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Chris Corcoran
Chris 'Korkey' Corcoran (born 10 April 1972) is a British comedian and broadcaster from Wales. Before becoming a comedian, he taught history at Barry Comprehensive School and was the head of history at Hayes Manor School, now Rosedale College. Stand-up Along with Elis James, Corcoran regularly performed as 'Mr Chairman' in ''Chris Corcoran's Committee Meeting'', a live comedy show at The Ponty Muni Arts Centre in Pontypridd. In 2013 the two made a BBC Three pilot called ''The Committee Meeting'' based on their stand-up show as part of the channel's "Comedy Feeds" season, available to watch on the BBC's iPlayer. The pilot guest-starred Colin Baker. After supporting Rob Brydon on his tour of Wales 2009, in the spring of 2010 Corcoran took a stand-up show, ''What Goes on Tour, Stays on Tour'', around the country. In August of the same year he took a revised version of the show to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Radio Korkey is Rhod Gilbert's frequent co-host on his Saturday morn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stand-up
Stand-up comedy is a performance directed to a live audience, where the performer stands on a stage (theatre), stage and delivers humour, humorous and satire, satirical monologues sometimes incorporating physical comedy, physical acts. These performances are typically composed of Rehearsal, rehearsed screenplay, scripts but often include varying degrees of interactive theatre, live crowd interaction (crowdwork). Stand-up comedy consists of One-line joke, one-liners, stories, observations, or shticks that can employ Theatrical property, props, comedy music, music, impressions, Magic (illusion), magic tricks, or ventriloquism. Performances can take place in various venues, including comedy clubs, comedy festivals, bars, nightclubs, colleges, or theaters. History Stand-up comedy originated in various traditions of popular entertainment in the late 19th century. These include vaudeville, the Stump speech (minstrelsy), stump-speech monologues of minstrel shows, dime museums, co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhod Gilbert
Rhodri Paul Gilbert (born 18 October 1968) is a Welsh comedian and television and radio presenter who was nominated in 2005 for the Perrier Best Newcomer Award. In 2008 he was nominated for the main comedy award (as the Edinburgh Comedy Awards were then branded). Gilbert appears on television and radio panel shows, has performed stand-up on the Royal Variety Performance, and hosted a weekly show on BBC Radio Wales. In September 2014, Gilbert started presenting the BBC Two panel show ''Never Mind the Buzzcocks'', ending a run of five series without a permanent host. Early life Gilbert was born in Carmarthen, Wales on 18 October 1968, as one of three siblings to two teacher parents, his father came from Ebbw Vale and his mother from Abertillery. He attended Maridunum Comprehensive School and went on to study languages at Exeter University. For the first three weeks, his extreme shyness meant that Gilbert could not eat with other students in the dining hall or even make fri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doodle Do
''Doodle Do'' is a British 2006 arts and crafts television programme, specially designed for pre-school children (2 to 5 years). It aired on the CBeebies channel between 2006 and 2010. The programme features three "Doodle Doers" — puppets called "Dib-Dab", "Scribble" and "Stick" — who interact with a human presenter, Chris Corcoran, a Welsh stand-up comedian. The programme first aired on 30 January 2006 on the CBeebies channel at 9 am and again at 1 pm and 5 pm Local Time. Format Dib-Dab, Scribble and Stick are three literal glove hand creatures, as they consist of colourful knitted gloves decorated with eyes, noses, and hair. They are each operated by three puppeteers who remain concealed behind features of the studio set, such as curtains or boxes, or beneath the raised studio floor. One episode was filmed in the French Ski Resort of 'Les Deux Alpes'. The programme is a loose "how to" arts feature similar to SMarteenies, but aimed at an even younger audience. Chris and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CBBC
