Week/Wythnos 7 February/Chwefror 11-17, 2012 Pages/Tudalennau: 2 Helicopter Rescue 3 Welsh Towns: Cardigan 4 BBC National Orchestra of Wales 5 Six Nations: Wales v Scotland 6 Snooker: Welsh Open 7 Pawb a i Farn 8 Pobol y Cwm Places of interest/llefydd o ddiddordeb: Anglesey 2 Bangor 2 Caernarfon 2 Cardiff 5 Cardigan 3 Neath Valley 2 Nefyn 2 Newport 6 Port Talbot 2 Rowen 2 Swansea 4, 7 Follow us on Twitter to keep up with all the latest news from BBC Cymru Wales - @BBCWalesPress Pictures are available at www.bbcpictures.com/lluniau ar gael yn www.bbcpictures.com NOTE TO EDITORS: All details correct at time of going to press, but programmes are liable to change. Please check with BBC Cymru Wales Communications before publishing. NODYN I OLYGYDDION: Mae r manylion hyn yn gywir wrth fynd i r wasg, ond mae rhaglenni yn gallu newid. Cyn cyhoeddi gwybodaeth, cysylltwch â r Adran Gyfathrebu.
HELICOPTER RESCUE Wednesday, February 15, BBC One Wales 7.30pm With thrilling rescue footage and spectacular views over the Welsh landscape, a new three-part series, Helicopter Rescue, follows the unfolding story of people being saved by the RAF s Search and Rescue helicopters based in RAF Valley. The life-saving work of the Sea King crews has generated a lot of media interest recently, because of a certain royal pilot currently serving with the Force. Prince William, or Flt Lt Wales as he s known professionally, is serving with 22 Squadron s C-Flight at RAF Valley on Anglesey. In this series, the programme meets the men and women who serve with Prince William, 365 days a year, 24/7. In the first episode, the RAF Valley crew from Anglesey responds to three complicated emergencies in one day including winching a birthday girl from the infamous Crib Goch ridge in Snowdonia, and rushing crashed Anglesey paraglider Peter Hope to Bangor s Ysbyty Gwynedd. Sergeant Ed Griffiths from Nefyn is a winchman and paramedic based at RAF Valley. In this episode, he opens his heart about the importance of his family when it comes to coping with the often harrowing and difficult rescues. Flt Lt Christian Taff Wilkins from Port Talbot is currently posted with RAF Search and Rescue 22 Squadron s A-Flight at RMB Chivenor in north Devon. The majority of callouts from their North Devon base come from South Wales. The story follows Taff on a rescue mission to the Neath Valley, where a daring kayaker has a suspected spinal injury after shooting the Sgwd y Pannwr waterfall. On their 70th anniversary, Helicopter Rescue also celebrates the RAF s Search and Rescue Force s strong links with Wales. Aviation historian Eddie Doylerush, from Rowen in the Conwy Valley, traces the birth of the RAF Mountain Rescue Service and its Welsh beginnings in 1943, in the small airbase of RAF Llandwrog near Caernarfon. Mari Williams
WELSH TOWNS: CARDIGAN Monday, February 13, BBC One Wales, 10.35pm It was the site where the locals repelled Norman invaders, was once Wales s busiest port, and saw the first Chairs awarded for poetry and music in what was Wales s first Eisteddfod. Now the town of Cardigan is about to see its long neglected, 900-year-old castle and the Georgian townhouse in its grounds restored, bringing what was once the focus of the community back to life - just one of the echoes from the past presenter Eddie Butler finds running through the modern town. With a wealth of local historians and some remarkable archive footage, Butler discovers that boats continue to be built by the side of the Teifi, where once a succession of sloops - the white vans of their day - were made; that a designer is bidding to make a new brand of jeans into a global name, a decade after the factory which produced 35,000 pairs a week closed; and that the revived Barley Saturday festival is now attracting a 21 st century audience. Jenny Walford
