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  1. A look back at this series of Coming Home

    Ever since I conducted the research for my first two Coming Home programmes, way back in 2007, I found myself at the beginning of each new series in a state of apprehension. I wondered whether or not I could match, or even better, the stories of the last series. This series was no exception...

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  2. Hidden Kingdoms: matching the music to the pictures

    For the new BBC One series Hidden Kingdoms, made by the BBC’s Natural History Unit in Bristol, the team turned to composer Ben Foster and BBC National Orchestra of Wales to provide the soundtrack for this innovative new series. Jake Jackson, recording and mix engineer, explains the process.

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  3. NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SINGERS RECEIVE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PRAISE!

    Well, there goes another Cardiff Singer - and what a great week it was. Just over a week after Cardiff had hosted the biggest sporting event in the city’s history, we had the pleasure of welcoming some highly talented competitors of a very different kind!

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  4. Elis on BBC Radio Wales with Mal and Lisa

    Listen to a clip from my final appearance on the Jamie and Louise Show on BBC Radio Wales, this time presented by Mal Pope and Lisa Rogers. Feel free to comment! If you want to have your say, on this or any other BBC blog, you will need to sign in to your BBC iD . If you don't hav...

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  5. Wetsuit-wearing and Tamworth-taming: Rhys Jones at the Royal Welsh Show

    It's hard to believe that a whole year has ed by, but here we are gearing up to present another Royal Welsh Show. I always enjoy catching up with fellow presenters Rachael Garside and Sara Edwards and we genuinely have a great time making the programme.

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  6. Vets 24/7: Alpacas and constipated terrapins

    Despite the vets in our team tending to specialise in large or small animals on a routine 9-5 basis, the beauty of working in a large mixed practice is that there is never a dull moment. Filming in the spring gave the opportunity to film some of the more seasonal large animal calls against the e...

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  7. Living life on the coast: Glamorgan Coastal Lives

    Working on a series like Glamorgan Coastal Lives, you have to be prepared to throw yourself into anything and everything from filming fishing in the most remote parts of the Glamorgan coast in torrential rain and wind (in August), following young lifeguards on their first day of patrol in baking...

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  8. The Welsh Cavalry: Last tour of Afghanistan

    Gareth Jones has been making programmes for BBC Wales with the Queen’s Dragoon Guards since 2006. For his latest programme, The Welsh Cavalry: Last Tour of Afghanistan, he ed the regiment on their final tour in Helmand Province.

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  9. More than just a number and a headset

    After nine months of research at the call centre I think it’s fair to say that I could now be a fully-fledged member of the Save Britain Money call centre team.

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  10. Kicking off our summer festival blog

    We are delighted to welcome one of our favourite bands of the moment, The Joy Formidable, to the BBC Wales Music fold. They'll be blogging their way round the European festival summer for us; this week they kick off with their Solidays and Glasto weekend. On to Ritzy, Rhydian and Matt: The ...

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  11. Filming Ray Gravell: Life with Diabetes

    Back in 2007 I was asked to produce and direct a documentary following Ray Gravell and his recovery from a leg amputation. We hit it off from the word go - it was hard not to with such a character.

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  12. Helicopter Rescue: flying high at RAF Valley

    Aled Rhys Jones, from Mold in Flintshire, is one of the shooting directors on Helicopter Rescue.

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  13. The Hill Farm: The highs and lows

    Gareth Wyn Jones is no stranger to the TV cameras. Over the years the hill farmer from Llanfairfechan has been seen in programmes like Mountain with Griff Rhys Jones, Wales In Four Seasons and CBBC. But new series The Hill Farm takes his TV work to a whole new level. 

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