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-Here, on the outskirts of Cardiff... | 0:00:00 | 0:00:02 | |
-..is the home of Beti George -and partner, David Parry-Jones. | 0:00:03 | 0:00:07 | |
-She is perhaps best known... | 0:00:08 | 0:00:10 | |
-..for her popular -radio programme, Beti A'i Phobol. | 0:00:10 | 0:00:14 | |
-But she has also presented -a plethora of music programmes. | 0:00:14 | 0:00:18 | |
-Music of all genres -is very close to her heart. | 0:00:18 | 0:00:22 | |
-That's a special sound system, -Gwion. | 0:00:22 | 0:00:25 | |
-And a pretty special CD too. | 0:00:25 | 0:00:27 | |
-Llyr Williams is my favourite. | 0:00:27 | 0:00:29 | |
-His reputation precedes him. -He's world famous by now. | 0:00:30 | 0:00:34 | |
-On every wall -are traces of her eclectic taste... | 0:00:35 | 0:00:38 | |
-..and her fondness -for the best in Welsh modern art. | 0:00:39 | 0:00:42 | |
-It was a birthday present. | 0:00:43 | 0:00:45 | |
-There was a knock at the door -and it was Iwan Bala. | 0:00:45 | 0:00:48 | |
-He said, "This is for you." | 0:00:48 | 0:00:50 | |
-Of course, it was -a present from David, not Iwan. | 0:00:51 | 0:00:54 | |
-She recently received -the sad news... | 0:00:55 | 0:00:58 | |
-..that partner David -is suffering from Alzheimer's. | 0:00:58 | 0:01:02 | |
-Their circumstances have changed. | 0:01:02 | 0:01:04 | |
-Beti speaks candidly -about coping with the condition. | 0:01:04 | 0:01:08 | |
-We're very fond of Greece. | 0:01:09 | 0:01:11 | |
-Do you go there regularly? | 0:01:11 | 0:01:13 | |
-We've been going to Samos -every year for the past 30 years. | 0:01:14 | 0:01:17 | |
-But not this year. | 0:01:19 | 0:01:22 | |
-She doesn't hide -her political tendencies either. | 0:01:22 | 0:01:25 | |
-Here's my friend. | 0:01:26 | 0:01:28 | |
-She serves an unexpected purpose. | 0:01:28 | 0:01:31 | |
-As a nut cracker! | 0:01:32 | 0:01:34 | |
-Great, isn't she? | 0:01:34 | 0:01:35 | |
-Great, isn't she? - -That's clever. | 0:01:35 | 0:01:37 | |
-We know you better as a broadcaster. -We'll return to that later. | 0:01:45 | 0:01:49 | |
-We also know about -your passionate interest in music. | 0:01:50 | 0:01:55 | |
-Were you interested in music -as a child? | 0:01:55 | 0:01:58 | |
-I had a musical upbringing. | 0:01:59 | 0:02:01 | |
-My mother and father -were very musical. | 0:02:01 | 0:02:05 | |
-Music to us at the time -meant singing hymns in chapel... | 0:02:06 | 0:02:09 | |
-..and anthems. | 0:02:10 | 0:02:12 | |
-Mam played the organ. | 0:02:12 | 0:02:14 | |
-We had a small pedal organ at home. | 0:02:14 | 0:02:17 | |
-My father sang in chapel. | 0:02:17 | 0:02:21 | |
-I remember Mam telling me -I used to sing myself to sleep. | 0:02:21 | 0:02:26 | |
-It's hard to believe, -but that's what she said. | 0:02:26 | 0:02:29 | |
-As a baby? | 0:02:30 | 0:02:31 | |
-As a baby? - -Yes, before I was a year old... | 0:02:31 | 0:02:33 | |
-..according to her. | 0:02:34 | 0:02:36 | |
-The hymn tune I'd sing -was Ton-Y-Botel! (Tune In A Bottle) | 0:02:36 | 0:02:40 | |
-It was very apt. | 0:02:40 | 0:02:42 | |
