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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.68,0:00:02.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name is Hywel Gwynfryn
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.66,0:00:05.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm a broadcaster at the BBC
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.87,0:00:09.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,BBC Cymru here in the capital, Cardiff
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.50,0:00:11.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I live as well as work
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.92,0:00:15.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But my journey starts back in 1942
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.72,0:00:19.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's when I was born in\NLlangefni, in Anglesey
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.90,0:00:24.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A small island on the\Nnorth coast of Wales.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.92,0:00:29.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then I went to primary school\Nwhen I was about six
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.14,0:00:31.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I had to learn English
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.34,0:00:34.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because Welsh was my first language
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.53,0:00:38.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Welsh was the language we spoke\Nas a family and at home
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.12,0:00:41.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it had been that way for years
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.11,0:00:44.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,certainly, when I was at\Nschool in Llangefni
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.51,0:00:50.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,around 95% of the island's\Npopulation spoke Welsh
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.86,0:00:54.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that figure has dropped \Nquite a lot since then
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.99,0:00:58.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyway, after primary school \NI went to secondary school
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.68,0:01:01.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I thoroughly enjoyed\Nmyself there
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.81,0:01:05.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it was there that I developed\Nan interest in acting
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.16,0:01:09.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I also had the chance to \Nvisit the studios in Bangor
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.42,0:01:11.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and be a radio actor
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.10,0:01:13.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mother was an actress herself
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.94,0:01:17.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I would go with\Nher to the studio
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.21,0:01:20.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to watch the other actors while\NI sat quietly in the corner
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.80,0:01:24.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then one day, I had \Nthe chance to act
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.26,0:01:26.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I remember it well
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.32,0:01:29.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the producer came up to my mother
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.04,0:01:34.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to ask if she knew anyone who\Nwould like to act on the radio
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.32,0:01:38.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was the part of a boy in the soap opera\N"Teulu'r Siop" (The Shop Family)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.64,0:01:41.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the first radio soap opera\Nin Welsh, as it happens
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.83,0:01:44.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she said "well Hywel",\Nthat was me
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.81,0:01:46.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hywel's an actor"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.88,0:01:49.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Maybe he'd be interested"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.90,0:01:53.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then Wilbur Lloyd Roberts\Ngave me the script
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.17,0:01:55.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I read the script straight away
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.73,0:01:59.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he said "well, the boy can act"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.22,0:02:01.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't know how he could\Npossibly know that
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.43,0:02:03.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it was a truly accurate prediction
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.92,0:02:07.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because what happened later on,\Nto fast forward a little bit
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.40,0:02:11.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I came here to Cardiff in 1960
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.74,0:02:15.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to study at the (Royal Welsh)\NCollege of Music and Drama
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.45,0:02:17.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not to study acting,\Nfunnily enough
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.88,0:02:21.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but to become a drama teacher
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.82,0:02:26.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And by the way, the college itself was\Nin the castle here in Cardiff
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.17,0:02:28.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inside the castle walls
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.57,0:02:31.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it was a very happy two years.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.76,0:02:34.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the end of that spell
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.05,0:02:36.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I then got my certificate
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.26,0:02:40.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that proved that I was good enough\Nto be a drama teacher
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.74,0:02:43.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I actually had\Na job to go to
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.49,0:02:46.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A certificate as well as a job to go to
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.17,0:02:48.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just down the road in Kenfig Hill
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.34,0:02:52.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but what happened was that I had started\Nworking part time that summer
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.59,0:02:57.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,during the evenings\Nto earn some money
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.57,0:03:00.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before going on to start as a teacher
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.80,0:03:04.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And who came in to the place\Nwhere I was working
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.02,0:03:06.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Borough Arms here in Cardiff
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.54,0:03:08.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but a crew from the BBC
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.06,0:03:09.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to cut a long story short
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.99,0:03:14.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they asked me to go over to the studio\Nin two months time
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.32,0:03:16.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order for me, or so I thought
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.52,0:03:19.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to have the chance to talk\Nabout my work
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.12,0:03:21.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but when I arrived, what they wanted was
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.60,0:03:26.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for me to form part of the\N"Heddiw" (Today) team
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.27,0:03:28.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a daily news roundup
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.89,0:03:31.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was to go out of the studio
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.88,0:03:36.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and bring a part of Wales\Nfar away from the studio
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.93,0:03:40.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into the studio and onto the programme
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.46,0:03:45.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I received a job offer \Nfor three months
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.08,0:03:48.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and since then I've been working\Nwith the BBC for fifty years
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.52,0:03:51.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in fact, this year I'm celebrating
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.22,0:03:53.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fifty years as a presenter
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.45,0:03:55.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through the medium of Welsh, no less
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.40,0:03:57.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been very lucky
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.57,0:03:59.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the sense that, effectively
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.10,0:04:02.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been paid all these years
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.94,0:04:04.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to speak my own language
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.80,0:04:08.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or rather, to listen to other people\Nspeaking Welsh
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.07,0:04:09.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what have I done?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.48,0:04:12.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,during this time, I've been\Naround the world
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.66,0:04:15.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been to Florida in the USA
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.59,0:04:18.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've also been to Patagonia\Nin South America
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.78,0:04:21.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been as far as Sarawak and Borneo
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.83,0:04:23.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've travelled around Europe
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.83,0:04:27.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,filming programmes for children
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.71,0:04:29.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back in the 70s
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.12,0:04:33.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then in the 80s I made a programme\Ncalled "Ar dy Feic" (On Your Bike)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.32,0:04:36.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I went as far as Beijing in China
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.06,0:04:39.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it was an experience and a half\Nwhich I remember well
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.05,0:04:42.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I count myself very fortunate
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.20,0:04:46.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to not only have been able to do\Nwhat comes naturally to me
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.65,0:04:50.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is, to speak nineteen to the dozen
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.44,0:04:53.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I've had such interesting work
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.16,0:04:55.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and such a variety of work too
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.18,0:04:58.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I would later go down\Nanother route
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.15,0:05:00.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I started to write books
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.38,0:05:02.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've written a book\Nabout Hywel Griffith
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.88,0:05:04.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a very famous actor
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.64,0:05:09.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a film I'm sure you all know,\N'Ben Hur', with Charlton Heston
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.15,0:05:14.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well in that film Huw Griffith won\Nthe Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.61,0:05:17.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well, I could obviously go on for hours
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.64,0:05:19.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,talking about what I've done
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.72,0:05:22.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that's a little snippet of my story
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.92,0:05:25.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's been a pleasure chatting to you
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.39,0:05:27.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what's more, in my own language
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.20,0:05:30.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are currently about half a million\Nof us here in Wales
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.12,0:05:32.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who speak the Welsh language
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.08,0:05:34.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even though its numbers are dwindling
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.04,0:05:36.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are significant campaigns
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.91,0:05:38.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to keep it alive
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.33,0:05:41.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So thank you very much for listening
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.21,0:05:42.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thank you for listening
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.72,0:05:43.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Goodbye!