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0:00:00 > 0:00:05- It will be a pleasure - to work with this week's artiste.
0:00:06 > 0:00:11- His appeal crosses generations.
0:00:12 > 0:00:14- He's been singing for 40 years.
0:00:15 > 0:00:20- They say - he's a good lighthouse keeper.
0:00:20 > 0:00:24- He's quite a rebel, - especially on the weekend.
0:00:25 > 0:00:27- Look at the crowds.
0:00:27 > 0:00:29- He's headlining.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31- Let's go.
0:00:35 > 0:00:39- I grew up with Mam thinking - he was a hunk. I had to like him!
0:00:39 > 0:00:43- I like his songs and voice.
0:00:43 > 0:00:46- He puts everyone in a good mood.
0:00:46 > 0:00:50- My wife says he's good looking, - but I disagree.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53- We listen to his CDs in the car.
0:00:53 > 0:00:57- I saw him in the eisteddfod. - I'm looking forward.
0:00:59 > 0:01:04- If you haven't already guessed, he's - one of the few Welsh performers...
0:01:05 > 0:01:08- ..who can attract - such a diverse audience.
0:01:11 > 0:01:15- This week's guest is Bryn Fon.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24- # She ran from the sea
0:01:25 > 0:01:27- # Wearing nothing
0:01:28 > 0:01:32- # She ran into my arms #
0:01:35 > 0:01:36- Are you OK?
0:01:37 > 0:01:40- I'm in my winklepickers!
0:01:40 > 0:01:41- Brilliant.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44- They were a good little crowd.
0:01:44 > 0:01:49- Little?! I could only - dream of such a crowd.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51- Amazing! There were thousands here.
0:01:52 > 0:01:54- There's always a good crowd.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56- Everyone knew the words.
0:01:57 > 0:02:01- It must be wonderful - to hear them singing your words.
0:02:01 > 0:02:05- I remind the band - how lucky we are.
0:02:05 > 0:02:10- We've struck a chord. We sing - and compose songs for ourselves.
0:02:10 > 0:02:15- I'm looking forward - to singing with you.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18- No backing out now!
0:02:18 > 0:02:21- # One, two, three, - mother catches the fly
0:02:22 > 0:02:25- # The fly is dead
0:02:25 > 0:02:29- # One and one is two #
0:02:31 > 0:02:34- Soon after - the Amlwch Copper Festival...
0:02:34 > 0:02:37- ..we began to rehearse our duet.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41- Hello. How are you?
0:02:42 > 0:02:43- Welcome. You know Siwan.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45- Welcome. You know Siwan.- - Yes. How are you?
0:02:46 > 0:02:47- I've brought a flask.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49- I've brought a flask.- - It's going to be a long session!
0:02:50 > 0:02:53- I won't get a cuppa here.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56- Someone else was waiting for us.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58- Alright?
0:02:58 > 0:03:03- Osian Williams, the Candelas - lead singer, arranged the song.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05- He's accompanying us, too.
0:03:05 > 0:03:06- Good.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09- Like a bell!
0:03:10 > 0:03:16- That was around when - Jac and Wil recorded the song.
0:03:16 > 0:03:21- Bryn chose a song recorded - by Jac and Wil in 1958...
0:03:21 > 0:03:23- ..Tell Mother I'll Be There.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27- # When I was but a little child
0:03:28 > 0:03:31- # How well I recollect
0:03:31 > 0:03:35- # How I would grieve my mother
0:03:36 > 0:03:39- # With my folly and neglect #
0:03:40 > 0:03:43- This is your choice, - and it's lovely.
0:03:43 > 0:03:47- I can copy my father and - his brother copying Jac and Wil.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50- That gave me the idea.
0:03:50 > 0:03:55- I'd listen to them singing - on Saturday nights...
0:03:55 > 0:03:58- ..after a few pints.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02- My father wasn't much of - a singer, but Uncle Wilf was.
0:04:03 > 0:04:08- People asked Dad, "Are you a bass or - baritone?" He replied, "A crooner."
0:04:11 > 0:04:12- Let's give it a go.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14- Let's give it a go.- - Warm up first.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16- I've already warmed up.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18- I've already warmed up.- - Not the voice!
0:04:31 > 0:04:34- # When I was but a little child
0:04:35 > 0:04:39- # How well I recollect
0:04:40 > 0:04:42- # How I would grieve my mother #
0:04:43 > 0:04:44- BRYN COUGHS
0:04:44 > 0:04:47- I knew I should have warmed up!
0:04:47 > 0:04:50- # With my folly and neglect #
0:04:52 > 0:04:55- On my way to meet Bryn - in the Nantlle Valley...
0:04:55 > 0:04:58- ..I seized - the opportunity to rehearse.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01- # A weekend rebel
0:05:02 > 0:05:04- # From head to toe
0:05:05 > 0:05:08- # The spirit of rebellion
0:05:09 > 0:05:11- # Boils in every drop of his blood #
0:05:12 > 0:05:14- Oh, dear.
0:05:14 > 0:05:19- Bryn wants me to sing "Rebel Wicend" - with his band.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23- They're rehearsing in Llanllyfni. - I agreed.
0:05:24 > 0:05:28- Bryn Fon, what can I say? - I've known Bryn for some time.
0:05:28 > 0:05:33- My daughter Elan - went to see him...
0:05:33 > 0:05:37- ..in Maes B at last year's - Meifod Eisteddfod.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39- I said, "I'm going too."
0:05:40 > 0:05:46- "You can't," she replied. "Why not?" - I asked. "You're too old."
0:05:46 > 0:05:49- "Bryn Fon is older than me," I said.
0:05:49 > 0:05:53- "Yes, but he's cool," she said.
0:05:53 > 0:05:54- That hurt.
