Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen
- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Laurence's personal charisma and ability to inspire people to express
themselves have established him as the UK's favourite and most easily
identifiable interior designer. His credits include 'House of the Year
3' for BBC Northern Ireland, 'Auction Party' and 'House Gift' on ITV1,
'Hidden Houses of Wales 2' on BBC Wales and 'Hidden Paintings of the
West'. More recently, Laurence and his wife Jackie brought their unique
personality and flare to the dance floor in the first series of the ITV
entertainment show 'Stepping Out'.
Transmitted in November 2013 for BBC Wales, Laurence also presented a programme following the twists and turns involved with the £6 million renovation of Llanelly House. On top of this, Laurence is the head judge of the hugely successful series 'The Apartment: Style Edition' which is beamed to over 120 million homes on Fox Asia.
Laurence is a key member of the Classic FM team where he hosts 'Sunday Lunch with Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen' regularly enjoying an audience share of 20% (their average is 10%).
He is also a regular on Radio 4, on 10th February 2014 he hosted 'With Great Pleasure' a series of readings from literature he had chosen and he is about to start recording a new series on colour to link in with the History of Colour exhibition at the National Gallery. His other credits include 'All Lit Up: A Century of Illumination in Blackpool' about the Blackpool Illuminations of which he is the creative curator, and programme 'Selling British Luxury'. This year Laurence is again fronting the Ideal Home Shows in London. Laurence has written a number of books, his latest was called 'Decorating with Laurence' and was published in 2010.
As well as running his own interior design practice in Cirencester, Laurence has a number of very successful product ranges including a best-selling wallpaper and paint range, bed linen, a range of mugs, glassware, cutlery, carpets, flowers and wrapping paper. In 2012, Laurence joined Litttlewoods as the face of interior design. His collection was launched via a one hour interactive live film shown on the Littlewoods facebook page and was their most successful launch of interiors products.
2014 will see the launch of The House of Laurence, a global home collection available throughout the Far East, Middle East and China. Future plans include extending the brand to South America and Europe. It's Laurence's first foray into international collection design and encompasses furniture, dining, bed linen, decorative accessories and home fragrance. Already established as one of the UK's most successful home designers with more British homes containing an LLB product than any other designer brand. His global product expansion comes from the huge surge of popularity created by Laurence's international television vehicles.
Transmitted in November 2013 for BBC Wales, Laurence also presented a programme following the twists and turns involved with the £6 million renovation of Llanelly House. On top of this, Laurence is the head judge of the hugely successful series 'The Apartment: Style Edition' which is beamed to over 120 million homes on Fox Asia.
Laurence is a key member of the Classic FM team where he hosts 'Sunday Lunch with Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen' regularly enjoying an audience share of 20% (their average is 10%).
He is also a regular on Radio 4, on 10th February 2014 he hosted 'With Great Pleasure' a series of readings from literature he had chosen and he is about to start recording a new series on colour to link in with the History of Colour exhibition at the National Gallery. His other credits include 'All Lit Up: A Century of Illumination in Blackpool' about the Blackpool Illuminations of which he is the creative curator, and programme 'Selling British Luxury'. This year Laurence is again fronting the Ideal Home Shows in London. Laurence has written a number of books, his latest was called 'Decorating with Laurence' and was published in 2010.
As well as running his own interior design practice in Cirencester, Laurence has a number of very successful product ranges including a best-selling wallpaper and paint range, bed linen, a range of mugs, glassware, cutlery, carpets, flowers and wrapping paper. In 2012, Laurence joined Litttlewoods as the face of interior design. His collection was launched via a one hour interactive live film shown on the Littlewoods facebook page and was their most successful launch of interiors products.
2014 will see the launch of The House of Laurence, a global home collection available throughout the Far East, Middle East and China. Future plans include extending the brand to South America and Europe. It's Laurence's first foray into international collection design and encompasses furniture, dining, bed linen, decorative accessories and home fragrance. Already established as one of the UK's most successful home designers with more British homes containing an LLB product than any other designer brand. His global product expansion comes from the huge surge of popularity created by Laurence's international television vehicles.
