Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1981-2003 / (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
14 large boxes; 0.4 cubic metres.
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
Teliesyn was an independent, co-operative film and television company based in Cardiff. Founded and established by former BBC employees Colin Thomas and Paul Turner in 1981, it began producing programmes in 1982 and produced many programmes for the BBC, S4C, Channel 4, ITV and Thames Television between 1982 and 2002. The company was a pioneer in bilingual productions, often producing the same programme in both Welsh and English, with the aim at the beginning to get more Welsh programmes on screen. It made both dramas and documentaries and employed a number of well-known producers, directors, actors and presenters, including Colin Thomas, Michael Winterbottom, Professor Gwyn Alf Williams, Tim Roth and Miranda Richardson. The company was very successful and at one point was in the top 12% of companies in the independent sector in the UK. It also won a number of prestigious Sony, BFI and BAFTA Cymru awards. The company closed in 2002.
Archival history
The production files were held by Dr Dafydd Sills-Jones and the administrative files by Michele Ryan.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Dr Dafydd Sills-Jones; Aberystwyth; Donation; February 2010; 6106786.
Michele Ryan; Cardiff; Donation; May 2010; 6106786.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Records of the Teliesyn film and television production company, comprising administration and production files.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Action: Duplicates have been removed. All other records donated to the National Library of Wales have been retained..
Accruals
Accruals are possible.
System of arrangement
Arranged at NLW into two groups: Teliesyn administration files and Teliesyn production files.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to abide by the conditions set out in information provided when applying for their Readers' Tickets, whereby the reader shall become responsible for compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998 in relation to any processing by them of personal data obtained from modern records held at the Library.
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
- English
- Welsh
Script of material
Language and script notes
English and Welsh with some other languages (see appropriate level description).
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Title supplied from contents of fonds.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
Access points
Name access points
- Ryan, Michele. (Subject)
- Thomas, Colin. (Subject)
- Turner, Paul, 1945- (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
March 2013.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Compiled by Paul James, Michael J. Pearson and Emma Towner. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: NLW, Teliesyn Archive and the Prosiect Teliesyn website (www.teliesyn.co.uk), viewed 12 March 2013;