0:05:57 > 0:06:01- Bryn wanted to meet in Llanllyfni, - where he was born.
0:06:02 > 0:06:07- I was surprised he chose one - of his most popular songs for me.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10- But I had a surprise for Bryn, too.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14- I'm really nervous.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16- # Crossing stormy seas
0:06:18 > 0:06:20- # To reach
0:06:21 > 0:06:23- # My Avalon #
0:06:34 > 0:06:36- OK?
0:06:36 > 0:06:38- Well done.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40- Are you OK?
0:06:41 > 0:06:44- That's a good sound. - I heard you from miles away!
0:06:46 > 0:06:48- Are you staying the night?
0:06:48 > 0:06:50- Are you staying the night?- - I have something for you.
0:06:50 > 0:06:51- A box of tricks?
0:06:51 > 0:06:53- A box of tricks?- - You'll see.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01- Look at this.
0:07:02 > 0:07:06- I'm sure we had it.
0:07:06 > 0:07:10- "Star Songs Of Jac And Wil."
0:07:13 > 0:07:14- It's turning.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19- It's a good sound.
0:07:25 > 0:07:29- # When I was but a little child
0:07:29 > 0:07:32- # How well I recollect
0:07:33 > 0:07:36- # How I would grieve my mother #
0:07:36 > 0:07:38- Pull up a chair.
0:07:38 > 0:07:40- # With my folly and neglect
0:07:41 > 0:07:45- # And now that she has gone - to Heaven
0:07:45 > 0:07:48- # I miss her tender care
0:07:48 > 0:07:50- # Oh, Saviour
0:07:50 > 0:07:54- # Tell my mother
0:07:55 > 0:07:57- # I'll be there! #
0:07:57 > 0:07:58- Jac and Wil?
0:07:58 > 0:08:00- Jac and Wil?- - Listen to this.
0:08:00 > 0:08:04- # Tell mother
0:08:04 > 0:08:06- # I'll be there
0:08:06 > 0:08:08- # In answer to her prayer #
0:08:08 > 0:08:12- The series - is Deuawdau Rhys Meirion.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15- I've chosen a song, and so has Rhys.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18- This is the one I picked!
0:08:20 > 0:08:22- Don't laugh!
0:08:23 > 0:08:27- I wasn't sure - when you first mentioned it.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30- I think it will be quite effective.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35- Do you remember Jac and Wil?
0:08:36 > 0:08:37- Yes.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40- Nain does.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43- What is it like to work with Bryn?
0:08:44 > 0:08:47- We've had a gagging order.
0:08:48 > 0:08:52- He'll sack us if we say anything!
0:08:54 > 0:08:55- Hang on.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58- Put the earplugs in.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01- Since when have you been singing?
0:09:02 > 0:09:04- Forty years. I started in 1976.
0:09:05 > 0:09:09- I still don't know the words - to Afonwen after 27 years!
0:09:10 > 0:09:14- When I do know the words, - it might be time to quit.
0:09:16 > 0:09:20- What songs get the best reaction?
0:09:20 > 0:09:23- What is the top three?
0:09:23 > 0:09:26- My songs.
0:09:27 > 0:09:31- What do you mean? - How many songs have you written?!
0:09:31 > 0:09:33- Hang on.
0:09:34 > 0:09:35- Two.
0:09:40 > 0:09:44- "Ceidwad" and "Strydoedd Aberstalwm" - get a good reaction...
0:09:44 > 0:09:47- ..and "Rebel Wicend."
0:09:48 > 0:09:51- Has he told you?
0:09:52 > 0:09:54- Haven't you told them?!
0:09:54 > 0:09:58- He wants me to sing "Rebel Wicend" - with you.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02- They've been like - the Von Trapp family...
0:10:03 > 0:10:06- ..learning the words - around the piano!
0:10:06 > 0:10:08- What about the moves?
0:10:15 > 0:10:17- # I'll send an angel #
0:10:21 > 0:10:25- No, it's not my hit, - "Anfonaf Angel"...
0:10:25 > 0:10:29- ..but Bryn's huge hit, - "Rebel Wicend".
0:10:29 > 0:10:32- # He reaches his office - early each morning
0:10:33 > 0:10:37- # Carrying - his little executive briefcase
0:10:39 > 0:10:43- # "Good morning, Mr Eliot," - and "Thank you, Rachel"
0:10:43 > 0:10:48- # "Remember, no sugar, - I'm trying to be healthy"
0:10:49 > 0:10:53- # He sits like a soldier - in front of his computer
0:10:53 > 0:10:57- # Every biro, - paper and file in its place
0:11:00 > 0:11:03- # At five, - he's at the wheel of his BMW
0:11:03 > 0:11:06- # Driving home through the suburbs
0:11:09 > 0:11:12- # As he turns the key he calls out
0:11:13 > 0:11:17- # "I'm home. - How was your day? What's for tea?"
0:11:20 > 0:11:23- # His slippers - are warming on the hearth
0:11:24 > 0:11:28- # A homely smell fills the place
0:11:30 > 0:11:34- # On Friday night, he gets home - and hangs up his suit
0:11:35 > 0:11:39- # And changes - into his tight denim jeans
0:11:40 > 0:11:43- # He puts in his earrings
0:11:44 > 0:11:48- # He puts away his razor - until Sunday night
0:11:49 > 0:11:51- # And there he is
0:11:53 > 0:11:56- # A weekend rebel
0:11:58 > 0:12:00- # With his stick-on tattoo
0:12:00 > 0:12:04- # And a tin of herbal tobacco
0:12:05 > 0:12:08- # A weekend rebel
0:12:09 > 0:12:12- # From head to toe
0:12:13 > 0:12:15- # The spirit of rebellion
0:12:16 > 0:12:18- # Boils in every drop of his blood
0:12:21 > 0:12:23- # On Monday morning
0:12:25 > 0:12:27- # He's back in the office
0:12:29 > 0:12:32- # The crease in his trousers
0:12:33 > 0:12:37- # As sharp as a blade #
0:12:39 > 0:12:41- As a blade.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44- # The weekend rebel
0:12:45 > 0:12:48- # Looks all around him
0:12:49 > 0:12:51- # And realizes
0:12:52 > 0:12:59- # He's made #
0:13:01 > 0:13:03- Thanks!
