Bethan Elfyn () is a Welsh radio and television presenter. Elfyn was born in Bangor, Gwynedd, was brought up in

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, and now lives in

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with her husband,

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Promoter and Works Manager Richard Hawkins. They had a daughter, Tegan, in February 2012, and a second daughter in December 2016. Elfyn is a fluent Welsh speaker and has appeared as a panellist on Welsh-language channel S4C's music talent show '' Wawffactor''. She co-hosted Radio 1's first Welsh-language programme as part of the oneclick strand in August 2005 with Aled Haydn-Jones from ''

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''. Elfyn co-presented the Wales programme on

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with

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as part of the station's regional output every Thursday evening. She joined Radio 1 in 1999 during the

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era of music and arts popularity, as part of the aforementioned new regional output, and left in 2010 after 11 years at the station. She currently presents the Saturday evening show for

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on the current Welsh music scene, with live sessions, interviews and a mix of classic rock and pop. Elfyn also presents The Bethan Elfyn Show on

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where she features a range of music from new and emerging artists. She also appears occasionally on BBC 6 Music as cover for presenters including

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. Elfyn is also one of the architects of the BBC/Wales Arts Council programme

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, supporting new Welsh bands. The programme was established in 2014.

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