0:00:02 > 0:00:062012 saw the results of the latest Welsh National Census
0:00:06 > 0:00:10but that's just a set of dry statistics,
0:00:10 > 0:00:12it's not flesh and bones...
0:00:12 > 0:00:13Amazing.
0:00:13 > 0:00:18It doesn't show us how we really live or who we really are...
0:00:18 > 0:00:19HE WHISTLES
0:00:19 > 0:00:20..our hopes.
0:00:20 > 0:00:21Oh!
0:00:21 > 0:00:22..our fears...
0:00:22 > 0:00:25I don't want her to die in a hospital environment.
0:00:25 > 0:00:26..our dreams.
0:00:26 > 0:00:28THEY CHEER
0:00:30 > 0:00:33Throughout 2012 we've followed eight very different families
0:00:33 > 0:00:37from all walks of life and from all over the country
0:00:37 > 0:00:40to reveal the real Wales behind the numbers.
0:00:43 > 0:00:48The result is Wales In A Year, a unique and unfolding insight
0:00:48 > 0:00:52into the incredible daily dramas of all our lives...
0:00:52 > 0:00:54Hurray!
0:00:54 > 0:00:56And tonight...
0:00:56 > 0:01:00is Ty Cerrig Farm in North Wales about to go up in smoke?
0:01:00 > 0:01:02If it goes out of control,
0:01:02 > 0:01:06we could have fires like they do in Australia and America.
0:01:06 > 0:01:07Oggy, oggy, oggy!
0:01:07 > 0:01:12In Cardiff, millionaire Jahan Abedi's Six Nations celebrations
0:01:12 > 0:01:16take and an unexpected twist and in Merthyr...
0:01:16 > 0:01:19If I only could have my time over again!
0:01:19 > 0:01:22..Valentine's Day stirs some happy memories.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25GERTIE SINGS
0:01:34 > 0:01:42Wales 2012, a land of 3.1 million people and 1.3 million households
0:01:42 > 0:01:46but, behind the curtains and doors, how do Welsh families really live?
0:01:49 > 0:01:51On the Penydarren Estate, in Merthyr Tydfil,
0:01:51 > 0:01:55the Foley family are part of the one in five Welsh households
0:01:55 > 0:01:58in which none of the adults are working.
0:01:58 > 0:02:02Dad Jason suffers from epilepsy and is on sickness benefits,
0:02:02 > 0:02:05whilst mum Suzanne had to give up her job to care full-time
0:02:05 > 0:02:08for her 77-year-old mother Gertie.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12Today is Valentine's Day
0:02:12 > 0:02:16and in the Foley household 17-year-old Savannah is showing
0:02:16 > 0:02:21the gifts and card she's been sent by boyfriend Shane to mum Suzanne.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25"My one and only Valentine who is well fit.
0:02:25 > 0:02:29"Are your legs tired cos you've been running through my mind all day."
0:02:29 > 0:02:32- That's a joke, that is! he's not being serious!- Oh, that is cheesy!
0:02:33 > 0:02:37"Love you lots, Shaney, love from Savannah." Ahh.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40Savannah and Shane are well loved up.
0:02:40 > 0:02:44They've been together for nearly two years now and it's serious.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46She's in love big time, innit?
0:02:46 > 0:02:49- Yeah.- She chased him long enough!
0:02:49 > 0:02:51- Oh, mum, all right! - THEY LAUGH
0:02:51 > 0:02:54- She stalked him. - I didn't stalk him!- Yes, you did.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57- You're going to marry Shane?- Yeah.
0:02:58 > 0:03:02But before Shane can waltz Savannah down any aisles,
0:03:02 > 0:03:05he's first got to take her to tomorrow night's school prom.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07Prom has been a really big deal,
0:03:07 > 0:03:09like, the sixth formers making a big thing.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11So they plan it, like, from last year
0:03:11 > 0:03:12and it's taken me ages to find a dress.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15I was looking on the internet first, for a dress,
0:03:15 > 0:03:16and they were all, like, £3-400
0:03:16 > 0:03:20and my mother was like, "No, you can't pay that for them."