-I was surrounded by music -during my upbringing. | 0:02:42 | 0:02:46 | |
-Where was your home? | 0:02:47 | 0:02:48 | |
-Where was your home? - -A small village called Coedybryn. | 0:02:48 | 0:02:51 | |
-It's become well known... | 0:02:52 | 0:02:54 | |
-..since T Llew Jones was headmaster -of Coedybryn primary school... | 0:02:54 | 0:02:58 | |
-..for many years. | 0:02:59 | 0:03:01 | |
-It's seven miles from Llangrannog... | 0:03:01 | 0:03:04 | |
-..and from where -my mother's family hails. | 0:03:05 | 0:03:08 | |
-I spent a lot of time at Penmorfa, -a village near Llangrannog. | 0:03:08 | 0:03:12 | |
-Mam-gu was bedridden... | 0:03:12 | 0:03:16 | |
-..for six years. | 0:03:16 | 0:03:20 | |
-She'd broken her hip... | 0:03:20 | 0:03:22 | |
-..and in those days... | 0:03:22 | 0:03:24 | |
-..hip replacements -weren't given to people in their... | 0:03:25 | 0:03:28 | |
-She was 80 when she broke her hip. | 0:03:29 | 0:03:31 | |
-She stayed in bed... | 0:03:31 | 0:03:34 | |
-..for six years. | 0:03:34 | 0:03:36 | |
-They talk today about -the lack of care in hospitals... | 0:03:36 | 0:03:41 | |
-..and the disregard -shown by nurses... | 0:03:41 | 0:03:43 | |
-..well, it was my aunt -who looked after my grandmother. | 0:03:44 | 0:03:48 | |
-The family was proud of the fact -there were no bed sores in sight... | 0:03:48 | 0:03:53 | |
-..in all the time she was bedridden. | 0:03:53 | 0:03:58 | |
-Tad-cu had died before I was born, -so I don't remember him. | 0:03:58 | 0:04:02 | |
-He was a manual labourer -and worked on the roads. | 0:04:02 | 0:04:06 | |
-He loved his job, apparently. | 0:04:09 | 0:04:14 | |
-Of course, people would pass -and he'd have a chat with them all. | 0:04:14 | 0:04:18 | |
-He was tremendous company, -by all accounts. | 0:04:18 | 0:04:23 | |
-He was great company to be around. | 0:04:23 | 0:04:26 | |
-He loved talking to everybody. | 0:04:26 | 0:04:28 | |
-Were you from a middle-class family -or a working-class family? | 0:04:29 | 0:04:34 | |
-I doubt Tad-cu, -as a manual labourer... | 0:04:34 | 0:04:37 | |
-..was middle class. | 0:04:38 | 0:04:40 | |
-No, working class. | 0:04:40 | 0:04:42 | |
-Lower working class, I'd say. | 0:04:43 | 0:04:46 | |
-My father was a weaver. | 0:04:47 | 0:04:49 | |
-He was an accomplished craftsman. | 0:04:49 | 0:04:53 | |
-He frequently won awards... | 0:04:53 | 0:04:56 | |
-..at the Royal Welsh Show. | 0:04:57 | 0:04:59 | |
-For what? | 0:04:59 | 0:05:01 | |
-Woven blankets and quilts. | 0:05:01 | 0:05:04 | |
-He specialized in what -we used to call honeycomb quilts... | 0:05:04 | 0:05:09 | |
-..and tapestry quilts. | 0:05:09 | 0:05:11 | |
-I still have many of them today. | 0:05:11 | 0:05:15 | |
-He was a worker. | 0:05:16 | 0:05:18 | |
-But before I came into the world... | 0:05:18 | 0:05:23 | |
-..he worked at the coalmine. | 0:05:23 | 0:05:26 | |
-He worked underground -but only lasted six months. | 0:05:26 | 0:05:31 | |
-He became -a staunch socialist in that time. | 0:05:31 | 0:05:36 | |
-My mother went away to work -at 14 years of age. | 0:05:38 | 0:05:43 | |
