makes his first appearance as "Q" in the James Bond series of films. Rachel Roberts stars in This Sporting Life Jack Howells wins the Academy Award for Dylan Thomas at the 35th Academy Awards in the category of Best Documentary Short. As of 2011 it is the only Welsh film to have won an Oscar. Broadcasting The ITV franchise Wales (West and North) Television (WWN) (also called "Teledu Cymru") becomes the only company in Independent Television history to go bankrupt, and is taken over by TWW. Welsh-language television Heno English-language television 23 November – The first episode of BBC's new science fiction series Doctor Who, devised by Welshman Terry Nation, is broadcast. Sport BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year – Howard Winstone Births 22 January – Huw Irranca-Davies, politician 27 April – Russell T Davies, television screenwriter 14 May – Andrew Lewis, composer 8 June – Louise Jones, cyclist 15 June – Nigel Walker, athlete and rugby player 28 June – Peter Baynham, comedian 10 July – Ian Lougher, motorcycle racer August – Rebecca Evans, operatic soprano 15 August (in Wolverhampton) – Simon Hart, politician, Secretary of State for Wales 12 September – Julie Roberts (artist), painter 19 October – Phil Davies, rugby union player 1 November – Mark Hughes, footballer and football manager 28 November – Charles Dale, television actor 7 December – Mark Bowen, footballer 16 December – Hugh Morris, cricketer 19 December – Paul Rhys, actor 28 December – Simon Thomas, politician Deaths 1 January – David Mort, Labour MP for Swansea East, 74 11 January – Philippa Powys, novelist, 76 13 March – Margaret Davies, philanthropist, 78 15 January – Morgan Phillips, politician, 60 15 March – William Cove, politician, 74 28 March – Alec Templeton, composer, pianist and satirist, 52 15 April – Edward V. Robertson, US senator, 81 25 May – William Lewis, chemist 17 June – John Cowper Powys, novelist, 90 6 July – John Osborn Williams, politician in Newfoundland, 77 29 July – Frank Moody, British boxing champion, 62 11 September – William Richard Williams, civil servant and politician, 68 26 September Goronwy Owen, politician, 82 Olive Wheeler, educationalist, 77 1 October – Tal Harris, Wales international rugby player, 61 11 October – Emlyn Garner Evans, lawyer and politician, 53 26 October – Horace Evans, royal physician, 60 16 December – Llewellyn Evans, Olympic hockey player, 84 20 December – Reg