''Wales This Week'' is a long-running Welsh current affairs television programme produced by

ITV Cymru Wales ITV Cymru Wales is the ITV franchise for Wales. The new separate licence began on 1 January 2014, replacing the long-serving dual franchise region ITV Wales & West serving Wales and the West of England, which had previously used the branding " ...

(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 those at the heart of the story. Up until 1982, HTV Wales' bilingual news department had produced a number of current affairs programmes in both languages including ''Yr Wythnos'', ''Welshscene'' and ''Outlook''. Following the creation of

S4C S4C (, ''Sianel Pedwar Cymru'', meaning ''Channel Four Wales'') is a Welsh language free-to-air public broadcast television channel. Launched on 1 November 1982, it was the first television channel to be aimed specifically at a Welsh-speakin ...

, a dedicated Welsh language television channel, HTV formed designated current affairs teams for the first time to produce two programmes - ''

Y Byd ar Bedwar ' ( Welsh for ''The World on Four'') is a Welsh-language current affairs television programme, which has broadcast on S4C since the channel was launched in November 1982. It is produced by ITV Cymru Wales. The programme's reporters have broug ...

'' on S4C and ''Wales This Week'' on its parent channel. The first edition of ''Wales This Week'' was broadcast on 23 September 1982 on HTV Wales. The first editor of the programme was Elis Owen, who was at the helm until 1994. It has won a number of awards for its investigative journalism and was the first television programme to break the story of child abuse in North Wales Children's Homes during the 1980s. 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 programme budget cuts by ITV. As of 2017, the programme is presented by

Andrea Byrne Andrea Byrne (née Benfield; born 1978) is an English journalist and News presenter, presenter, currently working for ITV Cymru Wales, where she presents ''Wales at Six'' and ''Wales This Week''. Personal life Born in Guildford, Surrey, Byrne gr ...

. Former presenters, producers and reporters include David Williams, Chris Segar, Bruce Kennedy, Clare Hudson, Judith Davies, Catrin Griffith, Paddy French,David Vickerman, Mai Davies, Hywel George, Helen Callaghan and Jonathan Hill.

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