Sion a Sian

Revision as of 02:30, 11 October 2013

Host

Dai Jones (197?-1987)

I B Gruffudd

Ieuan Rhys (1996-2003)

Stifyn Parri & Heledd Cynwal (2012-)

Co-hosts

Hostesses: Mair Rowlands, Mari Emlyn, Jenny Ogwen, Rosalind Lloyd, Gillian Elisa (1996-2003)

Broadcast

Teledu Cymru / HTV Cymru, 22 April 1964 to 30 December 1967

HTV Cymru, 15 May 1971 to 1982

HTV Wales for S4C, 1983-7 and 1996-2003?

ITV Cymru / Mr Producer for S4C, 7 April 2012 to present

Synopsis

"Sion A... what?" I hear you cry. Never heard of it? In fact this was the original Welsh version of the programme which later became Mr and Mrs - first on Border and HTV then, from 1973, picked up nationally by ITV.

The longest-running presenter on the show was Dai Jones, a farmer, broadcaster and highly renowned singer rolled into one. So much so that he would often sing viewers' requests at the end of the show.

Despite ITV's disastrous Julian Clary version in 1999, the programme had a good stab at a revival (HTV Wales for S4C) for about seven years. S4C announced another revival in 2012, along with the return of another favourite Jacpot.

Catchphrases

"Bant i'r Bocs" (To the box)

"Y'ch chi yn byw 'da'ch gilydd?" (You do live together?!)

Inventor

Roy Ward Dickson

Trivia

The original presenter of Sion a Sian, Dai Jones talks at length about the original version of the programme in his autobiography Dai And Let Live, which is a English translation of the original, Fi Dai Sy' 'Ma.

The show became so popular that HTV took the show on the road with special stage shows in local town halls and the like.

Pictures

S4C hosts, Ieuan Rhys and Gillian Elisa

Weblink

S4C Caban - appeal for contestants/studio audience

Feedback

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 Teledu Cymru / HTV Cymru, 22 April 1964 to 30 December 1967
-Revived on HTV Cymru, 15 May 1971 to 1982
+HTV Cymru, 15 May 1971 to 1982
-HTV for S4C, 1983-7 and 1996-2003?
+HTV Wales for S4C, 1983-7 and 1996-2003?
 ITV Cymru / Mr Producer for S4C, 7 April 2012 to present