0:03:20 > 0:03:22So, I took the style of the one I wanted
0:03:22 > 0:03:25and took it down to a woman's house, down in Troedyrhiw, I think,
0:03:25 > 0:03:27and I showed her the pattern, and stuff,
0:03:27 > 0:03:29and showed her what colour dress I wanted.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31She said it wouldn't be a problem to make and it was only 120,
0:03:31 > 0:03:32and so, lot cheaper!
0:03:32 > 0:03:34A couple of weeks she taken to make it, innit,
0:03:34 > 0:03:36cos there was a lot of detail in it.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39Here, this bit, up around this. All the ruffles and stuff.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41She's quite, erm, as you can see by our pictures,
0:03:41 > 0:03:46she's quite into that fashion - Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn.
0:03:46 > 0:03:51Savannah and Shane's romantic relationship is in stark contrast
0:03:51 > 0:03:54to the day Suzanne first took husband Jason home
0:03:54 > 0:03:56to meet her mum, Gertie.
0:03:56 > 0:04:00When we first started going out he had long hair.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03He had longer hair than me! Full of tattoos...
0:04:03 > 0:04:05Oh, right scruffy-looking thing!
0:04:05 > 0:04:06And my mother just said to me,
0:04:06 > 0:04:09"Oh, my God, what's she fetched home again!"
0:04:09 > 0:04:12The first impressions might not have been so great
0:04:12 > 0:04:16but Jason went on to marry Gertie's daughter, Suzanne,
0:04:16 > 0:04:19and over 20 years later Gertie is not only
0:04:19 > 0:04:23still his mother-in-law, she's his next-door neighbour too.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25SHE SINGS
0:04:25 > 0:04:31Three years ago Gertie had a stroke that left her blind.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33Now, Mum, you'll be on X Factor, now!
0:04:33 > 0:04:35GERTIE SINGS
0:04:35 > 0:04:38She has also developed Alzheimer's,
0:04:38 > 0:04:41a disease that is progressively destroying her memory.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45Who was your first boyfriend?
0:04:45 > 0:04:47Erm, hell, I can't...
0:04:47 > 0:04:50Hey, you're going back too far, now. I can't remember.
0:04:50 > 0:04:56What about who was you going out with when you was about 15?
0:04:56 > 0:04:57- 15?- Mm.
0:04:57 > 0:04:58Pfft!
0:04:58 > 0:05:02Tall, handsome man with curly hair.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05- You know, do you? - Yeah, I know him well.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07- Who is it?- Alfie.
0:05:07 > 0:05:13- My Alf!- Yeah.- Oh, yes, of course, my Alf. My husband, love him.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15I love him to bits.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18Did you used to go to dances with Dad?
0:05:18 > 0:05:20Your father couldn't dance!
0:05:20 > 0:05:22I know he couldn't dance but you used to go, didn't you?
0:05:22 > 0:05:25He used to come with me and he would hold the bar up
0:05:25 > 0:05:28and he'd fetch me a drink every half-hour!
0:05:28 > 0:05:29GERTIE LAUGHS
0:05:29 > 0:05:33- Yeah.- But he used to dress up smart, didn't he, to go out?
0:05:33 > 0:05:36Oh, he was a smart fella, your father.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38Yes, and he was handsome.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40And he always had his suit on, didn't he? He dressed up smart.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42And he was mine.
0:05:42 > 0:05:43Until that blooming...
0:05:45 > 0:05:46..what you call...?
0:05:46 > 0:05:49- He had that... that... - Heart attack, Mum.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51Heart attack and then it killed him.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56But, there you are, that's life.
0:05:58 > 0:06:02- # Those were the days, my friend! # - GERTIE LAUGHS
0:06:04 > 0:06:07Oh, God, they were the days, too.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09Happy days.
0:06:11 > 0:06:12Happy days.
0:06:20 > 0:06:25After the red roses of Valentine's, the daffodils of St David's Day.
0:06:26 > 0:06:30And on March 1st, down on Swansea Market, the flags,
0:06:30 > 0:06:34the frocks and the flowers are out in force.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37St David's Day may be a day for celebration
0:06:37 > 0:06:43but 33-year-old Stuart Colley is manning his market stall print shop as usual
0:06:43 > 0:06:46but there's no sign of Stuart's mum Lynda
0:06:46 > 0:06:49over at her cooked meat store - and with good reason.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52It's my mother's birthday and she is 60!
