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{{Short description|Division of the BBC for Wales}}
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{{Infobox broadcasting network
| network_name = BBC Cymru Wales
| network_logo = BBC Cymru Wales 2022.svg
| logo_size = 200px
| image = BBC UK Regions (Wales highlighted).svg
| image_size = 200px
| caption = BBC Cymru Wales' area within the UK
| headquarters = [[BBC Cymru Wales New Broadcasting House|New Broadcasting House]], [[Cardiff]]
| area = [[Wales]]
| language = [[English language|English]] and [[Welsh language|Welsh]] (Cymraeg)
| tvstations = {{Ubl|[[BBC One Wales]]|[[BBC Two Wales]]}}
| tvtransmitters = {{Plainlist|
*[[Blaenplwyf transmitting station|Blaenplwyf]]
*[[Carmel transmitting station|Carmel]]
*[[Kilvey Hill transmitting station|Kilvey Hill]]
*[[Llanddona transmitting station|Llanddona]]
*[[Moel-y-Parc transmitting station|Moel-y-Parc]]
*[[Preseli transmitting station|Preseli]]
*Prestatyn
*[[Wenvoe transmitting station|Wenvoe]]
}}
| launched = {{start date and age|df=yes|1964|2|9}}
| radiostations = {{Ubl|[[BBC Radio Wales]]|[[BBC Radio Cymru]]|[[BBC Radio Cymru 2]]}}
| parent = [[BBC]]
| keypeople = Rhuanedd Richards (Director of BBC Cymru Wales)
| website = {{URL|bbc.co.uk/wales}}
}}

'''BBC Cymru Wales''' is a division of the [[BBC]] and the main [[public broadcasting|public broadcaster]] in [[Wales]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/cymruwales/whatwedo|title = BBC - What we do - About BBC Cymru Wales|access-date = 26 August 2014|website = BBC - What we do - About BBC Cymru Wales|publisher = BBC|page = "BBC Cymru Wales is the nation's broadcaster"}}</ref>

It is one of the four BBC national regions, alongside the [[BBC English Regions]], [[BBC Northern Ireland]] and [[BBC Scotland]]. Established in 1964, BBC Cymru Wales is based in [[Cardiff]] and directly employs some 1,200 people to produce a range of programmes for television, radio and online services in both English and [[Welsh language|Welsh]].<ref name="Rhodri Talfan Davies BBC bio">{{cite web|title=Rhodri Talfan Davies, director, BBC Cymru Wales|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/cymruwales/about/how-we-work/rhodri-talfan-davies|work=About BBC Cymru Wales|publisher=BBC|access-date=16 March 2019}}</ref>

BBC Cymru Wales operates two TV channels ([[BBC One Wales]], [[BBC Two Wales]]) and three radio stations ([[BBC Radio Wales]], [[BBC Radio Cymru]] and [[BBC Radio Cymru 2]]). The total budget for BBC Cymru Wales (including [[S4C]]'s £76&nbsp;million) is £151&nbsp;million, £31&nbsp;million of which is for BBC-produced television productions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/consultations/psb-review-3/responses/Scottish_Government.pdf|title=Scottish Government Response to the Third PSB Review consultation|website=Ofcom|date=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707085839/http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/consultations/psb-review-3/responses/Scottish_Government.pdf|archive-date=7 July 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Services==

===Television===
[[File:BBC Cymru Wales logo.svg|thumb|120px|Former BBC Cymru Wales logo]]
BBC Cymru Wales operates two television services, [[BBC One Wales]] and [[BBC Two Wales]], which can opt out of the main network feed of [[BBC One]] and [[BBC Two]] in England to broadcast national programming. These two channels broadcast a variety of programmes in English, including the flagship news programme ''[[BBC Wales Today]]'' which broadcasts several bulletins throughout the day including the main evening programme.

In addition to these two channels, BBC Cymru Wales is required to provide programmes in [[Welsh language|Welsh]], which it supplies to the Welsh language channel [[S4C]] free of charge using the BBC Cymru brand.<ref>{{cite web|title=About BBC Wales|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/cymruwales|publisher=BBC|access-date=22 May 2012}}</ref> These programmes include a Welsh news service ''[[Newyddion]]'', covering Welsh, general UK and international news, and a soap opera ''[[Pobol y Cwm]]'', the longest running television soap opera made by the BBC. Under a partnership agreement with [[S4C]], BBC Cymru Wales provides playout and technology services to the channel.

