Colin Griffiths (born 16 August 1983) is an English

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, DJ, VJ and

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. He is most famous for his work as host of the MTV show ''Up, Up, Down, Down...'' the flagship program of

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which has also aired on

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and MTV UK and Ireland. Griffiths also appeared on as a presenter and interviewer the online channel

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as an offshoot of his work with ''Up Up Down Down'' as well as co-hosting various "top ten" chart shows of varying themes and participating in skits for MTV's "Go Green" day. He also covered the launch of the Sony

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and Nintendo

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gaming consoles for MTV, filming on location at their respective promotional shows and conducting interviews. Griffiths also provided multiple voices for the ongoing series of animated shorts on MTV Flux called "noobs" based around conversations occurring on the MTV: Flux forums. During the summer of 2007 he was MTV's correspondent at the

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for MTV Flux, interviewing numerous artists including

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and the

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. In addition to his MTV work he also hosts a weekly radio show on Brighton's Radio Reverb along with the musician Rhys Peterson.

Early career

Griffiths began his work as a broadcaster as the host of the breakfast show (and later the afternoon

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show) on the regional UK radio station 'Livewire' at the

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, serving as the Deputy Station Manager of the station from 2001 to 2003, this show was also hosted with Rhys Peterson and was later moved to Brighton when the pair graduated in the form of their Radio Reverb show. As such the show has been broadcasting in one form or another since 2001.

References

1983 births People educated at Ardingly College Alumni of the University of East Anglia English DJs Living people 21st-century English comedians {{UK-comedian-stub