0:13:03 > 0:13:05- Thanks, boys.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09- I enjoyed that.
0:13:10 > 0:13:14- Coming up, more laughs in - the studio as Osian looks on.
0:13:14 > 0:13:19- What is on the wall - of Bryn's old home?
0:13:19 > 0:13:22- And a duet in a tavern. - Where better?
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0:13:25 > 0:13:25- Subtitles
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0:13:31 > 0:13:36- Actor and performer Bryn - is at home in front of an audience.
0:13:36 > 0:13:41- He's also at home in the hills - round the Nantlle Valley.
0:13:41 > 0:13:45- He knows the area - like the back of his hand.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48- There you are.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53- He's as stiff and decrepit as me!
0:13:54 > 0:13:56- Give us a song!
0:13:57 > 0:13:59- "Dros Y Gamfa Wen!"
0:14:00 > 0:14:03- Where are we?
0:14:03 > 0:14:06- That's Cwm Dulyn, Cwm Silyn...
0:14:07 > 0:14:11- ..Tal-Y-Mignedd and Rhyd-Ddu...
0:14:12 > 0:14:14- ..or the Nantlle Ridge.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17- It's the best view of the valley.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20- We see over to Drws-Y-Coed - from the top.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26- What a view.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30- You'd have to go far to match it.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32- What can we see?
0:14:32 > 0:14:34- What can we see?- - Everywhere and everything...
0:14:36 > 0:14:41- ..from Snowdon to Anglesey, - Llanddwyn, Abermenai...
0:14:41 > 0:14:45- ..and Caer Arianrhod - when the tide is out.
0:14:45 > 0:14:50- This is Lleu's valley - in the Mabinogi.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53- Wonderful.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55- What are these quarries?
0:14:56 > 0:15:01- Pen Yr Orsedd and Y Fron.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03- Can you see the water?
0:15:04 > 0:15:08- Dorothea Quarry has been flooded.
0:15:08 > 0:15:12- Your forefathers worked there.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15- Yes, Nain's brothers...
0:15:15 > 0:15:19- ..and my grandfather, - Wil Tan Ffordd.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24- My father started - when he was twelve.
0:15:25 > 0:15:29- He was a clever lad - and passed the 11-plus.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32- He was the eldest of eight children.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35- Nain needed his help.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39- The quarry sponsored - the football team...
0:15:39 > 0:15:41- ..Talysarn Celts.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45- He was a good - left-footed fullback.
0:15:47 > 0:15:52- He was selected to play for - Talysarn Celts when he was 15 or 16.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55- He didn't have football boots.
0:15:56 > 0:16:01- They held a committee about whether - to sponsor Dafydd Jones or not.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03- They decided to sponsor him.
0:16:04 > 0:16:08- Everyone contributed - so he could buy football boots.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12- He scored an own goal - in his first game.
0:16:13 > 0:16:18- They held a kangaroo court - on Monday morning...
0:16:18 > 0:16:21- ..during tea break.
0:16:21 > 0:16:25- Dafydd Jones - was in front of the bench...
0:16:26 > 0:16:31- ..to explain why he'd scored - an own goal with his new boots.
0:16:31 > 0:16:35- He worried what they'd do.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37- They were pulling his leg.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41- Bryn explained to me...
0:16:41 > 0:16:46- ..how an early acting role could - have led to moving far from home.
0:16:46 > 0:16:52- My first professional job - was a Warner Brothers film...
0:16:52 > 0:16:58- ..The Corn Is Green with Katherine - Hepburn, directed by George Cukor.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00- He directed The African Queen.
0:17:00 > 0:17:05- We filmed for weeks - in Betws-Y-Coed and Ysbyty Ifan.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09- We went to Pinewood in London...
0:17:10 > 0:17:13- ..to film the underground scenes.
0:17:14 > 0:17:18- I could have used those contacts...
0:17:19 > 0:17:22- ..to go in a different direction.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25- I wasn't that keen.
0:17:26 > 0:17:31- It's our duty - as Welsh language performers...
0:17:32 > 0:17:35- ..to entertain people...
0:17:35 > 0:17:38- ..in their own language.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43- I'm more comfortable doing that.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47- It wasn't a conscious decision - on my part.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50- I'm happier working in Welsh.
0:17:52 > 0:17:57- We're lucky that we have - our own channel and radio station.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00- We should be more grateful.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03- Exactly.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05- Cheers.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09- Is this Earl Grey? You're very posh!
0:18:09 > 0:18:14- It's a combination - of Glengettie and Earl Grey!
0:18:15 > 0:18:16- Cheers.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19- I only have one cup.
0:18:22 > 0:18:24- Bryn's tea went down a treat.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28- Now it was time - for the Jac and Wil duet.
0:18:29 > 0:18:33- The way they say the word "pur" - has more of an "I" sound.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39- # Tell mother
0:18:40 > 0:18:43- # I'll be there
0:18:44 > 0:18:46- # Heaven's joys
0:18:46 > 0:18:50- # With her to share
0:18:52 > 0:18:58- # Yes, tell my darling mother
0:19:00 > 0:19:05- # I'll be there! #
0:19:10 > 0:19:12- Ee-har!
