Wales This Week is a long-running Welsh current affairs television programme produced by ITV Cymru Wales (formerly HTV Wales). The programme deals with a wide range of topics relating to the Welsh public, and is usually told through the eyes of those at the heart of the story.
Up until 1982, HTV Wales' bilingual news department had produced a number of current affairs programmes in both languages including Yr Wythnos, Welshscene and Outlook. Following the creation of S4C, a dedicated Welsh language television channel, HTV formed designated current affairs teams for the first time to produce two programmes - Y Byd ar Bedwar on S4C and Wales This Week on its parent channel.
The first edition of Wales This Week was broadcast on 23 September 1982 on HTV Wales.[1] The first editor of the programme was Elis Owen, who was at the helm until 1994.
It has won a number of awards for its investigative journalism and was the first television programme to break the story of child abuse in North Wales Children's Homes during the 1980s.
In 2009, Professor Kevin Williams noted that the programme format was changing from that of "hard hitting journalism" to a format with "shorter, more light-hearted and less substantial stories" as a result of programme budget cuts by ITV.[2]
As of 2017, the programme is presented by Andrea Byrne. Former presenters, producers and reporters include David Williams, Chris Segar, Bruce Kennedy, Clare Hudson, Judith Davies, Catrin Griffith, Paddy French,David Vickerman, Mai Davies, Hywel George, Helen Callaghan and Jonathan Hill.
Referencesedit
^"Wales this Week celebrates thirty years of success". ITV. 11 December 2012. from the original on 4 March 2016.
^Williams, Kevin (2009). "The Long Goodbye". English is a Welsh Language: Television's Crisis in Wales. Institute of Welsh Affairs. p. 32. ISBN9781904773429.
wales, this, week, this, article, multiple, issues, please, help, improve, discuss, these, issues, talk, page, learn, when, remove, these, template, messages, this, article, relies, excessively, references, primary, sources, please, improve, this, article, add. This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article relies excessively on references to primary sources Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources Find sources Wales This Week news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2011 Learn how and when to remove this message A major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia s content policies particularly neutral point of view Please discuss further on the talk page December 2011 Learn how and when to remove this message Learn how and when to remove this message Wales This Week is a long running Welsh current affairs television programme produced by ITV Cymru Wales formerly HTV Wales The programme deals with a wide range of topics relating to the Welsh public and is usually told through the eyes of those at the heart of the story Up until 1982 HTV Wales bilingual news department had produced a number of current affairs programmes in both languages including Yr Wythnos Welshscene and Outlook Following the creation of S4C a dedicated Welsh language television channel HTV formed designated current affairs teams for the first time to produce two programmes Y Byd ar Bedwar on S4C and Wales This Week on its parent channel The first edition of Wales This Week was broadcast on 23 September 1982 on HTV Wales 1 The first editor of the programme was Elis Owen who was at the helm until 1994 It has won a number of awards for its investigative journalism and was the first television programme to break the story of child abuse in North Wales Children s Homes during the 1980s In 2009 Professor Kevin Williams noted that the programme format was changing from that of hard hitting journalism to a format with shorter more light hearted and less substantial stories as a result of programme budget cuts by ITV 2 As of 2017 the programme is presented by Andrea Byrne Former presenters producers and reporters include David Williams Chris Segar Bruce Kennedy Clare Hudson Judith Davies Catrin Griffith Paddy French David Vickerman Mai Davies Hywel George Helen Callaghan and Jonathan Hill References edit Wales this Week celebrates thirty years of success ITV 11 December 2012 Archived from the original on 4 March 2016 Williams Kevin 2009 The Long Goodbye English is a Welsh Language Television s Crisis in Wales Institute of Welsh Affairs p 32 ISBN 9781904773429 External links editWales This Week at itv com nbsp This article relating to a television programme from the UK is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Wales This Week amp oldid 1167884762, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