===Radio===
BBC Cymru Wales operates three radio stations covering the entire country. [[BBC Radio Wales]] is the English language network, broadcasting local programmes for approximately 20 hours a day and simulcasting [[BBC Radio 5 Live]] during the station's down time. [[BBC Radio Cymru]] broadcasts Welsh language programming for over 18 hours a day, providing a mix of general entertainment and factual programming, while [[BBC Radio Cymru 2]] provides separate music-led programming at certain hours. While off air, both Radio Cymru stations simulcast overnight programme from the [[BBC World Service]]. 

===Online and interactive===
BBC Cymru Wales operates its own mini-site on [[BBC Online]] as well as providing news and features for other areas of BBC Online. In addition, news stories are provided for the [[BBC Red Button]] interactive service.

===BBC National Orchestra of Wales===
{{Main|BBC National Orchestra of Wales}}
BBC Cymru Wales employs a full-time orchestra, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales (BBC NOW), who give concerts in Cardiff, [[Swansea]] and across Wales. The majority of the orchestra's concerts are recorded for broadcast on [[BBC Radio 3]], BBC Radio Wales and BBC Radio Cymru. Since January 2009 the administrative base of the NOW has been the [[BBC Hoddinott Hall]], in the [[Wales Millennium Centre]], Cardiff.

==History==
[[File:BBC logo (pre97; Wales).svg|thumb|The logo of BBC Cymru Wales between 1988 and 1997.]]
The first broadcast in Wales was on 13 February 1923<ref name="BBC CW History 23-66">{{cite web|title=Our History 1923-1966|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/cymruwales/about/history|work=About BBC Cymru Wales|publisher=BBC Cymru Wales|access-date=22 May 2012}}</ref> from the radio station 5WA at 19 Castle Street, Cardiff.<ref name="South East Wales">{{Cite news|date=15 January 2009|title=From Cardiff, this is BBC Wales|language=en-GB|work=BBC South East Wales|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/local/southeastwales/hi/tv_and_radio/newsid_7831000/7831343.stm|access-date=29 March 2021}}</ref>

In March 1924 they moved into larger premises at 39 Park Place, later taking over most of the properties on the street.<ref name="South East Wales" />

During this time, the region was served from bases around Wales. During [[World War II]], the regional services all ceased and broadcast the Home Service from [[London]], although some Welsh content was included.<ref name="BBC CW History 23-66" /> The BBC's [[Bangor, Gwynedd|Bangor]] base played host to the BBC Variety Department during the war, although this fact was never officially announced.<ref name="BBC CW History 23-66" />

Following the end of the Second World War, the BBC Home Service continued its regional opt-outs, including an opt-out service for Wales. This opt-out continued after the change from the Home Service to [[BBC Radio 4|Radio 4]] and paved the way for two full-time radio services - [[BBC Radio Cymru]] in 1977, followed a year later by [[BBC Radio Wales]].<ref name="BBC CW History 66-11"/>

In 1952 they bought a 10-acre site at Baynton House in [[Llandaff]], Cardiff, to house all of its operations in the city.<ref name="Baynton House">{{Cite news|last=Roderick|first=Vaughan|date=27 September 2020|title=BBC Wales Llandaff: Vaughan Roderick's memories of Broadcasting House|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-54282745|access-date=29 March 2021}}</ref><ref name="Buildings">{{Cite web|title=History of the BBC Buildings - Broadcasting House, Cardiff|url=https://www.bbc.com/historyofthebbc/buildings/broadcasting-house-cardiff|url-status=live|access-date=29 March 2021|website=www.bbc.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190728230027/https://www.bbc.com/historyofthebbc/buildings/broadcasting-house-cardiff |archive-date=28 July 2019 }}</ref><ref name="South East Wales" />

The BBC has also occupied other locations in Cardiff such as: Celtic Road in Gabalfa, Newport Road in Roath, above a Spar shop in Llandaff village, and Charles Street in the city centre.<ref name="South East Wales" />

