Suite William Mathias – Postlude Grace Williams – Four Medieval Welsh Poems for alto, harp and harpsichord David Wynne – Cymric Rhapsodies Film Richard Burton and Donald Houston appear in The Longest Day. Peter Greenaway makes his first film: Death of Sentiment. Jack Howells makes the short documentary Dylan Thomas featuring Richard Burton. Broadcasting Welsh-language radio 13 February – Saunders Lewis gives the Welsh Home Service’s Annual Lecture, entitled Tynged yr Iaith (The Fate of the Language). Television 14 September – The first transmitter, at Preseli, of the Teledu Cymru – Wales (West and North) Television service comes on air. English-language television 17 September – First edition of the Welsh national news programme BBC Wales Today. Sport Football – John Charles returns to Leeds United from several years playing for Italian clubs. Golf – Brian Huggett wins the Dutch Open championship. BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year – Ivor Allchurch Births 5 January – Geraint Williams, footballer 11 January – Chris Bryant, politician 16 January – Bethan Gwanas, Welsh-language writer 25 May - Martin Goldsmith, footballer 27 June – Michael Ball, singer 22 August – Iolo Williams, naturalist and TV presenter 28 August – David Melding, politician 15 September – Kevin Allen, actor, comedian and film director 22 July – Arthur Emyr, rugby player and television presenter and executive 22 August – Iolo Williams, naturalist and broadcaster 5 September – Peter Wingfield, actor 15 October – Mark Ring, rugby player 24 October – Jonathan Davies, rugby player 11 November - Chris Sander, footballer 12 December – John Jones, record producer 31 December – Chris Hallam, wheelchair athlete date unknown Fiona Bennett, composer Sioned Wiliam, broadcaster, writer and producer Deaths 18 January – Iolo Aneurin Williams, journalist, author and politician, 71 26 January – George Jeffreys, founder of the Elim Pentecostal Church, 72 11 February – John Edward Daniel, theologian, chairman of Plaid Cymru, 59 (road accident) 14 February – Ezer Griffiths, physicist, 73 27 February – Albert Rhys Williams, Welsh-American journalist, labour organiser, and publicist, 78 23 March – Clement Davies, politician, 80 April – Edgar Morgan, rugby union player, 80 25 April – Herbie Baxter, Glamorgan cricketer, 79 30 April – Charles Williams, Anglican priest and academic, 55 11 May – Eliot Crawshay-Williams, politician and author, 82 16 June – Edgar Rees Jones, barrister and politician, 83 24 June – Thomas Richards, historian, 84 3 August - Edgar