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0:00:37 > 0:00:42- We're in Norway today, - preparing to test new equipment.
0:00:44 > 0:00:48- We've been assembling the equipment - for the past six months.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51- This will be its first outing - to sea.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02- Not everything I own is old.
0:01:03 > 0:01:07- I believe they've been built to - a higher standard than today's cars.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10- The shape is more classic.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19- TWO BROTHERS
0:01:26 > 0:01:30- Brothers Rhodri and Trystan - were brought up in the Conway area.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33- Since then, they've chosen - very different career paths.
0:01:34 > 0:01:40- 27-year-old Trystan has chosen - to stay in Deganwy, near his home.
0:01:42 > 0:01:46- Rhodri is 32. - He lives in San Diego, California.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52- He's a manager in a specialized - and competitive field.
0:01:52 > 0:01:54- He has to travel all over the world.
0:02:02 > 0:02:03- DRILLING SOUND
0:02:07 > 0:02:09- I work for AGO.
0:02:09 > 0:02:13- The company searches for oil for - the world's largest oil companies.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17- We're based in San Diego, - California.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20- But my work takes me - all over the world.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24- We go out on these boats, - laden with equipment.
0:02:25 > 0:02:29- We use the equipment and technology - to find oil for large companies.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35- It'll enable the oil companies - to find the oil...
0:02:37 > 0:02:40- ..that the old technology - failed to find.
0:02:41 > 0:02:46- We return to places where they - thought oil reserves were exhausted.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50- It's hard to say - how much oil is underground.
0:02:51 > 0:02:55- We hope this technology will be able - to do that, and solve the problem.
0:03:02 > 0:03:03- WORKMEN TALK
0:03:16 > 0:03:18- Since completing his MA in Music...
0:03:18 > 0:03:22- ..rather than following one career, - Trystan has diverse interests.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26- He's a local Eisteddfod coordinator, - a part-time teacher...
0:03:27 > 0:03:29- ..he conducts - hymn-singing festivals...
0:03:29 > 0:03:32- ..and he's making a name for himself - as a choir conductor.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35- He takes an interest in Welsh - culture and old machinery.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39- His main passion - is restoring old cars.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44- I have too many cars - - about eight altogether.
0:03:44 > 0:03:49- I have this 420G, - Daimler V8 250, Daimler 420...
0:03:50 > 0:03:53- ..Rover 90, Triumph 2000, - Wolseley 690...
0:03:54 > 0:03:57- ..and Daimler DB18 Consort, 1949.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02- I keep them in local garages - - in Deganwy and Llanrhos.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05- I'm always short of space.
0:04:07 > 0:04:11- The interest started when I noticed - old cars around the place.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14- There was an old Rover - next door to us.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17- When I was young, I told my Dad, - "This is the car I want."
0:04:17 > 0:04:21- I now own a Rover. - That's how the interest started.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25- New cars are boring - - they're all the same shape.
0:04:38 > 0:04:42- As one of AGO's senior managers, - Rhodri is under immense pressure.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46- He must ensure the company's - latest project succeeds.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49- He's travelled - from California to Norway.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52- The fjord's deep waters - are ideal...
0:04:52 > 0:04:55- ..for experimenting - with the new technology.
0:04:55 > 0:04:59- The company has been developing - the equipment in secrecy for months.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04- The new technology - has the potential...
0:05:04 > 0:05:08- ..to revolutionize the industry's - methods of looking for oil.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11- The industry is worth billions.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15- At the moment, - the price of oil is high.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18- It's about 70 at the moment.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20- To industry insiders, it's great.
0:05:20 > 0:05:24- It means we have more money - to spend on new technology.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27- The high price helps us.
0:05:27 > 0:05:31- Companies are more willing - to spend money on research.
0:05:36 > 0:05:40- Only three companies specialize - in this sort of underwater geology.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42- The competition is fierce.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47- This project is an opportunity to - prove to the large oil companies...
0:05:47 > 0:05:51- ..that Rhodri's company, AGO, - is a trail blazer.
0:05:57 > 0:06:01- This is a valuable opportunity, - not only for Rhodri's company...
0:06:01 > 0:06:03- ..but for his career, too.
0:06:03 > 0:06:08- We throw these - small yellow objects overboard.
0:06:09 > 0:06:13- A transmitter sends electricity - into the water.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18- We measure the earth's reaction - to the electricity.
0:06:19 > 0:06:23- This technology can tell us - what sort of rocks are underwater...
0:06:24 > 0:06:28- ..and what sort of structures - and fluids are in the rockface.
