Greetings and Welcome
The
former headteacher is now one of Wales' best known broadcasters.
Read Roy's daily diary - and listen to the latest edition
of the Roy Noble Show
Roy Noble OBE is a native of Brynaman in the Amman Valley
of Carmarthenshire and attended Amman Valley Grammar School
in Ammanford. However the bright lights of Aberdare was
too much of an attraction, and he has lived there for
past 30 years.
His early professional career was in education and in
the latter years he was Head Teacher at Ysgol Thomas Stephens,
Pontneddfechan and then Llangattock Primary School, Crickhowell,
Powys.
His move to broadcasting was gradual and part-time, writing
and presenting a weekly "Letter from Aberdare"
on the A.M. Programme. He eventually joined the BBC full
time and his daily radio programme has attained some of
the highest listening figures in Wales for a number of
years. In 1999 he received a Sony Award.
In
1994 he joined the Welsh Language evening magazine programme
Heno, on S4C.
Roy
is also well known in the television world having presented
a number of shows including the BBC Diet Programme with
Barbara Dickson; a series of 'Noble Guides' covering many
subjects from Paris to Manliness and Mortality. This popular
series also covered a journey along the Celtic Rim of
Europe. More recently his series Common Ground was highly
acclaimed gaining him the Royal Television Society award
as Regional Presenter of the Year for the year 2000.
He
is also a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF and a special
envoy for the Welsh Tourist Board.
Roy is the current Ambassador for the United Nations International
Youth Movement and is involved in very many charities.
In 2001 Roy was awarded an OBE for his charity work and
still presents his own daily morning show on Radio Wales.
Roy
is very much in demand as an 'After Dinner Speaker' and
his inimitable way of story telling leaves his audiences
spellbound. Roy has also written a number of books, his
latest being published in April 2001.
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