0:19:12 > 0:19:16- I warbled in the refrain!
0:19:16 > 0:19:18- Can we listen to it?
0:19:18 > 0:19:20- Can we listen to it?- - I was going to say something.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24- Before performing the duet...
0:19:25 > 0:19:29- ..we visited - one of Bryn's childhood haunts.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32- # Show me your castle
0:19:32 > 0:19:34- # Let me come in #
0:19:35 > 0:19:38- This is where you were brought up.
0:19:38 > 0:19:39- This is where you were brought up.- - Bryn Rhedyw.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44- There were only a dozen houses here.
0:19:44 > 0:19:48- Those houses were built - when I was in the sixth form.
0:19:48 > 0:19:53- The pensioners' cottages came later.
0:19:53 > 0:19:57- This was our football field.
0:19:59 > 0:20:04- That was Bobi Jones's field. - He was my Sunday school teacher.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07- We were a close-knit community.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09- We all knew each other.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11- The doors were always open.
0:20:11 > 0:20:12- The doors were always open.- - Yes.
0:20:12 > 0:20:16- Watch what you say. - I'm related to most of them!
0:20:16 > 0:20:17- Like the Mafia.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19- Like the Mafia.- - Worse!
0:20:20 > 0:20:22- This is number seven, Bryn Rhedyw.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26- We didn't have a big gate.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30- I've noticed the plaque!
0:20:32 > 0:20:37- Not many people have one of these.
0:20:37 > 0:20:41- You have to be old to get one!
0:20:41 > 0:20:44- You need to perform more!
0:20:44 > 0:20:45- That's an honour.
0:20:45 > 0:20:49- That's an honour.- - Yes. I came to the unveiling.
0:20:49 > 0:20:53- It was like looking - at my own gravestone!
0:20:53 > 0:20:55- That sounds morbid!
0:20:56 > 0:21:01- Is this where your father and uncle - sang Tell Mother I'll Be There?
0:21:02 > 0:21:05- Yes, on the stairs.
0:21:06 > 0:21:07- I had the small bedroom.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11- My sisters shared a larger bedroom.
0:21:11 > 0:21:15- A crowd came back at ten o'clock - on Saturday nights.
0:21:16 > 0:21:20- It was a big house - compared to the others.
0:21:21 > 0:21:25- They used to sing.
0:21:25 > 0:21:30- That's where I had - the idea to sing the song.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44- Tell Mother I'll Be There
0:21:44 > 0:21:47- # When I was but a little child
0:21:48 > 0:21:52- # How well I recollect
0:21:52 > 0:21:55- # How I would grieve my mother
0:21:56 > 0:22:00- # With my folly and neglect
0:22:01 > 0:22:04- # And now that she has - gone to Heaven
0:22:05 > 0:22:08- # I miss her tender care
0:22:10 > 0:22:12- # Oh, Saviour
0:22:12 > 0:22:14- # Tell my mother
0:22:14 > 0:22:17- # I'll be there!
0:22:21 > 0:22:24- # Tell mother
0:22:24 > 0:22:26- # I'll be there
0:22:27 > 0:22:29- # In answer
0:22:29 > 0:22:33- # To her prayer
0:22:34 > 0:22:37- # This message
0:22:37 > 0:22:39- # Blessed Saviour
0:22:40 > 0:22:43- # To her bear!
0:22:45 > 0:22:47- # Tell mother
0:22:47 > 0:22:50- # I'll be there
0:22:51 > 0:22:55- # Heaven's joys with her
0:22:55 > 0:22:58- # To share
0:22:58 > 0:23:04- # Yes, tell my darling mother
0:23:05 > 0:23:11- # I'll be there!
0:23:22 > 0:23:26- # One day a message came to me
0:23:27 > 0:23:30- # It bade me quickly come
0:23:31 > 0:23:35- # If I would see my mother
0:23:36 > 0:23:40- # 'Ere the Saviour took her home
0:23:41 > 0:23:43- # I promised her
0:23:43 > 0:23:46- # Before she died
0:23:46 > 0:23:49- # For Heaven to prepare
0:23:50 > 0:23:52- # Oh, Saviour
0:23:52 > 0:23:54- # Tell my mother
0:23:55 > 0:24:00- # I'll be there!
0:24:02 > 0:24:04- # Tell mother
0:24:05 > 0:24:08- # I'll be there
0:24:08 > 0:24:10- # In answer
0:24:11 > 0:24:14- # To her prayer
0:24:16 > 0:24:17- # This message
0:24:18 > 0:24:20- # Blessed Saviour
0:24:22 > 0:24:25- # To her bear!
0:24:27 > 0:24:29- # Tell mother
0:24:29 > 0:24:32- # I'll be there
0:24:33 > 0:24:36- # Heaven's joys with her
0:24:37 > 0:24:39- # To share
0:24:40 > 0:24:48- # Yes, tell my darling mother
0:24:48 > 0:24:54- # I'll be there #
0:25:02 > 0:25:03- Coming up...
0:25:04 > 0:25:09- ..we don't always hit the right - note, but I make Bryn laugh.
0:25:09 > 0:25:13- Counting sheep - is easier than counting bars...
0:25:14 > 0:25:17- ..and Bryn performs a personal song.
0:25:17 > 0:25:17- .
0:25:20 > 0:25:20- Subtitles
0:25:20 > 0:25:22- Subtitles- - Subtitles
0:25:25 > 0:25:27- # Ordinary, ordinary #
0:25:28 > 0:25:29- That's what you say.
0:25:30 > 0:25:31- Ordinary.
0:25:31 > 0:25:35- It was time to work - on the duet I'd sing with Bryn.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38- I usually sing it - as one of the Three Welsh Tenors.
