Campaign for a Welsh TV Channel
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Reasons behind the threatened hunger strike by Gwynfor Evans in 1980.
Description of the campaign to obtain a Welsh language television channel and disappointment at the 1979 government's broken promise to set one up, resulting in a threatened hunger strike by Gwynfor Evans.
From:
The Story of Welsh Future Tense
First broadcast
:
12 February 2003
Teachers' notes
Age Group : 11-14,14-16
Subject : History
Topic : Twentieth century world
Keywords : Culture and beliefs
Notes : To what extent was the 1979 Referendum significant for Welsh history? What was Gwynfor Evans's response to Willie Whitelaw's decision not to establish a Welsh language television channel.