0:06:52 > 0:06:54HE LAUGHS
0:06:54 > 0:06:59Today Lynda joins ranks with an army of half a million Welsh people
0:06:59 > 0:07:01who are 60 years old and over.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04In fact, for the first time in Wales,
0:07:04 > 0:07:08there are now more of us over 60 than under 16.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14To celebrate her coming of a certain age,
0:07:14 > 0:07:17Lynda's treating herself to a day off
0:07:17 > 0:07:21and spending it preparing a feast for a family birthday party.
0:07:21 > 0:07:27Oh, I've been making Welsh cakes on and off for quite a few years.
0:07:27 > 0:07:30And do you think I can get the consistency right every time?
0:07:30 > 0:07:32No, I can't!
0:07:32 > 0:07:36Sometimes I can't even roll it out, I have to pat it with my hand
0:07:36 > 0:07:39because it is too wet.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41Oh, we're not doing too bad!
0:07:41 > 0:07:43The fact that my birthday's on St David's Day,
0:07:43 > 0:07:47I can't help it, it is very special.
0:07:47 > 0:07:51It does make me feel very Welsh! SHE LAUGHS
0:07:51 > 0:07:54If you can be any more Welsh than the next person.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59Whilst Lynda gets on with the baking, Stuart's doing what
0:07:59 > 0:08:03every mother's son should do on their mother's birthday.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05- Hiya, Val, Mum's birthday today. - Right.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08Can we get some flowers for her? Yeah, she's 60 today.
0:08:08 > 0:08:09She's miserable, as usual,
0:08:09 > 0:08:12- so we better get something to put a smile on her face!- What you want?
0:08:12 > 0:08:15- Oh, what? Anything!- Just a nice mixture, then?- Nice mixture.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17About 20, 30 quid's worth. Erm...
0:08:17 > 0:08:20- Say how much. - Well, call it 30, then.- 30.- Yeah.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23- Ten minutes?- Ten minutes? Perfect. Thank you, Val.- OK.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26Marvellous. Thanks very much.
0:08:27 > 0:08:31I believe that if everyone in the world had a mother like mine
0:08:31 > 0:08:35the world would be a much better place to live in, you know?
0:08:35 > 0:08:37She's marvellous, she's great, like.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39To be honest with you, she's not so much as a mother,
0:08:39 > 0:08:41more of a best friend, sort of thing.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43You know, you can have a laugh and a giggle, you can be serious -
0:08:43 > 0:08:46yes, we fall out from time to time but...
0:08:46 > 0:08:49the mutual respect is there and the love is there, like.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52My family is my life. There's just no two ways about it.
0:08:52 > 0:08:56There's never any question when it's something like this
0:08:56 > 0:08:57or when it is their birthdays.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59It is never any question that somebody can't come
0:08:59 > 0:09:01or somebody can't be there.
0:09:01 > 0:09:05And I think, when you've got something like that...
0:09:05 > 0:09:09you just realise how, how more enriched your life is, you know?
0:09:10 > 0:09:13So, that's the first batch done.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16- One down, about six to go, I think! - SHE CHUCKLES
0:09:16 > 0:09:21Oh, they're beautiful! Absolutely wonderful.
0:09:21 > 0:09:25She's a lucky girl, she is, I'm telling you!
0:09:25 > 0:09:28- See, what woman ain't going to love that!- Now, send her my love.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30Thank you, sweetheart. Ta, babes.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32Don't get excited, love!
0:09:34 > 0:09:35Sorted.
0:09:43 > 0:09:45After a day spent slaving over the stove,
0:09:45 > 0:09:50Lynda's birthday buffet is finally ripe for consumption.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52The gifts have been arriving all day.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54Oh, they are beautiful!
0:09:54 > 0:09:57And now all she is missing are her guests.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00Thank you.
0:10:00 > 0:10:05# Happy birthday to you
0:10:05 > 0:10:08# Happy birthday to you
0:10:08 > 0:10:13# Happy birthday dear Mum
0:10:13 > 0:10:17# Happy birthday to you! #
0:10:17 > 0:10:20- Woo!- Yeah!
0:10:24 > 0:10:28In many ways, the Colley family represent our idea
0:10:28 > 0:10:32of the traditional extended but close Welsh family.
