Thu, 09 Nov 2017 Heno

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-Hello and welcome

-to Thursday's edition of Heno...

-..live from the

-Pontio Arts Centre in Bangor...

-..which is the home

-of Can i Gymru 2018.

-We've got all the details

-about the competition for you...

-..and will chat to Cadi Gwyn

-who won the competition this year.

-Make sure you stay tuned!

-We also start the programme

-in Llanelli with a bang!

-Between now and 7.30pm,

-we chat to the actor, Jacob Ifan...

-..and the man behind S4C's biggest

-drama of the year, Roger Williams.

-We also wish all the best

-to three prominent authors...

-..ahead of

-the Wales Book of the Year Awards.

-It's the end of an era for one

-of Wales' most famous farm shops.

-Mari went to give them a send-off.

-One of Wales' first farm shops

-is closing it doors after 34 years.

-I'll be busy reminiscing at the

-Llwynhelyg Farm Shop in Sarnau.

-Our first stop is Pontio in Bangor

-for the launch of Can i Gymru 2018.

-Good evening, Elin.

-Good evening, Llinos.

-Welcome to Pontio in Bangor.

-This is where the Can i Gymru

-competition will be held in 2018.

-Let's remind ourselves of when Cadi

-Gwyn won this year's competition.

-This year's winning song is...

-..Rhydd by Cadi Gwyn.

-# Set me free

-# Free

-# Set me free

-# Free

-# Set me free #

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-I'm joined by Cadi Gwyn Edwards.

-It was an incredible moment.

-I'm sure you have fond memories.

-You won 5,000.

-Yes, and I got home

-from Patagonia last week.

-I spent a lot of the money on that.

-I want to go back.

-Cadi performs for us later.

-What are you performing

-for us later, Cadi?

-At Easter,

-I went on a course to France.

-Tonight's song is called Dinan.

-It's a song in French and Welsh.

-How has Can i Gymru

-changed your life?

-I feel that I can go out

-and perform a lot more.

-I'd also like to record more songs.

-I've done a lot of composing.

-I need the award back.

-You did so well.

-I'll present this

-to the new winner in 2018.

-Sion Llwyd from Avanti

-has also joined us.

-Avanti produces the

-Song for Wales programme on S4C.

-Can i Gymru 2018

-was launched today...

-..which is why we're at

-Pontio Arts Centre in Bangor.

-The show is live from here

-on 1 March.

-The closing date for entries

-is 5 January.

-Tell us about the prize.

-The prize this year

-is going to get 5,000.

-There's 2,000

-for the second place...

-..and 1,000 for third place.

-Meinir Gwilym is going

-to help us out this year.

-We want professional

-and non-professional composers.

-Last year, we had Cadi

-alongside some old stagers too!

-You never know what you'll get.

-Get composing.

-That's the message tonight!

-Many of us tuned in to the final

-episode of Bang back in October.

-The series won rave reviews and is

-now available in an online boxset.

-It's the first time

-in S4C's history.

-It's a pleasure to welcome

-the lead actor, Jacob Ifan...

-..and the series writer,

-Roger Williams.

-Congratulations

-on the success of Bang.

-You must be delighted

-with the response.

-Yes, we're delighted

-with the response.

-It was a bit of shock.

-We had instant gratification...

-..from the response online

-and via Twitter.

-It was great.

-It showed the demographic

-of the viewers...

-..and the way that people

-were watching the series.

-The series will be online

-as a boxset.

-Yes, the way that we watch

-television has changed.

-Less people watch the programmes

-live on S4C.

-A lot of people watched Bang

-on Sky+ and via the iPlayer.

-I watch a lot of programmes

-on Netflix.

-This is very exciting with Bang.

-We have the boxset.

-People can see it on S4C's website

-or via the iPlayer.

-What was it like for you, Jacob?

-A lot of people have asked me

-about it.

-The story follows Sam.

-We had a lot of fun with it.

-We had a great time off-camera.

-The cast and crew was incredible.

-it was so much fun to spend

-four months in Port Talbot.

-It was so much fun to spend

-four months in Port Talbot.

-The series was bilingual.

-I wrote the four first episodes

-in Welsh.

-Every character spoke Welsh.

-I was told by S4C that Port Talbot

-wasn't a very Welsh area.

-They wanted me to reflect

-the dialect in the area...

-..and the variety of speakers

-in the area.

