“It’s just lovely,” said Welsh presenter and drumathon hero Owain Wyn Evans of his new role on BBC Radio 2. In October, it was confirmed that the 38-year-old, who hails from Ammanford in Carmarthenshire, had landed the Early Breakfast Show on the station. He replaces Vanessa Feltz, who announced that she’d be stepping down in July last year. Read more about that here.
Owain’s television career started at the tender age of 18 when he became the presenter of Welsh language children's news programme, Ffeil. Presenting, however, was never part of the plan for him. Speaking on WalesOnline’s new podcast, In The Spotlight, he said: “When I left school, I didn’t want to be a presenter. I didn’t want to be on TV and I was more interested in the behind-the-scenes element. I was very interested in stage lighting and especially automated lighting. It was either that or drumming.”
After securing his first role on-screen, Owain said that, although he had ‘no experience’, producers had wanted him for ‘exactly that’ reason. He added: “What that allowed me to do was be myself on-screen. There were things, at the time, that I wasn’t open about. As far as being able to get a bit of personality across, I’ve always felt that I wanted to do that, and that has really helped.”
