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Wales This Week
is a long-running Welsh
current affairs
television programme produced by
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 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
, a dedicated Welsh language television channel, HTV formed designated current affairs teams for the first time to produce two programmes -
Y Byd ar Bedwar
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
.
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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.
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As of 2017, the programme is presented by
Andrea Byrne
. 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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