Rob Brydon
- 59 years old
- Welsh
- Actor, writer, executive producer, stand-up comedian, presenter and script editor
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If you were thinking Friday nights had become a little joyless lately, here's good news. The best panel shows around are back to make BBC1's end-of-week comedy desert bloom again.
First, Rob Brydon wheels his festival of half-truths, fantasy and implausible facts back into view. It's in a new, pre-watershed time slot, which means some of the more colourful exchanges between team captains Lee Mack and David Mitchell will be reined in. But their exaggerated oik/toff banter should still be one of the funniest things on TV.
David Butcher, Radio Times, 13th April 2012Rob Brydon to star in Paralympics drama
The Best of Men, about a German neurologist whose work led to the creation of the Paralympic Games, is to run on BBC2.
Ben Dowell, The Guardian, 11th April 2012Rob Brydon: stars now too thin for a G&S reunion show
Chances of a Gavin & Stacey reunion are slim - because the sitcom's two biggest characters have lost too much weight, says co-star Rob Brydon.
Leigh Holmwood, The Sun, 13th February 2012Audio: Stop being a 'prat', pals told Corden
Comedian James Corden admits becoming famous was intoxicating and sent him off the rails as he found himself out drinking with strangers every night, until friends and family helped him see he was looking like "a bit of a prat".
He described how advice from friend Rob Brydon and a hug from his father, which reduced him to tears, helped him turn things round and become the husband and dad he is today.
James Corden was speaking to Kirsty Young on Radio 4's Desert Island Discs on Sunday 12 Feb at 11:15 GMT, repeated Friday 17 Feb at 09:00 GMT. Listen online or browse the extensive Desert Island Discs archive.
Kirsty Young, BBC News, 12th February 2012Rob Brydon slams Gavin & Stacey musical idea
Comedian Rob Brydon has slated Ruth Jones's idea for a Gavin & Stacey musical.
Laura Caroe, The Sun, 10th February 2012British comedy threw many unusual shapes between 2000 and 2009. Catherine Tate's longform survey of the hits of the decade is hefty enough to stick with. A selection of great clips is punctuated by Tate interviewing - in the loosest possible sense - people like David Walliams, Rob Brydon, Noel Fielding and Alan Carr about what made their shows fly. And Tate's former Doctor Who co-star David Tennant quizzes Tate about her own comic creations.
Emma Sturgess, Radio Times, 17th December 2011Video: Rob Brydon on inspiring Catherine Zeta-Jones
Rob Brydon has shared his struggle with breaking through as a comedian in his biography, Small Man In A Book.
Brydon trained in the dramatic arts but had difficulties when he started out as a comedian.
He told BBC Breakfast that he attended the same school as Catherine Zeta-Jones and he joked that he may have been the inspiration behind her success in Hollywood.
Sian Williams and Bill Turnbull, BBC News, 14th December 2011Rob Brydon interview
Comedian Rob Brydon on his autobiography, his hero Jimmy Savile and how showbiz seems empty compared with being a father.
Bryony Gordon, The Telegraph, 7th November 2011Rob Brydon back where career began at Welsh college
Rob Brydon is rather excited about returning to the place which helped launch a career that has made him one of Britain's best-loved stars.
Kevin Leonard, BBC News, 3rd November 2011Video: Rob Brydon interview
Comedian Rob Brydon has been in Cardiff to promote his new autobiography, Small Man in a Book.
Clare Hutchinson, Wales Online, 2nd November 2011