Education
Born in Cwmafan near Portuguese Talbot, he was educated at the local schools.
Born in Cwmafan near Portuguese Talbot, he was educated at the local schools.
During his teenage years he was sexually abused as a child, by someone who he refuses to this day to identify, and consequently tried to commit suicide. His other jobs have included: language translator, actor, tour guide, and all-round vocal / piano entertainer, and through his work he has lived in Spain, Gibraltar, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Jersey. He speaks English, Welsh, Spanish and Dutch and is learning German.
He has been broadcasting for several years, and started his radio career with the Touch Department of Administration and Management radio station before co-presenting the mid-morning magazine show Live Time on Radio Wales while also appearing on S4C television
Since 2002 he has had his own show, broadcast every week night between 22.00 and 1.00. Most of the people who call into his show belong to an organisation called The Chris Needs Friendly Garden Association.
The Garden as it has become known, has almost 50,000 members from mainly Wales but also as far away as Queensland, Australia.
Members of the Garden are given their own identification code, usually starting with an M for male members, A for Animals, or without a letter for Female members.