer. He is the great-grandson of Hollywood pioneer Albert E. Smith, founder of

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TV and radio career

He has worked on a number of radio and TV programmes including ''

Comedy Firsts ''Comedy Firsts'' is a short-lived British television series consisting of five unrelated sitcoms and one sketch show that aired in 1995. Two of the episodes later led to full series, '' Barbara'' and '' Sometime, Never''. Background ''Comedy F ...

'' (

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, 1995), ''

The Big Town All Stars ''The Big Town All Stars'' was a short-lived BBC radio programme that aired from March 1998—July 2001. There were nine half-hour episodes and it was broadcast on BBC Radio 4. It was created by Bill Dare and starred Stephen Tompkinson, Nicola ...

'' (

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, 1998), ''

Spaced ''Spaced'' is a British television sitcom created, written by and starring Simon Pegg and Jessica Stevenson, and directed by Edgar Wright, about the (comedic and sometimes farcical and action-packed) misadventures of Daisy Steiner and Tim Bi ...

'' (

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, 1999), '' The Bigger Issues'' (BBC Radio 4, 2000), ''

Parsons and Naylor's Pull-Out Sections ''Parsons and Naylor's Pull-Out Sections'' was a BBC Radio 2 satirical comedy show starring Andy Parsons and Henry Naylor. It also stars Richie Webb, and one female "special guest". Female guests included Lucy Porter, Jo Caulfield, Julia M ...

'' (

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, 2001), '' Dead Ringers'' (

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, 2003, 2004), ''

Posh Nosh ''Posh Nosh'' is a 2003 BBC television programme that parodies television chefs; the title and outline are references to a cooking show pilot pitched by Neil Hamilton and Christine Hamilton. Written by Jon Canter and Arabella Weir from an ide ...

'' (

, 2003), ''

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, 2006–09) Edwards produced ''

That Mitchell and Webb Sound ''That Mitchell and Webb Sound'' is a comedy sketch show on BBC Radio 4 which started on 28 August 2003. A second series was broadcast in 2005 with a third starting on 24 May 2007. The series became adapted for television as '' That Mitchell and ...

'' (BBC Radio 4, 2003–09), which won a Sony Silver Award in 2004; he also produced the TV version of this, starring the same David Mitchell and

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, entitled ''

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'' (BBC Two, 2006–10), which won best comedy BAFTA in 2006. Edwards also produced ''

The One Ronnie ''The One...'' is a comedy sketch television series starring Ronnie Corbett, of ''The Two Ronnies'', Lenny Henry of ''The Lenny Henry Show'', Jasper Carrott, comedian and former presenter of ITV game show '' Golden Balls'' and Welsh comedian and ...

'' (

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, 2010), a one-off comedy television sketch show that aired on BBC One on Christmas Day 2010 to celebrate the 80th birthday of Ronnie Corbett and ''

Still Open All Hours ''Still Open All Hours'' is a British sitcom created for the BBC by Roy Clarke, and starring David Jason and James Baxter. It is the sequel to the sitcom ''Open All Hours'', which both Clarke and Jason worked on throughout its 26-episode run ...

'' (BBC One Boxing Day 2013). He also produced the BBC2 sitcom ''

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'' 2016. He has also produced ''

Bleak Expectations ''Bleak Expectations'' is a BBC Radio 4 comedy series that premiered in August 2007. It is a pastiche of the works of Charles Dickens – such as ''Bleak House'' and '' Great Expectations'', from which it derives its name – as well as adventu ...

'' (BBC Radio 4, 2007–11), the cult radio show starring

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and the TV spin-off from this, ''

The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff ''The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff'' is a four-part comedy series produced by BBC, which premiered on BBC Two on 19 December 2011. It is a parody of the works of Charles Dickens, drawing its title from ''Bleak House'' and ''The Old Curiosity Shop''. ...

'' (

, 2011). Gareth Edwards also produced the short-lived radio comedy series '' The Airport'' (BBC Radio 4, 1995), which was the first radio comedy series in Britain to feature self-representative experiences of black people. Edwards executive-produced the second series of ''

Tracey Ullman's Show ''Tracey Ullman's Show'' is a British sketch comedy television series starring Tracey Ullman. ''Tracey Ullman's Show'' premiered on BBC One on 11 January 2016. The programme marks her first project for the broadcaster in over thirty years, and ...

'' (2017) which led to the spin-off series ''

Tracey Breaks the News ''Tracey Breaks the News'' is a British topical comedy programme starring Tracey Ullman. It premiered on BBC One on 27 October 2017 following a one-off special that aired on 23 June. After the success of the one-off special on 13 September 201 ...

'' (2017–present). Edwards was appointed acting head of radio comedy at the

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