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0:00:05 > 0:00:09- Tonight's contestants - on Sion a Sian are Alun and Mari...
0:00:14 > 0:00:16- ..and Nesta and Meirick.
0:00:19 > 0:00:24- Here to greet the couples - are Heledd Cynwal and Stifyn Parri.
0:00:33 > 0:00:36- Hello and welcome to Sion a Sian...
0:00:36 > 0:00:39- ..the series which gives - Heledd and myself a chance...
0:00:40 > 0:00:43- ..to delve into - the private lives of couples.
0:00:43 > 0:00:48- The more the couples know about - each other, the more money they win.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50- Two couples and two rounds...
0:00:50 > 0:00:54- ..with the winning couple playing - for a chance to win 1,000.
0:00:54 > 0:00:58- The first couple is raring to go. - Here are Mari and Alun.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10- Welcome to Sion a Sian. How are you?
0:01:11 > 0:01:13- Fine, thank you.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15- No regrets so far?
0:01:15 > 0:01:18- No regrets so far?- - Not yet. Give it time!
0:01:18 > 0:01:23- Before we speak, let's scratch - the surface to see what we find.
0:01:27 > 0:01:31- We were both prefects in Llangrannog - when I first met Alun.
0:01:31 > 0:01:36- One day, a gang of us - were preparing to go to the beach...
0:01:36 > 0:01:40- ..but we had to wait - for one other prefect.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43- After a while, - the headmaster shouted...
0:01:43 > 0:01:47- .."Alun, leave - the aftershave lotion for later."
0:01:47 > 0:01:51- The next thing we saw - was this man running towards us...
0:01:51 > 0:01:54- ..with a big red beard - and knobbly knees.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56- He had a big telling off.
0:01:57 > 0:02:01- I wasn't applying aftershave, - I was putting my shoes on.
0:02:01 > 0:02:05- I ran to join the rest of the gang - and started to walk to the beach.
0:02:05 > 0:02:09- She was giving me - a hard time, and I thought...
0:02:09 > 0:02:11- .."She's a feisty one."
0:02:12 > 0:02:15- She looked at me - with those big brown eyes...
0:02:15 > 0:02:18- ..and I thought, - 'I'll try my luck with her!'
0:02:20 > 0:02:24- Alun has bags of patience - - much more than me.
0:02:24 > 0:02:28- He's very kind and never selfish.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31- Mari has an inner strength.
0:02:31 > 0:02:35- She has a warm - and endearing personality.
0:02:35 > 0:02:39- She's a wonderful cook - and makes fantastic gravy.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44- You're too sloppy, Alun.
0:02:49 > 0:02:53- Did others fancy you or did you - just have crushes on each other?
0:02:53 > 0:02:55- If they did, no-one told me!
0:02:55 > 0:02:58- If they did, no-one told me!- - So your love affair started there...
0:02:58 > 0:03:02- ..and later the time came - for you to ask Mari to marry you.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05- How did you propose to her?
0:03:06 > 0:03:11- I was so shy, I did it by letter - while I was at college.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13- Yes, by letter.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16- That's very official.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18- How did you respond?
0:03:18 > 0:03:21- I think I phoned him.
0:03:21 > 0:03:25- I spoke to him on the phone.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28- What he said was important...
0:03:28 > 0:03:31- ..not what he'd written - in the letter.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34- When I phoned Mari in Pontarddulais - from Bangor...
0:03:35 > 0:03:38- ..I had to use a payphone - in the halls of residence.
0:03:38 > 0:03:44- It always went, "Line through - Chester engaged. Please try later."
0:03:44 > 0:03:48- So a letter was better? - You'd probably send a text nowadays!
0:03:49 > 0:03:52- That stool over there - has your name on it, Alun.
0:03:53 > 0:03:54- The booth awaits.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57- Off you go.
0:03:59 > 0:04:03- There are three questions - and three answers in this round.
0:04:03 > 0:04:08- When Alun rejoins us, hopefully - your answers will correspond.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11- Here's the first question.
0:04:12 > 0:04:17- Imagine that the Tardis - has landed in your back garden...
0:04:17 > 0:04:21- ..to take Alun - back to a specific time in his life.
