Newyddion
Newyddion S4C title card
Also known as
  • Newyddion Saith (1982–1988)
    Newyddion 9 (2013–2020)
Presented byBethan Rhys Roberts
Rhodri Llywelyn
(Main anchors)
Country of originUnited Kingdom (Wales)
Original languageWelsh
Production
Production locationsNew Broadcasting House, Cardiff, Wales
Running time30 minutes (main bulletin)
Production companyBBC Cymru Wales
Original release
NetworkS4C
Release1 November 1982 (1982-11-01) –
present
Related
Wales Today
Ffeil

Newyddion S4C (S4C News) is a Welsh-language news programme consisting of Welsh, UK, and international news, produced daily by BBC Cymru Wales and broadcast on S4C. Before S4C started broadcasting, Newyddion was seen as a regional opt-out on BBC One, usually broadcast around 7:00pm,[1] where it replaced programmes in the schedule such as Tomorrow's World.[2] The first Newyddion[3] on BBC One Wales was broadcast on 2nd Aug 1971 at 18:55pm[4] with the last BBC One Wales bulletin[5] seen on 29 October 1982 at 7:00pm, though Welsh-language television news dates back on the BBC to 6pm on 16 March 1956.[6]

Overview

The main evening programme (branded Newyddion) is broadcast each weekday evening at 7:30pm with shorter editions airing throughout the day and at varying times on Saturday and Sunday evenings.

Five-minute updates are broadcast at midday, mid-afternoon (2pm, 3pm) and evenings (8:55pm)

Dewi Llwyd, who presented the programme for almost 30 years, was dropped from the presentation team in 2013.[7]

S4C weather forecasts are now broadcast in the news programme after BBC Cymru Wales moved into its new headquarters in Central Square, Cardiff.[citation needed]

Awards

Newyddion won the 2012 BAFTA Cymru Award for News Coverage for a special programme broadcast from New York to mark the tenth anniversary of the 11 September 2001 attacks.[8]

At the 2013 BAFTA Cymru Awards ceremony Newyddion was mistakenly awarded the News Coverage award. The award was later correctly presented to ITV Cymru Wales.[9]

At the 2015 BAFTA Cymru Awards Newyddion 9 was awarded the News Coverage Award for a special programme on the Paris Attacks.

They also won the News Coverage Award at the 2016 BAFTA Cymru awards for a programme about the refugee crisis.

Ratings

Viewing figures for Newyddion range from 180,000 to 250,000 according to S4C's weekly ratings report.[10]

References

  1. ^ https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?order=-last&filt=bbc_one&q=Newyddion
  2. ^ https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/service_bbc_one_london/1982-09-30
  3. ^ https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/df5e943dc2e87602104fbdabc39710fc
  4. ^ https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?order=first&filt=bbc_one&q=Newyddion
  5. ^ https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/737690652386bca8c231b4d14d2cf5bb
  6. ^ https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/6c298da3896542f89e30b6983ff995d4
  7. ^ "S4C thanks Dewi Llwyd" (Press release). S4C. 24 October 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2018. S4C has thanked Dewi Llwyd for his "huge contribution to journalism" after the BBC announced changes to the Newyddion presentation team in the new year. Dewi will leave the programme after almost 30 years as a member of the team.
  8. ^ "BBC success at Bafta Cymru awards". BBC News. 1 October 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  9. ^ Thomas, Huw (2 October 2010). "Bafta Cymru: Welsh news award given to wrong programme". BBC News. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  10. ^ "S4C - Viewing Figures". S4C. Retrieved 6 April 2020.

External links

BBC News programmes (Regions and Nations)
Media in Cardiff
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