-She was a chambermaid, as -they called them back then, I think. | 0:05:45 | 0:05:49 | |
-Sounds like something -from Downton Abbey! | 0:05:50 | 0:05:52 | |
-And Upstairs Downstairs too. | 0:05:52 | 0:05:56 | |
-She came to Cardiff -at 14 years of age... | 0:05:56 | 0:06:00 | |
-..to be a maid. | 0:06:00 | 0:06:03 | |
-From rural Wales? | 0:06:03 | 0:06:05 | |
-Yes. She was a maid to the family -who owned The Western Mail. | 0:06:06 | 0:06:10 | |
-The Webbers. | 0:06:10 | 0:06:13 | |
-I remember -the stories she used to tell. | 0:06:13 | 0:06:16 | |
-She told me about her life. | 0:06:17 | 0:06:19 | |
-She often told me -if I didn't do my schoolwork... | 0:06:19 | 0:06:22 | |
-..I'd end up like her. | 0:06:23 | 0:06:25 | |
-That's when I'd hear these -horrendous stories about her life... | 0:06:25 | 0:06:29 | |
-..with the Webbers in Cardiff. | 0:06:29 | 0:06:31 | |
-What sort of stories? | 0:06:32 | 0:06:34 | |
-There were two daughters, -apparently. | 0:06:34 | 0:06:37 | |
-Every month -when they had their period... | 0:06:37 | 0:06:42 | |
-..the girls would just throw their -sanitary towels on the floor... | 0:06:42 | 0:06:46 | |
-..and tell her -to pick them up and wash them. | 0:06:47 | 0:06:50 | |
-She was only 14 years old. -She was only a child herself. | 0:06:51 | 0:06:54 | |
-They didn't care about her dignity? | 0:06:55 | 0:06:57 | |
-They didn't care about her dignity? - -No. | 0:06:57 | 0:06:59 | |
-Ironically, I met a descendent -of the Webber family... | 0:07:01 | 0:07:06 | |
-..many years later... | 0:07:06 | 0:07:08 | |
-..when I was working in Cardiff. | 0:07:08 | 0:07:12 | |
-I happened to be in a reception. | 0:07:14 | 0:07:16 | |
-The descendent was there too. | 0:07:17 | 0:07:19 | |
-I told him -the story about my mother... | 0:07:20 | 0:07:24 | |
-..having to wash -the sanitary towels... | 0:07:24 | 0:07:27 | |
-..of his great-great-grandmother... | 0:07:28 | 0:07:32 | |
-..or however they were related. | 0:07:32 | 0:07:35 | |
-Fair play to him... | 0:07:37 | 0:07:39 | |
-..he acknowledged -how hard her life must've been. | 0:07:39 | 0:07:43 | |
-But that's how it was back then. | 0:07:43 | 0:07:45 | |
-Was there any form of apology? | 0:07:45 | 0:07:48 | |
-Yes. At least I felt there was -because the world has changed. | 0:07:48 | 0:07:52 | |
-When you look back at -the turbulent times of 1960s... | 0:07:53 | 0:07:56 | |
-..and the protests -of The Welsh Language Society. | 0:07:56 | 0:08:00 | |
-Was that part of your life? | 0:08:00 | 0:08:01 | |
-Was that part of your life? - -No, not at all. | 0:08:01 | 0:08:03 | |
-It happened after I'd left college. | 0:08:03 | 0:08:06 | |
-But even if it had happened, -and I had still been at college... | 0:08:06 | 0:08:10 | |
-..I don't know if I'd been -part of it, I have to admit... | 0:08:11 | 0:08:14 | |
-..because of this ethos at home -about lawbreaking... | 0:08:15 | 0:08:19 | |
-..I doubt I could've gone home... | 0:08:19 | 0:08:22 | |
-..and told them I'd broken the law. | 0:08:22 | 0:08:25 | |
-It comes back -to that working-class ethos again. | 0:08:25 | 0:08:29 | |
