Education
Born in Bangor, Gwynedd, she was educated at Ysgol Friars.
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Gwenan Edwards
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Career
She trained as a musician, playing the piano and flute. She is a fluent Welsh speaker. Gwenan trained as a print journalist with Surrey and South London Newspapers, and after stints in regional radio, first appeared on television on Wales at Six for Independent Television Wales in 1990.
She then joined the British Broadcasting Corporation, co-anchoring the flagship regional news programme, Newsroom South East.
In 2000, she joined the British Broadcasting Corporation News Channel and has also since presented for British Broadcasting Corporation World News. She has reported from Africa, India, the Middle East, the United States and much of Europe.
After presenting the channel"s travel programme, Gate 24 – (since renamed, FastTrack), Gwenan reported and presented for a series of consumer programmes on Independent Television and British Broadcasting Corporation, including Watchdog. In 2006, she completed a documentary course at the National Film and Television School, (NFTS) and has since gone on to make short films, including some for the weekly travel programme, FastTrack for British Broadcasting Corporation World Television.
As a trained classical musician, Gwenan has presented for 3 series of BBC2"s Proms and for BBC2"s Cardiff Singer of the World competition.
She recently made a film with the cellist, Julian Lloyd Webber. She has made a number of short films for the British Broadcasting Corporation, including one in Armenia in the south Caucasus another with a South African Girls" Choir, the Pretoria High School for Girls, who visited the Llangollen International Eisteddfod. She also shot and produced a film for British Broadcasting Corporation World News on the islands of São Tomé and Príncipe, off west Africa (2010).
Membership
She is an active member of British Academy of Film and Television Arts and is currently taking part in their Youth Mentoring Programme in partnership with the Media Trust.
