Other TV Work
Llewellyn has presented a number of programmes for UK television. His first outing as a presenter was on Scrapheap Challenge produced by Channel 4; the series sees teams of engineers competing to build machines to complete a given task from materials scavenged from a scrapheap. His other presenting roles include a version of Discovery Channel's How Do They Do It? and Hollywood Science, the latter being a joint production between the BBC and the Open University.
In 1992, Llewellyn appeared in the third episode of series 2 of Bottom, as a wounded Falklands conflict veteran named Mr. N. Stiles.
Llewellyn's project it2i2, was released on DVD in March 2006. Since 2006 he has had a YouTube video blog called "Llewtube". His latest book "Sold Out: How I Survived a Year of Not Shopping" – based on his YouTube series "Making Do" – was published in October 2008.
On 10 February 2009 Llewellyn was featured as a guest on the popular technology related podcast MacBreak Weekly with Leo Laporte (episode 127).
Recently, Llewellyn has starred in the CBBC show MI High as the Prime Minister, and become the presenter of Top Trumps.
Llewellyn reviewed the world of science and technology in his popular Machine of the Week report (The MoWer).
Llewellyn also provides the voice of News Anchor Perry Flynn for PlayStation Home TV, a programme that started in December 2009 and aires in the Home Theatre of the EU Version of PlayStation Home, which is a 3D community for PlayStation 3.
Llewellyn has worked as a voice actor, providing the voices of the alien creatures in Skywhales (1983), the voice of Feeble for The Feeble Files (1997), Old Joe in Christmas Carol: The Movie, and the perplexed 'Gryphon' in the film MirrorMask (2005). He has described himself as "very much a 'don't want to do it now' kind of person" (Dwarfing USA documentary, Red Dwarf V DVD).
In November 2010, the Carpool series began broadcasting on UKTV channel, Dave, before having a months hiatus for Christmas and New Year, it then returned in January 2011. It is a spin-off from his web series, Carpool. On 4 January 2011, he appeared on "Celebrity Mastermind" answering questions on the specialist subject of electric cars.
Llewellyn was the narrator on the 2010 Channel 5 series The Boss Is Coming To Dinner.
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