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³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Radio Wales: Springboks and Samba Boys

Steve Austins

Editor, ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Radio Wales

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I'm really proud of the station's D-Day coverage last week, which included the Radio Wales News team out in Normandy; a moving edition of ; ' outstanding account of the radio station set up to boost the morale of the troops; and an incredible interview on (40 minutes in) with a Swansea man who fought for the US Army on Omaha Beach.

Our focus moves to World War One this week, with more stories from our  series, from Monday to Friday at 3.30pm.

One of the stories from World War One at Home: The Belgia, the first German Ship to be captured in Britain

All this week, Radio Wales News programmes will be marking 15 years of the Welsh Assembly in a special series – Measuring Devolution. We'll be examining our attitude towards devolution after a decade and a half and looking at how having a Welsh Government has affected our hospitals, our schools and our economy.

It all kicked off with a debate on yesterday (repeated tonight at 6.30pm). This morning, an  was published which will send shivers running through the politicians in Cardiff Bay. Watch out for further coverage this week on and , and .

's off to the Llyn Peninsula tomorrow to catch up with our Behnaz, Neville Southall, John Owen Jones and the other names learning Welsh for S4C's . She's joined on Wednesday by Colorama, the Radio Wales Artist of the Week. The lovely can be heard across the station all this week. Meanwhile on Friday, interviews Brian Blessed – you might want to turn the volume down a touch!

There's a Father's Day feel to the on Wednesday. The film Zulu marks its 50th birthday this year, and for movie critic, Gary Slaymaker, it holds a special place in his heart; as it's the first ever film he saw with his father. Gary takes a look at the enduring appeal of Stanley Baker's epic, and some other films that provide a link between him and his dad.

Jason Mohammad is on a plane to Brazil today. He's off to work for ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Sport at the FIFA World Cup and then at the Commonwealth Games, so we'll see him back on mornings in August. Today Dot Davies sits in. From tomorrow, and for most of the summer, it's Steffan Garrero.

Steff's earlier starts mean Ian Hunt steps into the weekday presenter role. One of his first jobs tomorrow will be live coverage of Wales' first South African tour match against Eastern Province Kings (at the earlier time of 5.50pm). Wales' first Test against South Africa will be live on Radio Wales from 3.30pm on Saturday.

Talking of Brazil, Wednesday's Radio Wales Sport will be spending an hour reflecting on the last time we qualified for the World Cup, , only to be knocked out by a 17 year old rookie called Pele.

Our footballing misery will no doubt be fair game to Nick Hancock and the team as they start a three-part comedy panel game called  at 6.30pm on Friday, where the comedians from countries who didn't qualify for Brazil battle it out to out-funny one another. Question is, will Wales make it past the qualification stages?

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