BBC 100 in Wales exhibit tells story of development into a bilingual institution with international reputation
David Anderson, the director general of, said the BBC had played a vital role in the development of modern Wales. “Over the last century, the BBC and other public service broadcasting has been a foundation of our democracy and of our understanding and engagement with the world,” he said.began on 13 February 1923 when the opera singer Mostyn Thomas sang the folk song Dafydd y Garreg Wen from a studio on Castle Street in Cardiff.
Television arrived in Wales 30 years later via the Wenvoe transmitter in the Vale of Glamorgan, which also served people in south-west England. The first Welsh-language programme was aired the following year but there were protests by non-Welsh speakers on both sides of the border.radio lecture Tynged yr Iaith – the Fate of the Language – by the writer and political activist Saunders Lewis is featured prominently in the exhibition.
He called for the Welsh people to take revolutionary action ensure their language survived and his lecture is seen by many as a catalyst for the formation of, whose members took direct action to campaign for Welsh-language radio and TV stations. A cuddly toy – Wales’s own SuperTed – is a highlight of the exhibition. One of the bear’s animated adventures was the first programme broadcast on the Welsh-language channel S4C. There is also a pub sign from the Welsh language soap Pobol y Cwm , which has been on air for almost half a century.Archie Bland and Nimo Omer take you through the top stories and what they mean, free every weekday morningNewsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties.
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