0:25:39 > 0:25:40- # Ordinary people #
0:25:41 > 0:25:43- It was over before I took a breath!
0:25:43 > 0:25:47- It's Caradog Williams's - song "Gwinllan"...
0:25:47 > 0:25:51- ..with words from - Saunders Lewis's famous poem...
0:25:51 > 0:25:54- "..Gwinllan A Roddwyd I'm Gofal".
0:25:54 > 0:25:56- # I call on my friends
0:25:56 > 0:25:59- # Ordinary people and scholars #
0:25:59 > 0:26:00- That's the one.
0:26:00 > 0:26:01- That's better.
0:26:02 > 0:26:03- It sounds easier.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06- This is Take One, "Gwinllan".
0:26:08 > 0:26:12- # A vineyard was given to my care
0:26:14 > 0:26:19- # Wales, my land
0:26:20 > 0:26:22- # To hand over #
0:26:22 > 0:26:26- I'm still not too sure - about Rhys's song choice.
0:26:27 > 0:26:31- He could have chosen - something a bit more rocky...
0:26:32 > 0:26:35- ..to suit me more, and him less.
0:26:35 > 0:26:39- He has a lot - to learn throughout the series.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42- I'll forgive him this time.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45- He didn't have to learn this.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48- # A heritage #
0:26:52 > 0:26:55- Spot on. That was nice.
0:26:55 > 0:26:57- He was a bit sly!
0:26:59 > 0:27:00- Oh, dear!
0:27:01 > 0:27:05- Something told me - Bryn would soon pay me back.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08- He invited me to Brychyni farm.
0:27:08 > 0:27:13- It was almost - a second family in his youth.
0:27:14 > 0:27:15- He's here.
0:27:16 > 0:27:17- How are you?
0:27:17 > 0:27:19- How are you?
0:27:19 > 0:27:22- Rhys Meirion. This is Eifion Hughes.
0:27:22 > 0:27:23- How are you?
0:27:23 > 0:27:24- How are you?- - Nice to see you.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26- I knew he'd wear posh clothes!
0:27:26 > 0:27:27- I knew he'd wear posh clothes!- - What's the matter?
0:27:27 > 0:27:30- Morgan, bring the things - I told you about.
0:27:31 > 0:27:32- LAUGHTER
0:27:32 > 0:27:35- Aren't we having - a chat and a cuppa?
0:27:35 > 0:27:35- A chat and a cuppa!
0:27:35 > 0:27:37- A chat and a cuppa!- - Here you are.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39- Put those on and follow us.
0:27:39 > 0:27:40- Put those on and follow us.- - Thanks.
0:27:40 > 0:27:42- See you.
0:27:42 > 0:27:43- Two minutes!
0:27:48 > 0:27:50- Good grief.
0:27:50 > 0:27:52- I didn't expect this.
0:27:53 > 0:27:54- Goodness me.
0:27:55 > 0:27:59- I know farmers. If you're late - for work, they start talking.
0:27:59 > 0:28:01- I'd better hurry.
0:28:08 > 0:28:09- Coming, Rhys?
0:28:09 > 0:28:10- Coming, Rhys?- - Yes!
0:28:11 > 0:28:12- Good grief, OK!
0:28:13 > 0:28:14- Hi.
0:28:15 > 0:28:16- Isn't he smart?
0:28:16 > 0:28:18- You're ready now.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21- Look at him laughing! - What's the matter?
0:28:22 > 0:28:24- You should have worn shorts!
0:28:24 > 0:28:26- You should have worn shorts!- - Damn, I've stood in something!
0:28:26 > 0:28:30- Count the sheep correctly - and put them there.
0:28:30 > 0:28:31- How many do you want?
0:28:31 > 0:28:32- How many do you want?- - Fifty one.
0:28:33 > 0:28:34- Fifty one in there.
0:28:36 > 0:28:38- Two, four, six.
0:28:40 > 0:28:42- Eight, nine, ten.
0:28:42 > 0:28:44- Twelve... sixteen... whoa!
0:28:46 > 0:28:49- Thirty five, six, seven.
0:28:53 > 0:28:54- Whoa!
0:28:54 > 0:28:54- LAUGHTER
0:28:54 > 0:28:56- LAUGHTER- - Have you counted them?!
0:28:56 > 0:28:58- We don't want them all!
0:28:58 > 0:28:59- How many are there?
0:28:59 > 0:29:00- How many are there?- - Too many!
0:29:01 > 0:29:03- Bring ten back.
0:29:04 > 0:29:05- Ten back.
0:29:09 > 0:29:11- One, two, three, four...
0:29:13 > 0:29:16- ..eight, nine.
0:29:16 > 0:29:17- One more.
0:29:19 > 0:29:21- There you are.
0:29:21 > 0:29:23- How many are there?
0:29:23 > 0:29:28- One, two, three, four, five, - six, seven, eight, nine... eleven.
0:29:28 > 0:29:30- I was never good at Maths.
0:29:30 > 0:29:33- I taught Maths in a primary school!
0:29:34 > 0:29:36- Watch out, it's heavy.
0:29:39 > 0:29:41- Well done.
0:29:41 > 0:29:43- It's coming back!
0:29:43 > 0:29:45- Lift that up.
0:29:46 > 0:29:47- Alright now?
0:29:47 > 0:29:49- Alright.
0:29:51 > 0:29:53- Was he a good worker?
0:29:53 > 0:29:54- No.
0:29:55 > 0:29:57- He came here to play, really.
0:29:58 > 0:30:00- We're getting to the truth!
0:30:01 > 0:30:03- He was only a boy, fair play.
0:30:04 > 0:30:09- Did you ever think he'd be - such a famous singer and actor?
