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Hywel Gwynfryn (born 13 July 1942) is a Welsh television and radio personality and lyricist. [ 1 ] [ self-published source ] [ 2 ] He started working for the BBC in 1964 and joined BBC Radio Cymru at its inception, being the first voice heard on the new station.
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.
The sons of Maredudd ap Hywel, Robert and James, took opposing sides during the last war of Welsh independence led by Owain Glyndŵr between 1400 and c.1412. Robert, the elder brother and the ancestor of the Wynn of Gwydir family sided with Glyndŵr but survived the war receiving a Royal Pardon from Henry IV and later by his son Henry V .
Hywel David Evans (1924–2019), Australian politician; Hywel Evans (figure skater) (born 1945), Welsh figure skater; Hywel Francis (1946–2021), Welsh historian and politician; MP for Aberavon; Hywel Griffith, BBC Wales news correspondent; Hywel Gwynfryn (1942–), Welsh actor and radio personality; Hywel Harris (1714–1773), Welsh Methodist ...
Evans was born in Cardiff and lived in Prestatyn in north-east Wales from the age of 10 until returning to Cardiff at 18. [2] He is the son of TV and radio presenter Hywel Gwynfryn and his wife Anja (who died in 2018) and has four siblings.
Anfonaf Angel", which he wrote in 2008 with Hywel Gwynfryn, has since been recorded by many artists, including Ffion Hâf, Trio, Elgan Llyr Thomas, Rhys Meirion, Piantel and the London Welsh Male Voice Choir. It was recorded in 2011 by Bryn Terfel in order to raise funds for the Welsh Air Ambulance Service. [5]
Having won, the brothers then began to quarrel among themselves. Iago took Ieuaf prisoner in 969, and Ieuaf played no further role in Gwynedd. Iago ruled another decade before Ieuaf's son Hywel ap Ieuaf usurped him in 979; according to historian John Edward Lloyd, Ieuaf remained in captivity until his death in 988. [1]
The first group he was a member of was Yr Eiddoch Yn Gywir (Yours Sincerely) with Hywel Gwynfryn and Derek Boote. He went on to become a member of the band Injaroc in 1977, and later a short-lived supergroup called Jîp, which included some former members of ' Brân '.