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Heddiw ended in July 1982 and was replaced by short five-minute bulletins while preparations were made for the launch of Newyddion Saith, S4C's first regularly scheduled programme, which went on air at 7pm on 1 November 1982. A short news summary was also aired later in the evening, along with 15-minute bulletins at weekends.
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. Annie Davies was the show's first producer (and later editor). [2]
BBC Wales Today shared the same studio facilities (studio C2 at Broadcasting House in Cardiff) as S4C's Newyddion programme. On 28 September 2020, BBC Wales Today joined BBC Cymru Wales' presentation and radio teams at new headquarters in Central Square, in Cardiff's city centre. [3]
Prior to 1982, BBC Cymru Wales on television provided programmes in both English and Welsh, with the news programme Heddiw and the long-running serial Pobol y Cwm figuring among the key output. However, this changed with the launch of S4C on 1 November 1982 as all Welsh-language programming on both the BBC and the ITV contractor HTV was ...
October – Heddiw is broadcast for the final time. 31 October – Programmes in Welsh are broadcast on BBC Wales and HTV Cymru Wales for the final time. The two broadcasters will continue to make Welsh-language programmes for broadcast on S4C. 1 November – Sianel 4 Cymru (S4C) launches as Wales' fourth channel.
S4C's headquarters are based in Carmarthen, at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David's creative and digital centre, Yr Egin. [1] It also has regional offices in Caernarfon and Cardiff. As of 2024, S4C had an average of 118 employees. [2] S4C is the fourth-oldest terrestrial television channel in Wales after BBC One, ITV and BBC Two.
BBC Radio Cymru began broadcasting on the first Monday morning of year on 3 January 1977. Its first programme was an extended news bulletin presented at 6:45am by Gwyn Llewellyn and Geraint Jones.
The programme also has an expanded brief to cover Welsh regional news and features, alongside national and international news. The reporters and presenters on Ffeil also regularly contribute to news coverage on BBC Radio Cymru and the nightly Newyddion (Welsh for 'News') programme on S4C.