Swansea born John is more commonly known on Welsh television as ‘Barry Welsh’, in the award-winning series “Barry Welsh is Coming” for HTV, winning Best Light Entertainment, Welsh Baftas, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004!

As well as this hit, he is widely known for his comic creations ‘Siadwel’ and ‘Frank Hovis’ from the days of BBC’s “Naked Video” and Channel 4’s “Absolutely”.

John has since written for and performed in many shows including four series of “Celebrity Pub Quiz” (HTV), “Like It or Lump It” (Vera Prods for Ch4), ‘‘Jeff Global’s Global Probe’’ (ITV) and “The Morwenna Banks Show” (Absolutely for Ch5). He has also performed in both series of Radio 4’s “Mouth to Mouth” (Zeitgeist Prods).

Behind the camera he provides the voice of the Narrator in the worldwide hit ‘‘Peppa Pig’‘. He also lends his voice to the series ‘‘Shaun the Sheep’‘, “Ben & Holly’s Little Kingdom” and has provided the voices for the stop-frame series of “Fireman Sam” (Siriol Productions).

He wrote and presented “Ghost Story” in which he spent the night alone with a camcorder in haunted houses around Wales. He has also co-written and presented “Doug Strong’s Special Places”, a factual comedy series for ITV Wales and ITV Central.

Represented by Vivienne Clore