The first television signals in Wales came on 15 August 1952 from the newly constructed [[Wenvoe transmitting station|Wenvoe transmitter]]. The transmitter itself broadcast the national [[BBC One|BBC Television]] service. Wales would gain some significance when, in 1957, the [[BBC West]] region from [[Bristol]] was established including a daily five-minute news bulletin for Wales, followed five years later by the launch of the daily magazine programme, ''[[BBC Wales Today|Wales Today]]''.<ref name="BBC CW History 23-66"/>

[[File:Broadcasting House, Cardiff.jpg|thumb|right|[[Broadcasting House, Cardiff]]]]

The launch of BBC Wales on 9 February 1964 provided a specific television service for the country. The new service was heavily promoted (proclaiming that ''Wales gets its very own TV service in 1964!'') with animated promos using the sound of Welsh choirs to explain about interference from the mountains.<ref>{{cite web|title=History of BBC Wales |url=http://www2.tv-ark.org.uk/bbc_wales/history.html |publisher=TVARK |access-date=30 December 2011 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120174456/http://www2.tv-ark.org.uk/bbc_wales/history.html |archive-date=20 January 2012 }}</ref> Two years later in 1966, BBC Cymru Wales' new headquarters at [[Broadcasting House, Cardiff|Broadcasting House]] in Cardiff opened and the first colour broadcast for Wales followed in 1970.<ref name="BBC CW History 66-11">{{cite web|title=History of the BBC in Wales|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/cymruwales/about/history|work=About BBC Cymru Wales|publisher=BBC Cymru Wales|access-date=16 March 2019}}</ref>

[[File:Diwrnod Agored BBC Cymru Wales Open Day - geograph.org.uk - 1600043.jpg|thumb|left|200px|BBC Cymru Wales [[outside broadcast]] vehicle, 2009]]
Prior to 1982, BBC Cymru Wales on television provided programmes in both English and Welsh, with the news programme ''[[Heddiw]]'' and the long-running serial ''[[Pobol y Cwm]]'' figuring among the key output. However, this changed with the launch of [[S4C]] on 1 November 1982 as all Welsh-language programming on both the BBC and the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] contractor [[ITV Wales & West|HTV]] was transferred to the new channel. As part of a guaranteed ten hours a week of BBC-produced programming, ''Pobol y Cwm'' switched to the new channel while a newly expanded news service, ''Newyddion'', was launched.

Into the late 1990s, BBC Cymru Wales continued to expand their services. The first web pages for Wales began to appear on [[BBC Online]] in 1997, including a variety of features surrounding programming, schedules, community events and other stories.<ref name="BBC CW History 66-11"/><ref>{{cite web|title=BBC Wales Online (1998) |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/wales |publisher=Internet Archive/BBC Cymru Wales |access-date=25 May 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980711013137/http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/ |archive-date=11 July 1998 }}</ref> The following year, BBC Wales gained additional air time through the use of a late prime-time to midnight opt-out from new digital channel [[BBC Choice]].<ref name="BBC CW History 66-11"/> This lasted until opt-outs ended on the channel in 2001; subsequently BBC Wales opted out of the [[BBC Two]] prime-time schedule on digital platforms to broadcast [[BBC 2W]].<ref name="BBC CW History 66-11"/><ref name="BBC 2W launch">{{cite news|title=BBC Wales launches new channel|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/1626717.stm|access-date=25 May 2012|newspaper=BBC News|date=29 October 2001}}</ref> This latter service closed on 2 January 2009 – prior to the [[Digital television transition|digital switchover]] which would have ceased separate broadcasting on analogue and digital.<ref name="BBC 2W closure">{{cite news|title=Up to 155 jobs to go at BBC Wales|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/7050834.stm|access-date=25 May 2012|newspaper=BBC News|date=18 October 2007}}</ref>

Expansion in the number of drama productions handled by BBC Cymru Wales since 2011 has resulted in the construction and opening on a new studio centre in Cardiff.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Moore|first1=Rowan|title=Roath Lock studios, Cardiff – review|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2012/mar/25/roath-lock-cardiff-bbc-studios-review|access-date=11 June 2014|publisher=The Observer|date=25 March 2012}}</ref>

