- Ben Silburn
Ben Silburn (born
26 September 1968 ,Nottinghamshire ,UK ) is a Britishtelevision presenter ,radio presenter and comedywriter .Television and Radio
On television he has presented on
BBC programmes including "Click Online " and "Fast Track".On radio he presents "
Adventures in Science " and has written for, "The Alan Davies Show ", "The Curried Goat ", and "Stuff the Week ". Ben's first joke for radio, on the satirical BBC show "Week Ending ", earned him £4.11. Unfortunately the joke has long since been lost. Ben was the writer and presenter of "The Square of Pythagoras " on BBC Radio 4. The programme received the Gold Award for 'Best Educational Programme' at the 1996Sony Radio Academy Awards .Theatre
Ben first appeared in professional theatre was alongside
Jonathan Price andTom Wilkinson in Richard Eyre's production of "Caucasian Chalk Circle " attheNottingham Playhouse in 1972. Somewhat later he went on to adapt "The Square of Pythagoras " for the theatre as "Counting to Infinity " an educational science play for children which played at theHampstead Theatre in 1998.Improv Comedy
He is a founder member, actor and comp-ere of the
easylaughs comedy improvisation theatre group in Amsterdam The Netherlands. Prior to this Ben had performedstand-up comedy in London.Voiceovers
Taking a lead from his hero and role-model,
Orson Wells , He has recently added voice-over work to his repertoire. His voice was described by the British national newspaperThe Observer as "as comforting as a goose-down duvet".University
Ben read Mathematics at
Bristol University in the UK.After graduating Ben got a job in the
Cambridge Science Park and became an active member of theCambridge Footlights comedy group. He was a writer on the 1991-92 production "...And Don't Come Back ".Ben is also skilled in IT, in particular web development. He has found his specialist skills in the area of
video streaming to be in demand in his adopted home of Amsterdam.References
[http://www.arts-archive.co.uk/index.php?pg=12&action=work&wid=S404406515&genre=P&alpha=Counting%20to%20Infinity&gname=Play]
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