DIY SOS: Children in Need Special 2021
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm, Friday, December 19 on U&W (25)
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Children in Need Special 2021
Season 31, Episode 6
Comedian Rhod Gilbert dons his hard hat as guest presenter for this ambitious build in Brandesburton near Hull, East Yorkshire. The team are joined by local volunteers to transform an overgrown 2.5 acres into a purpose-built adventure campsite for the St Michael's Youth Project (St Mike's), which receives funding from Children in Need
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Cast & Crew
Rhod Gilbert
(Presenter)
Paolo Proto
(Executive producer)
Hamish Summers
(Series producer)
Matt Skilton
(Director)
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Did You Know..
Rhod Gilbert
(Presenter)
Born:
October 18, 1968
in
Carmarthen
Best Known For:
His brilliant performances on Live at the Apollo
Early-life:
Born Rhodri Paul Gilbert in Carmarthen, Wales, on October 18, 1968. He has two siblings; their parents were both teachers. Rhod studied languages at Exeter University. On graduation he spent 18 months travelling around Australia before working as a qualitative researcher for various market research agencies in London. He got into professional comedy in 2002, after being nagged into taking a comedy course by his girlfriend. Within 18 months, he had won several different talent competitions.
Career:
Gilbert was nominated for the Perrier Newcomer award for his first solo show in 2005 at Edinburgh entitled 1984. He has since performed worldwide, and was the first Western comedian to appear in Taiwan. He has featured several times on shows such as Mock the Week, Have I Got News for You, 8 Out of 10 Cats and Never Mind the Buzzcocks. Other TV projects include Live at the Apollo, Ask Rhod Gilbert and Rhod Gilbert's Work Experience. He also presents a weekly show on BBC Radio Wales and became the presenter of Never Mind the Buzzcocks in September 2014.
Quote:
"In the Bible, God made it rain for 40 days and 40 nights. That's a pretty good summer for us in Wales. That's a hosepipe ban waiting to happen. I was eight before I realised you could take a cagoule off."
Trivia:
Gilbert claims to have been so shy during his early days at university that he felt unable to eat in the students' canteen or befriend the guy living in the room next door.
Paolo Proto
(Executive producer)
Hamish Summers
(Series producer)
Matt Skilton
(Director)
