Gareth Edwards (ɡæɻʊθ ɛdwʊdz) is a radio and television producer and writer[1]. He is the great-grandson of Hollywood pioneer Albert E. Smith, founder of Vitagraph Studios.
TV and Radio Career He has worked on a number of radio and TV programmes including Comedy Firsts (ITV, 1995), The Big Town All Stars (BBC Radio 4, 1998), Spaced (Channel 4, 1999), The Bigger Issues (BBC Radio 4, 2000), Parsons and Naylor’s Pull-Out Sections (BBC Radio 2, 2001), "Dead Ringers" (BBC Two, 2003, 2004) Posh Nosh (BBC Two, 2003), That Mitchell and Webb Sound (BBC Radio 4, 2003 - 2009) which won a Sony Silver Award in 2004, That Mitchell and Webb Look (BBC Two, 2006-2010) which won best comedy BAFTA in 2006, Vent (BBC Radio 4, 2006- 2009), and "The One Ronnie" (BBC One, 2010), a one-off comedy television sketch show that aired on BBC One on Christmas Day 2010 to celebrate the 80th birthday of Ronnie Corbett.
He has also produced Bleak Expectations (BBC Radio 4, 2007-2011),[2][3], the cult radio show starring Antony Head and the TV spin-off to this, "The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff"(BBC Two, 2011).[4] Edwards produced the short lived radio comedy series The Airport (BBC Radio 4, 1995), which was the first radio comedy series in Britain to feature self-representative experiences of black people.[5]
Edwards was appointed acting head of radio comedy at the BBC from November 2008 to May 2009,[6] subsequently returning to producing and writing.
Writing
Edwards wrote two series of Radio 4's situation comedy "Artists" set in St Ives, Cornwall.
Edwards has also written two children's books for the under 5s, "The Big Animal Mix-Up" (Hachette, 2011) and the "The Big Jungle Mix-Up" (Hachette, 2012).[7]