CBBC is a British free-to-air Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast children's television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is also the brand used for all BBC content for children aged 6 to 12. Its sister channel, CBeebies, is aimed at children aged 6 and under. It broadcasts every day from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm, timesharing with BBC Three. History Launched on 11 February 2002 at the same time as its sister channel CBeebies, the CBBC name (a contraction of Children's BBC) has been used from 1997 onwards to brand all content on BBC One and BBC Two aimed at children. It has continued to be used as a brand on these channels even after regular weekday broadcasting was discontinued in 2012. Prior to the dedicated channels' launch, there were CBBC strands on other cable and satellite stations. First, on Nickelodeon (British and Irish TV channel), Nickelodeon as CBBC on Nickelodeon between 1996 and 1999, and on BBC Choice with exclusive programmes a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CBeebies
CBeebies is a British free-to-air Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast children's television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is also the brand used for all BBC content targeted for children aged six years and under. Its sister channel, CBBC, is intended for older children aged six to twelve. It broadcasts every day from 6:00 am to 7:00 pm, timesharing with BBC Four. History On 20 November 2001, the CBeebies name was officially revealed as part of the split of the already-existing CBBC block and would be used as both a children's block and a digital channel. The CBeebies channel launched on 11 February 2002 alongside the CBBC, CBBC channel, as a spinoff from BBC Children's and Education, the BBC's children's television strand. The first four shows to air on the channel were ''Teletubbies'', ''Binka'', ''Step Inside'' and ''Bits and Bobs''. CBeebies domestically broadcasts from 5:30 am to 7:00 pm, broadcasting six days ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC One Wales
BBC One Wales is a Welsh free-to-air television channel owned and operated by BBC Cymru Wales. It is the Welsh variation of the UK-wide BBC One network and is broadcast from Central Square in Cardiff. History and operation The first television signals in Wales came on 15 August 1952 from the newly constructed Wenvoe transmitter. The transmitter itself broadcast the national BBC Television service. Programming either for Wales or in the Welsh language was initially restricted. In 1956, a newsreel was broadcast at 6pm on the Wenvoe and adjacent Holme Moss and Sutton Coldfield transmitters, ''Tele-Newyddion'', at 6pm, which at the time was during the period of the Toddlers' Truce which restricted television broadcasts between 6 and 7pm. Some of the items included in the bulletin were from a few weeks prior to production and broadcast. Wales would gain some significance when, in 1957, the BBC West region from Bristol was established including a daily five-minute news bulletin f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jarred Christmas
Jarred Christmas (born 1980) is a comedian from New Zealand who now lives and works in the United Kingdom. He won the Chortle Awards, Chortle Comedy Award for Best Master of Ceremonies, Compère in 2010, and the Fred Award in 2013. Early life Christmas grew up in Christchurch. He attended an all-boys secondary school where he did not fit in because he was not into sport. In 1996, he went to Hagley Community College for fifth form (now called Year 11) and credits the school with turning his life around, saying "For the first time in my life I met people who were themselves. It really changed my life." Christmas moved to Britain in 2003. Career Television and film Christmas has appeared on radio, film, television and stage. On television, he has appeared as a performer and guest panellist on shows such as BBC Two's ''Never Mind the Buzzcocks'' and ''Mock the Week'', BBC Three's ''Russell Howard's Good News'', Channel 4's ''8 Out of 10 Cats'' and Dave (TV channel), Dave's ''Dav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josie Long
Josie Isabel Long (born 17 April 1982) is an English comedian. She started performing as a stand-up at the age of 14 and won the BBC New Comedy Awards at 17. In 2006, Long won the If.comeddies Best Newcomer award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for her show ''Kindness and Exuberance''. She has been nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Show three times. In 2012, Long and director Doug King produced two short comedy films in Glasgow called ''Let's Go Swimming'' and ''Romance and Adventure'', which were nominated for a BAFTA Scotland New Talent Award. Early life and education Long was born in Sidcup and spent her early life in Orpington, London, where she attended Newstead Wood School for Girls. She began performing stand-up comedy at 14, winning the BBC New Comedy Awards at the age of 17. Long attended Michael Knighton's comedy course in Beckenham, London. At 18 she gave up stand-up whilst attending Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford, ran experimental comedy c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miles Jupp
