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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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References

  1. TV Ark Archived 2015-05-22 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "DAVIES, ANNIE (1910 - 1970), better known as NAN, radio and television producer | Dictionary of Welsh Biography". biography.wales. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  3. Hywel Trewyn (19 April 2013). "'Face of S4C' Robin Jones of Abergele dies aged 71". Daily Post. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  4. Karen Price (27 March 2013). "Preview: Cofio gyda Hywel Gwynfryn, S4C". WalesOnline. Retrieved 3 May 2018.