Land of song

Michael Ball embarks on a musical journey around Wales

- CAREN CLARK, HANNAH DAVIES, NATASHA HOLT, IAN MACEWAN.

NEW TRAVELOGUE

Michael Ball’s Wonderful Wales

Friday, Channel 5 HD, 8pm

West End performer and broadcaster Michael Ball gets a welcome in the hillsides this week as he explores Wales and his Welsh roots in a new four-part travelogue. His first stop is Mountain Ash, the home town of his grandmother, where he spent many childhood holidays, while he also goes down a mine, tries cockle picking in the Loughor Estuary, treads the boards at Cardiff’s Millennium Centre and performs with a choir. We caught up with the