Award-winning Welsh comedian Rod Woodward has been tipped for the comedy premiership by record-breaking funnyman Peter Kay, who described the 34-year old from Machen as "a young Dave Allen."

Rod has been in big demand on the corporate circuit for many years and recent successes have gained him much wider public awareness.

Having supported Patrick McGuinness on his 110-night nationwide tour and appeared with Russell Brand at St. David's Hall, Cardiff last summer, he won the BBC comedy competition Funny Business.

The Cardiff-born stand-up comic then performed as his alter ego Mario De Niro at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas before Joe Calzaghe's super fight with Bernard Hopkins. His song 'Delilah - the Calzaghe remix' proved a big hit with Joe's travelling army of fans and to celebrate Cardiff City reaching the FA Cup final, Rod wrote and performed a comedy song 'Do The Ayatollah,' backed by more than 100 Bluebirds fans. Set to the tune of the Macarena and recorded at Shabbey Road Studios, Caerphilly, it was a run-away success with more than 250,000 hits on You Tube. It was featured on network radio and television shows, including Soccer AM and GMTV.

More recently Rod has appeared with Michael McIntyre.