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Friday 20 July 2012, 17:25
BBC Wales braved the crowds, as well as some of The Doctor's most fearsome enemies, at the opening of the Doctor Who Experience in Cardiff Bay earlier today.
Watch this clip from the opening of the new exhibition, which has specially built sets and interactive features for fans to explore, based next...
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Thursday 19 July 2012, 12:57
On last night's The Exhibitionists, Efa Thomas from Criccieth was revealed as the series winner, making Julia Manser from Swansea the runner up.
The BBC Cymru Wales series, a collaboration...
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Wednesday 4 July 2012, 17:05
Osi Rhys Osmond is a highly respected Welsh painter and a lecturer at Swansea Metropolitan University. He is one of the mentors on The Exhibitionists and talks here about his involvement in the series.
The Exhibitionists is a brilliant idea for a TV programme - taking five individuals with no experience...
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Wednesday 27 June 2012, 13:34
A new series where the National Museum Wales challenges the public to create their own exhibition from its treasures begins tonight at 10pm on BBC Two Wales.
David Anderson, director general at the museum, talks about the challenges the museum faced in taking part in the series, and what they hoped it...
Read more about The Exhibitionists and the National Museum Wales
Thursday 7 June 2012, 11:00
What happens when a national museum opens its stores of treasures to members of the public and challenges them to curate their own art exhibition for the very first time?
A new BBC Cymru Wales programme reveals exactly what as it collaborates with Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales in a ground...
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Thursday 3 May 2012, 18:01
A new series of Rhod Gilbert's Work Experience begins on Monday 7 May, with four new jobs for the Welsh comedian to get to grips with.
Previous series have seen Rhod try his hand at being a butler, tattoo artist and army recruit, but this time round he may have found something that he could seriously...
Read more about Rhod Gilbert's Work Experience: series three
Tuesday 8 February 2011, 11:35
Five new paintings by acclaimed artist and entertainer Rolf Harris will be going on show at museums and galleries around Wales as part of a new BBC Cymru Wales arts series Rolf on Welsh Art.
The paintings, which were created for the series, feature Rolf's attempts at creating a work in the styles of...
Monday 7 February 2011, 17:28
The exuberant Rolf Harris goes in search of some of the greatest artists to be inspired by Wales in a new series Rolf on Welsh Art (Wednesday 16 February, BBC One Wales).
In the series Rolf, whose own family hail from Merthyr Tydfil, looks at the landscapes and the people who inspired the late great...
Tuesday 6 July 2010, 13:24
An iPhone app has been launched to give tech-friendly Eisteddfod visitors a guide to events and activites on the Maes.
The iSteddfod was developed by computer programmer Ambrose Choy and graphic designer Edryd Sharp, both of Llanberis.
"I got the idea at last year's Eisteddfod in Bala," Choy told the...
Tuesday 6 April 2010, 11:42
Welsh actor Michael Sheen returned to his hometown of Port Talbot over the Easter weekend, and spoke to BBC Wales' Matt Murray on his forthcoming involvement with National Theatre Wales.
Sheen, famous for roles in The Queen, Frost/Nixon and The Damned United, is working with National Theatre Wales in...
Tuesday 6 April 2010, 11:15
The line-up for the 2010 Hay Festival has been announced, with an eclectic mix of speakers and guests ranging from political heavyweights to some of the literary world's brightest stars.
Photograph of the 2009 Hay Festival site © Finn Beales
The festival, in it's 23rd year, will run from 27 May to 6...
Monday 22 March 2010, 09:24
Welsh actors Aneurin Barnard and Iwan Rheon both picked up prestigious Laurence Olivier Awards in a ceremony at London's Grosvenor House Hotel last night for their respective roles in musical Spring Awakening.
Aneurin Barnard and Iwan Rheon with their Laurence Olivier Awards © Charlie Hopkinson
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Friday 19 March 2010, 09:17
Matt Smith's debut as the 11th Doctor in cult television programme Doctor Who was screened at a movie-style premiere in Cardiff last night. It was attended by Smith and Karen Gillan, who plays the Doctor's feisty new companion Amy Pond.
Karen Gillan as Amy Pond and Matt Smith as the Doctor. Photo: BBC...
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Thursday 18 March 2010, 15:30
Welsh stars Aneurin Barnard and Iwan Rheon will discover if they have won one of the most prestigious prizes in the theatrical world on Sunday evening as the Laurence Olivier Awards are held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London.
Aneurin Barnard with Spring Awakening co-star (and fellow Olivier nominee...
Read more about Welsh hopefuls up for Laurence Olivier awards
Thursday 18 March 2010, 11:45
Welsh star of stage and screen Siân Phillips is enjoying positive reviews for her portrayal of Juliet in Tom Morris' production Juliet and her Romeo at Bristol Old Vic.
Wednesday 17 March 2010, 14:20
If you haven't discovered them already, there's a wealth of new articles on Welsh film and cinema on the BBC Wales Arts website, written by the noted film critic and historian Dave Berry.
Dave sadly passed away earlier this year, so we fortunate to be able to bring you just a small slice of his encyclopaedic...
Read more about Dave Berry: Welsh film and cinema article collection
Wednesday 17 March 2010, 13:50
First Minister Carwyn Jones yesterday told AMs that the original plans for Dragon International Film Studios - the so-called Valleywood complex - near Bridgend were "over ambitious".Wednesday 17 March 2010, 10:23
Film director Peter Greenaway featured in an interview on BBC Radio 3's Night Waves programme last night, in which he spoke about his film Nightwatching and how cinema is dead.
Photograph of Peter Greenaway by www.notv.com
Greenaway's Nightwatching (2007) is a film about Dutch artist Rembrandt van Rijn...
Tuesday 16 March 2010, 10:15
Former X-Factor star Rhydian Roberts is set to make his musical theatre debut in Jeff Wayne's musical version of War Of The Worlds.
Roberts will team up with stars Jason Donovan and Liz McClarnon for the November and December shows of the The War of The Worlds - Alive on Stage! 2010 tour.
He will play...
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Monday 15 March 2010, 10:14
Design work has started on an arts and innovation centre at Bangor University which will house cutting edge teaching and learning facilities and a range of indoor and outdoor performance spaces including a theatre.
University Deputy Vice-Chancellor Professor Fergus Lowe, who is leading the project...
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