0:10:33 > 0:10:38However, in 2012 many families are living closer together
0:10:38 > 0:10:40for an awful lot longer.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43Economic hardship and lack of opportunity
0:10:43 > 0:10:47means that one in three Welsh adults under the age of 35
0:10:47 > 0:10:49still live with their parents.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52Edrych ar d'ol dy hun.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55In the Welsh speaking heartland of Ganllwyd, Gwynedd,
0:10:55 > 0:10:5831-year-old Carys Edwards is one of them.
0:11:00 > 0:11:04Carys would dearly love, one day, to take over Ty Cerrig,
0:11:04 > 0:11:07her family's tenant farm but her 81-year-old father,
0:11:07 > 0:11:09Gruffydd Edwards,
0:11:09 > 0:11:13cannot afford to retire and Carys cannot afford to work for free.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17Instead, she helps out on the farm as much as she can
0:11:17 > 0:11:20whilst holding down a part-time job.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22Today, with spring in the air
0:11:22 > 0:11:27and the farm's 240 sheep due to begin lambing in a matter of weeks,
0:11:27 > 0:11:32father and daughter are embarking on their first big task of the season.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35Today we're going to burn the mountain.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38It's a bit misty but we've only got to the end of this month to burn
0:11:38 > 0:11:41because of rules and regulation.
0:11:41 > 0:11:46Hopefully, it's dry enough because it's been a wet spring.
0:11:46 > 0:11:50This annual ritual is as dramatic as it sounds.
0:11:50 > 0:11:54Gruffydd and Carys are going to blowtorch the whole mountain -
0:11:54 > 0:11:56but with sound reason.
0:11:56 > 0:12:00You know, if you don't burn the whole place will be overgrown
0:12:00 > 0:12:04and somebody, with the right to roam and everything else,
0:12:04 > 0:12:07will throw a match, or something, if we have dry weather
0:12:07 > 0:12:11and then you're going to have a fire that can't be controlled.
0:12:12 > 0:12:18- Same as in Australia! They'll be the first bushfires in Wales! - HE LAUGHS
0:12:18 > 0:12:20Oh, dear.
0:12:24 > 0:12:28Carys and Gruffydd make their way up the soon-to-be-singed mountain.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31Their partners in pyromania are Gruffydd's son, Ifan,
0:12:31 > 0:12:34and his nephew, Ioan.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37But before they reach for the flamethrowers,
0:12:37 > 0:12:39they'll need to take precautions.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42Fill this with water, just in case.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46The forest is nearby so we have to watch that it doesn't go
0:12:46 > 0:12:50to the forestry and it doesn't go out of control.
0:12:50 > 0:12:52Blydi lot lawr i'r tyddyn bach.
0:12:52 > 0:12:56If it goes out of control it will burn wildly.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02But wildfires burning out of control
0:13:02 > 0:13:04will not be the problem this morning.
0:13:06 > 0:13:10Gruffydd's hoping to burn through 60 acres today
0:13:10 > 0:13:12but everywhere they point the flamethrower
0:13:12 > 0:13:15it's all smoke and very little fire -
0:13:15 > 0:13:17much to his dismay.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19Pwmpia hi, Carys!
0:13:19 > 0:13:21Pwmpia hi.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25So, that's going properly.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28There's too much dampness in the ground, I'd say.
0:13:28 > 0:13:32Turning back, however, is not an option.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35If we didn't do this then the ground would get overgrown.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40Sheep and animals like young plants to eat
0:13:40 > 0:13:44so once you've burned the old growth fresh growth comes up
0:13:44 > 0:13:47and it's better for the animals.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55By early afternoon, the spring dew has evaporated
0:13:55 > 0:13:59and at last the hills are alive with the sound of crackling.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06Gruffydd doesn't own the land he is currently torching.
0:14:06 > 0:14:11Although his family have worked Ty Cerrig Farm for over 100 years,
0:14:11 > 0:14:13they have always been tenant farmers
0:14:13 > 0:14:16and they are now one of the last in the area.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21In the last 50 years
0:14:21 > 0:14:24incomers have changed the culture and language of the area
0:14:24 > 0:14:29and in Gruffydd's eyes they have also changed the landscape.
0:14:29 > 0:14:33I remember a time you went, back to the '50s,
0:14:33 > 0:14:36when there was sufficient...
