Dr. Dr. Bethan Tovey-WalshMar 5

Oh good. Channel 5 is making a drama about the downfall of Huw Edwards. And, without a doubt, the perfect actor to play Welsh-speaking Edwards (raised in Llangennech as the son of a Welsh-language activist and academic, and a Welsh-medium schoolteacher) is...

*taps earpiece*

...uhhh...

*blinks*

...Martin Clunes, a privately-educated Englishman from Wimbledon.

I'm sure this will not be at all excruciating for Welsh viewers.

Show threadNic DafisMar 5
@linguacelta who’s going to play Hywel Teifi, Michael Palin?
Show threadDr. Dr. Bethan Tovey-WalshMar 6

@nic

Ian McKellen, I should think. Perfect casting, mun.

Show threadNic DafisMar 6
@linguacelta Anthony Hopkins would be perfect as Hywel Teifi, now that I think of it.
Show threadDr. Dr. Bethan Tovey-Walsh

@nic Ŵ, ie!

I still prefer Welsh speakers to be played by Welsh speakers wherever possible. I don't like the pretence that multilinguals speak just like monolinguals. But that's just my little hobby horse :)

Mar 6 at 10:56amWeb
Show threadNic DafisMar 6
@linguacelta with you on that - one of the best things about that recent Richard Burton biopic was Dave Coaches as his dad, slipping in and out of Welsh messily