Colin Griffiths
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| Born | August 16, 1983  Kent, England |
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| Occupation | Television presenter/Radio DJ/Comedian |
| Website http://www.mtvflux.co.uk |
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Colin Griffiths (born 16 August 1983) is an English comedian, DJ, VJ and writer. He is most famous for his work as host of the MTV show Up, Up, Down, Down..., the flagship program of MTV Flux which has also been aired on TMF UK and MTV UK and Ireland.
He has also conducted interviews for the online channel MTV Overdrive as an off-shoot of his work with Up Up Down Down as well as co-hosting various "top ten" chart shows of varying themes and participating in skits for MTV's "Go Green" day. He also covered the launch of the PlayStation 3 and Wii gaming consoles for MTV, filming on location at their respective promotional shows.
Griffiths provides multiple voices for an ongoing series of animated shorts on MTV Flux called "noobs".
During the summer of 2007 he covered the Wireless Festival for MTV Flux, interviewing numerous artists including The White Stripes, LCD Soundsystem, Perry Farrell and Klaxons.
In addition to his MTV work he has recently returned to radio, hosting a one-off radio special for Brighton's Radio Reverb.
He has since appeared numerous times on the station.
[edit] Education
Griffiths was educated at Ardingly College and at the University of East Anglia.
[edit] Early career
Colin began his work as a broadcaster as the host of the breakfast show (and later the afternoon Drive time show) on the regional UK radio station 'Livewire' at the University of East Anglia, his co-host on the show was musician, Rhys Peterson.
