Thu, 30 Mar 2017 Heno

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-Hello and welcome

-to Thursday night's Heno.

-It's great to have your company.

-There's plenty in store for you

-including an exclusive announcement.

-You can find out about the concerts

-at the Anglesey National Eisteddfod.

-Elin is an Anglesey native,

-but what is her story tonight?

-Good evening.

-We're in Pontio for the premiere

-of Love is Thicker Than Water.

-The film will open in cinemas

-across the UK from October.

-The Welsh premiere is in Pontio,

-Bangor tonight.

-Thank you, Elin.

-The soprano, Elin Manahan Thomas

-joins me in the studio tonight.

-Welcome to the programme.

-Thank you.

-She discusses the programme,

-Y Dioddefaint that will air on S4C.

-Y Dioddefaint airs on Good Friday

-or 14 April at 9.00pm on S4C.

-It's a massive piece by Bach.

-It's very exciting.

-Rhodri Davies learns how the woollen

-mills of Wales inspired a new book.

-What's your story, Mari?

-I'm at a goat farm

-in Brynhoffnant in Ceredigion...

-..to learn more about these animals

-and what they produce.

-But first, we can exclusively reveal

-the concert line-up...

-..for this year's

-National Eisteddfod on Anglesey.

-The Eisteddfod director,

-Elfed Roberts has all the details.

-We've got a lot of important

-announcements this week.

-There are the concerts in the

-pavilion of the Anglesey Eisteddfod.

-We've released the names of the

-artists on the Open Air Stage...

-..and the various sites on the Maes.

-Friday night opens with a concert

-called A Oes Heddwch?

-It's inspired by Hedd Wyn and shows

-how World War I effected the Welsh.

-Tudur Owen performs a special show

-for the Eisteddfod on Tuesday.

-On Thursday, there's the Pavilion

-Gig with Alys Williams, Yr Eira...

-..Yws Gwynedd, Mr Phormula

-and the Welsh Pops Orchestra.

-It's a full week of events

-in the pavilion.

-The Open Air Stage climaxes with

-Elin Fflur on the Saturday night.

-Eden headlines The Big Gig

-on the Friday.

-There's also Swnami and many more

-so it looks incredible.

-Tickets go on sale

-on Monday 3 April.

-You can bag an early bargain

-if you book before the end of June.

-There's plenty to do

-and lots of tickets to sell...

-..as we look forward to a great week

-on Anglesey.

-# Counting down #

-It promises to be

-a great Eisteddfod.

-Tickets are on sale

-from Monday 3 April.

-Book them early

-to avoid disappointment!

-Let's return to a star who'll tread

-the stages of the Pavilion and Maes.

-Good evening to you, Elin Fflur.

-You'll be busy in the Eisteddfod.

-Good evening, Rhodri.

-Yes, it's going to be

-a busy Eisteddfod for me.

-I'm delighted that

-it's on home turf in Anglesey.

-Tonight, I'm at the Pontio

-Arts Centre in Bangor...

-..for the Welsh premiere of the

-film, Love is Thicker Than Water.

-It opens in cinemas this autumn.

-I'm joined by the Cinema

-Coordinator, Emyr Glyn Williams.

-It's an important night.

-This is a new cinema.

-We want to offer new experiences.

-The film doesn't open

-until the autumn.

-The Welsh language

-features in the film.

-There are also a few Welsh actors.

-Let's take a look at a clip.

-I love you Arthur Davies.

-I love you Arthur Davies.

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-We only just met.

-That's long enough to know

-I love you.

-I love you.

-A romantic story

-set in Wales and London.

-This story about a Welsh man falling

-in love with a London lass...

-..has received recognition in many

-international film festivals.

-But will their families

-accept each other?

-Do you mind?

-Are you going to invite your family

-to this engagement party?

-My mother talking to your father.

-A middle-class London family

-face a working-class Welsh family.

-Will they clash

-or can love conquer all?

-Love is Thicker Than Water.

-You can have a first look at this

-film from 31 March 2017.

-You taste like a peach.

-Sharon Morgan

-has a role in the film.

-It's very interesting.

-A lad from Port Talbot...

-..falls in love

-with a lady from London.

-Have you seen the film?

-It's a great film.

-It's funny and tragic too.

-I'm joined by film's director,

-Ate de Jong.

-Welcome to Wales.

-This place is like a second home.

-I love it.

-We really hope the warmth

-of the Welsh audience...

-..will convince the stiff Brits

-to see it.

-Ella Remy Beasley

-is also in the film.

-I saw it about a year ago.

-I'm excited to see it again.

