World's Most Dangerous Roads: Nepal
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm, Saturday, January 17 on U&Dave (19)
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Nepal
Rhod Gilbert and Greg Davies negotiate a variety of unusual hazards as they travel through Nepal, a country with one of the world's highest rates of road traffic accidents. Frequent floods and landslides mean car journeys are often fraught with danger, and matters are not helped by the varied states of Nepalese roads, which range from urban highways to crumbling mountain passes
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Rhod Gilbert
(Presenter)
Greg Davies
(Presenter)
Ewen Thomson
(Director)
Sue Davidson
(Executive producer)
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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.
Greg Davies
(Presenter)
Born:
May 14, 1968
in
St Asaph, Wales
Best Known For:
The Inbetweeners, Man Down and his stand-up tours.
Early-life:
Greg was born in St Asaph, Wales, on May 14, 1968 but his parents moved to Wem in Shropshire soon after his birth. Before embarking on a career in showbiz, Greg taught drama and English for 13 years at Sandhurst School in Berkshire and Orleans Park School in Twickenham.
Career:
Davies started to get noticed for his comedy as one third of sketch comedy group We Are Klang. His big break came in 2008 when he began playing schoolteacher Mr Gilbert in E4's hugely popular sitcom The Inbetweeners. In 2010, Davies's debut solo stand-up show, Firing Cheeseballs at a Dog, was nominated for the prestigious Edinburgh Comedy Award, which led to a sell-out nationwide tour. His second solo tour, The Back of My Mum's Head, was another sell-out national tour. He plays the lead role in popular Channel 4 sitcom Man Down, a series he also co-writes.
Quote:
"I think people find this schoolteacher thing hilarious," he says, "I always get asked if I was actually any good. Well, how do I answer that?"
Trivia:
At 6ft 8, it is difficult for Davies to blend into a crowd.
Ewen Thomson
(Director)
Sue Davidson
(Executive producer)
