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-We're in Norway today,

-preparing to test new equipment.

-We've been assembling the equipment

-for the past six months.

-This will be its first outing

-to sea.

-Not everything I own is old.

-I believe they've been built to

-a higher standard than today's cars.

-The shape is more classic.

-TWO BROTHERS

-Brothers Rhodri and Trystan

-were brought up in the Conway area.

-Since then, they've chosen

-very different career paths.

-27-year-old Trystan has chosen

-to stay in Deganwy, near his home.

-Rhodri is 32.

-He lives in San Diego, California.

-He's a manager in a specialized

-and competitive field.

-He has to travel all over the world.

-DRILLING SOUND

-I work for AGO.

-The company searches for oil for

-the world's largest oil companies.

-We're based in San Diego,

-California.

-But my work takes me

-all over the world.

-We go out on these boats,

-laden with equipment.

-We use the equipment and technology

-to find oil for large companies.

-It'll enable the oil companies

-to find the oil...

-..that the old technology

-failed to find.

-We return to places where they

-thought oil reserves were exhausted.

-It's hard to say

-how much oil is underground.

-We hope this technology will be able

-to do that, and solve the problem.

-WORKMEN TALK

-Since completing his MA in Music...

-..rather than following one career,

-Trystan has diverse interests.

-He's a local Eisteddfod coordinator,

-a part-time teacher...

-..he conducts

-hymn-singing festivals...

-..and he's making a name for himself

-as a choir conductor.

-He takes an interest in Welsh

-culture and old machinery.

-His main passion

-is restoring old cars.

-I have too many cars -

-about eight altogether.

-I have this 420G,

-Daimler V8 250, Daimler 420...

-..Rover 90, Triumph 2000,

-Wolseley 690...

-..and Daimler DB18 Consort, 1949.

-I keep them in local garages -

-in Deganwy and Llanrhos.

-I'm always short of space.

-The interest started when I noticed

-old cars around the place.

-There was an old Rover

-next door to us.

-When I was young, I told my Dad,

-"This is the car I want."

-I now own a Rover.

-That's how the interest started.

-New cars are boring -

-they're all the same shape.

-As one of AGO's senior managers,

-Rhodri is under immense pressure.

-He must ensure the company's

-latest project succeeds.

-He's travelled

-from California to Norway.

-The fjord's deep waters

-are ideal...

-..for experimenting

-with the new technology.

-The company has been developing

-the equipment in secrecy for months.

-The new technology

-has the potential...

-..to revolutionize the industry's

-methods of looking for oil.

-The industry is worth billions.

-At the moment,

-the price of oil is high.

-It's about 70 at the moment.

-To industry insiders, it's great.

-It means we have more money

-to spend on new technology.

-The high price helps us.

-Companies are more willing

-to spend money on research.

-Only three companies specialize

-in this sort of underwater geology.

-The competition is fierce.

-This project is an opportunity to

-prove to the large oil companies...

-..that Rhodri's company, AGO,

-is a trail blazer.

-This is a valuable opportunity,

-not only for Rhodri's company...

-..but for his career, too.

-We throw these

-small yellow objects overboard.

-A transmitter sends electricity

-into the water.

-We measure the earth's reaction

-to the electricity.

-This technology can tell us

-what sort of rocks are underwater...

-..and what sort of structures

-and fluids are in the rockface.

-The information enables the oil

-companies to decide where to drill.

-INSTRUCTIONS ARE SHOUTED

-Today's equipment

-is completely new technology.

-This is the first time

-it's been used at sea.

-INSTRUCTIONS ARE SHOUTED

-I wouldn't swap places

-with my brother in America.

-I'm a home bird. I'm content here in

-Wales, surrounded by Welsh culture.

-I like to visit my brother -

-but we're complete opposites.

-He's settled in America,

-and I don't envy him for it.

-Trystan and I are very different.

-He doesn't have a career in

-the same way that I have a career.

-He does so many different things...

-..between his cars and the choir.

-But he loves doing all of them.

-# FINAL CHORDS #

-The second tenors were flat.

-You must hit the note.

-Trystan has quite a lot to prove

-in Llandudno Junction, too.

-He's led Maelgwn Male Voice Choir

-for three years.

-He's determined to transform

-the choir's success rate.

-It appears his efforts

-have borne fruit.

-The choir

-has reached the final round...