-We met a lot of people in the town

-who can speak Welsh.

-From day to

-day, they don't speak Welsh.

-The town is building its own

-Welsh language school now.

-It's very exciting for them.

-Congratulations to you on the drama.

-I want to know more from you later.

-This week, we've roamed the land

-meeting those on the shortlist...

-..for this year's

-Wales Book of the Year.

-We conclude our week with the Welsh

-authors in the fiction category.

-We start with Dyfed Edwards

-who currently lives in Kent.

-I'm delighted that Iddew

-has reached the shortlist.

-It's an honour to share the category

-with Guto Dafydd and Caryl Lewis.

-I describe Iddew as man's agonizing

-journey towards self-awareness...

-..but it's compared

-with the story of Jesus Christ.

-I avoid the theological Christ

-and focus on the Jesus of history.

-I wanted to discover that figure.

-The book means a lot to me as I

-wrote it whilst having radiotherapy.

-I used my own experiences

-in Manchester...

-..and mixed my descriptions of the

-treatment with an adventure story.

-The book has done far better than

-I ever hoped in terms of sales...

-..but I'm told that it has helped

-others in a similar situation.

-It doesn't matter what happens

-on Monday as I'm proud of the book.

-This is my second book

-of short stories.

-It's very special...

-..as I wrote it when I worked

-with the late artist, Aneurin Jones.

-I wanted to portray the people of

-rural Wales or sketch them in words.

-I'm excited about Monday

-as these awards are very important.

-It's great to be part of this

-celebration of what Wales can offer.

-We can be very proud

-of our literature.

-There's plenty still to come

-tonight.

-I've picked the potatoes

-and they need to be cleaned now.

-I'm helping Teifi from Llwynhelyg

-Farm Shop before it closes for good.

-You can find out more

-after the break.

-S4C announced today that Pontio in

-Bangor will host Can i Gymru 2018.

-OPRA Cymru also opens here tomorrow

-with Wythnos Yng Nghymru Fydd.

-We enjoy a preview

-of the opera shortly.

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-Welcome back to Pontio in Bangor.

-OPRA Cymru opens here tomorrow with

-the opera, Wythnos Yng Nghymru Fydd.

-It's based on the famous novel

-by Islwyn Ffowc Elis...

-..which is 60 years old.

-The story offers

-two depictions of Wales.

-An independent, modern

-and confident Wales...

-..or a piece of land

-that's known as Western England.

-OPRA Cymru has given the story a new

-lease of life as Gerallt discovered.

-# Goodness me!

-# Leave me alone, please #

-The music by Gareth Glyn

-and libretto by Mererid Hopwood...

-..provides a new look for the novel,

-Wythnos Yng Nghymru Fydd.

-# This is truly amazing #

-The two main characters of the novel

-and opera is Ifan Powell and Mair...

-..played by Robyn Lyn

-and Gwawr Edwards.

-Robyn has the task of narrating

-the story as Ifan Powell.

-Yes, I play Ifan Powell

-and I create the role from new.

-The opera starts back in 1957 with a

-visit to my friend Tegid in Cardiff.

-I meet Dr Heinkel who transports me

-to a modern, content Wales in 2033.

-Later, I return to 2033 but to

-a Wales that's more unpleasant.

-Mair changes to Maria,

-so what happens to her?

-In the good version of Wales, I play

-Mair who is an actor and is in love.

-In the bad version, Maria doesn't

-know Ifan but he thinks I'm Mair.

-I don't recognize him and I speak

-English and not an ounce of Welsh.

-# Tomorrow, Mair will call #

-The end is in sight, the stage is

-set and it's been a long process.

-It's taken a lot of work

-to reach this point.

-OPRA Cymru is delighted to perform

-a premiere in the Welsh language.

-It's nerve-wracking

-but it's all going ahead.

-# Ifan Powell,

-the man from the past #

-It's one of the most recognizable

-novel covers in the Welsh language.

-But the latest publication

-gives it a new lease of life.

-Yes and I think it's partly

-why the opera was produced.

-Work started on the opera in 2012,

-but this year marks 60 years.

-It's the perfect excuse to draw more

-attention to the original novel.

-The opera and new publication looks

-modern and will entice new readers.

-# The Lord's my shepherd,

-I will not want

-# He makes me to lie down #

-The old lady from Bala is the last

-person on Earth who speaks Welsh.

