Rhod Gilbert
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Biography: Rhodri "Rhod" Gilbert, (born 18 October 1968) is a Welsh comedian who was nominated in 2005 for the Perrier Best Newcomer Award. In 2008, he was nominated for the main if.comedy (as the Edinburgh Comedy Awards were then branded). He appears on television and radio panel shows, has performed stand-up on the Royal Variety Performance and hosts a weekly show on BBC Radio Wales.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK
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Mock the Week: Too Hot for TV
Overview: Produced exclusively for DVD, with nearly of 3 hours of the hottest standup comedians performing in the funniest program on TV. Mock the Week - Too Hot For TV contains all the best laugh out load moments that couldn't be shown on TV or anywhere else, for reasons of taste, decency and sheer outrageousness. For the first time see unbroadcastable material from Dara O'Briain, Frankie Boyle, Hugh Dennis, Andy Parsons, Russell Howard and a host of the funniest stand-up comedians on the circuit
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-11-26
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Rhod Gilbert and the Award-Winning Mince Pie
Overview: Following two sell-out UK tours, multi-award winning Welsh wonder Rhod Gilbert presents his eagerly awaited debut stand-up DVD. One of the UK’s hottest comedians, Rhod takes observational humour to a whole new level with his fantastical ranting on life’s minor irritations.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-11-16
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Rhod Gilbert and The Cat That Looked Like Nicholas Lyndhurst
Overview: Following his top-selling debut DVD release in 2009 and sensational performances on Live At The Apollo, and Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow, multi-award winning comedian Rhod Gilbert is back! Here, Rhod brings us his unique brand of observational comedy focussing on life’s minor exasperations. Stung by accusations that he over-reacts, Rhod sets out on an emotional rollercoaster of a journey to discover the truth. Is he, as he believes, a visionary in a sea of closed minds, or has he, as everyone else believes, got anger-management problems?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-11-15
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Rhod Gilbert: The Man With The Flaming Battenberg Tattoo
Overview: Rhod's stand-up rants on life's minor irritations are legendary, but this year, he's a more mellow fellow altogether. After a course of anger management therapy, he's now so laid-back he even let someone tattoo a Battenberg on him. In this brand new show Rhod recounts the hilarious and turbulent lead-up to a make-or-break trip to New York with his on-off girlfriend. Will the new, chilled-out Rhod get his girl and live happily ever after, or will it be microwaved baked potato for one again? Could it be the Mr Angry of comedy as you've never seen him before?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-11-19
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Rhod Gilbert: A Pain in the Neck for SU2C
Overview: In June 2022, comedian Rhod Gilbert was diagnosed with a little-known form of head and neck cancer. This is the story of his intimate, inspiring and humorous journey through treatment.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-10-30
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Rhod Gilbert: The Book of John
Overview: Filmed live from the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff, 'The Book of John' is the sold-out, highly anticipated new show from Rhod Gilbert, which critics have called 'uproariously funny' - The Guardian. Raw, personal and brutally honest like never before, Rhod takes us on a non-nonsense journey into finding the homour when you've hit rock bottom.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-11-14
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Rhod Gilbert: Stand Up to Shyness
Overview: Stand-up comedian Rhod Gilbert presents a documentary in which he confronts his painful shyness, looking at why he suffers from it and what can be done.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-01-24
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Rhod Gilbert vs Kilimanjaro
Overview: In 2013 Velindre Cancer Care asked Rhod to lead an expedition to climb Kilimanjaro, the 19,341 ft high volcano in Africa. Rhod assumed they were 'taking the piss' but gave it a go anyway. He got together with some friends and tried to get fit before setting off for the peak.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
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Save the Cinema
Overview: The true story of Liz Evans, a hairdresser and leader of a youth theatre in Carmarthen, Wales, who began a campaign in 1993 to save the Lyric theatre from closure. Alongside then Mayor of Carmarthen Richard Goodridge, they enlisted the help of Steven Spielberg, securing a special premiere of Jurassic Park.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-01-14
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Rhod Gilbert: Stand Up To Infertility
Overview: While undergoing treatment himself, comedian Rhod Gilbert goes on a frank, revealing, and frequently funny journey into the world of male infertility. Rhod also meets a man whose wife had eight years of treatment before they discovered that he was the one with the fertility issues.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-01-25
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A Concert for Heroes
Overview: An incredible line up of stars from the worlds of pop and comedy come together in a special concert to mark the nation's appreciation of its servicemen and women.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-09-12
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Channel 4's Comedy Gala 2013
Overview: A host of great comic talents, on stage and in sketches, gather together at London's O2 Arena to play to an audience of 16,000 in aid of the charity Great Ormond Street Hospital.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-06-07
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