After overcoming head and neck cancer, Rhod Gilbert has returned to stand-up comedy.
The 54-year-old comedian recently performed at Swansea Arena for the first time in a year, revealing that he was thrilled to be back on stage.
Rhod, who disclosed last year that he was undergoing treatment for stage four cancer, expressed his excitement to be back on stage in a Facebook video prior of the event.
He commented on finally being able to do his rescheduled Book Of John tour while signing the arena’s wall.
‘It is wonderful being back doing stand-up again for the first time in a year,’ he told the camera.
‘Lovely to be here, lovely to be back in Swansea, lovely to be alive, and lovely to be back on tour.’


Rhod previously admitted to feeling ‘p****d off’ after being diagnosed with head and neck cancer.
The TV actor also stated that he struggled to’speak or breathe’ during the early stages of his illness.
In a pre-recorded segment for the National Comedy Awards, which were held in aid of Stand Up 2 Cancer, he said: ‘I couldn’t speak or breathe and I was postponing and cancelling tour shows, I had terrible spasms in my face and a lot of tightness in my muscles.
‘Couldn’t get to the bottom of it, turns out after a biopsy of this lump in my neck that I have something called head and neck cancer, cancer of the head, sounded pretty serious.’

Rhod quipped that after 10 years as a patron of Velindre Cancer Centre, he expected to have ‘life-long immunity’ to cancer.
He said: ‘I’ve led five fundraising treks all over the world, I do stand-up comedy nights to raise money, I hosted quizzes … it’s been a big part of my life for the last ten years, so imagine my surprise when I was diagnosed with cancer.
‘Which p****d me off no end, because I thought I’d have life-long immunity! Apparently not.
‘Apparently, you’re just as likely to get cancer even if you spend your time fundraising for a cancer hospital. Anyway, I did get it, and it turns out it can come for anybody.’