Lloyd Langford

{{Infobox person

| name = Lloyd Langford

| image = Lloyd Langford 2.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Lloyd Langford hosting Bright Club London in November 2011

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|8|6|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Baglan, Neath Port Talbot, Wales

| nationality = Welsh

| occupation = Comedian, comedy writer

| domestic_partner = Anne Edmonds (2018–present){{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/comedy/anne-edmonds-on-racism-sexism-and-helen-bidou-someone-s-got-to-say-it-20190927-p52vky.html | title=Anne Edmonds on racism, sexism and Helen Bidou: 'Someone's got to say it'|date=2019-09-28|first=Louise|last=Rugendyke|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en}}

| children = 1

| website = http://www.lloydlangford.com

}}

Lloyd Langford (born 6 August 1983) is a Welsh comedian, comedy writer and voice artist.{{cite web|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/comedy-gigs/here-dragons-meet-dragons-den-6284782|title=Here Be Dragons: Meet the dragons from the den of new comedy talent|date=25 November 2013|publisher=Wales Online}}{{cite web|url=http://www.entertainmenthive.com.au/review-best_of_the_ed_fest_2017.htm|title=Best of the Ed Fest featuring Lloyd Langford, Fin Taylor and Jimmy McGhie|publisher=Entertainment Hive}}

Early life and education

Langford was born in Baglan, Neath Port Talbot. He studied film and television at the University of Warwick.{{cite web |date=28 August 2014 |title=Seven Questions With… Lloyd Langford |url=http://moodycomedy.co.uk/seven-questions-with-lloyd-langford/ |publisher=The Big Issue}} He was regularly MC at Warwick Comedy's weekly Sunday night stand-up show.

Career

Langford has provided audience warm-up on QI.{{IMDb name|1005521}} Langford has appeared as a guest on several comedy and panel shows, including Russell Howard's Good News, The News Quiz, The Now Show, 8 Out of 10 Cats, QI, The Dog Ate My Homework, Have You Been Paying Attention (TV2 New Zealand), and The Jon Richardson Show, and has written additional material for other shows, including Live at the Apollo, Never Mind the Buzzcocks and The King is Dead.{{cite web|url=http://www.lloydlangford.com/cv/ |title=CV |publisher=Lloyd Langford |date= |accessdate=2014-04-23}}

He was a contributor on Rhod Gilbert's Work Experience. 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 as regular panellists, 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.[http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2010/08/28/11625/hot_rhod... Hot Rhod... – Chortle.co.uk] The show ran for two series.{{cite web|url=http://www.list.co.uk/article/49249-rhod-gilbert-comedy-panel-shows-are-brutal/|title=Rhod Gilbert: Comedy panel shows are 'brutal'|date=26 February 2013|publisher=}} He co-hosted the radio show Rhod Gilbert's Bulging Barrel of Laughs. He played Rhod Gilbert's brother in the sitcom pilot Rhod Gilbert's Leaving Llanbobl. He occasionally co-hosts Gilbert's weekly show on BBC Radio Wales.

Langford has appeared several times on the BBC Radio comedy panel show The Unbelievable Truth and is a co-writer and performer on the BBC Radio Wales sketch show Here Be Dragons;{{cite web|title=Here be dragons|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05ttryd|accessdate=20 February 2016}} the show won the 2014 Sony Award - Bronze for Best Comedy.{{cite web|url=http://www.radioacademyawards.org/news/awards-2014/2014-radio-academy-awards-winners-announced |title=2014 RADIO ACADEMY AWARDS WINNERS ANNOUNCED |date=12 May 2014 |publisher=Radio Academy Awards |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610171823/http://www.radioacademyawards.org/news/awards-2014/2014-radio-academy-awards-winners-announced |archivedate=10 June 2015 }} He has written jokes for Gilbert, Frankie Boyle and Simon Amstell.{{cite web|url=http://www.northwalespioneer.co.uk/news/117838/laughs-aplenty-in-rhyl-with-lloyd-manford.aspx|title=Laughs aplenty in Rhyl with Lloyd Langford|work=North Wales Pioneer |date=22 November 2012}}

Langford occasionally tours as part of comedy collective GIT with Dan Atkinson and Jon Richardson;{{cite web|url=http://www.timeout.com/london/comedy/article/1041/ten-big-questionsr-lloyd-langford|title=Ten Big Questions… Lloyd Langford|date=15 April 2010 |publisher=Time Out}} his first solo tour was titled Rare Bit, a reference to his Welsh heritage. He has performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe multiple times.

