Wales This Week

Wales This Week is a long-running Current affairs television programme that is broadcast on ITV Cymru Wales (formerly HTV Wales). The programme deals with a wide range of topics relating to the Welsh Public, and is usually told through the eyes of the Welsh people at the heart of the story.

In 1982, HTV formed designated current affairs teams for the first time in their history following the creation of a dedicated Welsh language channel in Wales, S4C, to produce two programmes, Y Byd ar Bedwar in the Welsh language to be shown on S4C, and Wales This Week in the English language. The first edition of Wales This Week programme was broadcast on 23 September 1982 on HTV Wales.[1] It celebrated its 30th year on the air in September 2012.

In 2009, Professor Kevin Williams noted that the programme format was changing from that of "hard hitting journalism" to a format with "shorter, more light-hearted and less substantial stories" as a result of a reduction on spending by ITV.[2]

It is currently presented by Jonathan Hill.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Wales this Week celebrates thirty years of success". ITV. 2012-12-11. Archived from the original on 2015-01-12.
  2. ↑ Williams, Kevin (2009). "The Long Goodbye". English is a Welsh Language: Television's Crisis in Wales. Institute of Welsh Affairs. p. 32. ISBN 9781904773429.
  3. ↑ Wales This Week’ looks at the state of the Welsh housing market


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