Amser Te Explained

Runtime:30? minutes
Starring:Myfanwy Howell
Language:Welsh
Channel:TWW Wales
Producer:TWW

Amser Te is a Welsh language regional TV magazine programme produced by TWW for ten years, from 1958–1968. Amser Te means 'Tea Time' in English.[1]

Content

The format was a general interest magazine programme, which featured a regular cookery item as a tail-end, hosted by Myfanwy Howell.The first show aired in January 1958.[2] Directed to female viewers, the show turned into "an instant hit" in Wales, according to the scholar Jamie Medhurst.[3]

Reception

Gwilym Roberts of Liverpool Daily Post praised Howell for "keeping all fidgets and fussiness from the viewer". Roberts continued, "She is outwardly calmness personified; she chats away in such a homely fashion that she could well be on an informal picnic but not before the all-seeing eyes of the cameras, and this reassuring style must be of the great possible help to her 'items,' the large majority of them without any previous television experience."[2] The scholar Jamie Medhurst said, "The programme was a mix of studio-based and filmed items, and Howell's homely style of presenting endeared the audience to her."[3]

Notes and References

  1. News: Crozier. Mary. 1960-10-12. Servants of Two Tongues. 7. The Guardian. 2021-06-22.
  2. News: Roberts . Gwilym . 1962-01-13 . Welsh Radio Review: An honour that is well deserved . . . 2023-08-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230820013734/https://www.newspapers.com/article/liverpool-daily-post-welsh-ed/130311544/ . 2023-08-20 .
  3. Book: Medhurst, Jamie . 2010 . A History of Independent Television in Wales . Cardiff . . . 978-0-7083-2213-0 . 2023-08-20 .