BBC NATIONAL ORCHESTRA OF WALES Saturday, February 11, Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, 7.30pm bbc.co.uk/now Japanese violinist Akiko Suwanai joins the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales for a programme of Sibelius and Elgar, to be performed in Swansea on Saturday, February 11. At the concert, conducted by Principal Guest Conductor Jac van Steen, violinist Akiko will perform Sibelius s Violin Concerto - a demanding work which she has performed around the world to critical acclaim. The concert features a rare performance of Elgar s The Music Makers, where the Orchestra and Chorus are joined by mezzo-soprano Jane Irwin. The work is Elgar s most intensely personal and private reflection on his life and work, featuring quotations from his previous works, including The Dream of Gerontius, Sea Pictures, his Violin Concerto and Enigma Variations. Tickets are priced at 12.50-15.50 (with discounts available) and are available by calling 0800 052 1812. David Hopkins
SIX NATIONS: WALES V SCOTLAND TV/radio/online - Sunday, February 12 (KO 3pm) Wales welcome Scotland to the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff for the final match of this weekend s round of Six Nations games on Sunday. Jason Mohammad introduces live coverage of the game in Rugby Union: Six Nations - Wales v Scotland on BBC One Wales and BBC HD from 2.30pm (KO 3pm). Commentary comes from Andrew Cotter and Jonathan Davies, while studio guests include Wales record try-scorer Shane Williams. BBC Cymru Wales is also supplying live coverage to S4C in Y Clwb Rygbi Rhyngwladol introduced by Gareth Roberts with guests Gareth Edwards, Gareth Davies and Dafydd Jones. Commentary is from Huw Llywelyn Davies and Gwyn Jones and the analyst is Derwyn Jones, with Dot Davies reporting from pitchside and interviewing some well-known faces as they arrive at the ground. Wales have won seven of their last eight Six Nations meetings with Scotland, including beating them 24-6 at Murrayfield last season, and their performance at last year s World Cup in New Zealand makes them favourites to extend that run today. Later in the evening Jason Mohammad and Lisa Rogers are at the BBC Rugby Club for the latest Scrum V Six Nations Special on BBC Two Wales. The programme will feature extensive highlights and in-depth analysis of Wales performance in the game with special guests Jonathan Davies, Andy Nichol, Rob Jones and Kingsley Jones. BBC Radio Wales - your Six Nations station - kicks off an afternoon of Six Nations coverage with Owen Money live from the Hayes in Cardiff city centre in Radio Wales at the Six Nations from 12.30pm with all the atmosphere ahead of the big game. Steffan Garrero presents live coverage of the game in Radio Wales Sport from 2.30pm. Following the game there s another chance to hear Shane Williams looking back on his glittering career in Shane: My Story from 5.30pm. Live commentary is on BBC Radio Cymru in Rygbi: Cymru v Yr Alban from 2.30pm. Nigel Partridge
SNOOKER: WELSH OPEN Monday-Friday, February 13-17, BBC Two Wales, times vary The cream of world snooker talent will be descending on Newport this week for the Welsh Open snooker tournament at Newport Centre. Ashleigh Crowter presents live coverage on BBC Two Wales from Monday, February, 13 in Snooker: Welsh Open. Commentary is from Dominic Dale, Darren Morgan, Terry Griffiths and Willie Thorne. All of the world s top 16 players will be in action, including the top Welsh players Mark Williams and Matthew Stevens. Qualifying matches are also being held early this week with Wales Ryan Day and Dominic Dale in action. Players to look out for during the tournament are the reigning UK champion and new snooker superstar Judd Trump, reigning Masters champion Neil Robertson, snooker legend Ronnie O Sullivan and defending Welsh Open champion and current World champion John Higgins. Nigel Partridge
