Wynne's Welsh 80s - Season 1

Season 1

Episodes

1980
Wynne looks back at 1980 and some of the more unusual stories to hit the news that year, including the Green Cross Code Man, a night out with snooker champion Terry Griffiths and a little bit of Wynne and the youth theatre at The Lyric in Carmarthen.
Meet the winner of a rare Blue Peter award for endeavour, a boy who can bend forks, and plenty of nostalgic fare as Sian Phillips introduces us to her latest West End stage role, and RNLI legend Dic Evans from Moelfre remembers his early rescues with Parky. And you'll never guess what the Welsh came top of a national survey in: kissing.

1981
Wynne looks back at 1981 and some of the quirky and memorable stories to hit the news that year.
We say Hi-de-Hi to Ruth Madoc on the Russell Harty Show, meet a man who's dug his own grave - literally - and see Shakin' Stevens ahead of his show at Cardiff's New Theatre. Wynne has a go at the best-selling toy of the year, the Rubik's cube, Phillip Madoc plays Lloyd George in the TV drama series about his life, and the Welsh Evel Knievel goes for a world record in Swansea Airport, jumping over 14 cars.
Finally, the event of the year: Prince Charles marries Lady Diana. Wynne remembers the street parties, the dress co-designed by David Emmanuel and the couple's visit to north Wales.

1982
Wynne Evans looks back at 1982 and some of the events that hit the news that year, including the Pope's visit to Cardiff, Simon Weston recovering from the Falklands War and the beginning of the new Welsh-language channel, S4C.
Plus Clay Jones visits a Cwmbran allotment to admire Marge's onions, the new 20p piece, and the huge snowfall and cold temperatures impacting school exams.

1983
Wynne Evans looks back at 1983 and some of the quirky and memorable stories to hit the news that year, including the Japanese researchers who came to find out about the haunted house on Kenfig Hill, how the Pretty Ugly mug company created their distinctive mugs, and how blind drivers benefited from a driving course.

1984
Wynne Evans looks back at 1984 and some of the quirky and memorable stories to hit the news that year. There must have been something in the water in north Wales, as only male babies are born in the first three months of the year, Windsor Davies reveals he's a cockney, and Liz Taylor arrives to grieve Richard Burton with his family in Pontrhydyfen.

1985
Wynne Evans looks back at 1985 and some of the quirky and memorable stories to hit the news that year, as the miners head back to work after a year-long strike, Max Boyce talks to Cliff Morgan about his teenage years down the mine, and Tommy the Fish from Tiger Bay recalls how he got involved in fish.

1986
Wynne Evans looks back at 1986 and some of the quirky and memorable stories to hit the news that year. They include Bob Dylan filming in Cardiff airport, a newly married couple deciding to make a TV series about their first year of marriage and guide dogs for the visually impaired being trained in Wales for the first time, while a mongrel trying to pass as a Yorkie is taken to court.

1987
Wynne Evans looks back at 1987 and some of the quirky and memorable stories to hit the news that year. They include Russell Grant's trip to Pontypridd market to learn Wenglish, the couple batty about rescuing bats and Rob Brydon's new quiz show Invasion Wales.

1988
Wynne Evans looks back at 1988 and some of the quirky and memorable stories to hit the news that year, including the question of whether you should blow-dry your chicken, the Merthyr choir arrested for singing and the Rheidol railway being put up for sale by British Rail for having the wrong track size.

1989
Wynne Evans looks back at 1989 and some of the quirky and memorable stories to hit the news that year, including Marjorie going back to school in Pontypool at the age of 80, the Baker Boys attempting to swim across three channels to Northern Ireland and Mary Quant putting on a fashion show to launch her latest swimwear.
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