0:30:09 > 0:30:11- I didn't.
0:30:11 > 0:30:13- He could sing.
0:30:13 > 0:30:17- He went to a few eisteddfodau - and was a good singer.
0:30:17 > 0:30:21- It's as an actor - I really like you, Bryn.
0:30:22 > 0:30:24- I like your singing, of course.
0:30:24 > 0:30:26- But your acting is special.
0:30:26 > 0:30:29- You suit the character...
0:30:29 > 0:30:33- ..whether it's a saint or a sinner!
0:30:34 > 0:30:36- Well, thank you very much.
0:30:37 > 0:30:38- Very, very good.
0:30:38 > 0:30:40- What's the catch?
0:30:40 > 0:30:42- You'll see before you go.
0:30:42 > 0:30:44- Thank you very much.
0:30:46 > 0:30:50- Thanks to Eifion Hughes - and the family for their welcome.
0:30:50 > 0:30:54- The people and area - are very close to Bryn's heart.
0:30:54 > 0:30:59- His grandmother, Jane Catherine - Jones, is buried in Llanllyfni.
0:30:59 > 0:31:04- Bryn immortalised her in his tender - and personal song, "Jen Jones".
0:31:04 > 0:31:07- # I slept the first night
0:31:08 > 0:31:11- # In your warm embrace #
0:31:12 > 0:31:14- The song is about his grandmother.
0:31:14 > 0:31:19- The words mention the funeral - of his great-grandmother...
0:31:19 > 0:31:22- ..Nain Gwallt Gwyn, - white-haired Nain.
0:31:22 > 0:31:25- In Llanllyfni Church, - with his family...
0:31:25 > 0:31:28- ..I heard about - the song's background.
0:31:29 > 0:31:32- It's about me - in my father Dafydd's shoes.
0:31:32 > 0:31:35- He was working in Traws at the time.
0:31:35 > 0:31:40- They wouldn't give him a day off - to go to his grandmother's funeral.
0:31:40 > 0:31:44- As the oldest son, - he told me, "Look after Mam."
0:31:45 > 0:31:49- That's why I'm in Dafydd's shoes, - in Nain Gwallt Gwyn's funeral...
0:31:50 > 0:31:52- "..I held your hand."
0:31:52 > 0:31:55- I realized she didn't have a mother.
0:31:55 > 0:31:59- Although she was an adult, - she missed her mother.
0:31:59 > 0:32:01- Yes.
0:32:01 > 0:32:03- That's the feeling in the song.
0:32:03 > 0:32:04- It's a marvellous song.
0:32:04 > 0:32:06- It's a marvellous song.- - It is.
0:32:06 > 0:32:08- Seeing the people in the funeral...
0:32:08 > 0:32:12- ..it was as if - all of Llan was embracing her...
0:32:12 > 0:32:15- ..and everyone looking after her.
0:32:32 > 0:32:35- # I slept the first night
0:32:36 > 0:32:39- # In your warm embrace
0:32:42 > 0:32:45- # I slept many more times
0:32:46 > 0:32:49- # In your feather bed
0:32:52 > 0:32:55- # You taught me to sing
0:32:55 > 0:33:00- # With Freddie And The Dreamers
0:33:01 > 0:33:04- # You taught me to laugh
0:33:04 > 0:33:10- # With Milligan and Sellers
0:33:11 > 0:33:14- # Jen Jones, Jen Jones
0:33:16 > 0:33:18- # She is Jen Jones
0:33:20 > 0:33:23- # Auntie Jen to everyone
0:33:24 > 0:33:29- # But she is my grandmother
0:33:34 > 0:33:37- # I was in Dafydd's shoes
0:33:38 > 0:33:41- # In Nain Gwallt Gwyn's funeral
0:33:43 > 0:33:47- # I held your hand
0:33:48 > 0:33:51- # And gripped it tight
0:33:54 > 0:33:57- # I tried to offer comfort
0:33:58 > 0:34:00- # To a girl without a mother
0:34:02 > 0:34:06- # I learnt how love
0:34:07 > 0:34:12- # Hides in the Llan
0:34:12 > 0:34:16- # Jen Jones, Jen Jones
0:34:17 > 0:34:20- # She is Jen Jones
0:34:21 > 0:34:25- # Auntie Jen to everyone
0:34:26 > 0:34:31- # But she is my grandmother
0:34:37 > 0:34:39- # Ooh ooh ooh
0:34:41 > 0:34:43- # Ooh ooh ooh
0:34:44 > 0:34:46- # Ooh ooh ooh
0:34:47 > 0:34:50- # She is my grandmother
0:34:54 > 0:34:56- # Ooh ooh ooh
0:34:59 > 0:35:01- # Ooh ooh ooh
0:35:03 > 0:35:05- # Ooh
0:35:06 > 0:35:12- # She is my grandmother #
0:35:23 > 0:35:28- In the last part, Bryn shows me - a piece of his area's history.
0:35:28 > 0:35:32- We hear about - a very eventful time in his life.
0:35:32 > 0:35:36- And hopefully, the last duet - will stir the heart.
0:35:37 > 0:35:37- .
0:35:39 > 0:35:39- Subtitles
0:35:39 > 0:35:41- Subtitles- - Subtitles
0:35:53 > 0:35:57- I showed you the quarries - from a distance...
0:35:57 > 0:36:00- ..from the top - of Cwm Silyn and the tips.
0:36:00 > 0:36:02- Now we're down amongst them.
0:36:03 > 0:36:07- We're at the back - of what was known as Talysarn Hall.
0:36:07 > 0:36:12- It was here before Dorothea Quarry. - The big quarry is over there.
0:36:12 > 0:36:16- They thought it was far enough - and built all this.
0:36:17 > 0:36:18- Good grief.