PAWB A I FARN Dydd Iau, Chwefror 16, BBC Cymru ar S4C, 8.25pm Thursday, February 16, BBC Cymru for S4C, 8.25pm Hanner can mlynedd wedi darlith enwog Tynged yr Iaith ar BBC Radio Cymru, lle proffwydodd Saunders Lewis ddiwedd ar yr iaith Gymraeg fel iaith fyw erbyn dechrau r Unfed Ganrif ar Hugain, bydd rhaglen arbennig o gyfres BBC Cymru, Pawb a i Farn, yn cael ei darlledu o Neuadd y Brangwyn, Abertawe. I drin a thrafod sefyllfa heddiw ac edrych ar sut ddyfodol sydd i r iaith, bydd panel o bedwar yn ymuno â Dewi Llwyd, yn eu plith yr ymgyrchydd iaith Ffred Ffransis, Ron Jones o gwmni Tinopolis a r Dr Simon Brooks, darlithydd yn Ysgol y Gymraeg, Prifysgol Caerdydd. All neb ddiystyru arwyddocâd darlledu Tynged yr Iaith ar Radio Cymru yn 1962. Fe arweiniodd at drobwynt yn hanes yr iaith Gymraeg ac at ddeffroad cenedlaethol ynglŷn â sefyllfa r iaith, meddai Sian Gwynedd, Pennaeth Gwasanaethau Cymraeg BBC Cymru. Fyddai hanes Cymru r hanner canrif ddiwethaf ddim yr un hanes heb y ddarlith hon. Bydd BBC Cymru yn nodi r garreg filltir bwysig ar ei holl wasanaethau a gyda rhaglen arbennig o Pawb a i Farn ar S4C, sy n rhaglen bwysig i roi llais i bobol Cymru a lle i gynnal trafodaeth wrth i ni barhau i ddadansoddi ein hiaith, ein diwylliant a n gwleidyddiaeth. Fifty years after Saunders Lewis famous Tynged yr Iaith speech which sparked a national awakening of the fate of the Welsh language, a Pawb a i Farn special discusses the state of the language today and its future. Among the panel from Swansea s Brangwyn Hall are language campaigner Ffred Fransis, Ron Jones, Executive Chairman of Tinopolis TV company and lecturer Dr Simon Brooks from Cardiff University. Mari Williams
POBOL Y CWM Llun-Gwener, Chwefror 13-17, BBC Cymru ar S4C, 8pm Monday-Friday, February 13-17, BBC Wales on S4C, 8pm bbc.co.uk/pobolycwm Fel petai Eileen ddim wedi dioddef digon yn ddiweddar, mae lladrad ym Mhenrhewl ac mae un peth yn arbennig wedi ei ddwyn. Mae gwn Denzil wedi diflannu a gan nad yw wedi ei gofrestru, maent ofn dweud wrth yr heddlu. Aiff y sefyllfa yn fwy difrifol fyth pan glyw Eileen y gwn yn cael ei danio tu allan i r tŷ. Mae pawb ar y fferm ar bigau r drain, a phan fo Cadno yn darganfod pwy yw r lleidr, mae hi n wyllt gacwn. Erbyn diwedd yr wythnos, mae Sioned wedi symud i Benrhewl a i pherthynas hi a Macs yn ansicr. Er ymdrechion Eileen a Macs i drio cysuro Sioned, does na neb yn gweld pa mor fregus yw hi mewn gwirionedd. Mae Sioned yn teimlo r angen i fod yn ei chartref, lle mae n teimlo n agosach at ei thad. Mae gan Ffion gynllwyn i geisio adennill ffafriaeth ei chyn-ŵr, Hywel. Ac nid gwaith tŷ sydd ar ei meddwl pan mae n gofyn iddo ddod draw i drwsio r peiriant golchi. Mae Hywel yn troedio ar dir peryglus iawn a rhaid iddo ddewis gyfeiriad ei ddyfodol. As if Eileen hasn t suffered enough recently, there is a break-in at Penrhewl and one thing in particular has been stolen. Denzil s gun is missing and seeing as it isn t registered, they re reluctant to tell the police. The situation turns serious when Eileen hears the gun being fired outside the house. Everyone is on tenterhooks, so when Cadno discovers the identity of the thief, she hits the roof. Towards the end of the week, Sioned moves into Penrhewl and her relationship with Macs hits the rocks. Eileen and Macs try to comfort her but they cannot see how fragile she actually is. In a bid to feel closer to her father, she returns home, where she feels secure. Ffion has a cunning plan to win back her ex-husband s favour. And household chores are the last thing on her mind when she asks for his help in fixing the washing machine. Hywel is on dangerous territory and he must choose where his future lies. Meleri Thomas