Heno
Heno (Welsh for 'Tonight') is a Welsh television magazine and chat show programme. Broadcast live on S4C weeknights at 7:00 pm, it features topical stories and studio guests. Various reporters also assist with subject-specific presenting, both in the studio and on location, or through filmed segments. Its afternoon sister programme is called Prynhawn da (Welsh for 'Good Afternoon').
Heno | |
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Programme logo | |
Genre | News magazine |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language(s) | Welsh |
Production | |
News editor(s) | Angharad Mair |
Production location(s) | Llanelli, Caernarfon |
Running time | 30 or 60 minutes (including advertisements) |
Production company(s) | Tinopolis |
Release | |
Original network | S4C |
Original release | Original series: 17 September 1990 – December 2002 Revived series: 1 March 2012 – present |
Chronology | |
Preceded by | Wedi 7 |
Related shows | Prynhawn Da |
External links | |
Website |
Background
Heno was first broadcast on S4C on Monday 17 September 1990,[1] made by production company Agenda (which became Tinopolis) in Swansea.[2] It was replaced by a similar programme, Wedi 7 (Welsh for 'After 7'), in 2003.[3]
Heno returned on 1 March 2012[4] after Tinopolis won a £5.1 million contract.[5] The show is broadcast from Tinopolis's Llanelli studio. In May 2012 they re-opened their studio in Caernarfon (which they had recently closed) following complaints that the programme was too Llanelli-based. The Caernarfon studio created content about North and Mid-Wales.[5][6]
Format
In its original run, Heno was broadcast at 6pm each weekday[1] but since its return it is now shown between 7pm and 8pm on Mondays to Fridays. Broadcasts are live, with a variety of guests chatting with the presenters in the Llanelli studio. Several reporters provide short items of interest from around Wales.[1]
Presenters
It was originally presented by Angharad Mair, Sian Thomas, Iestyn Garlick and Glynog Davies (now a producer of the programme).[1] Mair and Thomas are still (2015) regular presenters.
References
- Jones, Hannah (15 September 2015). "Happy birthday Heno! Thanks for the memories... and the mullets". Wales Online. Cardiff: Trinity Mirror. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- Barry, Sion (15 December 2010). "A business club date for Tinopolis executive chairman". Wales Online. Cardiff: Trinity Mirror. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- "Wedi 7; S4C, 7pm". Western Mail (in Welsh). 11 October 2008. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- Neilan, Catherine (23 March 2012). "S4C demands Tinopolis improves series". Broadcast. Media Business Insight. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- Tom Bodden (14 April 2012). "S4C show to reopen Caernarfon base after viewers' complaints". Daily Post. Llandudno Junction: Trinity Mirror. ISSN 2046-1445. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- "S4C to make Heno changes". South Wales Evening Post. Swansea: Trinity Mirror. 16 April 2012. ISSN 0307-5672. Retrieved 8 November 2015.