Award-winning broadcaster and journalist David Hammond-Williams has joined the communications team in the Church In Wales’ Diocese of St. Davids.
David started his career at the Western Mail and spent twenty-five years working as a journalist and later as a producer at ITV Wales, where he became Head of Religious Broadcasting, responsible for a number of series including Wales on Sunday, Heart & Soul, Perspectives and God, Sex, Drugs & Rock ‘n’ Roll.
He also made a wide range of religious affairs documentaries including Celtic Connections, Cambrensis, William Morgan – A Bible Story and a TV biography of St. David, and he led the team that made Welsh editions of the popular Highway series presented by the late Sir Harry Secombe.
Since leaving ITV, David has been working as a freelance. His most recent credits include the highly successful Breaking new Ground and Renewable Energy for the Church In Wales as well as the DVD to accompany the Menter Bible study course.
The appointment has been warmly welcomed by the Bishop of St Davids, the Right Reverend Wyn Evans. For his part, David Hammond-Williams is relishing the chances and challenges of his new post.
“I’m delighted to have this fantastic opportunity,” he said. “St Davids is a magical place, steeped in Christian history and tradition, and today there is so much that is good going on in the diocese. I am looking forward to telling these stories to a wider audience, who perhaps don’t always hear about what the diocese – and more importantly the people in it – is doing.”