-Lawbreaking was inherently wrong. | 0:08:29 | 0:08:33 | |
-There was -no moral justification for it? | 0:08:33 | 0:08:36 | |
-None. None at all. | 0:08:36 | 0:08:38 | |
-I remember Emyr Llewelyn, -from the same village... | 0:08:38 | 0:08:42 | |
-..and the action he took -for the Welsh language. | 0:08:42 | 0:08:46 | |
-But he wasn't respected... | 0:08:46 | 0:08:50 | |
-..because he'd broken the law. | 0:08:50 | 0:08:53 | |
-But thank goodness for people -like Emyr and his counterparts... | 0:08:56 | 0:09:01 | |
-..for breaking the law. | 0:09:01 | 0:09:03 | |
-I doubt I would've been -one of them, however. | 0:09:03 | 0:09:07 | |
-Are you optimistic about -the future of the Welsh language? | 0:09:07 | 0:09:12 | |
-That's one of the questions I ask -at the end of Beti A'i Phobol. | 0:09:12 | 0:09:17 | |
-A century from now, -how many people will speak Welsh? | 0:09:17 | 0:09:21 | |
-Where will Wales be? | 0:09:21 | 0:09:23 | |
-I ask that question... | 0:09:23 | 0:09:25 | |
-..to help myself -come to some decision. | 0:09:25 | 0:09:29 | |
-At the moment... | 0:09:29 | 0:09:32 | |
-..I've little hope. | 0:09:32 | 0:09:34 | |
-I'm pessimistic -about the future of the language. | 0:09:34 | 0:09:38 | |
-I've seen it... | 0:09:41 | 0:09:43 | |
-..gradually disappear -from my home county of Ceredigion. | 0:09:45 | 0:09:50 | |
-During -the 75th anniversary celebration... | 0:09:50 | 0:09:53 | |
-..of Coedybryn primary school... | 0:09:54 | 0:09:56 | |
-..I arrived at the function room... | 0:09:56 | 0:10:00 | |
-..of a pub in Newcastle Emlyn... | 0:10:00 | 0:10:03 | |
-..and I was a little early. | 0:10:03 | 0:10:05 | |
-I walked in and saw people -putting up balloons and so on. | 0:10:05 | 0:10:10 | |
-There was -no word of Welsh in sight. | 0:10:10 | 0:10:12 | |
-The celebration dinner began... | 0:10:13 | 0:10:16 | |
-..and I was -supposed to say a few words. | 0:10:17 | 0:10:19 | |
-It was heartbreaking. | 0:10:20 | 0:10:23 | |
-Coedybryn had always been -a Welsh-speaking community. | 0:10:23 | 0:10:28 | |
-But when I thought -of T Llew Jones... | 0:10:28 | 0:10:30 | |
-..who was headmaster -of the school for so many years... | 0:10:31 | 0:10:35 | |
-..I'm sure -he was spinning in his grave. | 0:10:35 | 0:10:38 | |
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-By the mid-1970s, Beti had left -the world of education... | 0:10:44 | 0:10:48 | |
-..and was beginning a career -as a radio journalist on Bore Da. | 0:10:48 | 0:10:53 | |
-It was an exciting time. | 0:10:53 | 0:10:56 | |
-There were miners' strikes -and steelworkers' strikes. | 0:10:56 | 0:11:00 | |
-It was essential to be a member... | 0:11:00 | 0:11:05 | |
-..of the NUJ, -the National Union of Journalists... | 0:11:05 | 0:11:09 | |
-..before you could -go to workers' meetings. | 0:11:09 | 0:11:13 | |
-So I had to... | 0:11:13 | 0:11:15 | |
-I didn't want to join the union... | 0:11:15 | 0:11:18 | |
-..until I'd completed -my apprenticeship. | 0:11:19 | 0:11:22 | |
-I spent three years training... | 0:11:22 | 0:11:26 | |
