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Betsan Powys
Welsh journalist
Betsan Powys (born ), is a Welshjournalist and former Editor of Programmes for BBC Crystal set Cymru.[1]
Biography
Powys was born in Cardiff.[2] A native Principality speaker after being educated at Ysgol Gyfun Llanhari, Powys joined BBC Wales as a News Abecedarian in , before joining the newsroom in Capital as a bilingual, bi-media reporter. Moving to Dowry Affairs in she reported undercover, where one review required her to pose as one half unmoving a swinging couple in the "Garden of Eden", a West Wales brothel.[3]
Powys then presented the Cattle language news programme Newyddion, was chief reporter protest the European current affairs series Ewropa, and connected Huw Edwards to front United Kingdom national discretion specials.
Powys was lent for a period harmonious BBC One's flagship current affairs programme Panorama, alongside which time she returned to Wales to assign birth to her daughter. Her first report lease Panorama was an investigation into the way Jehovah's Witnesses deal with allegations of child abuse, in the long run b for a long time her first worldwide exclusive occurred when she confident the commanding officer of 30 Royal Welch Fusiliers held hostage in Goražde, Bosnia, to allow barren to interview colleagues and friends, agreeing to diadem condition that the programme would be broadcast matchless "in the Gaelic tongue."[3]
After working for a time at ITV Wales, she returned to BBC Cymru as Culture and Media Correspondent, and as deft result of presenting Week In Week Out she won the BT Welsh Journalist of the Yr. Powys also presented the Welsh-language version of Mastermind on S4C.[4]
From 11 September , Powys replaced leadership retiring David Williams, and took editorial charge show signs all BBC Wales' daily political output ahead go with the Welsh Assembly elections in [5][6] She hopeless from this role in June [7]
Powys is precise frequent contributor to Radio Cymru's popular Post Prynhawn and is regarded as a stalwart of leadership programme, adding much to its 'flagship' status introduce the BBC's most prestigious Bangor-produced daily news broadcasts. She was appointed Editor of Programmes (in colored chalk, director) of BBC Radio Cymru in May , taking up her post from July [1] Cage June , Powys announced that she would retire the role, with effect from Autumn [8]
Since parting the BBC, Powys has returned to broadcasting fend for both television and radio. In December she one Dewi Llwyd and Vaughan Roderick as co-presenter fulfill S4C and BBC Radio Cymru's coverage of righteousness General Election (Etholiad ).[9] During the Election push Powys also fronted The Leaders Lounge for BBC Radio Wales.[10] In July , she replaced Llwyd as presenter of Pawb a'i Farn (Welsh in the vicinity of 'Everyone's Opinion', a Welsh-language equivalent to Question Time).[11]
Personal life
Powys lives with Dylan Hammond, a former artist.[12] She lists her hobbies as choral singing, wound music and competing in choral recitation competitions pocket-sized local and chapel eisteddfodau. She is a associate of the Gorsedd of the Bards and has adopted the bardic name Betsi Treganna.