Lloyd Langford
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Lloyd Langford is a Welsh
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

 comedian
Comedian
A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience, primarily by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy...

 and comedy writer. He is originally from Baglan, Neath Port Talbot and currently lives in London
London
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. He studied film and television at University of Warwick
University of Warwick
The University of Warwick is a public research university located in Coventry, United Kingdom...

 and regularly was MC at Warwick Comedy's weekly Sunday night stand-up
Stand-up comedy
Stand-up comedy is a comedic art form. Usually, a comedian performs in front of a live audience, speaking directly to them. Their performances are sometimes filmed for later release via DVD, the internet, and television...

 show.

Langford is a regular panellist on Ask Rhod Gilbert
Ask Rhod Gilbert
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and has written additional material for TV shows Live at the Apollo, Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Never Mind the Buzzcocks is a comedy panel game television show with a pop music theme, currently without a permanent presenter. It stars Phill Jupitus and Noel Fielding as team captains. The show is produced by Talkback Thames for the BBC, and is usually aired on BBC Two...

and The King is Dead. He has also provided audience warm-up on QI
QI
QI is a British comedy panel game television quiz show created and co-produced by John Lloyd, hosted by Stephen Fry, and featuring permanent panellist Alan Davies. Most of the questions are extremely obscure, making it unlikely that the correct answer will be given...

.

He co-hosted the radio show Rhod Gilbert's Bulging Barrel of Laughs
Rhod Gilbert's Bulging Barrel of Laughs
Rhod Gilbert's Bulging Barrel of Laughs is a 6 part radio show on BBC Radio 2 hosted by comedian Rhod Gilbert. The show is co-hosted by Greg Davies and Lloyd Langford with support from Sarah Millican. Each week the 1 hour show contains a mix of stand up comedy from the regular cast and a guest...

and played Rhod Gilbert
Rhod Gilbert
Rhodri "Rhod" Gilbert, is a Welsh comedian who was nominated in 2005 for the Perrier Best Newcomer Award. In 2008, he was nominated for the main if.comedy ....

's brother on pilot sitcom Rhod Gilbert's Leaving Llanbobl. He has been a guest comedian on The Jon Richardson Show
The Jon Richardson Show
The Jon Richardson Show was a weekly radio show on BBC 6 Music, which was created due to the departure of Russell Howard from The Russell Howard Show, which Jon Richardson co-hosted with Russell. The show was broadcast on Sundays 10am - 1pm...

. Langford toured as part of comedy collective 'GIT' with Dan Atkinson and Jon Richardson
Jon Richardson (entertainer)
Jon Joel Richardson is a British comedian.Jon co-hosted a Sunday morning radio show on BBC 6 Music with fellow comedian and friend Russell Howard, and continued to present the show himself after Howard left, until 7 March 2010...

.

He has size 12 feet, as discussed on Ask Rhod Gilbert.

Awards

YearAwardCategoryResult
2004 Chortle Student Comedian of the Year
Chortle Student Comedian Of The Year
The Chortle Student Comedian of the Year is a national search of the UK's universities to find the 'funniest student', run by the comedy website Chortle...

2008 Chortle Awards
Chortle Awards
The Chortle awards were set up in 2002 by the comedy website Chortle to honour the best of established stand-up comics currently working in the UK....

Breakthrough act

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