0:04:21 > 0:04:26- To which year - do you think he'd choose to return?
0:04:27 > 0:04:30- A year during the 1960s, - his school days.
0:04:30 > 0:04:34- A year during the 1970s, - his college years?
0:04:34 > 0:04:40- Or a year during the 1980s, his - years as a father to a young child?
0:04:43 > 0:04:45- School days? College days?
0:04:46 > 0:04:49- Or a time when - he was a father to a young child?
0:04:49 > 0:04:55- Memorable things happened - in all those decades...
0:04:55 > 0:04:59- ..and I'm sure - he'd like to relive them.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01- I'll say the 1970s.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03- Why have you gone for the 1970s?
0:05:03 > 0:05:06- Why have you gone for the 1970s?- - That's when our daughter was born.
0:05:08 > 0:05:09- Sensible choice.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12- Next question.
0:05:12 > 0:05:17- You're at a wedding party - and a stranger asks you to dance.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20- He insists you dance with him.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22- What does Alun do?
0:05:23 > 0:05:25- He rescues you right away?
0:05:25 > 0:05:29- Drinks another pint at the bar - and thinks nothing of it?
0:05:29 > 0:05:32- Or stares menacingly - at the stranger...
0:05:32 > 0:05:34- ..hoping he gets the message?
0:05:35 > 0:05:37- The third one, I think.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40- Stares menacingly?
0:05:40 > 0:05:43- Give me your menacing stare.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47- What's yours like, Mari?
0:05:47 > 0:05:48- What's yours like, Mari?- - Something similar!
0:05:51 > 0:05:55- The secret to a happy marriage - is hard to find, so they say.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58- What would Alun say?
0:05:59 > 0:06:02- That you'd discovered the secret - very early on?
0:06:03 > 0:06:07- That you've gone through - some testing times...
0:06:08 > 0:06:10- ..which have led you to the secret?
0:06:10 > 0:06:15- Or that you're still searching since - relationships change over time?
0:06:19 > 0:06:21- We discovered it very early on.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24- Early on in your marriage?
0:06:25 > 0:06:27- The doctor's ready for you, Alun.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39- Were you happy in the booth?
0:06:40 > 0:06:41- Yes. It was great music.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45- We aim to please!
0:06:45 > 0:06:47- Here's the first question.
0:06:48 > 0:06:53- Imagine that the Tardis - lands in your back garden.
0:06:53 > 0:06:58- It gives you the opportunity - to return to a time in your life.
0:06:58 > 0:07:02- Which year - would you choose to revisit?
0:07:02 > 0:07:07- A year during the 1980s, when you - were a father to a young child?
0:07:07 > 0:07:10- A year during the 1960s...
0:07:10 > 0:07:12- ..your school days?
0:07:13 > 0:07:15- Or a year during the 1970s...
0:07:15 > 0:07:17- ..your college days?
0:07:17 > 0:07:21- I think I'll go for the 1960s.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24- Incorrect.
0:07:25 > 0:07:29- The 1970s because that's when - your daughter was born.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32- Don't worry, - there are two more to come.
0:07:32 > 0:07:36- There's plenty of time. Let's - see how you fare with this one.
0:07:37 > 0:07:41- You're both at a wedding party - and a stranger asks Mari to dance.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44- He insists - that she dances with him.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47- What do you do, Alun?
0:07:47 > 0:07:50- Do you rescue Mari right away?
0:07:50 > 0:07:55- Do you stare menacingly at him, - hoping he gets the message?
0:07:55 > 0:07:59- Or do you drink another pint - at the bar and think nothing of it?
0:07:59 > 0:08:04- Drink another pint at the bar - and think nothing of it.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06- Shame on you!
0:08:07 > 0:08:10- Stare menacingly.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13- You were a hero in her eyes.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16- The adoration - is fading by the second!
0:08:17 > 0:08:19- Trust him to be at the bar!
0:08:19 > 0:08:22- It doesn't surprise me at all.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24- You've one more chance - to win money.
0:08:25 > 0:08:31- They say the secret - to a happy marriage is hard to find.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33- What would you say?
0:08:34 > 0:08:36- That you've - been through testing times...
0:08:37 > 0:08:40- ..that have led you to the secret?
