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Roy Noble
Roy Noble CBE DL KStJ Rotary Fellow (born 1942) is a Welsh radio and television broadcaster, writer and Bevan Commissioner.
Noble was born and raised in Brynamman in the Amman Valley of Carmarthenshire, the only son of coal miner Ivor Noble and his wife Sadie. After passing his 11 Plus entrance examination he attended Amman Valley Grammar School, where fellow pupils included rugby union administrator and barrister Vernon Pugh and John Cale, of the Velvet Underground.
On finishing school, he tried to join the RAF as he had always wanted to be a pilot, but was turned down because he suffers from hay fever. He trained as a teacher at Cardiff Training College, where he was the President of the Students’ Union in his final year.
Noble first taught in England, before returning to South Wales; latterly he was Head Teacher of two primary schools in the County of Powys; Ysgol Thomas Stephens, at Pontneddfechan, near Glynneath, and Llangattock Primary School, at Llangattock, near Crickhowell. Noble won a scholarship to go to Germany and the US to visit and compare schools.
Noble's move to broadcasting was gradual and part-time, writing and presenting a weekly "Letter from Aberdare" monologue for the A.M. programme on BBC Radio Wales. He eventually joined the BBC in Wales full-time in 1985, and went on to present weekday magazine shows for Radio Wales for 27 years, winning high audience figures and a 1999 Sony Award.[citation needed]
Television appearances have included a diet programme with Barbara Dickson and a series of Noble Guides covering many subjects from Paris to "Manliness and Mortality". The popular Noble Trails series also covered a journey along the "Celtic Rim" of Europe and more recently his series, Common Ground was highly acclaimed gaining him the Royal Television Society Award as Regional Presenter of the Year in 2000. He was a regular co-presenter on the Welsh language evening magazine programme Heno (Tonight) for seven years. He also completed a Welsh language television series for S4C, touring the Valleys of South Wales on a Honda Gold Wing trike. He also appeared in a Welsh comedy series and as a new character in the Welsh long running series Pobol y Cwm.
Noble's publications include: 'Bachan Noble' (Welsh Language Autobiography); 'Roy Noble's Welsh Nicknames'; 'Noble Thoughts'; 'Noble Ways'; 'Lay-bys in my Life' (an autobiography); 'Down the Road and Round the Bend' (tales of Wales); 'Fact, Fiction and Fanciful Walking with Bamps' (children's book); 'The Be Team' (children's book)
Noble was Chairman of the Wales Youth Agency from 1998 to 2001.[citation needed] In the 2001 Queens Birthday Honours List, he was awarded an OBE for services to the community and for charity support in Wales.
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Roy Noble
Roy Noble CBE DL KStJ Rotary Fellow (born 1942) is a Welsh radio and television broadcaster, writer and Bevan Commissioner.
Noble was born and raised in Brynamman in the Amman Valley of Carmarthenshire, the only son of coal miner Ivor Noble and his wife Sadie. After passing his 11 Plus entrance examination he attended Amman Valley Grammar School, where fellow pupils included rugby union administrator and barrister Vernon Pugh and John Cale, of the Velvet Underground.
On finishing school, he tried to join the RAF as he had always wanted to be a pilot, but was turned down because he suffers from hay fever. He trained as a teacher at Cardiff Training College, where he was the President of the Students’ Union in his final year.
Noble first taught in England, before returning to South Wales; latterly he was Head Teacher of two primary schools in the County of Powys; Ysgol Thomas Stephens, at Pontneddfechan, near Glynneath, and Llangattock Primary School, at Llangattock, near Crickhowell. Noble won a scholarship to go to Germany and the US to visit and compare schools.
Noble's move to broadcasting was gradual and part-time, writing and presenting a weekly "Letter from Aberdare" monologue for the A.M. programme on BBC Radio Wales. He eventually joined the BBC in Wales full-time in 1985, and went on to present weekday magazine shows for Radio Wales for 27 years, winning high audience figures and a 1999 Sony Award.[citation needed]
Television appearances have included a diet programme with Barbara Dickson and a series of Noble Guides covering many subjects from Paris to "Manliness and Mortality". The popular Noble Trails series also covered a journey along the "Celtic Rim" of Europe and more recently his series, Common Ground was highly acclaimed gaining him the Royal Television Society Award as Regional Presenter of the Year in 2000. He was a regular co-presenter on the Welsh language evening magazine programme Heno (Tonight) for seven years. He also completed a Welsh language television series for S4C, touring the Valleys of South Wales on a Honda Gold Wing trike. He also appeared in a Welsh comedy series and as a new character in the Welsh long running series Pobol y Cwm.
Noble's publications include: 'Bachan Noble' (Welsh Language Autobiography); 'Roy Noble's Welsh Nicknames'; 'Noble Thoughts'; 'Noble Ways'; 'Lay-bys in my Life' (an autobiography); 'Down the Road and Round the Bend' (tales of Wales); 'Fact, Fiction and Fanciful Walking with Bamps' (children's book); 'The Be Team' (children's book)
Noble was Chairman of the Wales Youth Agency from 1998 to 2001.[citation needed] In the 2001 Queens Birthday Honours List, he was awarded an OBE for services to the community and for charity support in Wales.