Heddiw (English: Today) was a television news programme in the Welsh language, broadcast by BBC Television between 1961 and 1982. [1] The programme ended when all Welsh-language programming was transferred to the new channel S4C.
Annie Davies was the show's first producer (and later editor). [2] Presenters of the programme included Owen Edwards, Robin Jones [3] and Sulwyn Thomas.
Hywel Gwynfryn, who later had his own chat show, recounted how he was discovered by the Heddiw production team while working in a Cardiff pub. [4]
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Ruth Alexandra Elisabeth Jones is a Welsh actress, comedian, writer, and producer. She co-wrote and co-starred in the award-winning BBC sitcom Gavin & Stacey. She later co-wrote and starred in the Sky One comedy-drama Stella (2012–2017), for which she was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Female Comedy Performance and won the BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Screenwriter.
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Hywel Gwynfryn is a Welsh television and radio personality and lyricist. He started working for the BBC in 1964 and joined BBC Radio Cymru at its inception, being the first voice heard on the new station.
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Annie Davies was a Welsh radio and television producer. Her parents were David and Elizabeth Davies, who lived in the Tregaron area. She attended schools in Castell Fflemish and Tregaron, before studying for a degree at U.C.W. Aberystwyth, from which she graduated in History and Latin in 1933.
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