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Dewi Griffiths

Dewi Griffiths is a Welsh former BBC television producer and radio host. He joined BBC Wales from the Royal Air Force where he became a producer of TV sports programmes, notably rugby union broadcasts. After his retirement from producing, he hosted the nostalgia record programme A String of Pearls on BBC Radio Wales, which ran for 26 years until the final episode aired on Sunday 28 September 2014. After 60 years at the BBC, Griffiths retired completely following the broadcast of that final episode of A String of Pearls in 2014.

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Dewi Griffiths (born 16 August 1931) is a Welsh former BBC television producer and radio host. He joined BBC Wales from the Royal Air Force where he became a producer of TV sports programmes, notably rugby union broadcasts. After his retirement from producing, he hosted the nostalgia record programme A String of Pearls on BBC Radio Wales,1 which ran for 26 years until the final episode aired on Sunday 28 September 2014.2 After 60 years at the BBC, Griffiths retired completely following the broadcast of that final episode of A String of Pearls in 2014.3

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  1. "BBC Wales – Radio Wales – Presenters Dewi Griffiths". BBC. 22 July 2010. Archived from the original on 9 October 2008. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
  2. "BBC Radio Wales - A String of Pearls, The Finale". BBC. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
  3. "A String of Pearls - Dewi and Wynne Evans mark the end of 'A String of Pearls' - BBC Sounds". BBC. Retrieved 13 October 2025.