-..and then -I applied for membership of the NUJ. | 0:11:26 | 0:11:32 | |
-But in those days... | 0:11:34 | 0:11:37 | |
-..it was newspaper journalists... | 0:11:37 | 0:11:40 | |
-..who ran the journalists' union -in Swansea.... | 0:11:40 | 0:11:45 | |
-..and many other regions. | 0:11:45 | 0:11:47 | |
-They were regarded -as the bona fide journalists. | 0:11:47 | 0:11:50 | |
-TV and radio journalists -weren't proper journalists. | 0:11:51 | 0:11:54 | |
-You were meant to train on paper... | 0:11:55 | 0:11:57 | |
-..before you were considered -a proper journalist. | 0:11:58 | 0:12:01 | |
-There were two heads of -the journalists' union in Swansea... | 0:12:01 | 0:12:07 | |
-..and they didn't want me to join. | 0:12:08 | 0:12:12 | |
-They said, "Oh, no, she's teaching. | 0:12:12 | 0:12:16 | |
-"She's got a full-time job. -She's teaching." | 0:12:16 | 0:12:19 | |
-A year later, fair play -to one of the photographers... | 0:12:23 | 0:12:27 | |
-..of a Neath newspaper. | 0:12:28 | 0:12:30 | |
-He would see me -coming to these meetings... | 0:12:30 | 0:12:35 | |
-..but not gaining entry. | 0:12:35 | 0:12:37 | |
-He said, "I'll get you in." | 0:12:38 | 0:12:41 | |
-I was eventually let in. | 0:12:41 | 0:12:43 | |
-I was allowed to attend the meetings -after that and quiz the unionists. | 0:12:43 | 0:12:49 | |
-Not so much the owners... | 0:12:49 | 0:12:52 | |
-..but the union side of things. | 0:12:53 | 0:12:55 | |
-I was interested in getting -the families' perspective. | 0:12:55 | 0:12:59 | |
-The suffering -the families had to endure. | 0:12:59 | 0:13:03 | |
-The fact that we spoke Welsh -in those circles was a help too. | 0:13:04 | 0:13:09 | |
-It helped you find a story? | 0:13:10 | 0:13:12 | |
-It helped you find a story? - -Yes, and they had faith in me. | 0:13:12 | 0:13:15 | |
-If you spoke Welsh, -union members empathized... | 0:13:16 | 0:13:22 | |
-..with someone who spoke Welsh. | 0:13:22 | 0:13:24 | |
-Dodgy things -were happening on both sides. | 0:13:28 | 0:13:32 | |
-There's no doubt about that. | 0:13:32 | 0:13:35 | |
-But somehow or other... | 0:13:35 | 0:13:37 | |
-..they had faith in me... | 0:13:37 | 0:13:39 | |
-..not to misinterpret -what they were fighting for. | 0:13:39 | 0:13:44 | |
-I had every sympathy for them... | 0:13:44 | 0:13:47 | |
-..although -I had to remain impartial. | 0:13:47 | 0:13:51 | |
-Which, in turn, gave you the -advantage over other journalists. | 0:13:51 | 0:13:56 | |
-And the fact I was a woman too. | 0:13:57 | 0:14:01 | |
-The wives of the miners -played a central role. | 0:14:04 | 0:14:08 | |
-They had influence at the time. | 0:14:08 | 0:14:12 | |
-They were forming alliances... | 0:14:12 | 0:14:15 | |
-..and were -actively fundraising and so on. | 0:14:15 | 0:14:19 | |
-I was quite popular with them. | 0:14:20 | 0:14:23 | |
-If there was a story, they'd phone -me to tell me what was happening. | 0:14:23 | 0:14:28 | |
-I remember one time... | 0:14:30 | 0:14:32 | |
-..there was -an explosion at Cwm Gwili coalmine. | 0:14:32 | 0:14:37 | |
-Two men had been killed. | 0:14:37 | 0:14:39 | |