0:06:29 > 0:06:33- The information enables the oil - companies to decide where to drill.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37- INSTRUCTIONS ARE SHOUTED
0:06:43 > 0:06:46- Today's equipment - is completely new technology.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48- This is the first time - it's been used at sea.
0:06:58 > 0:06:59- INSTRUCTIONS ARE SHOUTED
0:07:06 > 0:07:10- I wouldn't swap places - with my brother in America.
0:07:12 > 0:07:16- I'm a home bird. I'm content here in - Wales, surrounded by Welsh culture.
0:07:17 > 0:07:21- I like to visit my brother - - but we're complete opposites.
0:07:22 > 0:07:26- He's settled in America, - and I don't envy him for it.
0:07:32 > 0:07:36- Trystan and I are very different.
0:07:38 > 0:07:43- He doesn't have a career in - the same way that I have a career.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45- He does so many different things...
0:07:46 > 0:07:48- ..between his cars and the choir.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51- But he loves doing all of them.
0:07:52 > 0:07:53- # FINAL CHORDS #
0:07:56 > 0:08:01- The second tenors were flat. - You must hit the note.
0:08:03 > 0:08:07- Trystan has quite a lot to prove - in Llandudno Junction, too.
0:08:08 > 0:08:12- He's led Maelgwn Male Voice Choir - for three years.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15- He's determined to transform - the choir's success rate.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18- It appears his efforts - have borne fruit.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21- The choir - has reached the final round...
0:08:22 > 0:08:24- ..of Radio Cymru's - Male Voice Choir competition.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27- This is their final rehearsal - before the big day.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30- TRYSTAN SINGS THE NOTES
0:08:35 > 0:08:38- There's always been - a strong amateur tradition in Wales.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41- Often, they're better - than the professionals.
0:08:41 > 0:08:46- I try to give 100%, and I'd say - 98% of the men give 100%, too.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49- # WELSH FOLK SONG #
0:08:51 > 0:08:54- I'm not sure what my brother thinks. - He's got a good voice himself.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56- Pity he isn't home, - helping the choir!
0:08:57 > 0:09:00- He lets me do my own thing, - and he does his own thing.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06- I think eccentric is the word. - Eccentric and different.
0:09:06 > 0:09:11- When we were growing up, - we both had a paper round.
0:09:16 > 0:09:21- I had a mountain bike. - Trystan had an old 1956 bike!
0:09:22 > 0:09:24- He wore a peaked farmer's cap.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29- He'd cycle around the village - on his bike, tipping his cap.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33- I kept my distance behind him - on the mountain bike...
0:09:33 > 0:09:37- ..so they didn't think - I was with this strange boy!
0:09:39 > 0:09:40- CHOIR REHEARSAL
0:09:42 > 0:09:44- The two brothers have two sisters.
0:09:44 > 0:09:48- They agree that Trystan - is a bit eccentric.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51- Not everyone - lives in a chapel house.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55- Not everyone - has a tractor in the garden.
0:09:55 > 0:09:56- ENGINE
0:10:04 > 0:10:08- The Fergie tractor has lain idle - behind the shed for months.
0:10:09 > 0:10:13- Trefor, Trystan's father, - has come over to try to start it.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16- And then the choke?
0:10:16 > 0:10:18- And then the choke?- - Yes, and the choke.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23- When Trystan was young...
0:10:24 > 0:10:28- ..because there was an age gap - between him, Rhodri and Nia...
0:10:28 > 0:10:30- ..he was often with me.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38- He probably started - to share my interests.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42- Farming, the countryside...
0:10:43 > 0:10:45- ..chapel, and that sort of thing.
0:10:47 > 0:10:52- As a youngster, he could - be described as a country boy...
0:10:52 > 0:10:54- ..although we lived in town.
0:11:09 > 0:11:13- In Norway, the electro-magnetic - devices have reached the fjord bed.
0:11:13 > 0:11:17- It's hoped they'll send a message - from the seabed to the ship...
0:11:18 > 0:11:20- ..via a chain of special devices.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23- Through analyzing this message...
0:11:23 > 0:11:27- ..Rhodri and his team can see - what exactly is under the seabed.
0:11:30 > 0:11:34- If the experimental devices don't - play their part in the process...
0:11:35 > 0:11:38- ..the future of the project, - the company...
0:11:38 > 0:11:41- ..and Rhodri's future, - are at risk.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00- 888
0:12:12 > 0:12:16- The big day has arrived - for Trystan and the Maelgwn Choir...
0:12:17 > 0:12:22- ..in the final of Radio Cymru's - Male Voice Choir competition.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24- In a world of greying hair...
0:12:24 > 0:12:28- ..27-year-old Trystan - is a breath of fresh air.