-Silvia Sheehan

-from Off The Grid is also here.

-This film is at CellB tomorrow.

-It's in Harlech on Saturday.

-There's still time to come over.

-The film starts at 8.15pm.

-It's time for us to catch up

-with soprano, Elin Manahan Thomas.

-Welcome to the programme.

-I've been very busy.

-I've been singing,

-presenting and translating.

-She discusses the programme,

-Y Dioddefaint that will air on S4C.

-Every Easter, people have performed

-this piece.

-It's the Passion by St John.

-Here's an extract

-from Y Dioddefaint.

-# I will follow you likewise

-with joyful steps

-# I will follow you likewise

-with joyful steps

-# And will not let you go,

-my life, my light

-# And will not let you go,

-# And will not let you go,

-my life, my light

-# Pave the way and do not stop

-# Pave the way and do not stop

-# Drawing, shoving,

-imploring me yourself #

-That was an excerpt

-of Y Dioddefaint.

-It looks incredible.

-You sound fantastic.

-Why did you want to translate it?

-This is one of my favourite pieces.

-It's like The Messiah for Easter.

-The Welsh don't really sing Bach.

-Bach wrote a lot

-of ecclesiastic music.

-S4C agreed to help me

-with the music.

-A lot of the lyrics

-are from the Bible.

-Heini Gruffudd helped me

-with the work.

-It was a massive project.

-How much support did you get?

-I got to choose the orchestra.

-This orchestra is based

-on the Baroque era...

-..and the instruments

-are from that period.

-Osian Rowlands helped

-to form the choir.

-It's two hours of a performance.

-It will be great to hear it

-in Welsh.

-This complete work hasn't been

-performed in Welsh before.

-There are a lot of characters...

-..involved in

-the Crucifixion of Christ.

-There's also a documentary

-programme.

-There's a documentary

-about the background of piece...

-..and The Passion

-that was written by Bach.

-It tells the story of the piece

-and my work.

-Y Dioddefaint airs on Good Friday

-or 14 April at 9.00pm on S4C.

-It's still Lent

-so you can't eat your chocolate.

-After the break, we hear more

-about Branwen Davies' book...

-..about the Welsh woollen mills.

-We hear why one famous London hotel

-spent 600 on milk...

-..to keep one of their guests happy.

-See you in a few minutes.

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-Welcome back.

-My studio guest this evening

-is Elin Manahan Thomas.

-Do you have a throw

-from a traditional woollen mill?

-Yes, I do.

-You'll love this next story.

-The woollen mills of Wales are the

-subject of a book by Branwen Davies.

-At one time, Welsh woollen mills

-were at the heart of the community.

-The dozen that remain today do great

-work to put Wales on the map.

-Rhodri met Branwen at the National

-Wool Museum in Drefach Felindre.

-I'm originally from Cwmhiraeth

-near Drefach Felindre...

-..so was taught about

-the woollen industry.

-I started work

-at the National Wool Museum...

-..and learnt about this industry in

-modern times and throughout history.

-I wondered why a person

-would run a woollen mill.

-These days, we take it for granted

-that we can get clothes.

-We go to shops to buy items

-just as we do with our food.

-In the past, they made their

-own clothes and household items.

-It's an important part

-of our history.

-during the Industrial Revolution.

-The two World Wars

-meant the demand grew even more.

-The industry dwindled and mills

-closed in the later 20th century.

-The recent rejuvenation is

-thanks to the hard work and skill...

-..of the Jones family at Melin Teifi

-and Griffiths' at Melin Tregwynt.

-They have been here since 1912 after

-Eifion's grandfather took it over.

-He bought Tregwynt and its property

-at a sale in Fishguard for 750.

-The business

-has been passed down the family.

-He worked a lot in London and took

-clothes to sell as we do today.

-We started selling to Japan and

-America so it's world-wide now.

-I did a course in engineering

-in the 1960s.

-I left college in 1964.

-My brother was working here

-and he told me about a summer job.

-That means you've been here

-for over 50 years.

-Yes, indeed, so I'll keep going.

-It's quite obvious that this

-industry has captured your heart.

-Yes, to a degree.

-Everyone that I know

-who has worked in this industry...

-..always wants to come back

-if they've left.

-There's something about it

-that gets under your skin.

-The local museum helps to promote

-the cause and attract visitors.

-It was redeveloped in 2014.

-It attracts 30,000 visitors every

-year and this raises awareness.

-They also do a lot with schools.

-A lot of young people

-don't know where wool comes from...

-..so they are taught

-about the process.

-Mills are thriving and each

-specialize in various produce.

-They all target a different market.