-It was the first time -I'd dealt with such a tragic story. | 0:14:41 | 0:14:46 | |
-I went there in person. | 0:14:48 | 0:14:50 | |
-I don't think I was expected... | 0:14:51 | 0:14:54 | |
-..to talk to the families -who had lost their husbands... | 0:14:54 | 0:14:58 | |
-..but one man had survived, although -he had been seriously injured... | 0:14:58 | 0:15:04 | |
-..and they wanted me -to get the story... | 0:15:04 | 0:15:07 | |
-..from his wife. | 0:15:07 | 0:15:10 | |
-So I found out where she lived... | 0:15:10 | 0:15:12 | |
-..and there were dozens -of journalists already there. | 0:15:12 | 0:15:18 | |
-She opened the door... | 0:15:18 | 0:15:20 | |
-..and it was obvious she didn't -feel comfortable talking about it. | 0:15:20 | 0:15:25 | |
-She didn't want to, -but she saw me... | 0:15:26 | 0:15:28 | |
-..and she recognized me. | 0:15:29 | 0:15:31 | |
-She said, "Beti, I'll talk to you." | 0:15:31 | 0:15:34 | |
-She picked you out? | 0:15:35 | 0:15:37 | |
-Yes, and I got to talk to her. | 0:15:38 | 0:15:40 | |
-She described hearing -the ambulance at two in the morning. | 0:15:40 | 0:15:45 | |
-She said it happened regularly... | 0:15:45 | 0:15:49 | |
-..but this particular morning... | 0:15:49 | 0:15:52 | |
-..she sensed that something -out of the ordinary had happened. | 0:15:52 | 0:15:56 | |
-I put myself in her shoes... | 0:15:57 | 0:15:59 | |
-..and considered the hardships -miners had to endure. | 0:15:59 | 0:16:03 | |
-How on earth can anyone... | 0:16:03 | 0:16:05 | |
-..criticize the miners -for fighting for their rights? | 0:16:05 | 0:16:09 | |
-I can't understand it. | 0:16:09 | 0:16:11 | |
-You've had to face -another challenge recently, Beti. | 0:16:12 | 0:16:16 | |
-Your partner, David, -the well-known sports broadcaster... | 0:16:16 | 0:16:20 | |
-..is suffering from Alzheimer's. | 0:16:20 | 0:16:22 | |
-When did you realize -there was a problem? | 0:16:22 | 0:16:26 | |
-It goes back to... | 0:16:26 | 0:16:28 | |
-Well, I'd say -it goes back about six years... | 0:16:28 | 0:16:31 | |
-..although he wasn't diagnosed -until four years ago. | 0:16:32 | 0:16:36 | |
-I noticed some things. | 0:16:36 | 0:16:38 | |
-If I wrote anything in English... | 0:16:38 | 0:16:41 | |
-..a script or anything... | 0:16:41 | 0:16:43 | |
-..I'd always pass it to him -to look over... | 0:16:44 | 0:16:48 | |
-..in case I'd made -any terrible grammatical errors. | 0:16:48 | 0:16:52 | |
-It'd come back -covered in corrections. | 0:16:53 | 0:16:55 | |
-He'd also make suggestions. | 0:16:56 | 0:16:58 | |
-Gradually, -it didn't happen any more. | 0:17:01 | 0:17:04 | |
-It made me think. | 0:17:04 | 0:17:06 | |
-One came back one day... | 0:17:07 | 0:17:09 | |
-..and there were no corrections -in this English script I'd written. | 0:17:09 | 0:17:15 | |
-I said, "There must be, come on." | 0:17:15 | 0:17:17 | |
-And he said, "No, your English -has dramatically improved." | 0:17:17 | 0:17:22 | |
-That's when I realized... | 0:17:22 | 0:17:25 | |
-..things weren't right. | 0:17:25 | 0:17:28 | |
-He's not poorly, -I just have to be patient. | 0:17:28 | 0:17:31 | |