0:12:28 > 0:12:32- Winning the competition - would prove that his commitment...
0:12:32 > 0:12:35- ..to raising the choir's standards - has succeeded.
0:12:41 > 0:12:45- # On the hill, was a tree.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49- # O, fine tree. #
0:12:52 > 0:12:54- In Norway, - Rhodri feels under pressure...
0:12:55 > 0:12:59- ..as his team tries to ensure - that the new equipment...
0:12:59 > 0:13:02- ..creates an underground map - of the seabed.
0:13:02 > 0:13:06- Because of the oil industry's - instability...
0:13:06 > 0:13:09- ..the big companies, - like Exxon Mobil, Shell and BP...
0:13:09 > 0:13:11- ..are all watching the project.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15- We're getting bearings, - all that kind of stuff.
0:13:16 > 0:13:17- Very good.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21- # DERYN Y BWN #
0:13:25 > 0:13:29- It seems promising - for Trystan and the choir.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31- But it isn't so promising in Norway.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34- The transponder - doesn't want to come back.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38- We're not sure if it's stuck - at the bottom of the sea.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41- It might be stuck in a fishing net.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48- We hear the signal coming back.
0:13:48 > 0:13:53- But at the moment, it doesn't - seem to be leaving the seabed.
0:13:53 > 0:13:57- So unfortunately, there's a slight - problem. But we're working on it.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00- # DERYN Y BWN #
0:14:06 > 0:14:10- A piece of specialist equipment - lies immobile on the fiord bed.
0:14:11 > 0:14:15- If it doesn't come to the surface, - months of work by Rhodri...
0:14:15 > 0:14:19- ..and hundreds of thousands - of dollars will have been wasted.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26- # WELSH FOLK SONG #
0:14:35 > 0:14:37- OK, we're picking up.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41- OK, beacon's off the sea floor.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47- APPLAUSE
0:14:52 > 0:14:56- I think it went well, I'm glad - it's over. I don't expect to win...
0:14:56 > 0:14:58- ..but I would like to come second.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02- It'd be a great honour - to come second.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05- A message has reached the ship...
0:15:05 > 0:15:09- ..saying that the equipment - has left the fiord floor.
0:15:10 > 0:15:14- Some relief for Rhodri, - but he holds his breath...
0:15:14 > 0:15:18- ..until he sees the equipment - in one piece on the surface.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24- There she is!
0:15:24 > 0:15:26- Ee-har!
0:15:26 > 0:15:28- They really are bloody awkward!
0:15:32 > 0:15:35- Rhodri has a chance - to enjoy his success.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38- But will Trystan be celebrating?
0:15:39 > 0:15:41- Congratulations to all the choirs.
0:15:41 > 0:15:45- All tonight's performances - have been of a very high standard.
0:15:46 > 0:15:47- In third place...
0:15:48 > 0:15:49- ..Maelgwn Male Voice Choir.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53- Second, Trelawnyd Male Voice Choir.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55- And the winners, Cor Godre'r Aran.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01- Will Trystan Lewis come up - to receive the trophy?
0:16:02 > 0:16:04- The trophy for third prize...
0:16:06 > 0:16:09- ..and a cheque for 1,000.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12- It's coming home - with me - in yet another car!
0:16:14 > 0:16:16- I agreed with the adjudication.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20- We didn't sing as well tonight - as we did this afternoon.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23- If they'd sung this afternoon, - I thought we'd come second.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27- Actually, - what the adjudicators said...
0:16:27 > 0:16:30- ..is what I've been saying - in rehearsals, so I'm quite content.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34- The competition was the climax - of months of hard work...
0:16:34 > 0:16:36- ..for Trystan and the choir.
0:16:36 > 0:16:40- Things are also drawing - to a close for Rhodri in Norway.
0:16:40 > 0:16:44- The experiments with the new - equipment in Norway are over.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47- It's been very successful.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51- We're happy with the way - the technology has worked.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54- So we're ready - to go on the market...
0:16:55 > 0:16:57- ..and work for the big companies.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59- And make some money, I hope.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27- Two months later, Rhodri - has returned from Norway...
0:17:27 > 0:17:29- ..to his home in San Diego.
0:17:30 > 0:17:35- He's come home to his wife, Liesl, - who has just had their first baby.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38- I didn't think a lot - about it beforehand...
0:17:39 > 0:17:42- ..because I didn't have a clue - what it'd be like.
0:17:42 > 0:17:46- It's very different. You have - a responsibility, to start off with.
0:17:46 > 0:17:47- A great responsibility.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50- Before, I wasn't worried - about going away.
0:17:51 > 0:17:52- Flying to Singapore, or London.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57- I'm flying to Houston next week.
