Dewi Llwyd

Dewi Llwyd (born 1954) is an Welsh journalist and television presenter who is best known for his work for S4C. He presented the Welsh-language news programme Newyddion until the end of 2012. Llwyd currently presents two radio programmes on BBC Radio Cymru.

Biography

Early life

He was born Dewi Llwyd Williams in 1954. Llwyd is the son of the Rev. Ivor Ll. Williams, a Baptist minister and Mary. He grew up in Deiniolen and Morriston before his family settled in Bangor, Gwynedd before he reached the age of six. He went to St Pauls Primary School, before attending Friars School. Llwyd went to study at Cardiff University; he further studied in London, and later went to an education facility in Washington, D.C. He later spent time in education in France and Spain.[1]

Career

Llwyd joined the BBC in 1980 as parliamentary correspondent, and had been a regular presenter on the Welsh-language news programme Newyddion since it started.[2] He currently presents a discussion program called Pawb a'i Farn on S4C, and presents the radio programmes Dewi Llwyd ar fore Sul and Hawl i Holi on BBC Radio Cymru. He left Newyddion at the end of 2012.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Cristion - Dewi Llwyd". The National Library of Wales. March 1997. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "Dewi Llwyd" (in Welsh). BBC. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "Cyflwynwyr newydd". BBC News (in Welsh). 24 October 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
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