0:36:18 > 0:36:20- There was a big mansion...
0:36:20 > 0:36:25- ..with stables, kennels, - cowsheds and a farm.
0:36:25 > 0:36:30- They didn't know Dorothea would - spread right in front of them.
0:36:30 > 0:36:31- When was this?
0:36:31 > 0:36:34- About the mid 18th century.
0:36:34 > 0:36:35- Good lord.
0:36:36 > 0:36:38- It was very luxurious.
0:36:39 > 0:36:41- Even for horses.
0:36:42 > 0:36:45- There are tiles on the stable walls.
0:36:47 > 0:36:50- These kennels are - for hunting dogs, I suppose.
0:36:52 > 0:36:54- It's like a village on its own.
0:36:54 > 0:36:56- It's like a village on its own.- - Yes.
0:36:58 > 0:37:01- The horses must - have been very valuable.
0:37:06 > 0:37:10- We left Talysarn Hall - and returned to the studio.
0:37:10 > 0:37:14- The duet was problematic, - but I was determined to succeed.
0:37:14 > 0:37:15- # A heritage #
0:37:15 > 0:37:16- # A heritage #- - No.
0:37:16 > 0:37:18- # A heritage #
0:37:18 > 0:37:20- Go up the scale.
0:37:20 > 0:37:21- # A heritage #
0:37:21 > 0:37:23- # A heritage #
0:37:23 > 0:37:24- That's the one.
0:37:25 > 0:37:26- One, two.
0:37:26 > 0:37:29- # A heritage #
0:37:30 > 0:37:31- I'm wrong now!
0:37:31 > 0:37:33- Did you start before me?
0:37:33 > 0:37:34- Did you start before me?- - Hands up!
0:37:35 > 0:37:36- I was wrong.
0:37:37 > 0:37:40- I sang my line. - Sing what you did, you were right.
0:37:41 > 0:37:45- # An eternal
0:37:45 > 0:37:47- # Heritage #
0:37:47 > 0:37:49- That's your line. Sorry.
0:37:50 > 0:37:52- Confusing me more!
0:37:53 > 0:37:55- Confucius dot com, that's my name.
0:37:56 > 0:37:57- Do you want to practise that?
0:37:57 > 0:37:58- Do you want to practise that?- - OK.
0:37:58 > 0:38:00- Can we have the note, please?
0:38:04 > 0:38:07- We're nearing - the end of the programme...
0:38:07 > 0:38:10- ..and the duet I chose, "Gwinllan".
0:38:13 > 0:38:14- Do you like the choice?
0:38:14 > 0:38:15- Do you like the choice?- - Evil!!
0:38:15 > 0:38:18- You're familiar with the words.
0:38:18 > 0:38:21- I was afraid of the song...
0:38:22 > 0:38:26- ..and afraid of not - doing the poetry justice.
0:38:27 > 0:38:31- It was written years ago - and included a warning.
0:38:31 > 0:38:35- The Welsh language - is in a precarious state now.
0:38:36 > 0:38:40- Saunders was obviously far-seeing.
0:38:41 > 0:38:47- It's frightening to think of - the challenge he gave us in Wales.
0:38:47 > 0:38:50- If you don't do this now...
0:38:50 > 0:38:53- ..the vineyard will be like this.
0:38:53 > 0:38:55- Brambles grow very quickly.
0:38:58 > 0:39:02- I want to ask about a difficult, - nightmarish time for you.
0:39:03 > 0:39:06- One thing makes me very angry.
0:39:06 > 0:39:10- It's someone been - wrongly blamed, in any manner.
0:39:10 > 0:39:15- You suffered a grave injustice, - linked to your Welshness.
0:39:16 > 0:39:21- You were arrested. - It must have been terrible.
0:39:21 > 0:39:23- Yes.
0:39:23 > 0:39:26- Maybe it was because of one song...
0:39:26 > 0:39:30- ..I'd been arrogant enough to write.
0:39:30 > 0:39:33- The song documented events, - in a way.
0:39:34 > 0:39:38- # No-one knows anything - in the cold light of day #
0:39:38 > 0:39:44- The song was about the 1990s Meibion - Glyndwr holiday home arson campaign.
0:39:44 > 0:39:45- NEWSREADER
0:39:45 > 0:39:49- Actor Bryn Fon was taken - to a special court in Dolgellau.
0:39:50 > 0:39:53- Police found parts - of an explosive device...
0:39:54 > 0:39:56- ..in a wall near his home.
0:39:56 > 0:40:01- I was in a cell for three days - and nights in Dolgellau.
0:40:01 > 0:40:06- It came down to, "What do you - have on me? Why has this happened?"
0:40:06 > 0:40:11- Looking back, all I can think - is that the song infuriated them.
0:40:11 > 0:40:14- They came without any evidence.
0:40:14 > 0:40:18- They managed to persuade - a magistrate somewhere...
0:40:18 > 0:40:20- ..that there was something.
0:40:20 > 0:40:24- They arrived, hoping - to find something but didn't.
0:40:24 > 0:40:29- They panicked and thought, - "We'll plant something."
0:40:29 > 0:40:32- They found - the evidence very quickly...
0:40:32 > 0:40:36- ..a few minutes after I told them - the press was on the way.
0:40:37 > 0:40:41- It's a small farm, - with miles of stone walls.
0:40:41 > 0:40:44- They went to one spot - and said, "Look!"
0:40:45 > 0:40:51- Everyone knows if you find an - explosive device, you leave it.
0:40:51 > 0:40:54- You phone the army - and they come to get rid of it.
0:40:55 > 0:40:57- They brought it into the house...
0:40:57 > 0:41:00- ..where there was - a three-year-old child.
