ROB BRYDON

Best Actor: British Comedy Awards 2001

Best Newcomer: The British Comedy Awards 2000

The South Bank Show Best Drama Award: Marion and Geoff

Best Newcomer to the Network: Royal Television Society Awards

Best Entertainment 'Marion and Geoff': The Broadcasting Press Guild of Great Britain

Best International Comedy 'Human Remains': Banff TV Festival

'Oh bliss; oh joy and joyous day: eminently quotable, utterly subversive and just hysterically, mind alteringly funny. No messing' Guardian

  Born in Swansea South Wales, Rob studied at the Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff , but left midway to become a radio presenter for BBC Wales. He moved to London to further his career and soon became one of the most sought after voice over artist for TV/Radio commercials, recording over 500 to date including: Tango, The Times, Abbey National, Somerfield, Sudafed, McDonald's, Cahoot, Crunchy Nut Cornflakes and Andrex.

   Rob co-wrote and starred in the award winning Human Remains (BBC2) and Marion and Geoff, (BBC2); the second series was BAFTA nominated in 2004. Also, Marion and Geoff special-A Small Summer Party (BBC2), ITV1's Directors Commentary (BBC2), created by his own production company Jones The Film and recently The Keith Barret Show  BBC2), where he gleans relationship advice from celebrity couples. In March he starts filming the second series of Supernova for BBC2.

  Rob starred in Kenneth Tynan: In Praise of Hardcore, played the lead in Murder in Mind on BBC1, was seen in BBC1's costume Drama The Way We Live Now and, Cruise of the Gods, BBC2. Rob is a regular guest on TV and Radio i.e. The Oscars, 2004 (BBC1), Parkinson (BBC1), Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (BBC1), Ronnie Barker: A Bafta Tribute (BBC1), Top Gear (BBC2), Richard & Judy (CH4), This Morning (ITV1), Today with Des 'n' Mel (ITV1), Just a Minute (R4), Jonathan Ross (R2) and Steve Wright (R2).

   In May 2005, The Keith Barret Show embarked on a 51-date-national tour. 2004 was was a huge success for Rob's live work. The Keith Barret Show, at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival, sold out the entire 3 week run in advance, and  The Daily Record hailed it as 'The Funniest Show on the Fringe for the second year running.   In 2003 he completed a sell-out nationwide tour of the Marion & Geoff Show.  Keith Barret's self help book Making Divorce Work (Harper Collins) is now on sale.

   PRESS QUOTES: THE KEITH BARRET SHOW

  'Simply the funniest show on TV right now: the comedy highlight of the summer' Heat Magazine

  'Keith interviewing couples and exploring the minefield of relationships is a stroke of genius' Mail on Sunday

  'It's a spoof chat show and Keith would probably dismiss it as 'a bit of fun'. It's not, it's bloody good fun and Brydon is probably the funniest man on TV right now' Sunday Mirror

'Hugely enjoyable:just settle down and enjoy Brydon at his best'

Heat Magazine

LIVE SHOWS

  'One hell of a clever, feelgood, belly laughing show!' The List, Edinburgh

  'First-class entertainment' The Metro, Scotland

  'Comical Heaven:resounding success' The Evening Standard

'Gut-bustingly funny'  Scotland on Sunday  

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