Nia Roberts is a

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radio and television presenter.

Early life

Roberts was born to Mabel (d. 1996) and J.O. Roberts (d. 2016), a Welsh actor, and was raised in the village of

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. Her brother is the television presenter Gareth Roberts.

Career

She is one of the best known faces on Welsh channel

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regularly fronting competitions, festivals and shows (including her own chat show ''Nia'') for the channel. Her television credits include presenting prime-time search for the best choir in Wales, ''

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'' and anchoring coverage of the

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and the arts & culture programme ''Pethe''. Since 2015 she has presented the S4C quiz ''Celwydd Noeth'' (Blatant Lie). She hosted her own weekday morning magazine programme for

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moving to the afternoon in 2012, but the programme came to end in December 2013 after a new schedule was introduced. Since then she has presented the weekly arts programme ''Stiwdio''.

Personal life

Roberts lives in

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with her husband Geraint and has two daughters, Nel and Cesia, who both speak fluent Welsh and English. She was previously known as Nia Chiswell while married to singer and TV producer Huw Chiswell.

References

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