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Becca (film)
''Becca'' is a 1989 UK-Australian TV movie about a Welsh farmer who is transported to Australia in the 1840s. It was shot in English and Welsh.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970–1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p12 Beth Robert and Dafydd Hywel played the main characters. References External links * Australian television films 1989 television films 1989 films {{Australia-tv-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Turner (director)
Paul Turner (December 1945 – 1 November 2019) was a Welsh film director. His film ''Hedd Wyn (film), Hedd Wyn'' (1992) became the first Welsh film to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Born in Devon, Turner learned Welsh while working at the BBC in the early 1980s and was a vocal supporter of Plaid Cymru. He was reportedly "blacklisted" from the BBC for his nationalist views (reported in an article in ''The Observer''). S4C director called him "a man with vision and a fire in his heart for all things Welsh and the Welsh language and his desire to portray that on film". Paul had two daughters during his first marriage to Sheila Ford, He had 3 grandchildren. His second marriage was to Welsh actress Sue Roderick. He died in November 2019 at the age of 73. Awards He won several international awards as well as having his film ''Hedd Wyn'' nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Filmography *''Tra Bo Dwy'' (1984) *''Wil Six'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Ohlsson
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Beth Robert
Beth Robert is a Welsh television actress from Pont-rhyd-y-groes, Wales Wales ( ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by the Irish Sea to the north and west, England to the England–Wales border, east, the Bristol Channel to the south, and the Celtic ..., who has worked in television since 1986. Her appearances in TV series, in Welsh and English, include '' Hinterland'', '' The Indian Doctor'' and '' Pobol y Cwm''. Early and personal life Robert comes from the village of Pont-rhyd-y-groes near Aberystwyth. She went on to study at the College of Music and Drama in Cardiff, and graduated in 1986. Robert is married to Paul Harris. They met in Porthmadog in March 2000. They have one daughter together. Her father died when she was in her early twenties. Career Robert portrayed Lisa Morgan in the Welsh soap '' Pobol y Cwm'' for the first time in January 1990. In 1997, Lisa, Beth's character, was part of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ABC TV (Australian TV Channel)
ABC TV, formerly known as ABC1, is an Australian national public television network. It is owned and operated by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and is the flagship (broadcasting), flagship ABC Television (Australian TV network), ABC Television network. The headquarters of the ABC TV channel and the ABC are in Ultimo, New South Wales, Ultimo, an inner-city suburb of Sydney. The very first public broadcasting, national public television station in Australia officially and formally formal full grand opening night ceremony took place by Prime Minister of Australia Robert Menzies in ABN (TV station), Sydney at stroke of night 7:00:00pm Time in Australia, Sydney Time on 5 November 1956 as ABC National Television Service under the call sign ABN (TV station), ABN-2 with the very first main flagship television presented by Michael Charlton (journalist), Michael Charlton and James Dibble reading the very first television news, main flagship television news bulletin, followed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dafydd Hywel
Dafydd Hywel (4 December 1945 – 23 March 2023) was a Welsh actor who worked extensively in television roles and films in both Welsh and English medium since 1969. He is best known for playing Glen Brennig in the Sky1 TV comedy drama series '' Stella''. Dafydd also narrated Video 125s 'The Cambrian Coast' Railway Drivers Eye View Video in 1988. On 23 March 2023, it was announced that Hywel had died at the age of 77. Filmography Film TV References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hywel, Dafydd 1945 births 2023 deaths People from Garnant Welsh male television actors Male actors from Carmarthenshire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Television Films
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1989 Television Films
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