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Cymar Pwy

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Host

Vaughan Hughes

Broadcast

HTV Cymru for S4C, 25 April to 4 July 1987 (11 episodes in 1 series)

Synopsis

A curious twist on What's My Line? with Welsh couples.

A four-strong panel quiz the husband or wife of a well-known Welsh-speaking personality - sitting on a separate set - with a cryptic clue for starters.

After a few minutes of yes/no questions, each panelist guesses who their famous partner may be before all is revealed.

Inventor

Edna Protheroe

Music

Hefin Elis

Trivia

Title translates roughly as Whose Mate? (or Whose Companion?)

Each couple leaves with a glass trophy of a Welsh dragon as a souvenir.

Host Vaughan Hughes made his name as a journalist and anchorman on HTV's 'Y Dydd' news programme before branching out into a wide range of S4C shows, eventually going into politics on his native Anglesey. He died in January 2024, aged 76.

Video


Episode 2 from 2nd May 1987