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Heno
Programme logo
GenreNews magazine
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageWelsh
Production
News editorAngharad Mair
Production locationsLlanelli,Caernarfon
Running time30 or 60 minutes (including advertisements)
Production companyTinopolis
Original release
NetworkS4C
Release17 September 1990(1990-09-17)–
December 2002(2002-12)
Release1 March 2012(2012-03-01)–
present
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Heno(Welshfor 'Tonight') is a Welsh television magazine andchat showprogramme. Broadcast live onS4Cweeknights 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 calledPrynhawn da(Welsh for 'Good Afternoon').

Background

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Henowas first broadcast onS4Con Monday 17 September 1990,[1]made by production company Agenda (which becameTinopolis) inSwansea.[2]It was replaced by a similar programme,Wedi 7(Welshfor 'After 7'), in January 2002.[3]

Henoreturned on 1 March 2012,[4]after Tinopolis won a £5.1 million contract.[5]The show is broadcast from Tinopolis'sLlanellistudio. In May 2012, they re-opened their studio inCaernarfon(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

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In its original run,Henowas broadcast at 6pm each weekday[1]but since its return it is shown between 7pm and 7:30pm 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

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It was originally presented byAngharad Mair,Sian Thomas,Iestyn Garlickand Glynog Davies (now a producer of the programme).[1]Mair and Thomas are still (2015) regular presenters.

References

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  1. ^abcdJones, Hannah (15 September 2015)."Happy birthday Heno! Thanks for the memories... and the mullets".Wales Online.Cardiff:Trinity Mirror.Retrieved8 November2015.
  2. ^Barry, Sion (15 December 2010)."A business club date for Tinopolis executive chairman".Wales Online.Cardiff:Trinity Mirror.Retrieved8 November2015.
  3. ^"BBC CYMRU'R BYD - Teledu".bbc.co.uk(in Welsh). 16 January 2002.Retrieved22 September2022.
  4. ^Neilan, Catherine (23 March 2012)."S4C demands Tinopolis improves series".Broadcast.Media Business Insight.Retrieved8 November2015.
  5. ^abTom Bodden (14 April 2012)."S4C show to reopen Caernarfon base after viewers' complaints".Daily Post.Llandudno Junction:Trinity Mirror.ISSN2046-1445.Retrieved8 November2015.
  6. ^"S4C to make Heno changes".South Wales Evening Post.Swansea:Trinity Mirror.16 April 2012.ISSN0307-5672.Retrieved8 November2015.
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