Early life

Born in Abergavenny

Abergavenny

Abergavenny , meaning Mouth of the River Gavenny, is a market town in Monmouthshire, Wales. It is located 15 miles west of Monmouth on the A40 and A465 roads, 6 miles from the English border. Originally the site of a Roman fort, Gobannium, it became a medieval walled town within the Welsh Marches...

, Monmouthshire

Monmouthshire

Monmouthshire is a county in south east Wales. The name derives from the historic county of Monmouthshire which covered a much larger area. The largest town is Abergavenny. There are many castles in Monmouthshire .-Historic county:...

 in Southeast 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...

, he graduated in English & Publishing at Oxford Brookes University

Oxford Brookes University

Oxford Brookes University is a new university in Oxford, England. It was named to honour the school's founding principal, John Brookes. It has been ranked as the best new university by the Sunday Times University Guide 10 years in a row...

, completed a Post Graduate Degree in English & Drama at Cardiff University

Cardiff University

Cardiff University is a leading research university located in the Cathays Park area of Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. It received its Royal charter in 1883 and is a member of the Russell Group of Universities. The university is consistently recognised as providing high quality research-based...

, then trained as an actor at the Central School of Speech and Drama

Central School of Speech and Drama

The Central School of Speech and Drama was founded in London in 1906 by Elsie Fogerty to offer a new form of training in speech and drama for young actors and other students...

 where he gained his Masters. In 2005 he began writing professionally.

Play writing

His first play, Leslie's Electric Video was developed by Sgript Cymru

Sgript Cymru

Sgript Cymru is a Welsh theatre company that specialises in new writing in Welsh or English by Welsh and Wales-based playwrights.The company was created in 2000 and is based in the Chapter Arts Centre in Cardiff...

 in 2002; Mary's in the Shed was produced and published by the same company in 2003. His first TV comedy miniseries

Miniseries

A miniseries , in a serial storytelling medium, is a television show production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. The exact number is open to interpretation; however, they are usually limited to fewer than a whole season. The term "miniseries" is generally a North American term...

, The Watkins Report was produced

Television producer

The primary role of a television Producer is to allow all aspects of video production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking...

 by Bethan Jones and directed

Television director

A television director directs the activities involved in making a television program and is part of a television crew.-Duties:The duties of a television director vary depending on whether the production is live or recorded to video tape or video server .In both types of productions, the...

 by Rhys Powys for BBC 2W

BBC 2W

BBC 2W was a digital television channel run by the British Broadcasting Corporation in Wales until January 2009. It replaced the standard BBC Two broadcast on digital services in Wales — running on weekdays from 20:30 to 22:00. Launched on 5 November 2001, it had an initial reach of 1.1...

 in 2005.

BBC Wales to BBC1

In 2006, Evans’s comedy mockumentary

Mockumentary

A mockumentary , is a type of film or television show in which fictitious events are presented in documentary format. These productions are often used to analyze or comment on current events and issues by using a fictitious setting, or to parody the documentary form itself...

 series, Cynthia, was produced and directed by Gareth Gwenlan for BBC Wales. He also wrote for the hit BBC One sitcom Green Green Grass and edited the script for the new series of the BAFTA and RTS

Royal Television Society

The Royal Television Society is a British-based educational charity for the discussion, and analysis of television in all its forms, past, present and future. It is the oldest television society in the world...

 award winning children's comedy Young Dracula

Young Dracula

Young Dracula is a British children's fantasy television series airing on CBBC, loosely based on Young Dracula AND Young Monsters, a children's book by Michael Lawrence. Directed by Joss Agnew, the first series was broadcast in 2006, and the second series, which started in late 2007, concluded in...

(also for BBC One).

CBBC & C4

In 2009 Evans wrote two episodes of the sitcom Hotel Trubble

Hotel Trubble

Hotel Trubble is a children's comedy drama made by the BBC and broadcast on its television channels CBBC and BBC One. It stars Dominique Moore as Sally, the receptionist; Gary Damer as Lenny; Sam Phillips as Jamie, the bellboy; and Tanya Franks as Dolly and Sheila Bernette as Mrs. Poshington, a...

and one episode of the detective drama Half Moon Investigations

Half Moon Investigations

Half Moon Investigations is a novel by the Irish author Eoin Colfer. It was first published in United States in March 2006 and was released in the UK and Ireland on 1 June 2006. The paperback edition was released in the UK on 5 July 2007...

for CBBC

CBBC

CBBC is one of two brand names used for the BBC's children's television strands. Between 1985 and 2002, CBBC was the name given to all the BBC's programmes on TV for children aged under 14...

. He also joined the writing team on the Channel 4 comedy show Tonightly

Tonightly

Tonightly is a British comedy entertainment show presented by comedian Jason Manford. It was part of the Generation Next project on Channel 4 and was shown late evening, every weekday. The series concluded on 22 August 2008...

and had two original pilots commissioned: Socialized, a black comedy for BBC Comedy North; and Sadie Jones, a sitcom for CBBC.

Series Success

In 2010 a 13x30' series of Evans' sitcom Sadie J

Sadie J

Sadie J is a BAFTA nominated British children's television programme about a 12 year old girl who is described as "the only girl in a boy's world" because she is surrounded by her Dad , his apprentice Keith, her brother and his best friend Jake...

 was commissioned by CBBC. The comedy will debut in 2011.

Radio Wales

In August 2009 Evans joined the cast of the BBC Radio Wales comedy panel show "What's the Story?" Playing the camp scorer opposite celebrities such as Gavin & Stacey's Ruth Jones and BBC Wales weather man Derek Brockway. The show was recorded in front of a live audience and broadcast at 1pm on Radio Wales for six weeks from the 20th of August 2009.

BBC3

In Summer 2010 BBC3 ordered a pilot of Evans' new sitcom Brightside. The pilot was shot at the end of 2010 and stars Georgia Groome, Nikki Wardley and Cristian Solimeno.

Stella

In January 2011 Evans revealed in an interview with The Western Mail that he had been commissioned to write two episodes of Stella, a brand new comedy drama created by and starring Gavin & Stacey's Ruth Jones.

Sadie J

Series one of Evans' children's sitcom Sadie J

Sadie J

Sadie J is a BAFTA nominated British children's television programme about a 12 year old girl who is described as "the only girl in a boy's world" because she is surrounded by her Dad , his apprentice Keith, her brother and his best friend Jake...

began transmitting on the 14th of January at 5.25pm on the CBBC Channel.

Sources

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/showbiz-and-lifestyle/television-in-wales/2011/01/29/valleys-acting-wannabe-turns-successful-script-writing-gonna-be-91466-28066404/
http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/the_bright_side/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00xp0sg

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2009/03_march/19/cbbc.shtml
• http://slingshot-studios.com/second-picture-syndrome/
• http://slingshot-studios.com/second-picture-syndrome/
• http://feeds.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00mjn9k
• http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/south-wales-news/blaenau-gwent/2008/08/07/funny-man-rob-gets-a-big-break-on-tv-comedy-show-91466-21462971/