Life and Work
Davies was born in St Asaph, Wales but his parents moved across the border to Shropshire soon after his birth. He grew up in Wem, a small market town in Shropshire where his parents still live and he regularly visits. He was educated at Thomas Adams School. Prior to embarking on a career in comedy, he had taught secondary school drama and English for 13 years at Sandhurst School in Berkshire and Orleans Park School in Twickenham.
Davies has performed on the BBC's Live at the Apollo, and has regularly appeared on the guest panel for Channel 4's 8 out of 10 Cats and the BBC's Mock the Week. He took part in World's Most Dangerous Roads, in which he and Rhod Gilbert drove from Nepal's border with India to the border with China. Davies was Paramount Comedy's continuity writer and announcer between October 2005 and April 2007, providing end-credit voice-overs for their peaktime programme schedule. He was recommended for the job by fellow stand up comic and friend, Rhod Gilbert. In 2005 Davies played a caricature of cricketer W.G. Grace in a series of adverts for Channel 4's television coverage of The Ashes. Davies has appeared regularly in various panel shows including Have I Got News For You, Never Mind The Buzzcocks and Mock the Week.
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