Editing Rob Brydon (section)

=== 1982–1999: Early radio work === 
Brydon attended the [[Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama]], [[Cardiff]]. He left after a year, to join [[BBC Radio Wales|Radio Wales]] at the age of 20.<ref name="bbc Lawson"/> His early broadcasts included work as a [[disc jockey]] on [[BBC Radio Wales]], when his Saturday morning shows included contributions from stand-up comedian Pete Park-Walker. Between 1992 and 1994, on Radio Wales (where he stayed for six years) he was the main presenter of ''Rave'', one of [[BBC Radio 5 (former)|BBC Radio 5]]'s youth magazine and music programmes, with [[Alan Thompson (Welsh radio broadcaster)|Alan Thompson]]. He developed his ''[[Marion and Geoff]]'' story from this.<ref name="bbc2011-08-19"/> In 1994 and 1995 Brydon appeared in numerous episodes of the original Radio Wales version of the cult comedy ''[[Satellite City]]'' with [[Boyd Clack]]. Although he has stayed with radio as a comedy performer on [[BBC Radio Five Live]]'s ''The Treatment'', Brydon also does occasional stints as a stand-in presenter on [[BBC Radio 2]] including for [[Ken Bruce]] before Bruce resigned from the BBC in 2023. Notably on 1 April 2011, Brydon appeared during Bruce's absence, as him, as an [[April Fools' Day]] joke, for the entire show.<ref name="BBCbruce"/><ref name="indybruce"/> 

During an episode of [[Would I Lie to You? (British game show)|''Would I Lie To You?'']], Brydon admitted that he had pretended on the phone to be his own agent, using one of his repertoire of different voices in the early part of his career. This was done to justify enhancing his freelance work fees.

For a brief period, in the early 1990s, Brydon was a presenter for the [[Home Shopping Network]].<ref name="imdb"/> He began to find small roles in several successful films and television series. Brydon was first known nationally as a voice artist. He provided several voices for the ''[[Discworld (video game)|Discworld]]'' computer games, voicing the main character, Lewton, in the ''[[Discworld Noir]]'',<ref name="moby"/> and also for radio and television programmes such as [[Eurotrash (TV series)|''Eurotrash'']].<ref>{{cite AV media |date=2 June 2022 |title=Al Murray On The Invention Of The Pub Landlord |language=English |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1ptqJYZ_IQ&t=402s | time=6:42 |quote=I also did Eurotrash}}</ref> He is also known for voice-over work in television advertising, including for [[Renault]], [[Tango (drink)|Tango]], ''[[The Times]]'', [[Tesco]], [[Abbey National]], [[Sainsbury's]], [[McDonald's]], [[Pot Noodle]], [[Domino's Pizza]], [[Crunchy Nut Cornflakes]], ''[[The Observer]]'' and [[Fairy Liquid]]. He has also provided voices in animated films such as ''[[The Gruffalo (film)|The Gruffalo]]'', ''[[The Gruffalo's Child (film)|The Gruffalo's Child]]'' and ''[[Room on the Broom (film)|Room on the Broom]]''<ref name="IMDB"/> and continuity announcements for [[BBC 1]].<ref name="sol"/>