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Well, there are several Newports, though the one referred to here is the largest by a very long way. "South Wales" has more connotations than just the southern 50% of the country, meaning more the industrial southeast. The other Newport I'm thinking of is a little place, also in south Wales, but in
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Yep - two Newports - one is a small place in Pembrokeshire (I think). The other is this one. It was easier when it was part of Gwent, but when it became a unitary authority, it was a bit difficult to name it unambiguously, so most people settled on 'South Wales'. It's been easier since it became a
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I think, speaking as an Englishman, any "South Wales v Wales" debate would be more of an internal Welsh thing than a UK thing! But getting that specific just seems ludicrous to me — I can see why people from Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales would want to be credited as such rather than as
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means that he was born in 1981, but it's also possible that he's got a birthday in November or December (or even late October) and he was born in 1980. If anyone knows his actual birthdate, please add it to the article. Thanks!
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OK, but is there any actual written confirmation from an official source that the character was actually called "Yanto"? I can't conceive that anyone familiar with Welsh names, like RTD, would mis-spell Ianto... --
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doesn't give cast listings, and ITV doesn't seem to have a page for the programme any more. Our best bet may be for someone who has the programme on DVD to check the credits themselves: it may be borderline
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on the article of the same name. I know ideally we would like a photo of Gareth being himself rarther than in character but would this not do at least until we find a better one?
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From what I remember, Gareth's birthday was only a few weeks off mine. I'm not sure if it was March or April, but he was definitely the same age as me. That makes it 1981. -—
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which would usually be referred to as "West Wales". Anyway, "Wales" is a perfectly good description, if you're referring to the Newport which is the third-largest city! --
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Yeah, I'd seen tv-show-guide.com too, but I don't think I would consider it definitive for something like this - it looks rather fansite-ish. --
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from a production GD-L was in at Hampstead Theatre lists "Mine All Mine" among his theatre work. I think that's good enough. —
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I had to infer David-Lloyd's birth year from the BBC interview linked in the article. Both that (October 2006) and the
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was a somewhat vacuous pretty-boy; is it possible that RTD deliberately chose an "illiterate" spelling of the name? —
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You'd have to ask RTD, I suspect! Anyway, you win, I won't object to you mentioning it! :) --
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Ah — I didn't realise that there was more than one Newport in Wales. What about the flag? —
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Well, this may technically be original research, but I've purchased a copy of
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In the credits for Torchwood the name is spelt "Ianto" Jones not "Yanto".
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another source that gives "Yanto", but I'm not sure how reliable it is.
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