{"id":24699,"date":"2026-02-23T12:23:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T12:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/?post_type=events&#038;p=24699"},"modified":"2026-03-04T12:31:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T12:31:34","slug":"putting-welsh-history-on-tv-2","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/events\/putting-welsh-history-on-tv-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Putting Welsh history on TV"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure id=\"attachment_15547\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15547\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-15547\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Thomas-and-Williams-604x402.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"604\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Thomas-and-Williams-604x402.jpg 604w, https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Thomas-and-Williams-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Thomas-and-Williams-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Thomas-and-Williams-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Thomas-and-Williams-270x180.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Thomas-and-Williams-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Thomas-and-Williams.jpg 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15547\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wynford Vaughan-Thomas and Gwyn Alf Williams, presenters of The Dragon Has Two Tongues<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This talk with video extracts, will look at attempts to turn the complexities of Welsh history into accessible television. It will include clips from <em><strong>Horrible Histories<\/strong><\/em>, Huw Edwards\u2019s <strong><em>The Story of Wales<\/em> <\/strong>and the ground-breaking and much-loved series, <strong><em>The Dragon Has Two Tongues<\/em><\/strong> in which Wynford Vaughan Thomas and Professor Gwyn Alf Williams offered two very different versions of Welsh history. The latter series, produced and directed by <strong>Colin Thomas<\/strong> in 1985, was recently described by <strong>Michael Sheen<\/strong> as \u201cone of the greatest history programmes ever produced on these shores.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This talk with video extracts, will look at attempts to turn the complexities of Welsh history into accessible television. 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