-He has difficulty with his vest. | 0:17:31 | 0:17:34 | |
-I can't understand it. | 0:17:35 | 0:17:37 | |
-He has difficulty and he asks me -every time to help him. | 0:17:37 | 0:17:41 | |
-There are three holes... | 0:17:41 | 0:17:43 | |
-..and he's not sure which hole -his head should go through. | 0:17:43 | 0:17:48 | |
-It's interesting... | 0:17:48 | 0:17:51 | |
-..how the brain stops functioning. | 0:17:51 | 0:17:55 | |
-In terms of how it's affected him... | 0:17:56 | 0:17:58 | |
-..it affects every individual -suffering from Alzheimer's... | 0:17:58 | 0:18:03 | |
-..in a different way. | 0:18:03 | 0:18:06 | |
-How do you make dementia... | 0:18:07 | 0:18:10 | |
-..as high profile a disease -as breast cancer? | 0:18:10 | 0:18:14 | |
-That's the point. | 0:18:14 | 0:18:16 | |
-People think of it... | 0:18:16 | 0:18:18 | |
-..as an old person's disease. | 0:18:19 | 0:18:21 | |
-Less than a quarter of the money -that goes towards cancer research... | 0:18:21 | 0:18:26 | |
-..is spent on dementia research. | 0:18:26 | 0:18:31 | |
-In 20 years' time... | 0:18:32 | 0:18:34 | |
-..they'll be inundated -unless they find a solution. | 0:18:34 | 0:18:38 | |
-I'm not suggesting spending less -on cancer - not at all. | 0:18:38 | 0:18:43 | |
-But cancer research has proved... | 0:18:43 | 0:18:47 | |
-..that if the money's there... | 0:18:47 | 0:18:50 | |
-..new treatments will be discovered. | 0:18:50 | 0:18:54 | |
-Nowadays, people with cancer -talk and discuss their condition. | 0:18:54 | 0:19:00 | |
-If they did the same -with dementia... | 0:19:00 | 0:19:03 | |
-..in the long run, they'll -save money - it's as simple as that. | 0:19:03 | 0:19:08 | |
-We must talk about Beti A'i Phobol. | 0:19:08 | 0:19:10 | |
-You're renowned for that programme. | 0:19:11 | 0:19:13 | |
-It's been running -for 30 years, I believe. | 0:19:13 | 0:19:16 | |
-Yes, it has. | 0:19:17 | 0:19:19 | |
-Many people have said... | 0:19:20 | 0:19:22 | |
-..that the secret -of the programme's success... | 0:19:22 | 0:19:26 | |
-..is down to a rare combination. | 0:19:26 | 0:19:28 | |
-Your journalistic curiosity... | 0:19:28 | 0:19:32 | |
-..coupled with your warmth. | 0:19:32 | 0:19:35 | |
-You make people feel comfortable. -It's a rare combination. | 0:19:35 | 0:19:40 | |
-If I'm interviewing someone... | 0:19:40 | 0:19:42 | |
-..I want to get -the best out of that person. | 0:19:43 | 0:19:46 | |
-It works both ways. | 0:19:46 | 0:19:48 | |
-I like people, -there's no doubt about that. | 0:19:50 | 0:19:53 | |
-I chat to them... | 0:19:53 | 0:19:55 | |
-..sometimes hours at a time, -before I record the programme. | 0:19:56 | 0:20:00 | |
-So when they actually -come to do the programme... | 0:20:01 | 0:20:05 | |
-..they know which way -the conversation will go. | 0:20:06 | 0:20:09 | |
-I can't think of anyone who's said, -"No, I don't want to discuss that." | 0:20:09 | 0:20:14 | |
-"Don't ask me about that." | 0:20:14 | 0:20:17 | |
-Maybe one or two people -have said after the recording... | 0:20:18 | 0:20:23 | |
-.."I want that taken out." | 0:20:23 | 0:20:26 | |
