Lisa Gwilym

Television

Gwilym began her career at S4C in 1998 as a continuity presenter for the Planed Plant children's strand.

In October 2001, she joined the S4C live teen magazine programme Uned 5 (Unit 5) as a presenter. During her time on the show, she took part in the 2003 John Cooper Mini Challenge. She also co-presented a special documentary with then-colleague Gethin Jones from Madagascar. This was broadcast over the Christmas holidays in 2004. Beforehand, she announced on Friday 16 December that she was leaving her presenting role. Gwilym stayed at Antena Television (the producers of Uned 5) to work as a producer on the show.

Between April 2008 and December 2009, Gwilym presented S4C's now-defunct flagship arts programme, Sioe Gelf. In 2012, she was one of three presenters for the history series Darn Bach o Hanes. She also introduces ITV Wales's archive series Cofio. In 2013 she started presenting the live music series Y Stiwdio Gefn.

Gwilym has also presented and reported for S4C's coverage of the Welsh National Eisteddfod (in 2003, 2004 & 2009), the Brecon Jazz Festival, Sesiwn Fawr Dolgellau (Dolgellau's Big Session), Wakestock, the Tan y Ddraig (Dragon's Fire) concerts at Bryn Terfel's Faenol Festival and Hanner Cant, a music festival to mark the 50th anniversary of Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg. She has also been a live reporter for Children in Need's Welsh opt-out coverage and worked on BBC Radio 1's BBC Introducing opt-out in Wales.

Gwilym currently presents the S4C culture show Pethe as well as music show Y Stiwdio Gefn, which started its second series in August 2013.

Radio

In Summer 2003, Gwilym started her own late night radio show on Mondays and Tuesdays as part of the C2 youth strand on BBC Radio Cymru, broadcast live from BBC Cymru's studios in Bangor and featuring contemporary Welsh language music, features, news & interviews and listeners' texts & e-mails.

At the start of 2007, the programme was expanded to Sunday afternoons and Saturday afternoons during the summer. In October 2007, Gwilym started presenting shorter one-hour shows at 10pm on Thursdays and Fridays. Between June and October 2010, Gwilym temporarily left C2 to present Radio Cymru's early morning show each weekday, before returning in November to host the flagship 8-10pm show each weeknight. In October 2012, she moved to a weekly three-hour show, broadcast 7-10pm on Wednesday nights.

Gwilym joined BBC Radio Wales in 2016 as a cover presenter.

Awards

Gwylim won the Y Selar Award for Best Music Presenter in 2015.

Personal life

Gwilym is originally from Henllan in Denbighshire. She now lives in Y Felinheli with her husband, actor Llŷr Ifans. In late 2013, she gave birth to their first child.