Subject: Re: You can search ITV Wales database on National Library of Wales website From: Owain Meredith Direction: received Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2026 08:21 UTC Institution: ITV Archive Refs: none Archive id: gm-1a143cd83e23f32d ------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for your message Sion Please direct any further query to Nia ( enclosed) Just to note that my name is Owain not Owen Thanks again Owain Meredith Archifydd ITV Cymru Archivist ITV Wales [phone redacted] [phone redacted] Ar Gwen, 16 Hyd 2026 am 05:48 Sion Buckler ysgrifennodd: > Dear Owen and Nia, > > Thank you, Owen, for speaking with me. I have now examined the catalogue > information for another item held by the National Library of Wales, and it > helps clarify why I need to distinguish the different recordings, > broadcasts and later publications. > > I want to establish what happened to the reporting, what actually aired, > what survives, and when the material was disclosed or made publicly > accessible. I am raising concerns and asking questions, not asserting that > deliberate censorship or a special non-disclosure agreement has been proved. > > *The omissions and editorial questions* > > My principal concern is that the coverage I have seen does not convey the > full human circumstances of the events. In particular, three infant > children and the fact that my mother was pregnant at the time appear to > have been omitted. > > I am also concerned about the apparently abrupt edit following the > reference to the property as prime development land overlooking Cardiff > Bay. I would like to establish whether that cut appeared in the original > broadcast or was introduced when a later viewing copy was edited. > > There is a further personal dimension involving Nicola Heywood-Thomas, the > presenter identified in the material. For a period, she was like a second > mother to me. That connection is important to my understanding of the > story, although I recognise that the existence of a personal relationship > does not, in itself, establish what the broadcaster knew or was required to > include. I would like to know whether footage involving her was broadcast, > whether other versions survive, and whether any relevant editorial or > confidentiality record exists. > > *The chronology I need to reconcile* > > The following are separate events and records, and I would be grateful for > your help establishing their precise relationship. > > - > > *30 November 1988 — eviction and injunction coverage.* The National > Library of Wales Watch and Listen catalogue has an item entitled *Eviction > News Material, 30 November 1988*: > https://gwylio-gwrando.llyfrgell.cymru/detail/507738. Its catalogue > dates recording and broadcast to 30 November. It describes a one-minute HTV > Wales Betacam item involving Miles Fletcher, bailiffs removing furniture, > removal vans and Branwen Buckler leaving the farm. The abstract refers to a > High Court injunction preventing demolition. > > Crucially, the cataloguer says “Not viewed”. The tape contains > unrelated clips, the position of this particular clip is unknown, and the > description may have been taken from the broadcaster’s log. The record does > not supply a catalogue-creation date or online-publication date. > - > > *5 December 1988 — separate demolition report.* I am investigating a > distinct *Wales at Six* demolition headline/report and the associated > off-transmission recording. I do not want the 30 November eviction and > injunction item mistaken for the 5 December demolition coverage. I would > like to establish whether the latter report aired, whether the surviving > material represents the complete broadcast, and whether scripts, running > orders, transmission logs or rushes survive. > - > > *6 December 1988 — demolition.* This is the recorded date of the > farmhouse demolition in the heritage record. The event date should be kept > separate from filming, broadcast and archival dates. > - > > *25 July 2025 — National Library of Wales YouTube publication.* The > viewing copy I have identified as 4GXmR7mAas0 is associated with this > publication date. The relevant link is https://youtu.be/4GXmR7mAas0. I > understand the online publication was by the National Library of Wales, not > an ITV upload. I would like the uploader and publication metadata retained > and checked, and the exact relationship between this copy and the catalogue > item above established. > - > > *Archive donation and digitisation.* The National Library of Wales > holds ITV Wales/HTV material following the archive donation announced in > 2012. I would like to know whether the specific recordings under discussion > were included in that transfer, and whether their individual accession, > digitisation and catalogue histories are available. > - > > *My disclosure requests and subsequent contacts.* I would like the > requests, responses, referrals and any internal handling records reconciled > against these individual items. A later public upload does not, by itself, > answer whether the footage was previously disclosed to me or when the > Library’s catalogue entry became accessible online. > > I also note that Owen’s reported reference to a December 2025 YouTube > publication does not match the 25 July 2025 date associated with the > viewing copy identified above. These dates should not be assigned to the > same item until we establish precisely which video was meant. > > *What I would appreciate from ITV Wales* > > Please help establish: > > 1. The transmission date, programme, duration and running order for > the 1988 eviction/injunction report and the separate 5 December demolition > report. > 2. Whether ITV holds the complete broadcasts, off-transmission > masters, scripts, rushes, outtakes, edit histories or other versions. > 3. Whether the abrupt cut around the property’s development value was > present in the original broadcast or belongs to a later edit. > 4. Whether relevant footage involving Nicola Heywood-Thomas aired, and > whether any alternative version survives. > 5. Whether any relevant editorial instruction, contractual restriction > or case-specific non-disclosure agreement exists. I am asking whether such > a record exists, not asserting that one does. > 6. What ITV records show about receiving, routing and handling my > disclosure requests. > 7. Whether ITV can identify the specific items transferred to the > National Library of Wales and provide any available provenance or accession > information. > > I would also welcome guidance on the best way to coordinate these > enquiries with Beryl Evans and the National Library of Wales Enquiries > team, particularly concerning the creation and first online publication of > catalogue record 507738 and the search for separate 5 December material. > > The Library’s stated restrictions on viewing original media and reusing > footage may be entirely routine. They do not, by themselves, establish > concealment or unusual treatment. Equally, the existence of a public > catalogue entry does not settle the questions about broadcast completeness, > the history of my disclosure requests or the publication dates of > individual items. > > I am seeking a reliable chronology and an accurate account of the > surviving evidence. If any part of my understanding is mistaken, I would > welcome a clear correction supported by the relevant record. If a record > cannot be found or no longer survives, please distinguish that from a > question that has not yet been searched. > > Thank you for your help. Please let me know who will coordinate the > enquiries and which records ITV can realistically investigate. > > Kind regards, > > Sion Buckler > (Ret'd Sergeant) > Royal Signals Cyber/Electronic Warfare Professional and Life Member > > https://greathousefarmwiki.wordpress.com > > https://dartboard.bucklerfamily.estate and > https://bpvsbuckler.bucklerfamily.estate > https://wayback.bucklerfamily.estate > > On Wed, 14 Oct 2026, 12:23 Owain Meredith, wrote: > >> >> https://www.library.wales/ >> >> Choose Catalogue >> in serch box dropdown choose alln categories >> Tweak my results choose author ITV >> >> This shiws you everything in ITV Collection - This information has been >> in the public domains since 2012 >> >> Owain Meredith >> >> Archifydd ITV Cymru >> Archivist ITV Wales >> >> [phone redacted] >> [phone redacted] >> >> >> >> >> ITV plc (Registration No. 4967001) (ITV) is incorporated in England and >> Wales with its registered office at ITV White City, 201 Wood Lane, >> London [postcode redacted] >> . >> Please visit www.itv.com for further information. >> >> This email and any attachments are intended solely for the addressee and >> may contain confidential, copyrighted and/or privileged information. 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