Wales on TV - Season 1
Season 1
Episodes
1968 and 1985
Tonight, from the Sixties, we watch Welsh singer Mary Hopkin become an international recording star, we test out early flat-pack furniture and take a trip on Barry Island's Wall of Death. Plus, from the 1980s, we witness the end of the miners' strike, meet a Ceredigion man sailing around the world and watch the Romans return to Caerleon.
1965 and 1979
The story of Wales through the decades, as seen on the small screen and featuring the pop music of the day. Tonight's look at the 60s includes rail closures in Gwynedd, preparations for a nuclear attack in Carmarthenshire and snow chaos for all. Clips from the 70s recall the winter of discontent, the arrival of Margaret Thatcher and the return home to the Afan Valley of film star Richard Burton.
Episode 3
The story of Wales through the decades as seen on the small screen - along with the pop music of the day.
Tonight, from the Seventies, thousands of families turn out out to celebrate the Queen's silver jubilee tour of Wales.
Plus, from the end of the Eighties, Welsh soldiers in Berlin witness the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Episode 4
The story of Wales through the decades as seen on the small screen - along with the pop music of the day. Tonight, fighting elections in the 1970s - and a strike in a brewery that left Wales dry.
Plus, in the 1980s, radiation from Chernobyl rains down on Wales while postmen take to the picket lines
Episode 5
The story of Wales through the decades, as seen on the small screen and featuring the pop music of the day. In this edition, families queue for candles as an electricity workers' strike turns off the lights in 1972. Meanwhile, Wales' first hypermarket opens in Caerphilly. Plus, in the 1990s, the hunt is on for the beast of Bala, and a Bridgend man learns the Star Trek language Klingon.
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