In August 2013, it was announced that Broadcasting House and Ty Oldfield (Oldfield House), opposite, was for sale, with plans to move to a new a purpose-built headquarters in the city centre. The BBC attributed the decision to "ageing infrastructure at Llandaff" and considered sites including [[Central Square, Cardiff|Central Square]], land south of Cardiff Central railway station, and land between the [[Senedd building|Senedd]] and [[Atradius]].<ref>{{cite web|date=9 June 2014|title=BBC Wales to locate its new £170m headquarters at Cardiff's Capital Square scheme|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/business/business-news/bbc-wales-locate-new-170m-7240685|access-date=16 November 2015|publisher=[[Wales Online]]}}</ref> In 2014, it was confirmed that Broadcasting House would be demolished and turned into 400 residential units.<ref name="BBC1">{{cite web|date=2 April 2019|title=Closedown: Broadcasting House Llandaff|url=https://livingmags.co.uk/closedown-broadcasting-house-llandaff/|access-date=4 November 2019|publisher=[[Living Magazines Cardiff]]}}</ref> The BBC confirmed in 2015 that Central Square would be the location of their [[BBC Cymru Wales New Broadcasting House|new headquarters building]]<ref>{{cite web|date=30 November 2015|title=New headquarters for BBC Cymru Wales expected to be confirmed shortly at heart of Central Square scheme|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/business/business-news/new-headquarters-bbc-cymru-wales-10358925|access-date=16 November 2015|publisher=[[Wales Online]]}}</ref> and began to move out of Llandaff studios in 2019.

The [[BBC Cymru Wales New Broadcasting House|New Broadcasting House]] opened in 2020. In July 2020 [[BBC One Wales]] and [[BBC Two Wales]] Presentation and Playout move from Llandaff to become the first live services from the new building.<ref>{{Cite web|date=15 July 2020|title=A big moment behind the scenes earlier! Watch the BBC News at Six being introduced live for the very first time from our new home in Cardiff Central Square.|url=https://twitter.com/bbcwales/status/1283467607820111874|access-date=2020-09-07|website=Twitter|language=en}}</ref> This was followed by the first radio broadcasts, by [[BBC Radio Cymru 2]] host Daniel Glyn on the 25 July<ref>{{Cite web|date=25 July 2020|title=The first radio broadcast from Central Square, Cardiff goes live on @BBCRadioCymru2 and @BBCRadioCymru|url=https://twitter.com/bbcwalespress/status/1286974823621627904|access-date=2020-09-07|website=Twitter|language=en}}</ref> and by [[BBC Radio Wales|Radio Wales]] host [[Owen Money]] on the 31 July.<ref>{{Cite web|date=31 July 2020|title=A big moment behind the scenes earlier! Owen Money broadcast the first ever BBC Radio Wales show from our new home in Cardiff Central Square.|url=https://twitter.com/bbcradiowales/status/1289277650943578112|access-date=2020-09-07|website=Twitter|language=en}}</ref> TV News moved into the building in September 2020 when viewers saw the building's roof garden in a live report by reporter Alex Jennings as part of an afternoon broadcast of ''Wales Today''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jennings|first=Alex|date=20 August 2020|title=Battled the wind a little for tonight's live report but it was exciting for 2 reasons...|url=https://twitter.com/alexsjennings/status/1296516642495660034|access-date=2020-09-07|website=Twitter|language=en}}</ref>

==Studios==
{{See also|List of BBC properties}}

=== Central Square, Cardiff ===
[[File:BBC Cymru Wales (geograph 6226511) (cropped).jpg|thumb|BBC Cymru Wales headquarters at [[Central Square, Cardiff]]]]
The current headquarters of BBC Cymru Wales is [[BBC Cymru Wales New Broadcasting House|New Broadcasting House]], based in Cardiff's [[Central Square, Cardiff|Central Square]] in the heart of the city. It opened in 2019, with broadcasting starting in 2020.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-09-28|title=TV news last and firsts for BBC in Cardiff|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-54300029|access-date=2020-10-01}}</ref> The new building is the base for almost all BBC Cymru Wales staff, and is purpose built to house radio and TV production teams. It is the home of BBC Cymru Wales's news services, in English and Welsh, ''[[Wales Today]]'', [[BBC Radio Wales]] and [[BBC Radio Cymru]], as well as production teams for UK-wide programming and programmes commissioned by S4C.

