1957 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1957 to Wales and its people.

1957
in
Wales
Centuries:
  • 18th
  • 19th
  • 20th
  • 21st
Decades:
  • 1930s
  • 1940s
  • 1950s
  • 1960s
  • 1970s
See also:
1957 in
The United Kingdom
Scotland

Incumbents

Events

Arts and literature

Awards

  • National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Llangefni)
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair – Gwilym Tilsley, "Cwm Carnedd"[14]
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown – Dyfnallt Morgan, "Drama Fydryddol Rhwng Dau"[15]
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal – Tom Parri Jones, Teisennau Berffro[16]

Welsh language

English language

New drama

Music

Film

Broadcasting

  • Alun Oldfield-Davies becomes senior regional BBC controller, after several years of successful campaigning for Welsh-language television.

Welsh-language television

  • February – Cefndir (first regular Welsh-language programme)
  • September – Dewch i Mewn (magazine programme)[20]

English-language television

Sport

Births

Deaths

See also

References

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  15. "Winners of the Crown". National Eisteddfod of Wales. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  16. "Winners of the Prose Medal". National Eisteddfod of Wales. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
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  19. Marianne Barton (1979). British Music Yearbook. Classical Music. p. 623. ISBN 978-0-7136-1963-8.
  20. Jamie Medhurst (1 June 2010). A History of Independent Television in Wales. University of Wales Press. pp. 29–. ISBN 978-0-7083-2308-3.
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  29. Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Soccerdata. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
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