0:14:36 > 0:14:41smallholders and farmers, there, to hold a good community.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43There was a school up in the top.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47I don't know, we Welsh people,
0:14:47 > 0:14:52we've had enough of living up in the hills and scraping the ground but...
0:14:52 > 0:14:55you see people from England, they're coming in,
0:14:55 > 0:14:58they've done their good wages in the factories, and so on,
0:14:58 > 0:15:04and they are able to retire and just enjoy the view, and the life,
0:15:04 > 0:15:06and out in the country...
0:15:09 > 0:15:10..whether it's a good thing...
0:15:12 > 0:15:15..or not, it's debatable.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17GRUFFYDD LAUGHS
0:15:29 > 0:15:33Ty Cerrig is not the only place in Wales that is smouldering today.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37115 miles east of Ganllwyd,
0:15:37 > 0:15:40on the Penydarren Estate, in Merthyr Tydfil,
0:15:40 > 0:15:43the Foley household is alight with tension.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45Stressful day, like any other day.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48It's prom day and Savannah's pre-prom nerves
0:15:48 > 0:15:50have got everyone on edge.
0:15:50 > 0:15:51She's fairly worked up
0:15:51 > 0:15:53because she's never been to nothing like this before
0:15:53 > 0:15:57and she's really excited, and nervous, and...
0:15:57 > 0:15:59wants everything perfect, like a typical teenager.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02Savannah is going to have her hair done and her make-up, for the prom.
0:16:02 > 0:16:06The nails, eyelashes, eyebrows - oh, she is shocking!
0:16:06 > 0:16:09The prom is a big deal in school.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12It's, like, because it's the last time you're really going
0:16:12 > 0:16:14to be with your school friends, really, so.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17Savannah's prom date, boyfriend Shane,
0:16:17 > 0:16:21has turned up early to offer his qualified support.
0:16:21 > 0:16:22I'm not normally into things like this
0:16:22 > 0:16:25but I've got certain things got to do and dress up as, you know?
0:16:25 > 0:16:30If I stay about the line, that's it! Be clipped across the head, so!
0:16:30 > 0:16:31While she's getting ready later
0:16:31 > 0:16:33I think I'm going to stay here with Jay.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36- Do you really think you're going to stay here with me? - Yeah, keep out of the way.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39- Or you'll walk across the road? - We might do. We might get lost.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42Across the road is the pub.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45I don't trust my father with Shane. I know what he's going to be like.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48- He'll go over the club and he'll come back drunk.- He said one pint.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51Oh, head-on. Even my father knows what he's doing!
0:16:51 > 0:16:54- Ta-ra, Dad.- Ta-ra, Shane. - See you in a bit.
0:16:54 > 0:16:58The girls head for the hairdressers, hoping trouble isn't brewing.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01I'm having my hair done like that.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04It's one of my favourite films, The Notebook.
0:17:04 > 0:17:08I love her styling, I love her hair in the film, so, hopefully...
0:17:08 > 0:17:12- A nice sleek, wavy style!- Yeah. - Nice few rollers and that.
0:17:12 > 0:17:16- So, you're looking forward to tonight, then?- No, I can't wait, no.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19Savannah's putting her all into her prom preparations
0:17:19 > 0:17:21but what about Shane?
0:17:21 > 0:17:24Knowing Shane, he's probably over the club having a pint.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27He won't get ready until about ten minutes before he's due to go.
0:17:27 > 0:17:28Typical man.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33'Don't take much for Shane to get drunk.'
0:17:33 > 0:17:35He better not be tanked because she'll kill him!
0:17:35 > 0:17:38Oh, that's lovely, that is.
0:17:38 > 0:17:42Shane leaves the club with less than half an hour to spare -
0:17:42 > 0:17:44but at least he appears to be walking in a straight line!
0:17:44 > 0:17:47- Thank you!- Ta-ra, take care.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49She's on her way so I think I best go and get ready in a bit.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51We have about quarter of an hour left, I think,
0:17:51 > 0:17:53and I still haven't got ready.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56It'll take about two minutes, it's fine!
0:17:57 > 0:18:01A man of his word, two minutes later Shane is ready and chillaxing...
0:18:03 > 0:18:06I'm on time. I'm always on time.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08Women!
0:18:08 > 0:18:10..but upstairs is a different story.
