Lloyd Langford
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Lloyd Langford hosting Bright Club London in November 2011
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| Born | 6 August 1983 |
| Nationality | Welsh |
| Occupation | Comedian |
| Website | http://www.lloydlangford.com |
Lloyd Langford (born 6 August 1983) is a former Port Talbot blacksmith turned comedian and comedy writer.
Langford was a regular panellist on Ask Rhod Gilbert and has written additional material for TV shows Live at the Apollo, Never Mind the Buzzcocks and The King is Dead. He has provided audience warm-up on QI and been a contributor on Rhod Gilbert's Work Experience. He has appeared as a guest on several comedy and panel shows, including Russell Howard's Good News, The Now Show, 8 Out of 10 Cats, QI and The Dog Ate My Homework, and has written for a few other shows. Langford also provided the voice for the character of Elvis in the revamped Fireman Sam.
In August 2010 Langford made the move to television when the BBC commissioned eight episodes of Ask Rhod Gilbert following a successful pilot earlier in 2010. The show featured Rhod Gilbert, Greg Davies and Langford answering random trivia questions, such as 'Who would win in a race, Usain Bolt or a grizzly bear?', posed by the public and celebrities, with additional celebrity guests on the panel. The show ran for two series.
Langford had been a guest comedian on The Jon Richardson Show. He co-hosted the radio show Rhod Gilbert's Bulging Barrel of Laughs and played Rhod Gilbert's brother on pilot sitcom Rhod Gilbert's Leaving Llanbobl. Currently he sometimes co-hosts Gilbert's weekly show on BBC Radio Wales. He has appeared several times on the BBC Radio comedy panel The Unbelievable Truth and is a co-writer and performer on the BBC Radio Wales sketch show Here Be Dragons The show won the 2014 Sony Award - Bronze for Best Comedy. and he has also penned jokes for Gilbert, Frankie Boyle and Simon Amstell.
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