Keri Davies
Encyclopedia
Keri Davies is a radio producer
and playwright
, best known for his work on the BBC
radio soap opera
The Archers
.
Davies was born in Treherbert
, Rhondda
, Wales
, but grew up in Trowbridge
, Wiltshire
, England
. He gained his A-Levels whilst at John of Gaunt School, Trowbridge. Before he worked in radio, he had a job in a bank, was a commissioned officer in the Royal Air Force
for six years, active in public relations
in London
, advertising in Derby
and was a media and presentation trainer in Sheffield
.
After this he became a producer for The Archers in 1992, and later became senior producer, directing over 700 episodes. In 1996 he wrote a song
for the album The World of Eddie Grundy by Trevor Harrison
, playing the accordion
. In 1998, he spent some time in Phnom Penh
where he trained Cambodian health educators in radio drama scriptwriting. He become a script writer for The Archers in 2003 and runs the BBC Archers website.
Davies set up the Archers Archive Appeal, which helped to recover lost episodes of The Archers, later this was turned into an audio cassette, Vintage Archers 3 — The Lost Episodes. Davies was also the author of the Who's Who in The Archers series of books from 1999-2010, updated annually. The latest by Davies Who's Who in the Archers 2010 was published in October 2009 by BBC Books.
Davies also has three children, who have all appeared in The Archers, with his youngest child, Dominic Davies, playing Daniel Hebden Lloyd.
Radio producer
A radio producer oversees the making of a radio show. There are two main types of producer. An audio or creative producer and a content producer. Audio producers create sounds and audio specifically, content producers oversee and orchestrate a radio show or feature...
and playwright
Playwright
A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
, best known for his work on the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
radio soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
The Archers
The Archers
The Archers is a long-running British soap opera broadcast on the BBC's main spoken-word channel, Radio 4. It was originally billed as "an everyday story of country folk", but is now described on its Radio 4 web site as "contemporary drama in a rural setting"...
.
Davies was born in Treherbert
Treherbert
Treherbert is a village and community situated at the head of the Rhondda Fawr valley in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. Treherbert is a former industrial coal mining village which was at its economic peak between 1850 and 1920...
, Rhondda
Rhondda
Rhondda , or the Rhondda Valley , is a former coal mining valley in Wales, formerly a local government district, consisting of 16 communities built around the River Rhondda. The valley is made up of two valleys, the larger Rhondda Fawr valley and the smaller Rhondda Fach valley...
, Wales
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...
, but grew up in Trowbridge
Trowbridge
Trowbridge is the county town of Wiltshire, England, situated on the River Biss in the west of the county, approximately 12 miles southeast of Bath, Somerset....
, Wiltshire
Wiltshire
Wiltshire is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. It contains the unitary authority of Swindon and covers...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. He gained his A-Levels whilst at John of Gaunt School, Trowbridge. Before he worked in radio, he had a job in a bank, was a commissioned officer in the Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...
for six years, active in public relations
Public relations
Public relations is the actions of a corporation, store, government, individual, etc., in promoting goodwill between itself and the public, the community, employees, customers, etc....
in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, advertising in Derby
Derby
Derby , is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands region of England. It lies upon the banks of the River Derwent and is located in the south of the ceremonial county of Derbyshire. In the 2001 census, the population of the city was 233,700, whilst that of the Derby Urban Area was 229,407...
and was a media and presentation trainer in Sheffield
Sheffield
Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. Its name derives from the River Sheaf, which runs through the city. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and with some of its southern suburbs annexed from Derbyshire, the city has grown from its largely...
.
After this he became a producer for The Archers in 1992, and later became senior producer, directing over 700 episodes. In 1996 he wrote a song
Song
In music, a song is a composition for voice or voices, performed by singing.A song may be accompanied by musical instruments, or it may be unaccompanied, as in the case of a cappella songs...
for the album The World of Eddie Grundy by Trevor Harrison
Trevor Harrison
Trevor Harrison is an English actor best known for his role as Eddie Grundy in the BBC Radio 4 soap opera, The Archers.He was educated at the Grange Secondary Modern School in Stourbridge...
, playing the accordion
Accordion
The accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist....
. In 1998, he spent some time in Phnom Penh
Phnom Penh
Phnom Penh is the capital and largest city of Cambodia. Located on the banks of the Mekong River, Phnom Penh has been the national capital since the French colonized Cambodia, and has grown to become the nation's center of economic and industrial activities, as well as the center of security,...
where he trained Cambodian health educators in radio drama scriptwriting. He become a script writer for The Archers in 2003 and runs the BBC Archers website.
Davies set up the Archers Archive Appeal, which helped to recover lost episodes of The Archers, later this was turned into an audio cassette, Vintage Archers 3 — The Lost Episodes. Davies was also the author of the Who's Who in The Archers series of books from 1999-2010, updated annually. The latest by Davies Who's Who in the Archers 2010 was published in October 2009 by BBC Books.
Davies also has three children, who have all appeared in The Archers, with his youngest child, Dominic Davies, playing Daniel Hebden Lloyd.
External links
- BBC Press Office Biography of Keri Davies.