22 April 2024

Elin Fflur, Alun Williams, Owain Tudur Jones and Angharad Mair will continue to present with Mirain Iwerydd also joining the team at the studio in Llanelli.

There are new faces within the team bringing stories from all parts of Wales, with James Lusted and Paul 'Stumpy' Davies joining the series.

There will be one more major change, with the old yellow sofa leaving the set and a new, orange one taking its place.

Owain Tudur Jones

Owain Tudur Jones says:

"It's going to be strange because the yellow sofa is iconic, a cult hero, but I think the time has come for a little change... I can see that over time the orange sofa will become its own icon."

Despite the changes to the look of the programme, Heno will still bring all Welsh stories to viewers on S4C, S4C Clic and BBC iPlayer at seven o'clock from Monday to Friday.

Mirain Iwerydd

Heno cameras will travel across Wales every week and visit the length and breadth of the country. They will visit Colwyn Bay, Swansea, the Llŷn Peninsula, the Rhondda, Wrexham to name just a few places this week.

Angharad Mair

Presenter and programme editor Angharad Mair who has been part of Heno's success since its beginnings 33 years ago explains:

"For me the most important thing about Heno and has been since the beginning, and continues to be as the ethos of the programme is the viewers. Heno is the viewers' programme more than anything. They own the programme.

"It's great to be able to reflect all the events happening in different communities in Wales and reflect all the talents in Wales as well.

"Although we are often concerned about the situation of the Welsh language, the reality is that we have a more diverse audience and speakers these days, due in part to the success of Welsh education.

"Welsh people are now successful in all sorts of areas all over the world and it's also nice to be able to reflect that on Heno."

Elin Fflur

Anyone is welcome to suggest stories for the programme and also to invite the Heno team to attend their events.

Elin Fflur says:

"It's nice that we're at the big events talking to the actors, singers etc but it's even more important that we're in our communities talking to people about the things that affect families and people within our communities.

"It's important for us not to sit still, that we continue to respond to what's going on while keeping faithful to the core of the programme."

Alun Williams

The magazine programme Prynhawn Da which also broadcasts live from the Llanelli studio during the afternoon is also undergoing a transformation.

You can see Prynhawn Da on S4C at two o'clock, Monday to Friday.