John Hefin MBE (born John Hefin Evans;[1] 14 August 1941 – 19 November 2012[2]) was a Welsh television producer and director who served as head of drama at BBC Wales. He began working for the BBC in 1960, and his career at the corporation included devising the long-running Welsh soap opera Pobol y Cwm, co-writing and directing the comedy film Grand Slam, and producing the 1981 biopic The Life and Times of David Lloyd George. He was later involved with the work of Film Cymru, the Film Commission Wales, and the media journal Cyfrwng. He also worked in the Department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies at Aberystwyth University. He died from cancer in November 2012.
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that his great-uncle, the Welsh bard Henry Lloyd (ap Hefin) [cy], had adopted the name Ap Hefin ("Son of the Summer Solstice").[citation needed] Annwn...
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to the Hospitality Industry in the North West. JohnHefin. For services to Welsh Film and Drama. John Francis Henderson. For services to the community...
television show set in the town of Sunshine City. It was created and developed by John Lomas Bullivant, at Fireback Entertainment, and was first broadcast in February...
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smooth sea". In some neo-druid traditions the festival is called Alban Hefin. The sun in its greatest strength is greeted and celebrated on this holiday...
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