– Big Fish Jerry Hunter – Soffestri’r Saeson Martin Johnes & Iain McLean – Aberfan: Government and Disasters Sheenagh Pugh – Stonelight Lorna Sage – Bad Blood Owen Sheers – The Blue Book Music Richard Churches – Requiem Mass Larry Goves – walking underground Racing Cars – A Bolt from the Blue Super Furry Animals – Mwng Film English-language films One of the Hollywood Ten, written and directed by Karl Francis The Testimony of Taliesin Jones with Jonathan Pryce and Matthew Rhys Rancid Aluminium, based on the novel by James Hawes, with Rhys Ifans, Keith Allen and Brian Hibbard. 102 Dalmatians, with Ioan Gruffudd and his future wife Alice Evans Welsh-language films Moth (S4C) Broadcasting English-language television Rob Brydon stars in Marion and Geoff Welsh-language television Cân i Gymru 2000 Porc Peis Bach Hacio Sport BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year – Tanni Grey-Thompson Golf Celtic Manor Wales Open: European Tour tournament first played. Phillip Price is ranked 8th in the world. Snooker 13 February – Matthew Stevens wins the Masters. 1 May – Mark Williams wins the World Snooker Championship for the first time, defeating Matthew Stevens in an all-Welsh final. Births 8 August – Dylan Michael Douglas, son of Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones Deaths 19 January – Rex Willis, Wales international rugby union player, 75 19 February – Josef Herman, artist, 88 23 February – John Nevill, 5th Marquess of Abergavenny, 85 11 March – Will Roberts, painter, 92 7 April – Walter Vickery, Wales international rugby player, 90 12 April – Ronald Lockley, naturalist, 96 20 May – David Pearce, boxer, 41 28 May – Donald Davies, computer scientist and inventor, 75 30 May – Doris Hare, actress, 95 10 July – Dilwyn Lewis, designer, 76 19 July – Philip Jones, civil servant, 69 26 July – Albert Fear, Wales international rugby player, 92 17 September – Paula Yates, television presenter (born in Colwyn Bay), 41 (suicide) 25 September – R. S. Thomas, poet, 87 30 September – Howard Winstone, boxing champion, 61 11 November – Sir Alun Talfan Davies, judge, 87 December – George Evans, footballer, 65 2 December – Rosemarie Frankland, former Miss World, 57 (drug overdose) 22 December – Harry Payne, Wales international rugby player, 93 date unknown – Doug Rees, footballer See also 2000 in England 2000 in Northern Ireland 2000 in Scotland References Wales