MISSION IMPOSSIBLE

Poet Ifor ap Glyn is a man on a mission. His challenge? To journey round Wales using Welsh alone, but will he be successful in your area..?

 

Programme 4, Thursday, December 1, 2005

Gwent - 3% yn siarad Cymraeg yn 1991. 10% yn siarad Cymraeg yn 2001

Tregaron - 67.9% Welsh speakers in 2001
Llanymddyfri - 47% Welsh speakers in 2001
Aberhonddu - 14% Welsh speakers in 2001

This fourth programme sees Ifor, who was born and raised in London, retracing his Welsh heritage and returning to Pontrhydfendigaid, near Aberystwyth, where his great-grandfather, Thomas Hughes, worked as a drover.

A common vocation in those days, Thomas' work frequently took him down to London, but how successful will Ifor be as he embarks on a similar journey today - and who is his woolly travelling companion?!

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