Its location was decided in June 2014, on the site of the former [[Cardiff Central bus station]]. It can house up to 1,000 staff, with around half the floor space of its former Llandaff base and with 70% less studio space. Fewer studios were needed in the new headquarters partly as a result of the new purpose build facilities for drama and BBC National Orchestra of Wales in Cardiff Bay.<ref>{{cite web|date=10 June 2014|title=BBC Wales HQ to move to Cardiff city centre|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/ariel/27764027|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924051401/http://www.bbc.co.uk/ariel/27764027|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 September 2015|access-date=11 June 2014|website=Ariel|publisher=BBC}}</ref> Staff started to move into the new headquarters in October 2019,<ref name="Steel">{{cite news|title=BBC Wales staff start move to new Cardiff headquarters|work=BBC News|date=21 October 2019|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-50117558|access-date=28 October 2019}}</ref>

=== Studios in Cardiff Bay (Roath Lock and Hoddinott Hall) ===
[[File:Roath Lock studios in Cardiff.jpg|thumb|right|BBC Cymru Wales' [[Roath Lock]] studio complex.]]The expansion of BBC Cymru Wales' drama productions in recent years has resulted in investment for new studios. Drama production for BBC Cymru Wales is currently based at [[Roath Lock]] studios in Cardiff Bay. The main year-round productions on site include ''[[Doctor Who]]'' and ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'', both made for [[BBC One]], and [[Pobol y Cwm]], which BBC Cymru Wales produces on behalf of [[S4C]].

In the 2000s, as a temporary measure to generate extra capacity, BBC Wales invested into [[Upper Boat Studios]] in [[Pontypridd]] to house several productions, notable centred around the 2005 revival of ''Doctor Who'' and its sister productions ''[[Torchwood]]'' and ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''. Despite the investment in Upper Boat, the studio complex soon became too small to house new productions being moved to the BBC Nations.<ref name="BBC evicts top shows from London">{{cite news|date=15 October 2008|title=BBC evicts top shows from London|work=BBC News|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7672479.stm|access-date=30 March 2010}}</ref> As part of this decision, it was decided in March 2009 that BBC productions ''Casualty'' and ''[[Crimewatch]]'' were to relocate from their former homes at BBC Bristol network production unit to [[Cardiff]].<ref name="BBC evicts top shows from London" />

To house these new programmes, a new {{convert|170,000|sqft|adj=on}} studio complex was built, designed to house the productions of ''Doctor Who'', ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'', ''Casualty'', ''[[Upstairs Downstairs (2010 TV series)|Upstairs Downstairs]]'', and ''Pobol y Cwm''. Located in [[Porth Teigr]], [[Cardiff Bay]], [[Roath Lock]] Studios gained permission in January 2009<ref name="Guardian Roath Lock build">{{cite news|last=Brown|first=Maggie|date=8 October 2010|title=BBC Cardiff drama village takes shape|newspaper=Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/oct/08/bbc-cardiff-drama-village|access-date=25 May 2012}}</ref> and construction began in June 2010<ref name="Roath Lock BBC construction">{{cite news|date=24 June 2010|title=Work starts on BBC Wales drama village in Cardiff Bay|newspaper=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10402789|access-date=25 May 2012}}</ref> with the building topping out in February 2011. Production began at the site in autumn 2011<ref name="Guardian Roath Lock build" /> and the site was officially opened on 12 March 2012.<ref name="BBC Roath Lock opening video">{{cite news|last=Palit|first=Nick|date=12 March 2012|title=BBC Roath Lock studios: Official opening in Cardiff Bay|newspaper=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-17346220|access-date=25 May 2012}}</ref> As a result, ''Pobol y Cwm'' moved from the Llandaff studios and ''Doctor Who'' moved from Upper Boat studios to the new complex, with ''Casualty'' joining them at the site. Despite being designed to house them, the site never housed the ''Sarah Jane Adventures'', following the death of main actress [[Elisabeth Sladen]] in 2011, or [[Upstairs Downstairs (2010 TV series)|''Upstairs Downstairs'']], following the series' cancellation.

