She joined HTV Wales in 1984 as a freelance journalist on science magazine programmes. She has been a presenter for over ten years. However, looking back at the history of the language, it’s a wonder it survived at all.

Returning to Wales in 1992 she presented live magazine programmes in the Welsh language for S4C and several outdoor pursuit series and documentaries for S4C and BBC Wales, before establishing her own company in Wales. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. She continued with HTV for 5 years working on science, health and environment features until 1990, when she became a regular freelance presenter for the school's science department in BBC Schools in London. If you go to Wales you’ll notice the road signs are in English and Welsh, and you’re likely to hear Welsh out and about although Welsh speakers are still in the minority. He joined the BBC Radio Wales team of announcers in 1998 and still works for both networks.Early work such as David Jones's 'In Parenthesis' for the Third programme included, importantly, two parts in the original Douglas Cleverdon production of Dylan Thomas's 'Under Milk Wood' with Richard Burton. Speak of the Falklands, though, and he is 100 per cent Argentine. Gwenyth trained at Rose Bruford in London and The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Mai has also presented many other television programmes, including the weekly chat show/discussion programme 'On the Edge' featuring high profile celebrities and prominent figures; 'Wales This Week', the award winning weekly investigative current affairs programme; 'First Past The Post', a 'Pop Idol' type competition to find an 'alternative politician'; 'Sharp End Debates' studio debates during Assembly and General Elections as 'Question Time'; 'Sharp End', an issue based political discussion programme and 'Wales Decides', live Assembly Election results.

Chart 1: Projection and trajectory for the number of Welsh speakers The lower line offers projections of the number of Welsh speakers, based on population projections and 2011 Census data. The Welsh spoken in the 12th to 14th centuries, or Middle Welsh, is what the earliest surviving manuscripts of the Mabinogion, its famous literary collection, are written in, and it is a Welsh which speakers today can more or less understand.With English sovereignty over Wales made official with Henry VIII’s Act of Union in 1536, use of Welsh was largely banned and laws were passed which removed the official status of the Welsh language. He scored 60 tries in 91 Test Matches for Wales and the British & Irish Lions. Born in Tredegar, Monmouthshire to a coal miner and a seamstress, Aneurin Bevan was a champion of social justice, rights for working people and socialism. Shane is Wales' most capped winger and was part of the 2005 Six Nations Grand Slam winning side. Yet, he has never been to Wales and, despite some effort, cannot speak Welsh. With a vast range of presenting credits to his name Elin Rhys is a graduate in biochemistry and began her career as a scientist in the water industry where she worked for five years. Hanes Cymru was later translated into English due to popular demand. Nia went on to teach and present on the series 'cariad@iaith' (Love 4 Language) teaching celebrities such as Tanni Grey Thompson, Ruth Madoc and Janet Street Porter to speak Welsh. This category includes actors and actresses who speak the Welsh language, regardless of whether they appear in Welsh-language productions. She was a member of the BBC Repertory Company and was quickly immersed in all the classics from Ibsen to Shakespeare and the Welsh classics such as Saunders Lewis. Up until 1850, 90% of the population spoke Welsh, but it has since faced a great many challenges which at times almost led to its extinction.Potentially up to 4,000 years old, Welsh is one of the oldest living languages in Europe. Since year nine Katie has really been interested in all aspects of performing arts. In 2008 he was selected as the World Rugby Player of the Year – first Welshman ever to gain the title; He won the BBC Welsh Personality of the Year Awards the same year. His parents were both of half Welsh and half English descent. She has also presented BBC Radio Wales' drive-time news programme, Good Evening Wales.Katie has always been a 'performer' and, as a six year old 'drama queen', she had the lead role in the school play, 'Alice in Wonderland'. The Welsh spoken in the 12th to 14th centuries, or Middle Welsh, is what the earliest surviving manuscripts of the Mabinogion, its famous literary collection, are written in, and it is a Welsh which speakers today can more or less understand. For one thing, Welsh has its own phonetic rules for letters of the alphabet which don’t always match English. She has vast experience in presenting sport programmes such as 'The Ryder Cup' and ‘London Olympics’, the 'Sport Wales' series for BBC Wales, and 'Le Tour De France', ‘Ralio’ and ‘Golffio’ series for S4C. All the fathers were foreign-born - Welsh… If this is true, then surely some of them were made in Wales.Speaking against the cuts to a vast crowd, the Hollywood actor made a rousing speech, saying the proposed cuts are a far cry from the original passion which built the foundations of the NHS, and went on to praise its creator, fellow Welshman Aneurin Bevan.To celebrate great Welsh orators of past and present, The Cardiffian has put together its own list of its top five Welsh orators.Born in Tredegar, Monmouthshire to a coal miner and a seamstress, Aneurin Bevan was a champion of social justice, rights for working people and socialism. The ultra-athlete knows what it’s like to test her body to the absolute limits, from the 140-mile Jungle Ultra marathon in the Brazilian Amazon to a 350-mile one in the Arctic. He has also produced tv documentaries and wrote and produced the programme on Gareth Edwards.Having studied drama at Aberystwyth and Oxford, Geraint joined BBC Wales as an announcer and newsreader for Radio Cymru immediately after graduating in 1996.

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