Lisa Gwilym (born 17 June 1975) is a

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broadcaster. She is best known as a presenter for

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and the

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television channel, S4C.

Television

Gwilym began her career at S4C in 1998 as a continuity presenter for the ''

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'' children's strand. In October 2001, she joined the S4C live teen magazine programme ''

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'' (Unit 5) as a presenter. During her time on the show, she took part in the 2003 John Cooper Mini Challenge. She also co-presented a special documentary with then-colleague

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from

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. Gwilym quit as presenter in December 2004, but stayed with the programme as a producer until 2006. Between April 2008Lisa Tunstall (5 April 2008
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''

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''. Retrieved 2013-09-10. and December 2009, Gwilym presented S4C's now-defunct flagship arts programme, ''Sioe Gelf'', and its replacement, ''Pethe''. In 2012, she was one of three presenters for the history series ''Darn Bach o Hanes''. She also introduced

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's archive series ''Cofio'' and the live music series '' Y Stiwdio Gefn''. Gwilym has also presented and reported for S4C's coverage of the

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(in 2003, 2004 & 2009), the

Brecon Jazz Festival The Brecon Jazz Festival is a music festival held annually in Brecon, Wales. Normally staged in early August, it has played host to a range of jazz musicians from across the world. Created in 1984 by local enthusiasts – musicians, promoters a ...

, '' Sesiwn Fawr Dolgellau'' (Dolgellau's Big Session), Wakestock, the ''Tan y Ddraig'' (''Dragon's Fire'') concerts at

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's Faenol Festival and Hanner Cant, a music festival to mark the 50th anniversary of

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. She has also been a live reporter for Children in Need's Welsh opt-out coverage and worked on

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's ''

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'' opt-out in Wales. Gwilym currently presents the long-running S4C religious series ''

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'' and the fitness reality show ''FFIT Cymru''.

Radio

In summer 2003, Gwilym joined

to present a twice-weekly late night show for the station's '' C2'' youth strand - broadcast live from

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's studios in Bangor and including contemporary Welsh language music, features, news & interviews and listeners' texts & e-mails. The show ran until October 2007. She went onto present early morning and weekend afternoon shows, and in November 2010, C2's flagship 8-10pm slot each weeknight. Following cutbacks in October 2012, she moved to a weekly three-hour show, broadcast 7–10pm on Wednesday nights, known as ''Lisa Gwilym yn Cyflwyno'' (''Lisa Gwilym Introducing''). Gwilym joined

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in 2016 as a cover presenter. Following the death of Alan Thompson in September 2017, she began presenting a late night show on Sundays, making her the only presenter with regular shows on both of the BBC's radio networks in Wales. She left Radio Wales in January 2021. From February 2018 to July 2021, Gwilym also presented a Sunday morning breakfast show for

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. In September 2022, she presented her final evening show for Radio Cymru after 19 years and returned to Radio Cymru 2 to present a new mid-morning show from Monday to Thursday.

Awards

Gwylim won the Y Selar Award for Best Music Presenter in 2015.

Personal life

Originally from

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, Gwilym studied psychology at

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. She now lives in

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with her husband, actor Llŷr Ifans. In late 2013, she gave birth to their first child.

References

External links

''Lisa Gwilym yn Cyflwyno...''
(BBC Radio Cymru)
''Lisa Gwilym''
(BBC Radio Wales)
Online text blog for Y Sioe Gelf
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