Alfie Moore: A Face for Radio presented by Theatr Mwldan

£20

Somewhere in a parallel universe little Alfie’s natural comedic performance skills were recognised by his doting parents who encouraged and developed his blossoming talent. After several years as a stage school brat Alfie’s angelic face was launched on stage and screen and the rest is history.

Meanwhile, in this universe Alfie Moore was told to stop messing about in class before being ‘encouraged’ into the grinding, grimy world of an apprenticeship in the Sheffield steelworks. When recession hit he traded steel for copper by joining Humberside Police.

Thirty years of shift-work, initially in the Sheffield steelworks and then as a copper on the beat (where he was punched in the face quite a lot), has left him with ‘a face for radio’. A face not so much ‘lived in’ as inhabited by a settlement of squatters with little regard to property maintenance and repair.

In his 40s a surprising career shift turned middle-aged Alfie from street cop to BBC radio star. But when TV fame beckoned could he grasp it or was he past it?

Rhywle mewn bydysawd cyfochrog cafodd sgiliau perfformio digrif naturiol Alfie eu cydnabod gan ei rieni cariadus a oedd yn annog ac yn datblygu ei ddawn eginol. Ar ôl sawl blwyddyn mewn ysgol lwyfan, cafodd wyneb angylaidd Alfie ei lansio ar y llwyfan a’r sgrin ac mae’r gweddill yn hen hanes.

Yn y cyfamser, yn y bydysawd hwn dywedwyd wrth Alfie Moore am roi’r gorau i'w ddrygioni yn y dosbarth cyn cael ei ‘annog’ i fyd diflas a bawlyd prentisiaeth yng ngwaith dur Sheffield. Pan darodd y dirwasgiad fe newidiodd dur am ‘gopr’ drwy ymuno â Heddlu Glannau Humber.

Mae deng mlynedd ar hugain o waith sifft, yng ngwaith dur Sheffield i ddechrau ac yna fel plismon ar y bît (lle cafodd ei bwnio yn ei wyneb gryn dipyn), wedi ei adael gyda ‘wyneb ar gyfer y radio’. Nid wyneb ‘cartrefol’ mohono, ond yn hytrach wyneb sydd wedi gweld diffyg cynnal a chadw ar hyd y blynyddoedd.

Yn ei 40au, fe drodd newid annisgwyl mewn gyrfa yr Alfie canol oed o fod yn blismon stryd i fod yn seren radio'r BBC. Ond pan ddaeth enwogrwydd teledu i'w ran, a allai fynd i’r afael ag ef, neu a oedd wedi mynd yn rhy hen?