In October 2012, along with 463 other players, Langford took part in BBC Radio 5 Live's attempt to set a new Guinness World Record for the 'most players in a continuous five-a-side exhibition match'. This was for BBC Children in Need, along with former footballer and TV pundit Robbie Savage and BBC Radio 5 Live travel reporter Lindsey Chapman.{{cite web|first=Lindsey|last=Chapman|url=http://lindseychapman.co.uk/2012/10/14/5-live-aside-guinness-world-record/|title=BBC Radio 5 live-a-side NEW Guinness World Record!|publisher=lindseychapman.co.uk|date=2012-10-12|access-date=11 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070338/http://lindseychapman.co.uk/2012/10/14/5-live-aside-guinness-world-record/|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|author=Laugh Out Loud|url=https://lolcomedyclubs.co.uk/comedian/lloyd-langford/|title=Lloyd Langford|publisher=lolcomedyclubs.co.uk}}

In the early months of 2019, Langford toured his most recent Edinburgh show, Why the Long Face?, in Australia and New Zealand.{{cite web|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/comedy-festival/qanda/melbourne-international-comedy-festival-comedian-qa-lloyd-langford-why-the-big-face/news-story/95880f1a99a48f83264907f452a40cae|title=Melbourne International Comedy Festival comedian Q&A: Lloyd Langford, Why The Big Face?|date=28 March 2019|publisher=Australia Herald Sun}}

From 2022 Langford has appeared as a regular on Australian TVs “Have You Been Paying Attention” and “Thank God You’re Here” on Channel 10.

In 2024, Langford competed on Taskmaster Australia, alongside his partner Anne Edmonds. Langford won the series.

Personal life

Langford is originally from Baglan, Neath Port Talbot. He has lived in Cardiff and London and is currently based in Melbourne, Australia, with his partner, comedian Anne Edmonds. They had a daughter in October 2021.{{cite web|last=Lallo|first=Michael|date=2021-03-05|title=Always a question about our sex life': Anne Edmonds and Lloyd Langford team up |url=https://www.theage.com.au/culture/comedy/always-a-question-about-our-sex-life-edmonds-and-langford-team-up-20210305-p57829.html|access-date=2021-06-17|website=The Age|language=en}}{{cite web|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/showbiz/welsh-funnyman-rhod-gilbert-goes-1888722|title=Welsh funnyman Rhod Gilbert goes on tour with flatmate|first=Abbie|last=Wightwick|date=2 October 2010|publisher=Wales online}}{{cite web|url=http://www.southwales-eveningpost.co.uk/Interview-Port-Talbot-fuunyman-Lloyd-Langford/story-18402166-detail/story.html|title=Interview: Port Talbot funnyman Lloyd Langford|first=Mark|last=Rees|date=13 March 2013|publisher=South Wales Evening Post|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140423093942/http://www.southwales-eveningpost.co.uk/Interview-Port-Talbot-fuunyman-Lloyd-Langford/story-18402166-detail/story.html|archive-date=23 April 2014|access-date=23 April 2014|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.bigissue.com/features/interviews/4270/lloyd-langford-interview-i-felt-like-a-cut-price-samuel-pepys|title= Lloyd Langford interview: "I felt like a cut-price Samuel Pepys"|work= Big Issue|date=28 August 2014|publisher=The Big Issue}}{{cite web|url=https://www.dailypost.co.uk/whats-on/find-things-to-do/flatmate-lifestyle-working-out-well-2647433|title= Flatmate lifestyle working out well for Lloyd Langford and Rhod Gilbert|date=30 November 2012|publisher=North Wales Live}}

A republican, Langford opposes the monarchy, a belief described by Chortle as "a deeply held conviction" in a review of his 2014 show Old Fashioned.{{cite web |last1=Richardson |first1=Jay |title=Lloyd Langford: Old Fashioned : Reviews 2014 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide |url=https://www.chortle.co.uk/review/2014/08/02/29588/lloyd_langford:_old_fashioned |access-date=13 June 2019 |website=www.chortle.co.uk |language=en}}

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Result
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2004	Chortle Student Comedian of the Year\|
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2008	Chortle Awards	Breakthrough act	{{Nom}}
2017 \|Winner of Celebrity Mastermind \| \|Winner

Filmography

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2024 \|Austin \|Forklift Driver \|Episode 6https://www.abc.net.au/tv/credits/Austin_Program_Credits.pdf {{Bare URL PDF\|date=August 2024}}

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2024

|Austin

|Forklift Driver

|Episode 6https://www.abc.net.au/tv/credits/Austin_Program_Credits.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=August 2024}}