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A chance to meet some of the personalities who have enriched public and private life in Wales. Some are famous, some are not. All are fascinating.

	1999 Wales v England Beating England in the Five Nations - the pre match splendour at Wembley More..

	1998 Stanley Baker The character actor from the Rhondda More..

	1997, 1979 Welsh Assembly referendum A Yes vote for self-government More..

	1995 Rachel Thomas The powerful actress who gained fame in the 1960s More..

	1992 Gren Grenfell Jones, the cartoonist of the South Wales Echo More..

	1983, 1979 Neil Kinnock The leader of the Labour Party from 1983 to 1992 More..

	1982 Gwynfor Evans and S4C Plaid Cymru's first MP and campaigner for Welsh rights More..

	1980, 2002 Johnny Owen Remembering the death of a boxing champion More..

	1979 The other Burton Richard Burton's mentor from his Port Talbot school days More..

	1979 Kyffin Williams The celebrated painter of the North Wales landscape More..