Newyddion

*Newyddion*
Newyddion
	Newyddion 9 titles
Presented by	Bethan Rhys Roberts; Rhodri Llywelyn; (Main anchors)
Original language	Welsh
Production
Producer	BBC Cymru
Production location	Cardiff
Running time	Main bulletin:; 30 minutes
Original release
Network	S4C
Release	1 November 1982 –; present
Related
	BBC Wales Today; Ffeil; ITV News Cymru Wales

Newyddion (English: News) is a Welsh-language news programme consisting of Welsh, UK, and international news, produced daily by BBC Cymru Wales and broadcast on S4C.

Overview

The main evening programme is broadcast each weekday evening between 9 pm and 9:30 pm, with shorter editions airing at varying times on Saturday and Sunday evenings.

In 2009, a new service of short weekday bulletins were introduced. Five-minute updates air at lunchtime (1:00 pm), mid-afternoon (2:55 pm) and early-evening (6:30 pm).

Dewi Llwyd, who presented the programme for almost 30 years, was dropped from the presentation team in 2013.^[1] Having previously been broadcast at 7:30pm, the programme relaunched in its new 9pm slot on 22 April 2013 with Bethan Rhys Roberts and Rhun ap Iorwerth^[2] presenting on alternate nights. Mr ap Iorwerth later left the BBC to successfully stand for Plaid Cymru in the Welsh assembly by-election for the seat of Ynys Môn.^[3]

S4C weather forecasts are broadcast before or after each bulletin as well as before closedown and produced by Tinopolis in Llanelli.

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 September 11th attacks.^[4]

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.^[5]

Ratings

Viewing figures for Newyddion range from 7,000 to 22,000 according to S4C's weekly ratings report.^[6]

On-air team

Anchor

Bethan Rhys Roberts
Rhodri Llywelyn

Additional presenters

Aled Huw
Rhodri Llwyd
Geraint Thomas
Janet Ebenezer
Anna Hopwood
Gwenllian Glyn
Telor Iwan
Nia Cerys

District correspondents

North Wales

Sion Tecwyn – North West
Dafydd Gwynn – North West
Dafydd Evans – North East
Elen Wyn – North East

South Wales

Owain Evans – Cardiff
Ellis Roberts – Cardiff/Business
Alun Thomas – South Wales Valleys

Mid and West Wales

Craig Duggan – Mid Wales
Sara Gibson – Mid Wales
Aled Scourfield – West Wales
Dafydd Morgan - Mid Wales
Rhys Williams - Swansea

Specialist correspondents

Owain Clarke – Health
Aled ap Dafydd – Political
James Williams – Political
Steffan Messenger – Environment
Huw Thomas – Arts and Media

Bethan Lewis – Education
Vaughan Roderick – Welsh Affairs Editor
Elliw Gwawr - Westminster

References

^ "S4C thanks Dewi Llwyd".
^ "Newyddion 9 to tell the full story to S4C's viewers".
^ "Plaid Cymru's emphatic Ynys Mon by-election win". BBC News. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
^ "BBC success at Bafta Cymru awards". BBC. 1 October 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
^ Thomas, Huw; Correspondent, Media. "Bafta Cymru: Welsh news award given to wrong programme". BBC News. Retrieved 29 May 2015. {{cite web}}: |last2= has generic name (help)
^ "S4C - Viewing Figures". www.s4c.cymru. Retrieved 8 April 2016.

External links

Newyddion at BBC Online
Newyddion catch-up at BBC Online
S4C.co.uk (available in Welsh & English)

[1] "S4C thanks Dewi Llwyd".

[2] "Newyddion 9 to tell the full story to S4C's viewers".

[3] "Plaid Cymru's emphatic Ynys Mon by-election win". BBC News. Retrieved 29 May 2015.

[4] "BBC success at Bafta Cymru awards". BBC. 1 October 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2015.

[5] Thomas, Huw; Correspondent, Media. "Bafta Cymru: Welsh news award given to wrong programme". BBC News. Retrieved 29 May 2015. {{cite web}}: |last2= has generic name (help)

[6] "S4C - Viewing Figures". www.s4c.cymru. Retrieved 8 April 2016.

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