S4C, the Welsh public broadcast television channel, is offering production companies a fresh opportunity to produce some its most popular series and events as it implements its strategy – ‘More than a TV Channel’. From October, S4C will launch an open tender process for the following. Pawb a’i Farn – Current Affairs debate programme. Cân i […]
S4C has commissioned Signal – a new vertical drama for TikTok. Principal photography on the 60 episode love story, which follows the blossoming relationship between a boy from Cardiff and a girl from rural Wales, begins at the Royal Welsh Showground in Builth Wells this week. The new commission, produced by Mojo Productions, comes after […]
S4C’s streaming hours have reached their highest level with significant growth across its social media, the Welsh broadcaster’s annual report reveals. It comes after S4C announced its new five-year strategy in September – More Than a TV Channel – with transforming to a digital-first broadcaster one of its key pillars. Monthly viewing hours of S4C […]
S4C reports that it has invested over £136 million (€158.6m) in drama in Wales over the last decade. S4C’s dramas have found audiences arounf the world in the last 10 years, with Dal y Mellt (Rough Cut) the first Welsh language series to be released on Netflix and Bariau reaching audiences in Australia, New Zealand […]
S4C has secured the rights to broadcast the Tour de France in 2026, giving viewers in Wales the chance to follow the biggest cycling race in the world through a combination of live stages and highlights. Welsh language coverage of the 2026 race will run from July 4th to 26th, with highlights and live race […]
Banijay Kids & Family, a specialist in children’s entertainment, has acquired worldwide distribution rights to Husha Be. Produced by Cwmni Da, the animated series is designed to introduce young audiences to mindfulness. The 52 x 7’ preschool series, commissioned by Welsh-language broadcaster S4C, blends storytelling with simple mindfulness techniques, helping children and their families find […]
Y Llais will return for a third season on S4C in 2027. The announcement comes ahead of Tafwyl, one of Wales’s biggest music festivals. Y Llais is the Welsh language version of the global hit TV series The Voice, an ITV Studios-owned format, which is currently broadcast in 77 territories. Y Llais was first broadcast […]
Commonwealth Sport has announced that S4C will provide live Welsh-language coverage of the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. Coverage will run from July 24th to August 2nd, featuring ten days of competition across ten sports and a record-breaking Para sport programme, with 47 medal events across six disciplines. The partnership will ensure audiences across Wales can […]
Welsh-language broadcaster S4C has partnered with ITV for the first time on a new Swansea-based drama, Santa Maria. The dark comedy series will premiere in Welsh on S4C in early 2027, before broadcasting at a later date in English on ITV. Created and written by multi-award-winning screenwriter Siwan Jones (Con Passionate, Alys, 35 Diwrnod) and directed by Erin […]
Former workers from the Friction Dynamics factory in Caernarfon, who went on strike in 2001, are being given a unique opportunity to appear as supporting artists in a new TV drama for S4C that tells their story. Y Streic Fawr, a three-part drama by Mojo Productions, will follow the story of one of the longest industrial disputes in British history. April 30th 2026 marks […]