Owain Wyn Evans

About

BBC Radio 2 DJ, TV presenter, drummer, and Instagram star. He is a recurrent presenter for the television magazine and chat show program The One Show. His Instagram account, owainwynevans, has earned him a following of 120,000. 

Before Fame

He began his broadcasting career at 18, after becoming a presenter for the Welsh children's news show, "Ffeil." He started drumming at the age of 7 and shared a video of himself drumming the BBC News theme during the COVID-19 lockdown. 

Trivia

He was a weather presenter on BBC Look North, North West Tonight, and BBC Breakfast. He has been credited with introducing the short-form video forecast to social media after he started sharing them through the video platform Vine.

Family Life

He was born in Ammanford, England. In March 2017, he married his husband, researcher Arran Rees, who is often featured on his Instagram account.

Associated With

In April 2020, he joined game show host Carol Vorderman, teaching her how to speak Welsh. He has met celebrities such as Carlos Gu, Karamo Brown, AJ Odudu, and Dianne Buswell.