Overall winner of the BBC TV series Funny Business. Performed on a national tour with Paddy ‘the bouncer’ McGuinness from Peter Kay’s Phoenix Nights and Max & Paddy’s Road To Nowhere. “He was actually in danger of overshadowing the Phoenix Nights star with his disarming natural banter and just plain laugh-out-loud funniness” – Edinburgh Evening News Wrote and performed the Cardiff City Fans anthem, ‘Do The Ayatollah’, which had over 200,000 hits on YouTube. “Fantastic!” – Soccer AM Supported Russell Brand at St Davids Hall, Cardiff. Performed at the Planet Hollywood Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip after the weigh-in for the Bernard Hopkins v Joe Calzaghe fight. Appeared as the subject of the BBC documentary, “Am I Talking To You”, which followed Rod on his journey to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Wrote and performed his own one man show for a 25-night run at The Pleasance during the 2001 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Guest speaker at the Professional Footballers’ Association Footballer of the Year Awards dinner at the Grosvenor House Hotel, London. Quotes “Rod Woodward is a young Dave Allen” Peter Kay “A dazzling new comic…” “Award winning young comedian Rod Woodward did not put a foot wrong. His carefully delivered material was highlighted by perfect timing…” “His gags are as fresh as the morning papers…” The Stage Newspaper “A brilliant young comic with great style and repose” Barry Cryer “‘Who’s the best speaker you have ever heard?’ is arguably the question I am asked most often… Many names leap to mind.