January 2012 Update
12th January 2012
It's been a while since I've updated this website, but it looks like it's going to be a busy start to 2012, so it made sense to put some links to the shows I'll be working on over the next few months.
Pantheon Of Heroes
Social Club FM
Last summer, I produced a pilot for BBC Radio Wales written by and starring
Chris Corcoran and Elis James called "Social Club FM". I'm pleased to say it's got a full series, and this time round, I'll actually be helping out with the writing of the episodes. The series starts on the 24th February with a repeat of the pilot, and there will be four more episodes after that. If you think the writing tails off and the production quality improves, I can only apologise.
Newsjack
I'll be script editing two episodes of the sixth series of Newsjack for BBC Radio 4 Extra. The series starts on 23rd February. As always, you can submit material to newsjack@bbc.co.uk but please check out the
writer's guide first.
Early Morning Sunday Show
In fact, this Sunday, being the Sunday closest to "
Blue Monday", we?ll be doing our best to counteract the influence of the
so-called "most depressing day of the year" by playing nothing but summer records. So if you've got any ideas, drop me an email to gareth@bbc.co.uk or get in touch with me on
twitter.
May/June 2011 Update
29th May 2011
A couple of iPlayer links to shows I've been working on recently.
Reception is a pilot sketch show for BBC Radio 2 which I have been script editing. This impressions show went out on 28 May, and will be on iPlayer for a week.
"What's The Story?" - BBC Radio Wales' topical panel game hosted by
Justin Waite, is back for its fourth series and once again, I'll be producing the show. It is recorded in the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama on Thursday nights and goes out on Friday at 7pm (repeated at 4.30pm on Sundays). Tickets for the recordings are available from tickets@tidyproductions.co.uk.
And
this link should take you to the latest edition of my BBC Radio Wales Sunday morning show.
The Rule Book
17th March 2011
(If you listen regularly to my BBC Radio Wales morning show, you can probably skip the first few paragraphs of this. The opening is just filling people in on all the fun they've been missing out on!)
So I don?t know what I did, I don?t know who I worried or offended, but earlier this year a copy of the BBC Rule Book arrived on my desk.
It's a big green book comprising 368 pages of editorial guidelines and, unsurprisingly, when given a book of rules, the first thing that flashes through your mind is, "I wonder how many I can break"?
So that?s what I've been doing at 5.45am every Sunday this year as part of my
BBC Radio Wales show (because if you break a rule before 6am it just doesn't seem as serious).
Lines crossed and conventions smashed so far include paying a contributor to talk about a criminal offence (I gave £10 to someone willing to admit they'd had a speeding ticket), endangering members of BBC Staff (I left a CD on a high shelf), the use of strobe lighting (the book never specifies it's a TV only rule) and several regulations surrounding covert recordings - In fact, I hit 5 in one fell swoop by not just playing a clip of a friend talking about a small piece of plastic, but then repeating it without filling in the appropriate form.
However, next week, I'm going to need some help as the rule I want to break is 19.4.1:
"Our commitment to our audiences is to ensure that complaints and enquiries are dealt with quickly, courteously and with respect".
So it?s simple enough - next week, I'm going respond to all enquiries (or complaints, of course) without courtesy or respect. But to do this properly, I'm going to need something to respond to.
If you'd like to send me something, there are two ways... The first (and probably best) is to my twitter account:
@garethgwynn.
Alternatively, you can send me an email to gareth@bbc.co.uk (these get automatically copied to my boss too, by the way, so it's going to be especially exciting once it all gets going. I haven't actually warned him about this).
Then, all going to plan, you can hear me respond to these in a suitably petulant and surly manner live on BBC Radio Wales on Sunday at 5.45am. Or on
iPlayer. Don't worry, I'm not operating under any illusion about this.