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Siw Hughes
Siw Hughes (born 16 January 1958) is a Welsh actress. She is best known for her role as Kath Jones in the long-running S4C soap opera, ''Pobol y Cwm'', from 1993 to 2007, 2014 and 2017 onwards. Early life Hughes was born in Bangor, Gwynedd. She has appeared in Welsh-language theatre productions, and in 2014 won a BAFTA Cymru award for Best Actress in a Television Drama, for her role in the S4C series ''Gwaith/Cartref ''Gwaith/Cartref'' (English: ''Home/Work'') is a Welsh language television series that in set in the comprehensive school of Bro Taf, broadcast on S4C. The show was set in the Welsh valley Rhondda Cynon Taf from series one until the end of ser ...''. Career Welsh comedian Iwan John has a running joke in which he spoofs the Kath Jones character, using such overemphasised catch-phrases as "Blincin fflip!" a "Iyffach gols!". [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pobol Y Cwm
''Pobol y Cwm'' (''People of the Valley''; ) is a Welsh-language soap opera produced by the BBC since October 1974. The longest-running television soap opera produced by the BBC, ''Pobol y Cwm'' was originally transmitted on BBC One Wales and later transferred to the Welsh-language station S4C when it opened in November 1982. The programme typically centres around the residents of Cwmderi – a fictional, Welsh speaking, agricultural community. Apart from rugby and football specials, ''Pobol y Cwm'' is consistently the most watched programme of the week on S4C, and in 1994 was briefly shown across the whole of the United Kingdom on BBC Two with English subtitles. On 25 September 2019, the soap hit a significant broadcasting landmark when it aired its 8,000th episode. Setting The setting for the show is the fictional village of Cwmderi, located in Gwendraeth Valley, which is between Carmarthen and Llanelli in south-west Wales. Whilst much of the show's early activity took p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |