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'world renowned' TV talent pipeline
Western Mail
|October 07, 2025
Prince of Wales hails UK's
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THE Prince of Wales has hailed the UK's TV talent pipeline as “world renowned”.
William was speaking in a video recorded on a visit to Bad Wolf Studios in Cardiff, when he was shown around Doctor Who's Tardis, screened at the Bafta Cymru Awards.
The future king was also given a tour around the set of the upcoming BBC series The Other Bennet Sister by the Cardiff studios’ chief executive, Jane Tranter.
CASEY COOPER-FISKE
Press Association
newsdesk@walesonline.co.uk
He also met trainees who have come through Bad Wolf’s Screen Alliance Wales (SAW) training initiative and built careers in TV, having been recipients of The Prince William Bafta Bursary programme, by SAW managing director Allison Dowzell.
In the video, the 43-year-old said: “Our talent pipeline is world renowned, and, whilst talent is everywhere, all too often opportunity is lacking.
This story is from the October 07, 2025 edition of Western Mail.
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