0:18:10 > 0:18:12Trying to dry my nails. Quickly!
0:18:12 > 0:18:14Stop panicking, you've got loads of time.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17I know what it's going to do now, it's going to stick, go everywhere,
0:18:17 > 0:18:19and then it's going to go on my dress, and then I'll be...
0:18:19 > 0:18:22You're panicking, is what's you're doing. Calm down, man.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25- It worked!- Worked?- Yeah.
0:18:25 > 0:18:26Oh, man!
0:18:26 > 0:18:29I'm never doing something like this ever again in my life.
0:18:29 > 0:18:31This is more stressful than my wedding day!
0:18:36 > 0:18:38Wow, check you out!
0:18:40 > 0:18:42Very proud. Very, very proud.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44OK, then?
0:18:44 > 0:18:46She's stressing me out now.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48I just want to go to bed now and sleep, that's it.
0:18:48 > 0:18:52What you think of her dress, Mum? You just felt her dress.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54Oh, yes, lovely.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57Beautiful. It is, a lovely, lovely material.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59- That's mine, that is, Mum!- What? - The one you're feeling now.
0:18:59 > 0:19:03- You just felt Savannah's, the chiffon one.- Yeah?
0:19:03 > 0:19:04Yeah.
0:19:05 > 0:19:09- Shane!- Where is Shane?- Come here. - Let's have a look, come on!
0:19:09 > 0:19:12- I going to have to be good? - Yes, that's why I'm talking to you!
0:19:12 > 0:19:15- Come on, then, let's have a dance! - Come here!
0:19:15 > 0:19:19- Oh, come on then.- Let's go, way! How's it going? Good?
0:19:19 > 0:19:21I bet it's been a long time since you danced, in it, huh?
0:19:21 > 0:19:25- Oh, God, yes.- You used to dance all the time, didn't you?- All the time.
0:19:25 > 0:19:26Right, do it.
0:19:26 > 0:19:30Having scraped together every spare penny to look a million dollars,
0:19:30 > 0:19:32Savannah heads to Swansea with Shane
0:19:32 > 0:19:36for their once-in-a-lifetime prom date.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38For Savannah it's been a big investment of effort,
0:19:38 > 0:19:41emotion and money.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43So, the morning after the night before,
0:19:43 > 0:19:47does she feel like Cinderella or the pumpkin?
0:19:47 > 0:19:50Our prom was, it was good, yeah, it was really good. Erm...
0:19:50 > 0:19:52I don't know, I was expecting a little bit more.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55I think it's just cos you watch the American movies
0:19:55 > 0:19:57and you think, "Oh, is going to be exactly like that,"
0:19:57 > 0:19:59but it was a bit, it was a bit different.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02It was still good, like, but...it come to well over, like, £200!
0:20:02 > 0:20:04So, that's a lot of money for one night.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06I don't know, I think I just expected a bit more
0:20:06 > 0:20:08when all that was spent.
0:20:16 > 0:20:20In Newport, three weeks ago, baby Lonegan
0:20:20 > 0:20:23was born by Caesarean section.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26She is already part of a new trend that is radically
0:20:26 > 0:20:29changing the make-up of the modern Welsh family.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31I made you!
0:20:31 > 0:20:32Yeah, I done that!
0:20:33 > 0:20:37Her parents, Charlene and Sean, are not married.
0:20:38 > 0:20:43In 1972, just 8% of Welsh babies were born outside of wedlock...
0:20:44 > 0:20:48..in 2012 it was 58%.
0:20:54 > 0:20:58She is Sean's first child but Charlene's third...
0:21:01 > 0:21:04..and fatherhood is just one of a number of big commitments
0:21:04 > 0:21:05that Sean has taken on.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09Charlene's three-year-old daughter Alleysha
0:21:09 > 0:21:13suffers from cerebral palsy and has severe brain damage.
0:21:17 > 0:21:18'At first I had to think about it
0:21:18 > 0:21:20'because, obviously, with her condition,
0:21:20 > 0:21:24'there would be guys out there who would run a mile, innit?'
0:21:24 > 0:21:27- Ready, steady...? - MACHINE BEEPS
0:21:27 > 0:21:31'That's what I had to think about the most. Do I want to do this?'
0:21:31 > 0:21:34Things could go bad at any time, couldn't they, for her?