-In Solva, they produce mats and

-carpets that I'd have in my home.

-No other mill produces

-anything similar.

-The name of Melin Tregwynt has done

-so much to promote the industry.

-We have traditional designs

-that we patented 60 years ago.

-We try to introduce something new

-every year to make it contemporary.

-We work with a lot of locals

-who want a quality product.

-People keep buying from us.

-We still do the small commissions

-and we specialize in doing that...

-..so the demand for it

-is still high.

-By visiting them all...

-..I felt honoured to visit them

-and meet the people who run them.

-I hope there's an element of that

-in the book...

-..and that it captures the magic

-of the industry.

-Make sure you purchase a copy.

-Warm water with lots of bubbles?

-Recently, the Savoy in London spent

-600 to have Welsh goats milk...

-..in one of the hotel guest's bath.

-Mari visited a Ceredigion company

-that uses goats milk...

-..to create a special produce

-that's sold around the globe.

-Glynmelyn Farm in Brynhoffant

-is home to Rich and Sian Jones.

-It's the headquarters

-of Chuckling Goat.

-It all started around

-the kitchen table in 2012...

-..and the rural company has thrived.

-How does a former harp maker end up

-running a goat farm in Ceredigion?

-Our son, Benji had very bad eczema

-on the inside of his arms.

-The Welsh know that goat's milk

-is good for eczema.

-We had a goat and started milking it

-and his skin was clear in a month.

-Parents in the school had seen his

-arms and asked what had happened.

-We told them it was goat's milk.

-We had more goats and wanted

-to do something with the milk...

-..and that's how it all started.

-They now have over 70 goats that

-produce 6,000 litres of milk a week.

-We produce something called Kefir.

-The milk is added and it's stirred

-three times a day and then bottled.

-People buy it to treat eczema

-but other ailments too.

-It's a family business with

-even Benji giving a helping hand.

-I like helping out

-during the school holidays.

-What do you do?

-What do you do?

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-I pack boxes and work in the barn.

-Elen, the daughter, runs the office

-that is a local shop on a Friday.

-In the shop, we sell the Kefir

-which is pro-biotic...

-..and the skincare range

-made from the goat's milk and Kefir.

-It's natural and pure

-so ideal for the skin.

-Everything is done on site.

-We milk the goats, make the Kefir

-in our dairy and make soap here too.

-It's packed in a box and leaves the

-farm so it's an end-to-end business.

-The skin is a map of what

-is happening in your stomach.

-You need to find the source

-of the problem and find a solution.

-That's why the Kefir works.

-Chuckling Goat

-has an incredible success story.

-The produce made in Brynhoffant

-changes lives.

-A three-year-old boy

-came to us with very bad eczema.

-He looked as if he

-was covered in burns.

-His mother was very upset

-and the boy couldn't sleep at night.

-He drank the Kefir for six months

-and used the skincare products...

-..before getting any results.

-It cleared his eczema

-so he can eat and sleep properly.

-It has changed his life.

-We've had a few orders from LA...

-..a lot from America and Switzerland

-so it goes all over the world.

-Over 300 parcels leave the farm

-every day...

-..but what about the parcel

-to the Savoy Hotel?

-The London supermodel

-should have a glass of Kefir...

-..instead of wasting money

-and bathing in milk!

-For more details about the products,

-visit www.chucklinggoat.co.uk

-Elin Manahan Thomas has been

-my studio guest this evening.

-Elin has been discussing,

-Y Dioddefaint that airs on S4C.

-It can be seen on Good Friday

-or 14 April at 9.00pm on S4C.

-This is the first full performance

-of Bach's The Passion in Welsh.

-There's a choir,

-soloists and an orchestra.

-I've got a concert tomorrow night...

-..at the Royal Welsh College

-of Music & Drama.

-I'm also working

-with Catrin Finch...

-..at the end of April.

-There's also the Cardiff Singer

-of the World.

-I hope to see my family soon!

-That's it from us but Prynhawn Da

-will be back tomorrow afternoon.

-You can win 100 or more

-in our quiz, Mwy Neu Lai.

-The lines open at 2.00pm

-and the number is on the screen.

-Tomorrow, Heno celebrates

-60 years of Ysgol Glan Clwyd.

-What have you got for us, Daf?

-Tomorrow, I'll look at

-the popularity of the selfie.

-Emma and I enjoy a selfie.

-So are you ready?

-One, two, three!

-The 35 Diwrnod star, Mali Tudno who

-plays Nia, also joins me and Mari.

-Enjoy the rest of your evening.

-Goodnight.

-Let's take a selfie, Elin.

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