Английская Википедия:Hywel Gwynfryn
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Hywel Gwynfryn (born 13 July 1942) is a Welsh TV,[1]Шаблон:Self-published inline and radio[2] personality and lyricist.[3] He started working for the BBC in 1964 and joined Radio Cymru at its inception.
Career
Gwynfryn was born at Llangefni, Anglesey. He joined the BBC as a presenter in 1964 and in October 1968, he fronted Helo Sut Dach Chi?, the first dedicated Welsh language pop programme on the radio. It was a daring innovation because there was little vocal pop music in Welsh at the time and the show sometimes needed to be padded out with Anglo-American instrumentals. Soon however, Gwynfryn was receiving demo tapes from across Wales, and introduced a "patter" of Welsh language pop slang in the show which appealed to younger listeners.[4] In 1970 he joined Children's Programming and worked on documentaries from different parts of the world.[3]
He has been with the Welsh-language radio station Radio Cymru since its inception in 1977, fronting the flagship morning programme,[3] and presenting shows such as Hywel a Nia and Helo Bobol,[5] and reporting annually from the Eisteddfod. Alongside his radio career, Gwynfryn has also presented TV shows such as Heddiw and Rhaglen Hywel Gwynfryn, and in 1972, with Huw Ceredig, started a weekly Welsh disco called Noson Barbarella in Cardiff.[4] In 1990 he fronted On your bike, a TV programme, following the fortunes of Welsh families who had gone to live in other countries.[3]
Gwynfryn has also written four pantomimes, including Jiw Jiw Jeifin Jenkins, as well as writing a film for the Welsh-language TV station S4C.[5]
Personal life
Gwynfryn was born in Llangefni, Anglesey. He was educated at Ysgol Gyfun Llangefni and the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama.[6] Gwynfryn and his wife Anja had five children, one of whom is musician and broadcaster H. Hawkline; Anja died on 6 October 2018 from cancer.[7][8] He also has two children from his first marriage.[9] As a student he was a roommate of Lynn Davies. [10]
Honours and awards
In the 1980s, Gwynfryn refused appointment as a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE), explaining that "when I got the offer I had just been made a fellow of Bangor University and had been given the green uniform by the Orsedd, so I felt that I had been recognized by my country." He added that he did not believe broadcasters and journalists should receive such honours.[11]
In September 2023, it was announced that Gwynfryn would receive the Outstanding Contribution Award at the 2023 BAFTA Cymru Awards the following month.[12]
References
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