BBC National Orchestra of Wales operated from a purpose-built orchestra studio, Studio 1, in Broadcasting House from 1966 to 2008. They then moved to new purpose built facilities at [[Wales Millennium Centre#Phase 2 (C Bay) – BBC Hoddinott Hall|BBC Hoddinott Hall]] in January 2009, as part of the [[Wales Millennium Centre]] campus.

=== Broadcasting House, Llandaff ===

[[File:Broadcasting House, Cardiff.jpg|thumb|The former Broadcasting House]]

Until 2020, BBC Cymru Wales's headquarters were at [[Broadcasting House, Cardiff|Broadcasting House]], [[Llandaff]], [[Cardiff]].<ref name="BBC CW History 66-11" />

The studio centre was built in 1966 and opened the following year as a purpose-built location to house the expanding presence of the BBC in Cardiff.<ref name="BBC CW History 66-11" /> The centre contained studios for the news programmes, radio space including that used by the [[BBC National Orchestra of Wales]] until 2009, and another studio for drama productions constructed in the mid-1970s.<ref name="TVStudioHistory">{{cite web|last=Kempton |first=Martin |title=Rest of Britain today |url=http://www.tvstudiohistory.co.uk/rest%20of%20britain.htm#current |work=TV Studio History |access-date=25 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120608035352/http://www.tvstudiohistory.co.uk/rest%20of%20britain.htm |archive-date=8 June 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref> It was the first time that all of BBC Cymru Wales's departments within Cardiff were located on one site.

Broadcasting House was built next to Baynton House which housed all of the BBC Wales' operations from 1952 until construction was finished. Baynton House remained in use by the BBC until 1975 when it was demolished to make way for the E-Block extension.<ref name="Baynton House" /><ref name="Buildings" /><ref name="South East Wales" />

Previously, the BBC in Wales had been located in the converted Broadway Methodist Chapel on Broadway in Roath, Cardiff from 1955, and in nearby premises on Stacey Road in Roath, Cardiff from 1959.<ref name="South East Wales" /> A temporary broadcasting centre was set up on the banks of the [[River Taff]], in 1958 to cover the Empire Games.<ref name="South East Wales" /><ref name="BBC CW History 23-66"/> While these studios played host to drama, entertainment and regional programmes, the site was still not ideal. The site only held two studios, both located in the church, and the ability to broadcast film was not installed on the site for several years; film played into programmes from a telecine machine in Bristol or London and film processing for news was carried out by a firm called Park Pictures in Cardiff until BBC processing was installed in Stacey Road.

=== Studios outside of Cardiff ===

[[File:BBC Wales Building in Bangor, Wales.jpg|thumb|BBC Wales office in Bangor, Wales]]

BBC Cymru Wales's main studios outside of Cardiff are based in Bangor, Gwynedd, and are home to around 50 staff. Much of BBC Radio Cymru's daytime output is broadcast from here.

Across Wales, there are also a number of properties that the BBC owns are local radio studios. These are primarily used as contributor studios, where interviewees or reporters can join a radio programme from an ISDN line, with the presenter remaining in the main studio in Cardiff or Bangor. These studios are located in [[Aberystwyth]], [[Carmarthen]], [[Newtown, Powys|Newtown]], [[Penrhyndeudraeth]], [[Swansea]] and [[Wrexham]].

==Television productions==
[[File:BBC Wales in Port Madryn. Argentina 01.JPG|thumb|200px|BBC Wales reporter Craig Duggan conducting an interview in [[Puerto Madryn]], [[Argentina]], for the 150th anniversary of ''[[Y Wladfa]]''.]]
BBC Cymru Wales produces local and networked programming for broadcast in Wales and the rest of the UK. In recent years, its drama output has been particularly successful, including the 2005 revival of the classic [[Science fiction on television|science fiction]] series ''[[Doctor Who]]'' and its spin-offs ''[[Torchwood]]'' (2006) and ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' (2007). In addition, BBC Wales commissions other drama output for the BBC network from independent producers, such as ''[[Life on Mars (British TV series)|Life on Mars]]'' (2006&ndash;07).