0:41:01 > 0:41:05- They must have known what was in - the bag or they wouldn't risk that.
0:41:05 > 0:41:11- There were all sorts - of silly things after that...
0:41:11 > 0:41:14- ..when they tried - to watch their own backs.
0:41:15 > 0:41:17- They claimed they'd had a tip-off.
0:41:17 > 0:41:20- At first, - they said it was a phone call.
0:41:21 > 0:41:25- Then they changed their minds - and said it was a letter.
0:41:25 > 0:41:28- They couldn't even - get their story right.
0:41:28 > 0:41:29- No consistency.
0:41:29 > 0:41:32- We went to court on Thursday night.
0:41:32 > 0:41:35- They asked for - more time to detain me.
0:41:35 > 0:41:40- I could have walked immediately. - Their paperwork was totally wrong.
0:41:40 > 0:41:44- They needed copies of each - document for everyone in court.
0:41:45 > 0:41:46- They didn't.
0:41:46 > 0:41:50- They ran around Dolgellau at 10.30pm - looking for a photocopier.
0:41:51 > 0:41:52- It was a shambles.
0:41:52 > 0:41:53- NEWSREADER
0:41:54 > 0:41:56- In a hearing held - behind locked doors...
0:41:57 > 0:42:01- ..the police were permitted - to hold him for another 36 hours.
0:42:02 > 0:42:06- Since then, I've heard stories - and received some evidence...
0:42:06 > 0:42:09- ..that MI5 was involved.
0:42:09 > 0:42:14- They were upstairs with monitors - watching everything...
0:42:15 > 0:42:18- ..and even watching me in the cell.
0:42:19 > 0:42:24- Presumably, Welsh speakers - from MI5 were present.
0:42:25 > 0:42:29- They refused to go through - the operator in the station.
0:42:31 > 0:42:35- They insisted on having - a direct line to London.
0:42:35 > 0:42:38- They didn't trust the local police.
0:42:38 > 0:42:40- They thought the local police...
0:42:41 > 0:42:42- Were in with you!
0:42:42 > 0:42:44- ..were supporting me!
0:42:45 > 0:42:50- You went through - this trauma, this nightmare...
0:42:50 > 0:42:52- ..and were wrongly blamed.
0:42:52 > 0:42:56- Did you have any kind - of apology or compensation?
0:42:56 > 0:42:58- Not one word of apology.
0:42:59 > 0:43:01- I did receive compensation.
0:43:01 > 0:43:02- I got 5...
0:43:03 > 0:43:06- ..to pay for phone calls - they made in my house.
0:43:06 > 0:43:10- They were in the house - after Anna and I were arrested.
0:43:11 > 0:43:14- Mam sat there, day and night, - watching them.
0:43:14 > 0:43:19- They went through the house with a - fine-tooth comb and used the phone.
0:43:19 > 0:43:22- I still have the cheque. - I didn't cash it.
0:43:22 > 0:43:25- You couldn't make it up.
0:43:25 > 0:43:30- I can't say it's a pleasure getting - to know you, because I already do.
0:43:30 > 0:43:35- But it's been a pleasure - to make this programme with you...
0:43:35 > 0:43:39- ..and visit this amazing area, - which I didn't know well.
0:43:39 > 0:43:41- Thank you very much.
0:43:41 > 0:43:42- Thank you very much.- - Thanks.
0:43:56 > 0:44:01- # A vineyard was given to my care
0:44:02 > 0:44:07- # Wales, my land
0:44:08 > 0:44:11- # To hand over
0:44:11 > 0:44:13- # To my children
0:44:13 > 0:44:17- # And to my children's children
0:44:21 > 0:44:26- # An eternal heritage
0:44:27 > 0:44:32- # An eternal heritage
0:44:33 > 0:44:45- # An eternal heritage
0:44:47 > 0:44:52- # A vineyard was given to my care
0:44:53 > 0:44:58- # Wales, my land
0:44:59 > 0:45:02- # To hand over
0:45:02 > 0:45:04- # To my children
0:45:04 > 0:45:10- # And to my children's children
0:45:12 > 0:45:17- # An eternal heritage
0:45:18 > 0:45:24- # An eternal heritage
0:45:25 > 0:45:37- # An eternal heritage
0:45:38 > 0:45:43- # But look, - pigs rush in and defile her
0:45:44 > 0:45:49- # Look, pigs rush in and defile her
0:45:51 > 0:45:54- # Now I will call
0:45:54 > 0:45:57- # On my friends
0:45:58 > 0:45:59- # Ordinary people
0:45:59 > 0:46:03- # Ordinary people- - # Ordinary people and scholars
0:46:04 > 0:46:07- # Take your place - by my side in the breach
0:46:07 > 0:46:10- # Take your place
0:46:10 > 0:46:12- # By my side in the breach
0:46:13 > 0:46:18- # And keep for the ages to come
0:46:19 > 0:46:24- # And keep for the ages to come
0:46:24 > 0:46:29- # The beauty of the past
0:46:33 > 0:46:37- # A vineyard was given to my care
0:46:39 > 0:46:44- # Wales, my land
0:46:45 > 0:46:49- # To hand over to my children
0:46:50 > 0:46:57- # And to my children's children
0:46:58 > 0:47:03- # An eternal heritage
0:47:03 > 0:47:09- # An eternal heritage
0:47:10 > 0:47:15- # An eternal heritage
0:47:16 > 0:47:23- # Wales, my land
0:47:28 > 0:47:30- # Wales
0:47:32 > 0:47:34- # Wales
0:47:36 > 0:47:40- # Wales
0:47:40 > 0:47:49- # My land #
0:47:53 > 0:47:54- Yes!
0:48:16 > 0:48:17- S4C Subtitles by Gwead
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