Gareth Edwards (producer)


Gareth Edwards is a radio and television producer and writer. He is the great-grandson of Hollywood pioneer Albert E. Smith, founder of Vitagraph Studios.

TV and radio career

He has worked on a number of radio and TV programmes including Comedy Firsts, The Big Town All Stars, Spaced, The Bigger Issues, Parsons and Naylor's Pull-Out Sections, Dead Ringers, Posh Nosh, Vent
Edwards produced That Mitchell and Webb Sound, which won a Sony Silver Award in 2004; he also produced the TV version of this, starring the same David Mitchell and Robert Webb, entitled That Mitchell and Webb Look, which won best comedy BAFTA in 2006. Edwards also produced The One Ronnie, a one-off comedy television sketch show that aired on BBC One on Christmas Day 2010 to celebrate the 80th birthday of Ronnie Corbett and Still Open All Hours. He also produced the BBC2 sitcom Upstart Crow 2016.
He has also produced Bleak Expectations, the cult radio show starring Anthony Head and the TV spin-off to this, The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff. Gareth Edwards also produced the short-lived radio comedy series The Airport, which was the first radio comedy series in Britain to feature self-representative experiences of black people.
Edwards executive-produced the second series of Tracey Ullman's Show which led to the spin-off series Tracey Breaks the News.
Edwards was appointed acting head of radio comedy at the BBC from November 2008 to May 2009, though announced subsequently that he was returning to producing and writing.

Writing

Edwards wrote two series of Radio 4's situation comedy Artists, set in St Ives, Cornwall.
Edwards also writes children's books including The Big Animal Mix-Up, The Big Jungle Mix-Up, The Disgusting Sandwich, The Littlest Bird, Never Ask A Dinosaur to Dinner, and Fabulous Pie, shortlisted for the FCBG award 2016.

Family

Edwards is married to Dr. Frances Wedgwood, daughter of Sir Martin Wedgwood and the architectural historian Alexandra Wedgwood. They have four children.