-..of Radio Cymru's

-Male Voice Choir competition.

-This is their final rehearsal

-before the big day.

-TRYSTAN SINGS THE NOTES

-There's always been

-a strong amateur tradition in Wales.

-Often, they're better

-than the professionals.

-I try to give 100%, and I'd say

-98% of the men give 100%, too.

-# WELSH FOLK SONG #

-I'm not sure what my brother thinks.

-He's got a good voice himself.

-Pity he isn't home,

-helping the choir!

-He lets me do my own thing,

-and he does his own thing.

-I think eccentric is the word.

-Eccentric and different.

-When we were growing up,

-we both had a paper round.

-I had a mountain bike.

-Trystan had an old 1956 bike!

-He wore a peaked farmer's cap.

-He'd cycle around the village

-on his bike, tipping his cap.

-I kept my distance behind him

-on the mountain bike...

-..so they didn't think

-I was with this strange boy!

-CHOIR REHEARSAL

-The two brothers have two sisters.

-They agree that Trystan

-is a bit eccentric.

-Not everyone

-lives in a chapel house.

-Not everyone

-has a tractor in the garden.

-ENGINE

-The Fergie tractor has lain idle

-behind the shed for months.

-Trefor, Trystan's father,

-has come over to try to start it.

-And then the choke?

-And then the choke?

-

-Yes, and the choke.

-When Trystan was young...

-..because there was an age gap

-between him, Rhodri and Nia...

-..he was often with me.

-He probably started

-to share my interests.

-Farming, the countryside...

-..chapel, and that sort of thing.

-As a youngster, he could

-be described as a country boy...

-..although we lived in town.

-In Norway, the electro-magnetic

-devices have reached the fjord bed.

-It's hoped they'll send a message

-from the seabed to the ship...

-..via a chain of special devices.

-Through analyzing this message...

-..Rhodri and his team can see

-what exactly is under the seabed.

-If the experimental devices don't

-play their part in the process...

-..the future of the project,

-the company...

-..and Rhodri's future,

-are at risk.

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-The big day has arrived

-for Trystan and the Maelgwn Choir...

-..in the final of Radio Cymru's

-Male Voice Choir competition.

-In a world of greying hair...

-..27-year-old Trystan

-is a breath of fresh air.

-Winning the competition

-would prove that his commitment...

-..to raising the choir's standards

-has succeeded.

-# On the hill, was a tree.

-# O, fine tree. #

-In Norway,

-Rhodri feels under pressure...

-..as his team tries to ensure

-that the new equipment...

-..creates an underground map

-of the seabed.

-Because of the oil industry's

-instability...

-..the big companies,

-like Exxon Mobil, Shell and BP...

-..are all watching the project.

-We're getting bearings,

-all that kind of stuff.

-Very good.

-# DERYN Y BWN #

-It seems promising

-for Trystan and the choir.

-But it isn't so promising in Norway.

-The transponder

-doesn't want to come back.

-We're not sure if it's stuck

-at the bottom of the sea.

-It might be stuck in a fishing net.

-We hear the signal coming back.

-But at the moment, it doesn't

-seem to be leaving the seabed.

-So unfortunately, there's a slight

-problem. But we're working on it.

-# DERYN Y BWN #

-A piece of specialist equipment

-lies immobile on the fiord bed.

-If it doesn't come to the surface,

-months of work by Rhodri...

-..and hundreds of thousands

-of dollars will have been wasted.

-# WELSH FOLK SONG #

-OK, we're picking up.

-OK, beacon's off the sea floor.

-APPLAUSE

-I think it went well, I'm glad

-it's over. I don't expect to win...

-..but I would like to come second.

-It'd be a great honour

-to come second.

-A message has reached the ship...

-..saying that the equipment

-has left the fiord floor.

-Some relief for Rhodri,

-but he holds his breath...

-..until he sees the equipment

-in one piece on the surface.

-There she is!

-Ee-har!

-They really are bloody awkward!

-Rhodri has a chance

-to enjoy his success.

-But will Trystan be celebrating?

-Congratulations to all the choirs.

-All tonight's performances

-have been of a very high standard.

-In third place...

-..Maelgwn Male Voice Choir.

-Second, Trelawnyd Male Voice Choir.

-And the winners, Cor Godre'r Aran.

-Will Trystan Lewis come up

-to receive the trophy?

-The trophy for third prize...

-..and a cheque for 1,000.

