Siadwell

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Siadwell (pronounced "Shadwell") was a character in the 1980s BBC sketch show Naked Video. Siadwell was a Welsh poet who was featured sitting in his bedsit wearing an anorak and thick-rimmed glasses. He would appear every week, greeting viewers with the line "Hello, Siadwell here", and would then proceed to inform viewers what he had been up to since last week. The character was played by actor John Sparkes, and was apparently based on Rik Mayall's character Kevin Turvey.

The character Callum Gilhooley in the Channel 4 show Absolutely is said to be based in part on Siadwell.

Siadwell has also become a generic term for civil servants of the DVLA in Swansea.