===In-house productions===
The following productions were created by BBC Cymru Wales for broadcast in Wales:
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* ''[[BBC Wales Today|Wales Today]]'' (1962–present)
* ''[[Pobol y Cwm]]'' (1974–present)
* ''[[Newyddion]]'' (1982–present)
* ''[[Scrum V]]'' (1995–present)
* ''[[Clwb Rygbi]]'' (1997–present)
* ''[[BBC Wales Live]]'' (2019–present)
* ''[[Politics Wales]]'' (2019–present)
* ''[[BBC Wales Investigates]]''
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====Former productions====
* ''[[Satellite City (sitcom)|Satellite City]]'' (1996–1999)
* ''[[Belonging (TV series)|Belonging]]'' (1999–2009)
* ''[[The Bench (TV series)|The Bench]]'' (2001–2002)
* ''First Degree'' (2002)
* ''[[High Hopes (Welsh TV series)|High Hopes]]'' (2002–2009)

===Networked productions===
In addition to programming for Wales, networked productions from BBC Cymru Wales include:

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* [[Grand Slam (1978 film)|''Grand Slam'']] (1978)
* ''[[The Life and Times of David Lloyd George]]'' (1981)
* ''[[Ennal's Point]]'' (1982)
* ''[[The District Nurse]]'' (1984–1987)
* ''Border Cafe''
* ''[[Anthony Trollope#Trollope on television|He Knew He Was Right]]'' (2004)
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'' (2005–2022)
* ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]'' (2005–2011)
* ''[[The Chatterley Affair]]'' (2006)
* ''[[Torchwood]]'' (2006–2009)
* ''[[Torchwood Declassified]]'' (2006–2009)
* ''[[Tribe (British TV series)|Tribe]]'' (2007)
* ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' (2007–2011)
* ''[[Top Dogs]]'' (2009)
* ''[[Hospital 24/7]]'' (2009–2011)
* ''[[Upstairs Downstairs (2010 TV series)|Upstairs Downstairs]]'' (2010–2012)
* ''[[Sarah Jane's Alien Files]]'' (2010)
* ''[[Wizards vs Aliens]]'' (2012–2014)
* ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'' (2012–present)
* ''[[Class (2016 TV series)|Class]]'' (2016)
* ''[[The Golden Cobra]]'' (2024)
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===Independent commissions===
In addition to the in-house commissions, BBC Wales also commissions other independent companies to produce programmes. These include:

For Wales:
* ''[[X-Ray (television)|X-Ray]]'' (2001–2023, consumer show)
* ''[[Coal House (TV series)|Coal House]]'' (2007&ndash;2008)
* ''[[The Wright Taste]]'' (2008)
* ''[[Crash (2009 TV series)|Crash]]'' (2009–2010)

For the UK:
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* ''[[Shakespeare: The Animated Tales]]'' (1992, 1994)
* ''[[Casanova (2005 television)|Casanova]]'' (2005)
* ''[[The Girl in the Café]]'' (2005)
* ''[[Life on Mars (British TV series)|Life on Mars]]'' (2006&ndash;2007)
* ''[[Wide Sargasso Sea (TV)|Wide Sargasso Sea]]'' (2006)
* ''[[This Life (1996 TV series)|This Life + 10]]'' (2007)
* ''[[Ashes to Ashes (British TV series)|Ashes to Ashes]]'' (2008–2010, spinoff of ''Life on Mars'')
* ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]'' (2008–2012)
* ''[[Being Human (British TV series)|Being Human]]'' (2009–2013)
* ''[[Rhod Gilbert]]'s Work Experience'' (2009–present)
* ''[[Sherlock (TV series)|Sherlock]]'' (2010–2017)
* ''[[Dirk Gently (TV series)|Dirk Gently]]'' (2010 pilot, 2012 series)
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==Radio productions==
*''[[Composer of the Week]]''

==See also==
{{Portal|BBC|Wales}}
* [[BBC Cymru Wales New Broadcasting House]]
* [[BBC One Wales]]
* [[BBC Two Wales]]
* [[BBC Radio Wales]]
* [[BBC Radio Cymru]]
* [[Wales Today]]
* [[BBC National Orchestra of Wales]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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* {{bbc.co.uk|id=wales|title=BBC Wales}}
* {{bbc.co.uk|aboutthebbc/cymruwales|About BBC Cymru Wales}}

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