Dai Jones


Dai Jones is a Welsh farmer, television presenter, and radio broadcaster who is known as Dai Jones Llanilar, after the village near Aberystwyth where he farms. He became the President of the Welsh Black Cattle Society in its centenary year 2004-2005.
Jones is best known today for presenting tv shows on S4C, such as Cefn Gwlad, made by ITV Cymru Wales, which documents the lives of farming families. He has hosted this show since it began in 1982. He is also the main presenter of The Royal Welsh Show when it is held annually at the end of July. He was already well known on TV as the presenter of the family quiz show Siôn a Siân which he presented from 1971-1987. He also hosts a weekly musical requests programme on BBC Radio Cymru.
Jones is an accomplished tenor and won the blue riband prize at the National Eisteddfod of Wales in 1970. He has also released recordings with the Welsh recording label Cambrian.
As a well-known figure in Wales, Jones is regularly lampooned in the Welsh satirical cartoon series Cnex.
He published his autobiography in 1997, entitled Fi Dai Sy' 'Ma. It was translated into English by Lyn Ebeneser and published as Dai and let live in 2004.

Awards

Jones won a BAFTA Cymru in 2004 for his contributions to Welsh television broadcasting.
Later that year, Jones also won the Sir Bryner Jones Award for his contribution to rural affairs.
In the 2000 New Year Honours, he was awarded the MBE "for services to Entertainment in Wales".