Rhod Gilbert

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Rhodri Paul Gilbert (born on 18 October 1968) is a Welsh comedian and television & radio presenter. He appears on television and radio panel shows, has performed stand-up on the Royal Variety Performance, and has hosted a weekly show on BBC Radio Wales.

Gilbert got into professional comedy in 2002, after taking part in the Amused Moose Stand Up and Deliver course. Within 18 months, Gilbert had already won several different talent competitions and was nominated for the Perrier Newcomer award for his first solo show in 2005 at Edinburgh Fringe entitled 1984. He has since performed worldwide.

Many of Gilbert’s stories are drawn from real life events, and his life in the wholly fictionalised village of Llanbobl. In 2008, Gilbert wrote a sitcom about life in Llanbobl, which featured on BBC Radio 2.

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.

His 2008 show, Rhod Gilbert and the Award-Winning Mince Pie, saw Gilbert question his sanity, his career and his life after suffering a mental breakdown brought on by the award-winning mince pie at a motorway services.

In December 2008, he appeared at the 80th Royal Variety Performance.

Gilbert’s 2009/10 show, Rhod Gilbert and the Cat That Looked Like Nicholas Lyndhurst, previewed around the UK in small venues before being performed at the Edinburgh Festival.

In January 2010, Rhod Gilbert’s Work Experience aired on BBC One Wales. The four-part series saw Gilbert attempt a number of jobs including hairdresser, refuse collector, soldier, and parent. Following the show’s success on BBC One Wales, the series aired nationally on BBC2. Five further series of the show were subsequently commissioned and broadcast by the BBC, featuring Rhod as a farmer, butler, tattoo artist, firefighter, primary school teacher, zookeeper, drag artist, police officer, wedding planner, scout leader, tour guide and male model, among other roles.

In August 2010, the BBC commissioned eight episodes of Ask Rhod Gilbert following a successful pilot earlier in 2010. The show featured Gilbert, Greg Davies and Lloyd Langford answering random trivia questions, such as ‘Who would win in a race, Usain Bolt or a grizzly bear?’, posed by the public and celebrities, with additional celebrity guests on the panel. The show ran for two series.

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. In May 2015, however, the BBC ended the show.

The documentary Rhod Gilbert vs Kilimanjaro, chronicling the attempt to climb Mount Kilimanjaro for charity made by Gilbert and several fellow celebrities, was shown on the BBC in December 2014.

Gilbert appeared several times on the Channel 4 comedy/game show 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown.

He replaced comedian Jack Dee as the host of The Apprentice: You’re Fired! beginning in 2016. In 2019, he stepped down and was replaced by Tom Allen.

In September 2018 Gilbert appeared as a contestant of the 7th series of Taskmaster.

[Source: Wikipedia, 01/03/2021.]