0:08:40 > 0:08:44- That you'd discovered - the secret very early on?
0:08:44 > 0:08:46- Or that you're still searching...
0:08:46 > 0:08:49- ..since relationships - change over time?
0:08:50 > 0:08:53- Relationships change over time.
0:08:54 > 0:08:58- Alun, Alun, Alun, Alun! - I'm worried about you.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00- So am I!
0:09:03 > 0:09:07- Mari said you'd discovered - the secret very early on.
0:09:08 > 0:09:09- There we are then.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12- There we are then.- - You've won nothing whatsoever.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16- But it's early days.
0:09:16 > 0:09:21- There's another chance later, - so take some time to talk it over!
0:09:22 > 0:09:24- Thank you very much.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33- Time now - to welcome Nesta and Meirick.
0:09:41 > 0:09:45- Romance is still alive! - You're holding hands.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49- Let's hope you'll - still be holding hands by the end.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53- Before we chat, - let's take a look at this.
0:09:57 > 0:10:01- It was a ritual in the 1960s - to go folk dancing in Denbigh.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04- After dancing all night - and failing to find a date...
0:10:04 > 0:10:08- ..the lads went out in a gang - and the girls went out in a gang.
0:10:08 > 0:10:12- I spotted a pretty girl in - the corner, so I went over to her.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16- I was apprehensive - since I never had much luck.
0:10:16 > 0:10:20- I asked if I could - take her home and she accepted.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22- It was dark that night...
0:10:22 > 0:10:26- ..and I wondered - if I'd made the right decision.
0:10:26 > 0:10:32- We met the following week and, - thank goodness, I didn't regret it.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37- Nesta has always taken me as I am.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40- She's very forgiving - and she never holds a grudge.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44- Meirick's a very careful man - in everything he does.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47- In his work as a councillor - and as a family man.
0:10:50 > 0:10:54- I've achieved what I set out - to achieve in my life.
0:10:54 > 0:10:59- I became a county councillor - and raised a family with Nesta.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01- She's been very supportive.
0:11:01 > 0:11:06- We've supported one another and - been happy throughout our marriage.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16- You went very giggly then!
0:11:17 > 0:11:20- You said you didn't have - much luck with women, Meirick.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23- You've landed the best of the bunch!
0:11:23 > 0:11:27- You've landed the best of the bunch!- - You said it was dark when you met.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29- It obviously worked out for you!
0:11:31 > 0:11:34- You went on to have four sons.
0:11:34 > 0:11:38- What was it like - living with five men in the house?
0:11:40 > 0:11:42- One-sided!
0:11:42 > 0:11:45- Did some of them side with you?
0:11:45 > 0:11:48- Did some of them side with you?- - Yes, they're good boys.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51- Meirick's an unusual name.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53- Where does it come from?
0:11:54 > 0:11:57- We're not sure. My mother - died a week after I was born.
0:11:58 > 0:12:02- My father said she'd written down - the name she'd chosen for me.
0:12:03 > 0:12:04- But we don't know its origin.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06- But we don't know its origin.- - What makes you disagree?
0:12:07 > 0:12:09- Me and my books.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11- I'm always tidying up.
0:12:11 > 0:12:15- And maybe being on Sion a Sian. - We'll soon see.
0:12:16 > 0:12:21- We live in hope. If you'd like to - make your way to the booth, Nesta.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24- Thank you.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29- As you know, - we'll ask three questions...
0:12:29 > 0:12:31- ..and we require three answers.
0:12:31 > 0:12:35- Hopefully your answers - will correspond to win 300.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38- Off we go.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40- What would Nesta say...
0:12:40 > 0:12:45- ..is the worst thing about - being married to a councillor?
0:12:45 > 0:12:47- Too many nights spent alone?
0:12:48 > 0:12:51- Conversations at home - turning into committee meetings...
0:12:52 > 0:12:54- ..and she's not the chairperson?
0:12:55 > 0:12:58- Or people stopping you - in the street to complain?
0:12:59 > 0:13:01- I think it's the first one.
0:13:03 > 0:13:07- Too many nights spent alone? - Happy with that answer?
