1995 in Wales

1995 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1995 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

*Prince of Wales - Charles, Prince of Wales
*Princess of Wales - Diana, Princess of Wales
*Secretary of State for Wales - William Hague
*Archbishop of Wales - Alwyn Rice Jones

Events

*1 February - Richey Edwards of the Manic Street Preachers disappears.
*16 February - In the Islwyn by-election brought about by the resignation of Neil Kinnock, Don Touhig is elected as Labour MP for the constituency.
*20 November - The Princess of Wales gives a revealing television interview to Martin Bashir on the BBC's "Panorama" current affairs programme.
*20 December - The Queen writes to the Prince and Princess of Wales urging them to divorce as soon as possible.
*Welsh historian Sir Rees Davies is appointed to the Chichele Chair of Medieval History at the University of Oxford.
*Historian Glanmor Williams is knighted.
*Diver Keith Hurley discovers the wreck of the "Resurgam" off Rhyl.

Arts and literature

*Roger Rees is nominated for a Tony for Best Actor in a Play for his role in "Indiscretions".
*Michael Ball performs in the "Les Misérables" tenth anniversary concert.
*Peter Karrie is voted the favourite Phantom of members of the "Phantom of the Opera" Appreciation Society for the second year in a row.
*The Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea, is opened by Jimmy Carter.

Awards

*National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Colwyn Bay)

*National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair -
*National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown -
*National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - Angharad Jones for "Y Dylluan Wen"
*Wales Book of the Year:
**English language:
**Welsh language:

*Gwobr Goffa Daniel Owen -

New books

*Robin Llywelyn - "Y Dwr Mawr Llwyd"
*R. S. Thomas - "No Truce with the Furies"
*Aled Rhys Wiliam - "Cywain"

Film

*

English-language films

*"The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain", with Kenneth Griffith

Welsh-language films

*

Music

*Robin Huw Bowen - "Harp Music of Wales (Cerddoriaeth Telyn Cymru)"
*Carreg Lafar - "Ysbryd y Werin"
*Dafydd Iwan - "Cân Celt"
*"Triskedekaphilia" (compilation album)

Broadcasting

*30 September - 96.4 FM The Wave goes on air for the first time.

Welsh-language television

*

English-language television

*John Rhys-Davies takes the lead in the new US drama series, "Sliders".
*"Somebody's Son" (prizewinning documentary made for BBC2 and BBC Wales by Raw Charm).

port

*

Deaths

*29 January (at Thorpeness) - Richard Davies, CBE, member of the Royal Household
*4 February - David Alexander, singer
*8 February - Rachel Thomas, actress
*8 February - Don Devereux, dual-code rugby player
*11 March - Myfanwy Talog, actress
*12 April - Cyril Sidlow, footballer
*21 April - Tessie O'Shea, entertainer
*21 June - Tristan Jones, sailor
*25 September - Dave Bowen, footballer
*28 September - Lynette Roberts, poet
*14 October - Edith Pargeter, Shropshire novelist of Welsh ancestry
*22 October - Sir Kingsley Amis, novelist closely associated with Swansea, who set several of his works in Wales


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