0:21:34 > 0:21:36Which is sad but...
0:21:36 > 0:21:39Then I thought about it and I thought, "What the hell, like?
0:21:39 > 0:21:42"She deserves a chance, she deserves to be happy, don't she?"
0:21:42 > 0:21:47So...I thought, "Just do it." And I done it and I don't regret it now.
0:21:47 > 0:21:48Not one bit.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51I love her to bits. She's lush, she is beautiful.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54Aren't you, right? Aren't you, right?
0:21:54 > 0:21:59- Boing! Boing! Boing! Boing! Boing! Boing! - ALLEYSHA LAUGHS
0:22:01 > 0:22:04After two weeks at home with his instant family,
0:22:04 > 0:22:06Sean has to return to work,
0:22:06 > 0:22:09which means leaving them behind for his job in England.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11I'm not looking forward to going away, like,
0:22:11 > 0:22:15cos this is my first time being away since the baby's been born.
0:22:15 > 0:22:21My job's easier than looking after three of them, I think. Much easier.
0:22:21 > 0:22:25So, Charlene, she copes, obviously, brilliant, she is a brilliant mum
0:22:25 > 0:22:28but definitely easier with two people, you know?
0:22:28 > 0:22:34Everything in this house is perfect. Everyone's happy. Aren't they?
0:22:34 > 0:22:37- Everyone's happy, considering?- Yeah!
0:22:38 > 0:22:40Shh, shh, shh.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45WELSH MALE CHOIR SINGS
0:22:47 > 0:22:51In 2012 there is no archetypal Welsh family.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54Instead we come in all shapes and sizes,
0:22:54 > 0:22:57with all sorts of outlooks and beliefs...
0:23:00 > 0:23:03..but there's still one event that's guaranteed
0:23:03 > 0:23:07to pull us all together into one, big, happy, sad, tense
0:23:07 > 0:23:10and over-stimulated family...
0:23:10 > 0:23:13Oggy, oggy, oggy! Oi, oi, oi!
0:23:13 > 0:23:14..the Six Nations.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18Cymru am byth! Cymru am byth!
0:23:18 > 0:23:22It's Saturday 17th March, 2012,
0:23:22 > 0:23:24and Wales has come together as one big family
0:23:24 > 0:23:27in support of the Welsh rugby team.
0:23:27 > 0:23:31The French are in town and les bleus are all that
0:23:31 > 0:23:34stands between the Welsh, the Grand Slam
0:23:34 > 0:23:36and national euphoria.
0:23:37 > 0:23:42On the streets of Cardiff, Iranian-born millionaire Jahan Abedi
0:23:42 > 0:23:44is soaking up the atmosphere.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47Jahan is as patriotic as the next person
0:23:47 > 0:23:50when it comes to his adopted country.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52..Welsh, man, come on!
0:23:52 > 0:23:57So, in Wales it's the Grand Slam, so it's a very big day.
0:23:57 > 0:24:01As you can see, the town is packed and it's only one o'clock.
0:24:01 > 0:24:03we've still got roughly two hours till the game.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06THEY CHEER
0:24:06 > 0:24:10Two hours of solid eating, solid drinking...
0:24:10 > 0:24:12and solid till ringing.
0:24:13 > 0:24:17Each Six Nations game held at the Millennium Stadium
0:24:17 > 0:24:21is worth millions of pounds for Cardiff city centre businesses.
0:24:22 > 0:24:26Music to Jahan's years as he owns four of the city's
0:24:26 > 0:24:29most popular restaurants and bars.
0:24:29 > 0:24:35We've got Mocka, Crystal, The Meating Place and The Potted Pig.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38Tickets, anyone? Tickets for sale.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40Actually, usually I go to the games
0:24:40 > 0:24:44but it's such a big day I have to be here, actually.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46Taking care of my venues.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49It seems like everybody is having a good time.
0:24:49 > 0:24:54My staff look a bit stressed! They're under pressure, it's good!
0:24:54 > 0:24:58HE SINGS IN FRENCH
0:24:58 > 0:25:01I feel very, very, very Welsh.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03I mean, this is, I think, how you know
0:25:03 > 0:25:07because if you're rooting for a team you are from that place.
0:25:09 > 0:25:13Jahan settles down for the match, safe in the knowledge that,
0:25:13 > 0:25:16whatever the score today, he's already a winner.
