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| Bafta Cymru: Terry Jones 'very proud' to get award | Bafta Cymru: Terry Jones 'very proud' to get award |
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| Monty Python's Terry Jones has received a standing ovation at the Bafta Cymru awards for his outstanding contribution to television and film. | Monty Python's Terry Jones has received a standing ovation at the Bafta Cymru awards for his outstanding contribution to television and film. |
| Jones, of Colwyn Bay, Conwy, announced last month that he has a severe type of dementia. | Jones, of Colwyn Bay, Conwy, announced last month that he has a severe type of dementia. |
| Fellow Python star Michael Palin paid tribute to his "most wonderful friend" before presenting him with the award. | Fellow Python star Michael Palin paid tribute to his "most wonderful friend" before presenting him with the award. |
| Jones told the crowd to "quieten down" before his son told the crowd it was a "great honour". | Jones told the crowd to "quieten down" before his son told the crowd it was a "great honour". |
| Accepting the accolade on his father's behalf, a tearful Bill Jones told the audience in Cardiff: "It's a great honour for dad. We're so proud of him... with the struggles we're having at the moment, it's been hard." | Accepting the accolade on his father's behalf, a tearful Bill Jones told the audience in Cardiff: "It's a great honour for dad. We're so proud of him... with the struggles we're having at the moment, it's been hard." |
| Earlier in the evening, Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio paid tribute in a video message to Oscar-nominated make-up artist Sian Grigg, who won the Sian Phillips award. | Earlier in the evening, Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio paid tribute in a video message to Oscar-nominated make-up artist Sian Grigg, who won the Sian Phillips award. |
| It is given to someone who has made a significant contribution to international feature films or network television. | It is given to someone who has made a significant contribution to international feature films or network television. |
| Mali Harries took the best actress prize for her performance as Det Insp Mared Rhys in detective series Hinterland/YGwyll, which also won best television drama. | Mali Harries took the best actress prize for her performance as Det Insp Mared Rhys in detective series Hinterland/YGwyll, which also won best television drama. |
| Mark Lewis Jones won the best actor award for the film Yr Ymadawiad, which tells story of two young lovers who are saved by a man after crashing their car into a ravine in the remote mountains of Wales. | Mark Lewis Jones won the best actor award for the film Yr Ymadawiad, which tells story of two young lovers who are saved by a man after crashing their car into a ravine in the remote mountains of Wales. |
| Hinterland/Y Gwyll producer-writer Ed Talfan also won the writer award for the film. | Hinterland/Y Gwyll producer-writer Ed Talfan also won the writer award for the film. |
| Mr Calzaghe, a documentary film about the career of Welsh boxer Joe Calzaghe, won three awards, including special achievement in a feature/television film and best factual director for Vaughan Sivell. | Mr Calzaghe, a documentary film about the career of Welsh boxer Joe Calzaghe, won three awards, including special achievement in a feature/television film and best factual director for Vaughan Sivell. |
| Will Millard, won the presenters award for Hunters of the South Seas, which explores the lives of people of the Coral Triangle in the Western Pacific, while Newyddion 9, a BBC Wales production for S4C, won best news coverage for its programme Argyfwng y Mudwyr about the European migrant crisis, and BBC Wales' Week In Week Out won the current affairs award for its Life After April programme. | Will Millard, won the presenters award for Hunters of the South Seas, which explores the lives of people of the Coral Triangle in the Western Pacific, while Newyddion 9, a BBC Wales production for S4C, won best news coverage for its programme Argyfwng y Mudwyr about the European migrant crisis, and BBC Wales' Week In Week Out won the current affairs award for its Life After April programme. |
| Music for Misfits: The Story of Indie, which documents the development of British indie music, won the factual series prize. | Music for Misfits: The Story of Indie, which documents the development of British indie music, won the factual series prize. |
| The award for live outside broadcast went to S4C's Cor Cymru - Y Rownd Derfynol - coverage of the Welsh choir final. | The award for live outside broadcast went to S4C's Cor Cymru - Y Rownd Derfynol - coverage of the Welsh choir final. |
| Those attending the event, which honours the achievements of Welsh television and film makers, included Gotham star Erin Richards, Torchwood and Victoria actress Eve Myles and comedian Elis James. |