Story of Welsh with Huw Edwards
Series tracing the history of one of Europe's oldest languages over two thousand years
Story of Welsh with Huw Edwards - Battles and Borrowings
Series tracing the history of the Welsh language. Huw Edwards looks at the geographical surprises present in some aspects of Welsh.
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Story of Welsh with Huw Edwards - Brought to Book
Historical series with Huw Edwards. He details how the Act of Union led to abandonment of Welsh, and how the publication of the Bible in Welsh helped restore it.
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Story of Welsh with Huw Edwards - Episode 2
Historical series. Welsh was a confident court language in medieval Wales until Edward I crushed the Welsh Princes in 1280. The language lived on, used by great poets.
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Story of Welsh with Huw Edwards - Future Tense
Huw Edwards investigates the opportunities and threats facing the Welsh language at present and in the future.
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Story of Welsh with Huw Edwards - On the Brink
Huw Edwards discusses the problems created by the loss of Welsh speakers in the First World War, economic depression and emigration.
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Story of Welsh with Huw Edwards - The Two Tongues
Huw Edwards traces the history of one of Europe's oldest languages. How industrialisation saved the language, keeping speakers in their native country.
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