0:17:59 > 0:18:04- For the first time, I have to leave - the family. It'll be difficult.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13- Thousands of miles away - in Deganwy...
0:18:13 > 0:18:17- ..Trystan has received photos - of the new baby.
0:18:17 > 0:18:21- His mother, Beryl, sees little - Rhiannon for the first time.
0:18:22 > 0:18:23- Big eyes.
0:18:25 > 0:18:29- It's been rather strange, for Mam - and Dad more than anyone, perhaps.
0:18:29 > 0:18:33- They're grandparents, but Rhiannon's - the other side of the world.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36- I like to have family nearby.
0:18:36 > 0:18:40- It's quite hard, with them - the other side of the world.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45- Because she's fighting - breast cancer...
0:18:46 > 0:18:49- ..Beryl won't be able to go - to see her new granddaughter.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51- I'd love to go there.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55- But at the moment, - it's very difficult for me to go.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59- You can see the photos.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03- He's doting on her.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10- Which one of these? Neither?
0:19:10 > 0:19:12- The yellow one's not going!
0:19:13 > 0:19:17- Trystan, and his fiancee Llinos, - are preparing to go to California.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20- Llinos has taken a break - from her work as a harpist...
0:19:21 > 0:19:24- ..and wedding arranger, - to go with Trystan and his father...
0:19:24 > 0:19:26- ..to San Diego, to see the new baby.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30- Are both these yours? - Isn't that your father's?
0:19:30 > 0:19:31- No.
0:19:32 > 0:19:33- Will these do?
0:19:33 > 0:19:34- Will these do?- - Yes.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37- I don't know about this one.
0:20:09 > 0:20:13- Rhodri and his wife, Liesl, who - comes from Southern California...
0:20:13 > 0:20:17- ..have settled in San Diego, because - it's the HQ of Rhodri's company AGO.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22- The family are staying in one - of Rhodri's two houses in the city.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26- It's a rare opportunity - for the family to be together...
0:20:27 > 0:20:29- ..and for Trystan to have - a glimpse of his brother's life.
0:20:31 > 0:20:35- We have a lot of good friends here. - We've been here for four years.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37- We've settled down well.
0:20:43 > 0:20:47- Sometimes, I feel it's a foreign - country - things are different.
0:20:48 > 0:20:52- I think the family has seen that - while they were here this week.
0:20:53 > 0:20:57- I notice it most during - the rugby season, the Six Nations.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59- I really like rugby, and follow it.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02- They don't show it on television - over here.
0:21:02 > 0:21:06- Not many of my friends - here follow rugby.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09- So it's a time - when I feel a bit lonely.
0:21:09 > 0:21:10- This is the garage?
0:21:11 > 0:21:13- Yes, there's plenty - of room for your cars here.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15- This would be just the job.
0:21:16 > 0:21:20- I haven't taken a lot of interest - in his work. I know he travels...
0:21:20 > 0:21:24- ..all over the world, working - on a ship for weeks at a time.
0:21:24 > 0:21:28- I haven't really kept up - with his travels.
0:21:28 > 0:21:32- I'm envious of his garage! I could - put three or four cars in it.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37- But to be honest, - I'm not at all envious of him.
0:21:37 > 0:21:41- But there we are, - we're quite different.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50- Although their lives - are very different...
0:21:50 > 0:21:53- ..they have something in common.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56- Cars.
0:22:02 > 0:22:06- Describing Rhodri's life, I'd say - that work was very important to him.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11- Family, obviously - - Liesl and now, Rhiannon.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15- He's very interested - in keeping fit, cycling and so on.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17- And driving Land Rovers - in the desert.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21- And money's an important factor, - I'd say.
0:22:23 > 0:22:24- Right, over there?
0:22:24 > 0:22:25- Right, over there?- - Yes.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30- Come straight up now.
0:22:30 > 0:22:32- Family obviously makes one happy.
0:22:35 > 0:22:39- I can spend up to six months - away from the family.
0:22:39 > 0:22:44- If I didn't enjoy the work, - it'd be very difficult.
0:22:45 > 0:22:49- Job satisfaction, then coming home - to a happy family...
0:22:50 > 0:22:52- ..that's what keeps me going.
0:22:55 > 0:22:59- What makes me happy - are my interests...
0:23:00 > 0:23:02- ..choirs, my hobbies and work.
0:23:03 > 0:23:07- I think that a lot of people, - especially in Wales...
0:23:07 > 0:23:11- ..have the impression that if - you move far away, you've done well.
0:23:12 > 0:23:16- I don't agree at all. I've stayed - at home, and I enjoy what I do.
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