0:25:17 > 0:25:22In Merthyr Tydfil they are no such considerations for the Foley family.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24Although Jason's sartorial style
0:25:24 > 0:25:28might well see him fined for crimes against fashion.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30- Oh, yeah, I always wear this. - Oh, God!
0:25:30 > 0:25:33- This is me, innit?- Yeah. - Nice, innit?
0:25:33 > 0:25:3877-year-old Gertie might be blind and suffering from Alzheimer's
0:25:38 > 0:25:42but rugby still courses through her veins.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45She used to love watching the rugby in the '70s,
0:25:45 > 0:25:48- with JPR Williams and Gareth Edwards. - Who?- You did.
0:25:50 > 0:25:51What is the score now?
0:25:51 > 0:25:56So far Wales have got nothing and France have got three.
0:25:56 > 0:26:00At Jahan's bar, in Cardiff, the champagne is flowing...
0:26:00 > 0:26:01Can I have five?
0:26:01 > 0:26:06..unlike the rugby, which is a niggly and tense affair...
0:26:06 > 0:26:08until Alex Cuthbert comes to the rescue.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:26:13 > 0:26:14Happy days.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17Beat the frogs today, now, and we're happy with that.
0:26:17 > 0:26:18Over the moon.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20And amidst all the reverie,
0:26:20 > 0:26:24Jahan receives an unexpected call from his wife.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27She is pregnant again! Unbelievable!
0:26:27 > 0:26:29Babes, I love you!
0:26:29 > 0:26:31Fantastic news!
0:26:31 > 0:26:34- Congratulations! - THEY LAUGH
0:26:36 > 0:26:39- What?- Rebecca, she just phoned me. She is pregnant again.
0:26:41 > 0:26:45- You're kidding me?- I swear! - Oh, my God, you've been busy!
0:26:45 > 0:26:48'What's the score?'
0:26:48 > 0:26:52- It's 10-3 but I think France have just had a penalty.- Bastards.
0:26:52 > 0:26:53Mum!
0:26:53 > 0:26:54Oh, I can't look.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56Miss, miss, miss, miss...
0:26:56 > 0:26:58- Bugger. They just scored.- Who?
0:26:58 > 0:26:59- France.- Bastards.
0:27:02 > 0:27:04Oh, they nearly had one then.
0:27:04 > 0:27:08- Oh, my God!- Yes, boy! Woo!- Oh!
0:27:14 > 0:27:17CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:27:17 > 0:27:20Yes! Come on!
0:27:20 > 0:27:22Come on, one more try.
0:27:22 > 0:27:24'Penalty to Wales.'
0:27:24 > 0:27:25Got a penalty, Savannah.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28They probably want taking, now. They're probably just kicking out.
0:27:28 > 0:27:29Oh, good.
0:27:32 > 0:27:37- There we are, we won!- We've won! - We won.- Hurray!
0:27:37 > 0:27:38Come on!
0:27:41 > 0:27:44- Come on, Gertie!- Hurray!
0:27:44 > 0:27:47We won! Hurray!
0:27:48 > 0:27:51- Bloody hell! - THEY LAUGH
0:27:51 > 0:27:54CHEERING
0:27:54 > 0:27:57It's been a great day.
0:27:57 > 0:27:59Hopefully, it's going to be great news in nine months time.
0:27:59 > 0:28:01Wahey!
0:28:01 > 0:28:02I'm very happy.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04Wales! That's what I think.
0:28:04 > 0:28:08- Really proud to be Welsh today. That's how I feel.- Hurray!- Fantastic.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11That was line one. Hurray!
0:28:14 > 0:28:16In the next Wales In A Year...
0:28:16 > 0:28:18Just do it. Calm down.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21..it's cooking chaos in Bala...
0:28:21 > 0:28:23it's lambing season at Ty Cerrig Farm...
0:28:23 > 0:28:25Dyna fo, dy oen bach di.
0:28:25 > 0:28:30..and in New Tredegar, the knicker factory falls foul of the taxman...
0:28:30 > 0:28:32If they take the machines as payments the business is finished.
0:28:32 > 0:28:35You know, we'd all be on the dole for a very, very long time,
0:28:35 > 0:28:36I would think.
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