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Screen stars at Bafta Cymru awards in Cardiff | |
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Stars of TV and film have attended this year's Bafta Cymru awards at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff. | |
Cardiff-born BBC journalist Jeremy Bowen who won the Sian Phillips Award for his reporting from war zones was given a standing ovation as he accepted the prize. | Cardiff-born BBC journalist Jeremy Bowen who won the Sian Phillips Award for his reporting from war zones was given a standing ovation as he accepted the prize. |
S4C drama Y Gwyll - shown as Hinterland on the BBC - won three awards while Sherlock won television drama. | |
Tom Riley won best actor his Da Vinci's Demons lead role. | |
Best actress went to Rhian Blythe for her role as Grug Matthews in school-based dram Gwaith/Cartref. | |
The feature film award went to Playing Burton, and the Gwyn Alf Williams Award to BBC Wales's The Strike, about the miners' strike in the 1980s. | |
The breakthrough award went to Keri Collins for his debut directorial feature For Convenience while the outstanding achievement award went to Nerys Hughes, veteran star of The Liver Birds and The District Nurse. | |
Twenty eight categories were recognised in all. | |
Jamie Baulch, Iolo Williams, Katherine Jenkins and Alex Jones were among the Welsh stars at the event. | |
Jenkins, who last month married at Hampton Court in London, sang a song from her new album to open the show and was presenting the award for best actor. | Jenkins, who last month married at Hampton Court in London, sang a song from her new album to open the show and was presenting the award for best actor. |
The singer said she always felt a "bit more pressure" performing to her home crowd in Wales, but was delighted to be back. | The singer said she always felt a "bit more pressure" performing to her home crowd in Wales, but was delighted to be back. |
Fan Carwyn John, from Pontardawe, was one of the first outside the centre to see the red carpet arrivals. | |
He said: "I've come down for the last seven years to celebrate BAFTA Cymru and our celebrities and stars and the work that they do." | He said: "I've come down for the last seven years to celebrate BAFTA Cymru and our celebrities and stars and the work that they do." |
Highlights of the BAFTA Cymru awards will be shown on S4C at 21:30 GMT on Sunday. | Highlights of the BAFTA Cymru awards will be shown on S4C at 21:30 GMT on Sunday. |