Arfon haines davies autobiography of a face
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Arfon haines davies autobiography of a face
My 30 years as the face of TV; Arfon Haines Davies marks three decades on screen but it was not the career he intended.
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Page URL: HTML link: Citations:NEXT week marks the beginning of Arfon Haines Davies's fourth decade on Welsh screens, yet the presenter never even wanted a television career.
The 57 year-old presenter from Aberystwyth completed his 30th year with ITV Wales (formerly HTV) this week, and admitted he only joined the television fraternity because his sister sent in a job application on his behalf.
'I was home for the weekend from drama college in London when my sister told me to try for a job as an announcer she'd seen advertised in Y Cymro,' says Arfon.
'But I said I wasn't going to because I wanted to act.
'She wrote in all the same and a week later I was invited for an interview, they told me they were desperate to fill the post as two announcers had just left and asked when I could start.
I said the next Thursday and t