0:13:08 > 0:13:10- I'm never home.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14- Perhaps that's why - the relationship works.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16- Who knows?
0:13:18 > 0:13:21- Second question. - Nesta is a Cliff Richard fan.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24- Yes, she is.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27- With which one of these singers...
0:13:27 > 0:13:31- ..would Nesta - like to see Sir Cliff sing a duet?
0:13:31 > 0:13:33- Cliff and Aled Jones?
0:13:33 > 0:13:35- Cliff and Katherine Jenkins?
0:13:36 > 0:13:39- Or Cliff and Bryn Terfel?
0:13:40 > 0:13:42- I'll say Bryn Terfel.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44- Is she a Bryn Terfel fan too?
0:13:44 > 0:13:46- Yes, we both like Bryn.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49- You wouldn't hear Cliff's voice!
0:13:49 > 0:13:53- If you notice, - Bryn always tones down his voice...
0:13:53 > 0:13:57- ..when he sings with someone - with a lighter voice than his.
0:13:58 > 0:14:02- Nesta receives a phone call - from the Prime Minister...
0:14:02 > 0:14:06- ..who wants you to become a cabinet - member of the Welsh Government.
0:14:06 > 0:14:11- To which ministerial role - does Nesta think you're best suited?
0:14:12 > 0:14:18- Education Minister? Health Minister? - Or Finance Minister?
0:14:20 > 0:14:22- What would she suggest?
0:14:23 > 0:14:25- Health.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29- Are you ready for her to rejoin us?
0:14:29 > 0:14:31- Come and join us, Nesta.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42- You've had a nice little break.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46- Here goes.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48- What is the worst thing...
0:14:48 > 0:14:52- ..about being married - to a councillor?
0:14:52 > 0:14:57- Conversations at home - turning into committee meetings...
0:14:57 > 0:15:00- ..and you're not the chairperson?
0:15:00 > 0:15:05- People stopping Meirick - in the street to complain?
0:15:05 > 0:15:07- Or too many nights spent alone?
0:15:08 > 0:15:10- Too many nights spent alone.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12- Too many nights spent alone.- - That's what he said. Well done.
0:15:12 > 0:15:16- We've heard - that you're a Cliff Richard fan.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18- Correct.
0:15:19 > 0:15:24- With which of these singers would - you like Sir Cliff to sing a duet?
0:15:24 > 0:15:26- Cliff and Katherine Jenkins?
0:15:26 > 0:15:29- Cliff and Aled Jones?
0:15:29 > 0:15:31- Or Cliff and Bryn Terfel?
0:15:31 > 0:15:34- Aled Jones.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37- It'd be a nice duet - but that's not what he said.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41- Bryn Terfel. - Never mind, you've another chance.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45- You receive a phone call - from the Prime Minister...
0:15:45 > 0:15:50- ..who wants Meirick to be a cabinet - member of the Welsh Government.
0:15:51 > 0:15:55- To which ministerial role - do you think he'd be best suited?
0:15:55 > 0:15:59- Health Minister?
0:15:59 > 0:16:04- Education Minister? - Or Finance Minister?
0:16:09 > 0:16:10- Finance?
0:16:11 > 0:16:13- Incorrect.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16- Health.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18- Never mind.
0:16:18 > 0:16:22- At the end of that round, - you've won 100.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25- 100 isn't bad at all. Well done.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29- Join us after the break - for the second round.
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0:16:48 > 0:16:50- Welcome back.
0:16:50 > 0:16:53- Six questions worth 50 each - in the bat box round.
0:16:53 > 0:16:58- We've pink bats, we've blue bats and - we've contestants - Mari and Alun.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10- Welcome back. Ensure your bats - are in the right hands.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14- Off we go. Who's the nosiest?
0:17:17 > 0:17:19- Who's better at spelling?
0:17:20 > 0:17:26- Correct. Who's the most adventurous - when it comes to booking holidays?
0:17:28 > 0:17:31- Well done. Who's the most restless?
0:17:34 > 0:17:39- Incorrect. Who's better - at writing a letter of complaint?
0:17:42 > 0:17:44- Both of you, it seems! Incorrect.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47- Who's better at cynghanedd?
0:17:50 > 0:17:54- Incorrect. Thank you, both. - Please return your bats.