-It's coming home

-with me - in yet another car!

-I agreed with the adjudication.

-We didn't sing as well tonight

-as we did this afternoon.

-If they'd sung this afternoon,

-I thought we'd come second.

-Actually,

-what the adjudicators said...

-..is what I've been saying

-in rehearsals, so I'm quite content.

-The competition was the climax

-of months of hard work...

-..for Trystan and the choir.

-Things are also drawing

-to a close for Rhodri in Norway.

-The experiments with the new

-equipment in Norway are over.

-It's been very successful.

-We're happy with the way

-the technology has worked.

-So we're ready

-to go on the market...

-..and work for the big companies.

-And make some money, I hope.

-Two months later, Rhodri

-has returned from Norway...

-..to his home in San Diego.

-He's come home to his wife, Liesl,

-who has just had their first baby.

-I didn't think a lot

-about it beforehand...

-..because I didn't have a clue

-what it'd be like.

-It's very different. You have

-a responsibility, to start off with.

-A great responsibility.

-Before, I wasn't worried

-about going away.

-Flying to Singapore, or London.

-I'm flying to Houston next week.

-For the first time, I have to leave

-the family. It'll be difficult.

-Thousands of miles away

-in Deganwy...

-..Trystan has received photos

-of the new baby.

-His mother, Beryl, sees little

-Rhiannon for the first time.

-Big eyes.

-It's been rather strange, for Mam

-and Dad more than anyone, perhaps.

-They're grandparents, but Rhiannon's

-the other side of the world.

-I like to have family nearby.

-It's quite hard, with them

-the other side of the world.

-Because she's fighting

-breast cancer...

-..Beryl won't be able to go

-to see her new granddaughter.

-I'd love to go there.

-But at the moment,

-it's very difficult for me to go.

-You can see the photos.

-He's doting on her.

-Which one of these? Neither?

-The yellow one's not going!

-Trystan, and his fiancee Llinos,

-are preparing to go to California.

-Llinos has taken a break

-from her work as a harpist...

-..and wedding arranger,

-to go with Trystan and his father...

-..to San Diego, to see the new baby.

-Are both these yours?

-Isn't that your father's?

-No.

-Will these do?

-Will these do?

-

-Yes.

-I don't know about this one.

-Rhodri and his wife, Liesl, who

-comes from Southern California...

-..have settled in San Diego, because

-it's the HQ of Rhodri's company AGO.

-The family are staying in one

-of Rhodri's two houses in the city.

-It's a rare opportunity

-for the family to be together...

-..and for Trystan to have

-a glimpse of his brother's life.

-We have a lot of good friends here.

-We've been here for four years.

-We've settled down well.

-Sometimes, I feel it's a foreign

-country - things are different.

-I think the family has seen that

-while they were here this week.

-I notice it most during

-the rugby season, the Six Nations.

-I really like rugby, and follow it.

-They don't show it on television

-over here.

-Not many of my friends

-here follow rugby.

-So it's a time

-when I feel a bit lonely.

-This is the garage?

-Yes, there's plenty

-of room for your cars here.

-This would be just the job.

-I haven't taken a lot of interest

-in his work. I know he travels...

-..all over the world, working

-on a ship for weeks at a time.

-I haven't really kept up

-with his travels.

-I'm envious of his garage! I could

-put three or four cars in it.

-But to be honest,

-I'm not at all envious of him.

-But there we are,

-we're quite different.

-Although their lives

-are very different...

-..they have something in common.

-Cars.

-Describing Rhodri's life, I'd say

-that work was very important to him.

-Family, obviously -

-Liesl and now, Rhiannon.

-He's very interested

-in keeping fit, cycling and so on.

-And driving Land Rovers

-in the desert.

-And money's an important factor,

-I'd say.

-Right, over there?

-Right, over there?

-

-Yes.

-Come straight up now.

-Family obviously makes one happy.

-I can spend up to six months

-away from the family.

-If I didn't enjoy the work,

-it'd be very difficult.

-Job satisfaction, then coming home

-to a happy family...

-..that's what keeps me going.

-What makes me happy

-are my interests...

-..choirs, my hobbies and work.

-I think that a lot of people,

-especially in Wales...

-..have the impression that if

-you move far away, you've done well.

-I don't agree at all. I've stayed

-at home, and I enjoy what I do.

-S4C Subtitles by: GWEAD