Miles Hugh Barrett Jupp (born 8 September 1979) is an English actor and comedian. He began his career as a stand-up comedian before playing the role of the inventor Archie in the children's television series ''Balamory''. He also played John Duggan in ''The Thick of It,'' Nigel in the sitcom '' Rev'', and appeared on many comedy panel shows. Between 2015 and 2019, Jupp was the host of '' The News Quiz'' on BBC Radio 4, replacing Sandi Toksvig. Early life Jupp was born in 1979 in London and spent his early childhood in West Hampstead. He is the son of a minister in the United Reformed Church. For much of his life, Jupp believed he was of Belgian stock, descended from 16th-century Huguenot immigrants. However, while creating a programme for BBC Radio 4 in 2015, he discovered his roots are actually in Sussex. Jupp attended three independent schools: The Hall School in Hampstead, North London; St George's School in Windsor; and Oakham School in Rutland. He studied Divinity at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steffan Rhodri
Steffan Rhodri (born 1967, in Morriston, Swansea) is a Welsh film and television actor, best known for portraying bus driver Dave Coaches in the BBC comedy series '' Gavin & Stacey''. Early and personal life Steffan Rhodri was born in 1967, in Morriston, Swansea, and is the cousin of novelist Mark Ellis. He is well known as a fan of Swansea City F.C., for whom he made a DVD called ''The Golden Year''. Career Rhodri has appeared in both English-language and Welsh-language films, television and stage productions. He played Reg Cattermole in ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1'' and provided the voice of Drippy in '' Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch''. He has been called "Wales' most prolific actor". On stage, he played Banquo alongside Ralph Fiennes in Simon Godwin's production of ''Macbeth''. Rhodri is best known for portraying bus driver Dave Coaches in the comedy series '' Gavin & Stacey''. Filmography * '' Twin Town'' (1997) – Hunky * '' Solom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Davies
Gregory Daniel Davies ( ; born 14 May 1968) is a Welsh comedian, actor, presenter, and writer. He is best known for his roles as Mr Gilbert in ''The Inbetweeners'' (2008–2010), Ken Thompson in ''Cuckoo'' (2012–2019), Dan Davies in '' Man Down'' (2013–2017) and Paul "Wicky" Wickstead in '' The Cleaner'' (from 2021). Since 2015, he has hosted the comedy panel game show '' Taskmaster'' and he has also appeared on '' Mock the Week'', '' Fast and Loose'', '' Live at the Apollo'' and '' Would I Lie to You?'' For his performance in ''Cuckoo'', Davies was nominated for the BAFTA Television Award for Best Male Comedy Performance in 2013. Early life Davies was born in St Asaph, Flintshire, Wales, on 14 May 1968. His Welsh parents, Bob and Pauline, lived in England at the time, but his father drove his mother across the border to make sure he was born in Wales. He grew up in Wem, Shropshire, which he regards as his home. His father's origins lie in Porthmadog. In a 2017 edition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. The station replaced the BBC Home Service on 30 September 1967 and broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes from the BBC's headquarters at Broadcasting House, London. Since 2019, the station controller has been Mohit Bakaya. He replaced Gwyneth Williams, who had been the station controller since 2010. Broadcasting throughout the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands on FM broadcast band, FM, Longwave, LW and Digital Audio Broadcasting, DAB, and on BBC Sounds, it can be received in the eastern counties of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, northern France and Northern Europe. It is available on Freeview (UK), Freeview, Freesat, Sky (UK & Ireland), Sky, and Virgin Media. Radio 4 currently reaches over 10 million listeners, making it List of most-listened-to radio programs#Top stations in the United Kingdom, the UK's second most-popular radio station after BBC Radio 2. BBC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