0:17:54 > 0:17:58- You scored three out of six - correctly in that round.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00- Congratulations.
0:18:07 > 0:18:11- Please welcome back - Nesta and Meirick.
0:18:19 > 0:18:23- Place the bats - in the correct hands, please.
0:18:25 > 0:18:29- Ready? Who's the most impatient?
0:18:32 > 0:18:36- Correct. Which of you - is more likely to believe in ghosts?
0:18:38 > 0:18:40- Correct.
0:18:40 > 0:18:45- Birds - who knows - their cuckoos, kites and magpies?
0:18:48 > 0:18:50- Correct.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52- Who's the best folk dancer?
0:18:56 > 0:18:59- We'll find out - at the end of the show.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02- Who looks in the mirror most often?
0:19:04 > 0:19:05- Correct.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09- Who's most likely - to admit they're wrong?
0:19:12 > 0:19:13- Incorrect.
0:19:13 > 0:19:17- Incorrect.- - Return your bats, please.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21- You scored - five out of six correctly.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23- Come and join is in the centre.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26- Come and join is in the centre.- - Please welcome back Alun and Mari.
0:19:34 > 0:19:39- Alun and Mari, - I can reveal that you've won 150.
0:19:40 > 0:19:41- Thank you.
0:19:41 > 0:19:46- Tonight's winners with 350 - are Nesta and Meirick.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48- Well done.
0:19:50 > 0:19:55- In addition to the 150, you also - take away something to cherish.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58- A Sion a Sian cushion.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00- THEY LAUGH
0:20:00 > 0:20:02- Why are you laughing, Alun?
0:20:02 > 0:20:05- Why are you laughing, Alun?- - It's nice to have a cushion.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07- Thank you very much.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10- Go and treat yourselves.
0:20:17 > 0:20:21- How does it feel - being tonight's winners?
0:20:22 > 0:20:24- It's better than losing.
0:20:26 > 0:20:30- It's time for you, Meirick, - to enter the booth...
0:20:30 > 0:20:34- ..while we ask Nesta - the big question.
0:20:41 > 0:20:45- We'll ask you one question - and we require one answer.
0:20:46 > 0:20:50- Hopefully Meirick's answer - will be the same as yours...
0:20:50 > 0:20:52- ..to win the 1,000.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54- Alright?
0:20:54 > 0:20:57- Are you ready for the big question?
0:20:57 > 0:20:59- Are you ready for the big question?- - Yes.
0:20:59 > 0:21:04- In which year - was Meirick first elected...
0:21:05 > 0:21:07- ..as a councillor?
0:21:07 > 0:21:09- For 1,000.
0:21:17 > 0:21:19- Take your time.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29- I can't remember at the moment.
0:21:29 > 0:21:31- It was during the 1990s.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36- 1995?
0:21:39 > 0:21:42- Happy with 1995?
0:21:42 > 0:21:46- No, I'm not happy - but that's what it'll have to be.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50- Are you sure - before I press the button?
0:21:51 > 0:21:53- Yes, I'm sure.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56- Come and join us, please, Meirick.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59- Good luck.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07- You're ready to work.
0:22:07 > 0:22:11- I enjoyed the music. The Shadows.
0:22:11 > 0:22:16- We asked Nesta - the following question.
0:22:16 > 0:22:21- In which year were you - first elected as a councillor?
0:22:24 > 0:22:26- 1994.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30- You were so close!
0:22:30 > 0:22:32- Did you say 1996?
0:22:32 > 0:22:34- Did you say 1996?- - No, Nesta said 1995.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40- Did you know for certain - or was it a guess?
0:22:40 > 0:22:42- It was two years before the county.
0:22:43 > 0:22:44- It wasn't a bad guess.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46- It wasn't a bad guess.- - It was very close.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50- As I say at home, - it was strong but wrong!
0:22:53 > 0:22:57- Congratulations, you've won 350, - not forgetting...
0:22:57 > 0:22:59- ..the Sion a Sian cushion.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02- You can't get better than that.
0:23:02 > 0:23:03- You can't get better than that.- - Thank you very much.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06- That's it for another week.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09- Until next time, toodle-oo!
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