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2 The Greatest Poem of World War One: David Jones’s In Parenthesis 3 In Parenthesis: The Making of The Opera 4 Visions of World War One 5 Welsh Women of World War One 6 Royal Welsh Preview with Nigel Owens 7 Pobol y Cwm
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THE GREATEST POEM OF WORLD WAR ONE: DAVID JONES’S IN PARENTHESIS
Saturday, July 9 BBC Two Wales, 9pm
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In Parenthesis is considered one of the greatest ever literary works about war. TS Eliot called it a work of genius, WH Auden said it did for the British and Germans what Homer did for the Greeks and Trojans.
Published in 1937, it is based intimately on the wartime experiences of its author, David Jones, a Londoner from a Welsh background, who volunteered to fight when he was just 19.
In this programme, the poet and author Owen Sheers traces the story of In Parenthesis, from an English parade ground to the carnage of the Somme offensive. Through readings of key passages, insights from poets such as Simon Armitage, and interviews with David Jones experts, he pieces together the similarities between the poem and David Jones’s own war. He explores how In Parenthesis came to be written, and just what makes it such a supreme work.
His journey culminates, like the poem, at Mametz Wood in northern France, where David Jones went into battle and encountered terrifying violence first-hand.
This programme is part of World War One from BBC Wales.
Si n Pitman â
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IN PARENTHESIS: THE MAKING OF THE OPERA
Saturday, July 9 BBC Two Wales, 10pm
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What goes into the mammoth task of bringing a brand new opera production to the stage? This exclusive behind-the-scenes documentary shows Welsh National Opera’s preparations to bring In Parenthesis to life, and features interviews with the cast and production team.
To mark the 100th Anniversary of the Battle of the Somme - as well as its own 70th birthday - WNO commissioned a new opera based on David Jones’s classic account of the Somme offensive, In Parenthesis. This is the story of how it all came to life.
This film follows the rehearsals as internationally acclaimed opera director David Pountney plans how to bring to the stage this exciting new commission from Iain Bell, rising star of the contemporary music scene.
The programme is part of World War One from BBC Wales.
Si n Pitman â
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VISIONS OF WORLD WAR ONE
Monday, July 11 BBC One Wales, 10.40pm
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Kim Howells takes a look at how Welsh artists portrayed World War One, from the morale raising prints of 1914 to the poignant memorials that still stand in towns and villages across Wales.
World War One was the first modern industrialised war and also the first mass-media war with thousands of posters, paintings, cartoons and photographs produced. Some of the most memorable were created by Welsh artists.
The programme showcases some of the work by Welsh painters who were employed as official artists, including Christopher Williams’s The Welsh at Mametz Wood. This famous painting was commissioned by David Lloyd George and hung in 10 Downing Street before being transferred to the National Museum of Wales.
Kim Howells also analyses the sketches and paintings produced by Welsh artists who were fighting in the war, such as Carey Morris, Bert Thomas and David Jones. Their art often reflected the reality of the conflicts unlike the photographs, which were usually taken for official purposes to portray war in a particular light.
This programme is part of World War One from BBC Wales.
Lowri Pugh-Morgan
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WELSH WOMEN OF WORLD WAR ONE
Tuesday, July 12 BBC One Wales, 10.40pm
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Thanks to the sacrifice of thousands of men, Britain won World War One. But women were vital to the war effort too, and Welsh women played a crucial role - as nurses and munitions workers, farmers and police officers.
Wales’s leading historian of women, Deidre Beddoe, meets Welsh women today doing the very same jobs as women during the war. Visiting a munitions factory in Usk, a farm in Carmarthen and Cardiff Bay Police Station, Deidre digs deep into the archives to discover more about the origins of the jobs. She learns about the impact they had on women at the time, and how the jobs compare today.
By stepping in to traditional male roles, women’s lives were changed, even liberated. But how were their achievements recognised? And was the war really a great turning point in women’s lives?
This programme is part of World War One from BBC Wales.
Sioned Gwyn
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ROYAL WELSH PREVIEW WITH NIGEL OWENS
Friday, July 15 BBC One Wales, 7.30pm
With Wales’s largest agricultural event nearly here, Royal Welsh Show Preview is presented by Welsh rugby union referee, and recent recipient of an MBE, Nigel Owens.
The programme uncovers how the small town of Builth Wells, just across the River Wye from the showground in Llanelwedd, prepares for the show, with over 200,000 people visiting the area throughout the week. Many local businesses have developed successfully as a direct result of the show.
Elsewhere, renowned sheep breeders Adrian and Amanda Windsor, from Whitland, invite local youngsters to help prepare the animals, with the opportunity to then exhibit them at the show. Their aim is to offer the young people the chance to learn new skills and gain self confidence.
And this year’s Royal Welsh Lady Ambassador, Catrin Lisa Jones, is taking up the challenge to raise money for the show by kayaking from Aberdovey to Porthmadog in her native Meirionydd - covering 30 miles in one day.
Lewis Davies
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POBOL Y CWM
Llun - Gwener, Gorffennaf 11-15, BBC Cymru ar S4C, 8pm Monday - Friday, July 11-15, BBC Wales on S4C, 8pm bbc.co.uk/pobolycwm #PobolYCwm
Mae Iolo a Tyler yn penderfynu gwahanu er ei fod yn amlwg nad yw’r un o’r ddau yn hapus am hynny. Mae Ffion yn amau bod Tyler yn yfed yn drwm wedi’i berthynas â’i bartner Iolo ddod i ben, er i Tyler wadu hynny. Pan aiff Tyler at y doctor, daw’n amlwg bod rheswm gwahanol dros ei ymddygiad diweddar.
Caiff dicter Sioned y gorau ohoni eto pan nad yw Ed yn fodlon treulio amser gyda hi i geisio am fabi. Mae’n ymddwyn fel plentyn sydd ddim yn cael ei ffordd ei hun ond ydi hi wedi mynd yn rhy bell y tro hwn?
Mae DJ yn dweud wrth Dai a Diane ei fod yn bwriadu gofyn i Cadno ei briodi yn y Sioe Frenhinol, ond mae trychineb ar fin taro Penrhewl.
● Iolo and Tyler decide to separate, although it’s obvious that neither of them is happy about it. Ffion suspects that Tyler has a drinking problem following the break-up, although Tyler denies this. When he visits the doctor, it becomes clear there’s an altogether different reason for his recent behaviour.
Sioned’s anger gets the better of her again when Ed refuses to spend time with her to try for a baby. Sioned’s behaviour is childlike but, has she gone too far this time?
DJ confides in Dai and Diane that he intends to ask Cadno to marry him at the Royal Welsh Show, but a tragedy is about to strike Penrhewl.
Gwawr Jones
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