-I give them the freedom... | 0:20:27 | 0:20:29 | |
-..to talk about a subject -of their choice. | 0:20:30 | 0:20:33 | |
-I always say to them, "Think about -the people who are listening. | 0:20:34 | 0:20:38 | |
-"They might be at home -by themselves... | 0:20:38 | 0:20:41 | |
-"..with the same sort of problems... | 0:20:41 | 0:20:44 | |
-"..you're going -to be talking about." | 0:20:44 | 0:20:47 | |
-It means -you're sharing your experiences. | 0:20:47 | 0:20:52 | |
-The listener at home alone... | 0:20:52 | 0:20:56 | |
-..has the same problems... | 0:20:56 | 0:20:58 | |
-..and realizes someone else -is going through the same thing. | 0:20:58 | 0:21:02 | |
-It's important. | 0:21:02 | 0:21:05 | |
-Can you think of one programme -you're particularly proud of? | 0:21:05 | 0:21:10 | |
-I usually say RS Thomas... | 0:21:11 | 0:21:13 | |
-..when someone -asks me that question. | 0:21:13 | 0:21:17 | |
-I always mention RS... | 0:21:17 | 0:21:20 | |
-..because he gave me such a shock. | 0:21:20 | 0:21:23 | |
-The man was very different... | 0:21:23 | 0:21:25 | |
-..from the image I had of him -as this surly character. | 0:21:26 | 0:21:31 | |
-He wasn't like that at all. | 0:21:31 | 0:21:33 | |
-I wasn't -going to ask him about his poetry. | 0:21:34 | 0:21:38 | |
-I wanted to interview the man. | 0:21:38 | 0:21:41 | |
-I was worried he might think -my questions were silly... | 0:21:42 | 0:21:45 | |
-..but he didn't. | 0:21:46 | 0:21:47 | |
-He loved it -and played the game, as they say. | 0:21:48 | 0:21:50 | |
-On the other hand... | 0:21:51 | 0:21:52 | |
-..there are those -who talk about their experiences... | 0:21:53 | 0:21:57 | |
-..for the first time. | 0:21:57 | 0:21:59 | |
-I remember Delme Thomas, -for example. | 0:21:59 | 0:22:02 | |
-The beloved rugby playing giant. | 0:22:02 | 0:22:05 | |
-He'd never discussed -his experiences of depression. | 0:22:06 | 0:22:11 | |
-He's suffered seriously -with depression. | 0:22:12 | 0:22:15 | |
-He spoke about it -for the first time. | 0:22:17 | 0:22:20 | |
-What he said was so memorable. | 0:22:22 | 0:22:26 | |
-They're too numerous to mention. | 0:22:28 | 0:22:31 | |
-I like the ones -who are labelled "heavy". | 0:22:31 | 0:22:36 | |
-I've always -been interested in politics. | 0:22:38 | 0:22:41 | |
-I wouldn't call myself -a political expert... | 0:22:42 | 0:22:45 | |
-..but interviewing politicians -in-depth... | 0:22:45 | 0:22:49 | |
-..and the way they respond... | 0:22:49 | 0:22:51 | |
-..gives me immense satisfaction. | 0:22:52 | 0:22:58 | |
-I could go on and on. | 0:22:58 | 0:23:00 | |
-I can count on one hand... | 0:23:02 | 0:23:04 | |
-..the ones I think, 'Oh, forget it!' | 0:23:04 | 0:23:08 | |
-It's inevitable. | 0:23:09 | 0:23:10 | |
-It's inevitable. - -There are only a handful of those. | 0:23:10 | 0:23:14 | |
-I know -you hate talking about yourself... | 0:23:14 | 0:23:17 | |
-..so I'm -very, very grateful to you... | 0:23:17 | 0:23:20 | |
-..for being so candid -and so willing to talk. | 0:23:20 | 0:23:23 | |
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