1978 in Wales

1978 in Wales
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1978 in: The United Kingdom • Ireland
Other events of 1978

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1978 to Wales and its people.

Contents

1 Incumbents
2 Events
3 Arts and literature
4 Film
5 Broadcasting
- 5.1 Welsh-language television
- 5.2 English-language television
6 Sport
7 Births
8 Deaths

Incumbents

Prince of Wales - Charles, Prince of Wales
Princess of Wales - vacant
Secretary of State for Wales - John Morris
Archbishop of Wales - Gwilym Owen Williams
Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales - Geraint

Events

The Welsh Office is given responsibility for further and higher education in Wales.
The National Language Centre is established at Nant Gwrtheyrn in the Lleyn peninsula.
Closure of the steelworks in Ebbw Vale and East Moors.
Operatic contralto Helen Watts is awarded the CBE.

Arts and literature

Geraint Bowen becomes Archdruid.
Richard Burton records the narrative for Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds.

Awards

National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Cardiff)

National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - withheld
National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Siôn Eirian
National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - Harri Williams

New books

Ruth Bidgood - The Print of Miracle
Marion Eames - Sianyn a Siarli
Ken Follett - Eye of the Needle
Robert Minhinnick - A Thread in the Maze
John Tripp - Collected Poems
T. Arfon Williams - Englynion Arfon

Music

Dave Edmunds - Tracks on Wax 4
Geraint Jarman - Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau

Film

Kenneth Griffith appears with Richard Burton in The Wild Geese.

Broadcasting

Welsh-language television

Shane becomes the first film to be dubbed into the Welsh language for television.

English-language television

BBC Wales drama serial, Hawkmoor, based on the life of Twm Sion Cati, stars John Ogwen and Jane Asher.
Elaine Morgan's adaptation of Off to Philadelphia in the Morning, the novel by Jack Jones, stars David Lyn as Joseph Parry and Connie Booth as his wife Jane. Meredith Edwards, Rachel Thomas and William Squire also appear.

Sport

Boxing - Johnny Owen wins the Commonwealth bantamweight title.
Darts - Leighton Rees wins the World Professional Darts Championship.
Rugby union - Wales win their eighth Grand Slam.
Snooker - Doug Mountjoy wins the UK Open Championship.

Births

1 February - David Hughes, footballer
12 February - Gethin Jones, television presenter
17 May - Joanna Page, actress
8 July - Eve Myles, actress
25 December - Simon Jones, cricketer
date unknown
- David Llewellyn, author
- Rachel Trezise, author

Deaths

11 January - William John Edwards, Cerdd Dant singer
4 April - Sir Morien Morgan, aeronautics engineer
9 April - Sir Clough Williams-Ellis, architect
14 April - Thomas Hollingdale, Wales rugby union international, 77
16 April - Eddie Morgan, Wales international rugby player, 64
18 May - Selwyn Lloyd, politician
2 July - Philip S. Yorke, last Squire of Erddig
12 September - Bobby Delahay, Wales rugby union captain
16 December - Harry Phillips, Wales international rugby player, 75
date unknown - David Williams, historian