-It's quite a responsibility

-to interpret this character.

-It's an emotive scene when we sing

-the hymn, The Lord's my Shepherd.

-Hopefully, audiences will support a

-message that's still relevant today.

-# The Lord watches over me #

-Good luck to the cast and crew.

-This weekend, one of the first and

-most famous farm shops in Wales...

-..namely Llwynhelyg Farm Shop

-in Sarnau closes for the last time.

-In the early 1980s, Teifi and Jenny

-Davies worked in milk factories.

-The arrival of milk quotas marked

-the end of their employment...

-..so they took on the family farm.

-However, they needed a quick

-and easy way to diversify.

-My father had been growing potatoes

-for many years.

-Therefore, we decided to grow more

-potatoes, carrots and cabbages...

-..and sell them on our doorstep.

-That's how the Llwynhelyg Farm Shop

-was established.

-Jenny made cakes, pies

-and we sold local produce.

-We've since developed the business

-and we cover the whole of Wales.

-Since opening 34 years ago,

-the Sarnau shop has won many awards.

-We've won local awards to Ceredigion

-and several True Taste awards.

-The shop has also been awarded.

-We even visited Westminster to

-accept a Countryside Alliance award.

-The Llwynhelyg vegetables

-are the shop's main attraction...

-..but Jenny's home-made cakes

-are also firm favourites.

-Today, I'm making a coffee sponge.

-Will they be sold in the shop?

-Will they be sold in the shop?

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-Yes.

-Can I have a taste?

-Yes, there will be one for you

-by the time I've finished.

-I look forward to it.

-Before I sample the cake,

-there was work to do outside.

-Teifi, I've donned my wellies

-but do I need anything else?

-You'll need these gloves to prepare

-these potatoes for the shop.

-We'll place them in a machine

-before they're bagged and weighed.

-I'm ready.

-I'm ready.

-

-Let's go.

-Thousands of customers have

-visited the shop over the years...

-..including the regulars, Anne

-and Stan Williams, from Rhydlewis.

-It will be sad to see

-the shop close.

-We've been visiting for many years

-as it stocks everything we need.

-Good luck to Teifi and Jenny

-in their retirement.

-They've worked very hard and their

-shop has succeeded because of it.

-Will you have time for a holiday?

-Will you have time for a holiday?

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-Yes, that's certain.

-Next year, we hope to visit Italy

-for longer than five days.

-My holidays have never lasted longer

-than five days since we got married.

-A big thank you to all

-our customers, suppliers, staff...

-..and everyone who's visited

-the shop over the years.

-You will be sorely missed.

-Is the cake ready?

-Is the cake ready?

-

-Yes, the cake is done so dig in.

-Let me wish you a happy retirement.

-Let me wish you a happy retirement.

-

-Thank you.

-It's now time for some cake.

-It's now time for some cake.

-

-It looks delicious.

-Cheers!

-All the best to Teifi and Jenny.

-My guests have been the lead actor

-of Bang, Jacob Ifan...

-..and the writer of the series,

-Roger Williams.

-Will there be a second series?

-I'd like to know the answer!

-I can't answer that question yet.

-Watch this space!

-At the moment, there aren't

-any plans for a second series.

-A lot of questions need answering.

-I'd like Roger to give me a job!

-Congratulations

-on the success of the drama.

-This is Cadi Gwyn Edwards performing

-the Welsh and French song, Dinan.

-# Il n'y a pas de soleil

-aujourd'hui

-# Le ciel est gris, mon cheri

-# Mais quand je vois ton visage

-# Je souris

-# Je souris

-# I gaze into your eyes

-# It makes my heart beat stronger

-# And the way I say this to you

-# Is by smiling

-# By smiling

-# Alors viens avec moi a Dinan

-# Je promets ce sera noussant

-# Alor viens avec moi maintenant

-# A Dinan

-# We're guided by nature

-# The stars above are our map

-# Every shooting star

-guides you to me

-# My home

-# My home

-# Alors viens avec moi a Dinan

-# Je promets ce sera noussant

-# Alor viens avec moi maintenant

-# A Dinan #

-Thank you, Cadi.

-Good luck to everyone entering

-Can i Gymru 2018.

-Tomorrow's Heno makes way

-for coverage of the football.

-Until Monday, it's goodnight

-from us all in Llanelli.

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