Biography
Cerys Matthews (; born 11 April 1969) is a Welsh singer, songwriter, author, and broadcaster. She was a founding member of Welsh rock band Catatonia and a leading figure in the "Cool Cymru" movement of the late 1990s.Matthews programmes and hosts a weekly music show on BBC Radio 6 Music, a weekly blues show on BBC Radio 2, and a weekly show on BBC Radio 4 'Add To Playlist' which won the Prix Italia and Prix Europa 2022. She also makes documentaries for television and radio and was a roving reporter for The One Show. She founded 'The Good Life Experience', a festival of culture and the great outdoors in Flintshire in 2014, and is author of Hook, Line and Singer published by Penguin Books and children's stories Tales from the Deep and Gelert, A Man's Best Friend, published by Gomer.
Her illustrated version of Dylan Thomas's Under Milk Wood was published in November 2022, by Weidenfeld and Nicolson.
Filmography
all 22
self 16
Movies 11
TV Shows 11
Narrator 1
Carole King and her Songs at the BBC (2023)
The Welsh Valley That Won the Lottery (2023)
First Contact: An Alien Encounter (2022)
Stereophonics Live in Cardiff: We'll Keep a Welcome (2022)
Inside Museums (2020)
Public Service Broadcasting - BBC Proms - A Race For Space - Live At The Royal Albert Hall (2019)
Blues and Beyond (2018)
Tate Britain's Great Art Walks (2017)
The Secret Life of Books (2014)
The Enigma of Nic Jones (2013)
Still: Here/Now (2003)
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (2002)
Very Annie Mary (2001)
Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl (2001)
Beautiful Mistake (2000)
Tom Jones : An Audience with Tom Jones (1999)
The Adam and Joe Show (1996)
Never Mind the Buzzcocks (1996)
GMTV (1993)
Smash Hits Poll Winners Party (1988)
An Audience with... (1978)
My Life In Verse
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GenderFemale
Birthday1969-04-11 (54 years old)
Birth PlaceCardiff, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
AwardsMember of the Order of the British Empire
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