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Gwrych to Feature in New Documentary
The documentary is called ‘Time May Change Me’ and is set to be aired on Monday December 1st, 7.30pm, BBC2 Wales.
An extract from an article taken from the North Wales Weekly News by David Simister, November 20th 2008:
An Abergele landmark will be the focus of a new documentary on the BBC.
Gwynedd-based production company Chwarel say the half-hour documentary on Gwrych Castle, located near the town, is the most exhaustive film ever made about the historic site.
Producer Sioned Morys said: “I’ve been trying to get the BBC to feature Gwrych in a documentary for years so when I heard the site had been sold to its current owners I decided to film it off my own back for this series.
“The series features people and places which have been shown in previous BBC programmes, and, using footage recorded of the site from a series made in the 1970s, you really get to see how it’s gone into its present derelict state.
“It’s a full-on history of a site that’s very important to the people of North Wales.”
A team from Chwarel spent more than a year filming progress on the site, under new owner Clayton Hotels, for the show Time May Change Me, a 10-part BBC series which explores people and places featured in the broadcaster’s previous documentaries.
Gwrych Castle had in previous decades fallen into a state of disrepair but saw a resurgence last year when Yorkshire-based firm Clayton Hotels bought the site for £850,000 under plans to turn it into a five-star country house hotel.
Historian Mark Baker, an Abergele resident who has written several books on the site and was involved in a campaign to save the site during the 1990s, is also featured in the programme and is pleased the castle is being featured.
“It’s going to bring the restoration of Gwrych to the public eye so I’m really pleased Chwarel and the BBC have decided to make this documentary,” he said.
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